I knew they launched off the Carl Vinson, but this is the first time I
heard that they were allowed to recover on the carrier. Hard to believe that
the Navy would risk some civilian pilot slamming into the back of the
carrier or the island superstructure.


"Matt Wiser" wrote in message
news:3f688b24$1@bg2....

"Dudhorse" wrote:

"Charles Talleyrand" wrote
in message
...
Suppose someone tried to land an F4F Wildcat
on a modern American
aircraft carrier. We'll give the carrier
a few hours to prepare, and lets
assume
the carrier is at sea and moving.

Can a WWII fighter land on a modern carrier?
Can it get back in the air?

... cannot think of a reason why not for both
landing & launch; compared
to the WWII carriers a Nimitz class flightdeck
would be huge!!



It's been done befo in August 1995 USS Carl Vinson sailed to Pearl
Harbor
to take part in ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the
war, and a dozen warbirds embarked on the cruise Two B-25s, two TBMs, 3 or
4 Corsairs, an F8F, two P-40s, and a pair of Mustangs were aboard. One of
the B-25s didn't launch when an engine blew, but all other warbirds
launched
off Oahu, and landed at Hickam AFB. They then launched from Hickam after
the ceremonies were over and recovered aboard the carrier. All of the
warbird
pilots had done FCLP to get used to carrier landing procedures and
techniques.

And they didn't need arrester gear.

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