"Larry" wrote in
:

It never occurred to me, is the ground clearing enough for
the Tomcat to land on an aircraft carrier with fuel tanks
like this?

I'll try to refrain from being wise (although I was really
tempted on this one).



Question: Isn't that photo taken on a carrier? Answer: Yes

Question: So how did it get there? Answer: Landed there (yes,
with those tanks).

Ah, but it could've just been prior to take-off.

They do appear rather large, but the shock strut only retracts a
little more (on landing impact) than shown in the photo.

Yes, I went back to my memories of models I built (God knows
how many Tomcats I've 'assembled') and the landing
gear is of course -straight- like on the picture Thomas's
refrenced.


Regards...