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Old March 12th 11, 06:04 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Default Fleet Air Arm, Part 1 - faa09-SeaVenom.jpg (1/1) [70K]

Alan Erskine a écrit dans
gpond.com :
On 12/03/2011 10:24 AM, Netko wrote:

Sea Venom FAW 21 of 893 Squadron crash landing on Eagle following damage
from
anti-aircraft fire during Operation Musketeer, November 1956


It's not crash landing. It was _intentionally_ landed this way to test a new
landing system - rubber surfaced flight deck!

It seems these trials were taken earlier :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Lu6LEQ0zo
A Vampire aboard the HMS Warrior (48/49)

That's why aircraft carriers today put the rubber on the aircraft tyres, not
the carrier.



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