C-130 on Navy Carrier

"Al Dykes" wrote in message
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MikeR wrote:

"Peter Stickney" wrote in message
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Rob van Riel writes:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:16:11 +0000, Gord Beaman wrote:
Don't forget the B-25 Mitchell of course...

Sorry, got to draw the line somewhere. Unless Mitchells flew of one
of
the
carriers after WWII as well...

For the 60th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, the USN did indeed
crane aboard somebody's B-25 Warbird and it was flown off at sea.
Does that count?


August 26 1995: http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/027021.jpg




Did they start him at a runway length equal to what Dolittle had at a
weight equal to a full fuel and bomb load ?

No. The 'reenactment' was not quite that authentic.

They started at NAS Alameda with an area marked off equal to the length of
the Vinson's Flight Deck. All 'warbirds' made several 'deck runs' and were
required to be 'off the deck' well within that marked off area. Then they
were craned aboard for the trip over to Hawaii. The 'deck runs' were right
off Waikiki in front of (what seemed like) millions of spectators. On
'runnup' one 'taildragger' tipped forward and smacked his prop real good so
he missed the flyoff. Narration from the flight deck was simulcast on the
local radio station. The whole thing was pretty cool.

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 14:50:03 +0100, in rec.aviation.military.naval Rob van Riel
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:12:05 +1030, Dave Kearton wrote:
I have a picture of a Neptune on the Coral Sea but it doesn't show markings

Ulp! I think I'm going to have to expand my display cabinet. The Herc,
Neptune and U-2 aren't exactly small aircraft. And here I was thinking the
A-3 was going to be the biggest of the bunch..

Rob

Uh, Rob? You did remember the R4Ds flown from the Philippine Sea (CV-47) in Jan
'47, didn't you?

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Rob van Riel writes:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:16:11 +0000, Gord Beaman wrote:
Don't forget the B-25 Mitchell of course...

Sorry, got to draw the line somewhere. Unless Mitchells flew of one of the
carriers after WWII as well...

For the 60th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, the USN did indeed
crane aboard somebody's B-25 Warbird and it was flown off at sea.
Does that count?

--
Pete Stickney

Without data, all you have are opinions

"Dave Kearton" wrote:


"Al Dykes" wrote in message


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In **** weather from a pitching deck. Luckily both engines started
or they would have to push her over the side.


(somehow, I don't really think so)


Cheers


Dave Kearton


Also I suspect that they didn't worry overmuch about the odd bit
of overtorque or overboost...gutsy bunch of guys wearing big
watches for sure...I have lots of admiration for them.
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-Gord.
(use gordon in email)

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on Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:06:30 +0100,
Rob van Riel attempted to say .....

Many modellers have hundreds, if not thousands of unbuilt kits in the attic,

I am not required to answer any questions other than my name, rank and
service number.

Any other info I will not divulge....

;')


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When dealing with propaganda terminology one sometimes always speaks in
variable absolutes. This is not to be mistaken for an unbiased slant.

"John Szalay" wrote in message
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Rob van Riel wrote in
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Lots of info on this event has been posted here, but it leaves me with a
smaal problem. I've gotten it into my head to build scale models of
every
type of post WWII plane that flew of the decks of US carriers, and now
it
turns out even the Herc qualifies for that. Can anyone help me with
information about the squadron markings on this particular aircraft? The
links in the various posts show pictures, but they're not very revealing
in this respect.

Thanks for any help

Rob


Make sure include the U-2 in that list..

Seems I've seen pictutes of a P-2 coming off the deck as well...

"Rob van Riel" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 12:48:40 +0000, Yeff wrote:
Isn't there an SR-71 sitting on a carrier somewhere... g

That would be the Intrepid, I think, but that's so far removed from any
kind of operational use that I'll disqualify it.

Oh yea, P-47s flown off in the PTO, complete with CAT launches.

Projects like that are never ending.

"Gord Beaman" wrote in message
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John Szalay wrote:

Rob van Riel wrote in
news
Lots of info on this event has been posted here, but it leaves me with
a
smaal problem. I've gotten it into my head to build scale models of
every
type of post WWII plane that flew of the decks of US carriers, and now
it
turns out even the Herc qualifies for that. Can anyone help me with
information about the squadron markings on this particular aircraft?
The
links in the various posts show pictures, but they're not very
revealing
in this respect.

Thanks for any help

Rob


Make sure include the U-2 in that list..

...aaand the B-52C (the C is for carrier of course)

B-52N, Gord, B-52N...
sigh The B-52C was an Air Force version, it was much
discussed in RAM.

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:46:40 -0600, William Hughes wrote:

Uh, Rob? You did remember the R4Ds flown from the Philippine Sea (CV-47) in Jan
'47, didn't you?

Nope, I didn't (one of the reasons posting here is a good idea, you get
reminded of all sorts of things). Any hints on what it was doing there?
Testing for supply runs? Also, any idea what unit markings it bore at the
time?

As always, thanks for any info.

Rob

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 02:18:23 -0500, John Keeney wrote:

Oh yea, P-47s flown off in the PTO, complete with CAT launches.

Projects like that are never ending.

Didn't know about that one, but yes, there seems to be an overwhelming
urge to get just about anyting that will fly to work from a carrier.

Rob