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Old January 28th 15, 07:21 PM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
a425couple
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Default Interesting picture Yorktown in reverse, landing plane

Here is what is to me an interesting picture,
the USS Yorktown is sailing in reverse, the aft end of
her flight deck is full, and a airplane is preparing to
land, flying in over her bow.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/021019.jpg

Some of the discussion from:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/10.htm

"NS021037
USS Yorktown going at 20kts full astern, ready to take aircraft landing
over the bow. The midships and after flight deck is full of parked aircraft,
the deck-edge radio masts are folded down to the side for flight operations.
Note four 40mm quads grouped around the island (USN photo, possibly
taken not long before image NS021019, below)."

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/021019.jpg
"NS021019
The Yorktown steams full astern to land a TBF Avenger over the bow,
July 1943. Though provision for over-the-bow landing was a design
requirement, it was rarely practiced and the bow arresting gear was
soon eliminated."

From a discussion at the newsgroup
alt.binaries.pictures.military

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Old January 28th 15, 08:09 PM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
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Default Interesting picture Yorktown in reverse, landing plane

"a425couple" wrote in

The Yorktown steams full astern to land a TBF Avenger over the bow,
July 1943. Though provision for over-the-bow landing was a design
requirement, it was rarely practiced and the bow arresting gear was
soon eliminated."



IIRC: same as with the hanger deck catapult , out the side..



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Old January 28th 15, 08:29 PM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
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Default Interesting picture Yorktown in reverse, landing plane

"john szalay" john.szalayatatt.net wrote in message...
"a425couple" wrote in
The Yorktown steams full astern to land a TBF Avenger over the bow,
July 1943. Though provision for over-the-bow landing was a design
requirement, it was rarely practiced and the bow arresting gear was
soon eliminated."


IIRC: same as with the hanger deck catapult , out the side..


Side??
OK, below is proof of that.
But I also was pretty sure that I've seen pictures (and some words)
of the early Essex having a catapult to launch straight out
the front of the hanger deck. ??

Meanwhile, as to side:
http://warships1discussionboards.yuk...s#.VMk1fSwb3nE
pictures, and
"The hanger deck catapult looked like a good idea on paper.
A third cat would allow for more aircraft to be launched, and
you could still launch an observation plane or fighter even if the
flight deck was unavailable, such as when aircraft were spotted
to the forward part of the flightdeck to allow planes to land aft.
But in practice it proved to be of little value: because it pointed
to the side it did not benefit from the wind over the deck adding
lift to the aircraft, so the hanger deck cat could not launch aircraft
that were as heavy as the deck cats could. In addition, problem
of not being able to launch planes when everything was spotted
forward was solved by the deck cats themselves, which needed
very little space to launch even a fully loaded aircraft. Enterprise
reported at the end of 1941 that she had only fired her hanger
cat three times in the entire year (for training, never out of need),
so the Captain asked to have it removed. The Navy agreed that
hanger cats were not worth the weight and they were removed
from all US carriers "

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Old January 28th 15, 10:29 PM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
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Default Interesting picture Yorktown in reverse, landing plane

On 1/28/2015 11:21 AM, a425couple wrote:
Here is what is to me an interesting picture,
the USS Yorktown is sailing in reverse, the aft end of
her flight deck is full, and a airplane is preparing to
land, flying in over her bow.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/021019.jpg

Some of the discussion from:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/10.htm

"NS021037
USS Yorktown going at 20kts full astern, ready to take aircraft landing
over the bow. The midships and after flight deck is full of parked
aircraft,
the deck-edge radio masts are folded down to the side for flight
operations.
Note four 40mm quads grouped around the island (USN photo, possibly
taken not long before image NS021019, below)."

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/021019.jpg
"NS021019
The Yorktown steams full astern to land a TBF Avenger over the bow,
July 1943. Though provision for over-the-bow landing was a design
requirement, it was rarely practiced and the bow arresting gear was
soon eliminated."

