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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ... "Charles Talleyrand" wrote in message ... Suppose someone tried to land an F4F Wildcat on a modern American aircraft carrier. We'll give the carrier a few hours to prepare, and lets assume the carrier is at sea and moving. Can a WWII fighter land on a modern carrier? Can it get back in the air? Yes, in fact thats what was done for the 1970's film of the Battle of Midway IRC No surprise given that a modern carrier has a much longer flight deck than anything available in WW2 Keith Bob Aumack, (ex-Blue Angel F11 boss) flew the last SBD off the carrier for the movie. It was no sweat, and he had a royal ball doing it. Dudley Henriques International Fighter Pilots Fellowship Commercial Pilot/CFI Retired For personal e-mail, use dhenriquesATzarthlinkDOTnzt (replacezwithe) |
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