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On 5 Apr 2005 12:13:08 -0700, "David E. Powell"
wrote: What did they call the Royal Navy's Harrier Carriers? I thought it was V/STOL. (Vertical or Short Take Off and Landing.) Way back when Harriers were first being introduced, VTOL was used, then they realised payloads could be increased if a rolling take off was used so we got V/STOL, but since no vertical takeoffs are made outside of airshows for payload reasons these days, STOVL (pronounced sto-vull by a friend of mine who flew Sea Harriers until recently) took over as being more accurate. -- Peter Kemp "Life is short...drink faster" |
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"David E. Powell" wrote in message oups.com... Ken What did they call the Royal Navy's Harrier Carriers? I thought it was V/STOL. (Vertical or Short Take Off and Landing.) IIRC,'they' called them 'Invincible'(R05), 'Illustrious'(R06) and 'Ark Royal'(R07). Actually, they've been utilised for STO and VL evolutions of the embarked Harriers; that is Short (Rolling) Take-off (that's the purpose of the 'ski-jump') while Verical Landings are most expeditious for the pilots and maintainers/armourers. The Harriers, of various Mk's, from FRS1 to GR7, are VSTOL while I believe the ships themselves are classified by the Navy as 'CVS. -- Brian |
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Brian Sharrock wrote:
"David E. Powell" wrote in message oups.com... Ken What did they call the Royal Navy's Harrier Carriers? I thought it was V/STOL. (Vertical or Short Take Off and Landing.) IIRC,'they' called them 'Invincible'(R05), 'Illustrious'(R06) and 'Ark Royal'(R07). Actually, they've been utilised for STO and VL evolutions of the embarked Harriers; that is Short (Rolling) Take-off (that's the purpose of the 'ski-jump') while Verical Landings are most expeditious for the pilots and maintainers/armourers. The Harriers, of various Mk's, from FRS1 to GR7, are VSTOL while I believe the ships themselves are classified by the Navy as 'CVS. Wasn't it John Farley? who said it is better to stop and then land than it is to land and then stop !! Ken |
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"Christophe Chazot" wrote in message ... "Guy Alcala" a écrit dans le message news: ... Ken Duffey wrote: (snip) Whereas US, French and Brazilian CV/CVNs are described as CATOBAR, and everything else (at the moment) is STOVL. Guy CTOL for conventional take-off and landing seems more appropriate. Why does one want a B in CATOBAR ? is there any catapult take-off and vertical landing ? Guessing here, did it once stand for Barrier Assisted Recovery (i.e. a net). But as the barriers became out of favor, the acronym was reworked? Was the CATOBAR phrase used during WWI or WWII? Or is it a more modern acronym? John Gilbert |
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Ken Duffey wrote:
:Short Take Off But Arrested Recovery And when did we start including conjunctions and such in acronyms? Why isn't VSTOL rendered as VOSTOAL? -- "It's always different. It's always complex. But at some point, somebody has to draw the line. And that somebody is always me.... I am the law." -- Buffy, The Vampire Slayer |
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Guy Alcala wrote:
:Whereas US, French and Brazilian CV/CVNs are described as CATOBAR, and everything :else (at the moment) is STOVL. And why isn't that STOAVL, given that we're now including words like 'but' in the acronyms? -- "It's always different. It's always complex. But at some point, somebody has to draw the line. And that somebody is always me.... I am the law." -- Buffy, The Vampire Slayer |
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"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message ... Ken Duffey wrote: :Short Take Off But Arrested Recovery And when did we start including conjunctions and such in acronyms? Why isn't VSTOL rendered as VOSTOAL? When the sortie for training is planned to include the grand sum of forty (40) landings and takeoffs (by whatever means including falling off the roundown) it hardly matters what you call it. Ruusian ADM: "We do have a couple of 'decurions' we can send down to train those Indian avatars/aviators...." TMO |
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Fred J. McCall wrote:
Ken Duffey wrote: :Short Take Off But Arrested Recovery And when did we start including conjunctions and such in acronyms? Why isn't VSTOL rendered as VOSTOAL? Hey! Don't shoot the messenger!! I don't make up these acronyms - someone asked what it meant, so I did a search and came up with the answer. Sheesh....... g Ken |
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