From a discussion at the newsgroup
alt.binaries.pictures.military


That might be true except this Pic is photshopped. The wake doesn't fit
the rest of the picture.


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Old January 28th 15, 10:36 PM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
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Default Interesting picture Yorktown in reverse, landing plane

Daryl wrote:

Here is what is to me an interesting picture,
the USS Yorktown is sailing in reverse, the aft end of
her flight deck is full, and a airplane is preparing to
land, flying in over her bow.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/021019.jpg

Some of the discussion from:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/10.htm


That might be true except this Pic is photshopped. The wake doesn't
fit the rest of the picture.


Wake looks consistent to me...
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Old January 28th 15, 10:50 PM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
john szalay
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Default Interesting picture Yorktown in reverse, landing plane

"John Weiss" wrote in news:xn0jhkgb8774fd4000
@news.eternal-september.org:

Daryl wrote:

Here is what is to me an interesting picture,
the USS Yorktown is sailing in reverse, the aft end of
her flight deck is full, and a airplane is preparing to
land, flying in over her bow.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/021019.jpg

Some of the discussion from:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/10.htm


That might be true except this Pic is photshopped. The wake doesn't
fit the rest of the picture.


Wake looks consistent to me...


likewise, to me as well.. looks legit...
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Old January 28th 15, 11:26 PM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
Dr. Vincent Quin, Ph.D.
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Default Interesting picture Yorktown in reverse, landing plane

john szalay wrote:

"a425couple" wrote in


The Yorktown steams full astern to land a TBF Avenger over the bow,
July 1943. Though provision for over-the-bow landing was a design
requirement, it was rarely practiced and the bow arresting gear was
soon eliminated."




IIRC: same as with the hanger deck catapult , out the side..


Rather than spam our newsgroup with ww2 stuff perhaps you could start
a new newsgroup for old technology...perhaps alt.old.technology.military.

just a suggestion
;-)
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Old January 29th 15, 12:56 AM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
Daryl[_3_]
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Default Interesting picture Yorktown in reverse, landing plane

On 1/28/2015 2:36 PM, John Weiss wrote:
Daryl wrote:

Here is what is to me an interesting picture,
the USS Yorktown is sailing in reverse, the aft end of
her flight deck is full, and a airplane is preparing to
land, flying in over her bow.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/021019.jpg

Some of the discussion from:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/10.htm


That might be true except this Pic is photshopped. The wake doesn't
fit the rest of the picture.


Wake looks consistent to me...


I blew it up and checked where the wake meets the ship.

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Old January 29th 15, 12:58 AM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
Daryl[_3_]
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Default Interesting picture Yorktown in reverse, landing plane

On 1/28/2015 3:26 PM, Dr. Vincent Quin, Ph.D. wrote:
john szalay wrote:

"a425couple" wrote in


The Yorktown steams full astern to land a TBF Avenger over the bow,
July 1943. Though provision for over-the-bow landing was a design
requirement, it was rarely practiced and the bow arresting gear was
soon eliminated."




IIRC: same as with the hanger deck catapult , out the side..


Rather than spam our newsgroup with ww2 stuff perhaps you could start
a new newsgroup for old technology...perhaps alt.old.technology.military.

just a suggestion
;-)


Whether it's legit or not, it's still about Military Aviation. Beats
the hell out of your posts.

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Old January 29th 15, 01:19 AM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
John Weiss[_5_]
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Default Interesting picture Yorktown in reverse, landing plane

Daryl wrote:

Here is what is to me an interesting picture,
the USS Yorktown is sailing in reverse, the aft end of
her flight deck is full, and a airplane is preparing to
land, flying in over her bow.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/021019.jpg


That might be true except this Pic is photshopped. The wake
doesn't fit the rest of the picture.


Wake looks consistent to me...


I blew it up and checked where the wake meets the ship.


The pic pixellates so badly that it is difficult to detect any
photoshopping. I can see nothing that shouts out "fake". The shadows
from the clouds are consistent, and don't suggest the ship or
background was reversed.
 




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