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Landing speeds for naval aircraft?
"Frank Minich" wrote in message ... The RA-5C max trap was 50,000 pounds, at 139KIAS on-speed. Maybe the numb-nutz has gone kinder/gentler since then. Frank I thought is was a bit faster, mid-140's. Thanks for the info. R / John |
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John Carrier wrote: wrote in message oups.com... John Weiss wrote: wrote... As John has pointed out, swing wing was for high speed dash + slow speed manuvering with a A/C big enough to carry the Phoenix, able to come aboard small decks like the Forrestal class. I don't think anyone considers Forrestal -- the first of the "super carriers" -- a "small deck"! OTOH, I watched a pair of turkeys land on Midway... Now THAT was a "clobbered deck"! If ya flew Turkeys onboard FID, like I did, it was a small deck. Particularly after landing abord IKE, America and Nimitz... Yep, I was there in VF-151 when those 2 landed during the North Pacific 'Fun-Ex'....Midway-maru had more acreage that FID, BTW-BUT Midway always felt like it was 'small'... Small was Oriskany, Hancock, and Lex and their sisters. Night traps on two of them. R / John yep, F-8s, at night on 27 chucks....better yee than me...Altho I really miss not flying single seat Fighters. never knew how much fun it was until I got into the A-4 and F-16... |
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"John Carrier" wrote...
Small was Oriskany, Hancock, and Lex and their sisters. Night traps on two of them. Indeed! The A-6 took up a LOT of space on Lady Lex! |
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Small was Oriskany, Hancock, and Lex and their sisters. Night traps on two of them. R / John yep, F-8s, at night on 27 chucks....better yee than me... It ah ... built character. Altho I really miss not flying single seat Fighters. never knew how much fun it was until I got into the A-4 and F-16... The F-8 really made you feel like god in the cockpit. But for the sweetness of the flying experience, an A-4F was my favorite ride. And it could confound many a "better" airplane in a fight. R / John |
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John Weiss wrote: "John Carrier" wrote... Small was Oriskany, Hancock, and Lex and their sisters. Night traps on two of them. Indeed! The A-6 took up a LOT of space on Lady Lex! Gotta ask if anybody that reads this NG CQ'ed onboard Lex..I did, in 1973...still had a mirror... Or anybody serve onboard Lex, when she was still a CVA?? |
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wrote in message ups.com... John Weiss wrote: "John Carrier" wrote... Small was Oriskany, Hancock, and Lex and their sisters. Night traps on two of them. Indeed! The A-6 took up a LOT of space on Lady Lex! Gotta ask if anybody that reads this NG CQ'ed onboard Lex..I did, in 1973...still had a mirror... Or anybody serve onboard Lex, when she was still a CVA?? Once in T-2's, once in TA-4's, once in F-8's ... including the obligatory six night passes for the qual. R / John |
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Gotta ask if anybody that reads this NG CQ'ed onboard Lex..I did, in 1973...still had a mirror... In '75 in the T-2 and A-4, and in '81 in the A-6. |
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fudog50 wrote in
: Since the original question was about landing speeds, I assume you mean traps? Here is a topic for discussion..... The E/F "Rhino" comes in fast and heavy. The gear on Nimitz class is taking a heavy toll and is wearing out faster than the design was intended. The "Growler" will come in heavier and faster. Can the current configuration of the arresting gear handle it and not have catastrophic fatigue failure without major modification? I would simply draw your attention to several designs that could have been or were operated off Enterprise class & later carriers. A3, F4, A5 & F111. All heavier (30-40+ tons) than the Rhino or Growler. I think the rough aim point for approach speeds is something like ` 140Kts +/-. IBM |
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