Ditching at Sea

In addition I'd take a page from the BB-based floatplanes of yore.

Close with Mother or the planeguard DD and have it create a slick of
relative calm with a turn to abeam of the wind. Land as much on the slick
as possible.

--
Mike Kanze

"If we are marked to die, we are enough
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour."

Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3


"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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Lets say you're flying a F-6 Hellcat. You can't
land on board cause your too shot up and your
hydraulics are gone( no landing gear) Your carrier
is in sight they know of your problem and have
dispatched rescue. The sea is moderately calm.
How do you land your aircraft?
Mike

As slowly as possible, gear up, flaps down, hatch locked open, near
the destroyer (but NOT directly in front of it!), into the wind if the
sea is calm.

If there are swells, land parallel (so you don't smack into the side
of one), on or near the crest, not in the trough.

vince norris