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Cockpit Colin wrote: Out of curiosity, has anyone ever heard of a GA aircraft doing a touch and go (or landing) on an aircraft carrier? As others have posted, military Navions landed on carriers. I have also seen a film of the Vietnamese 172 pilot landing on a carrier in 1975. A friend of mine is a Navy (and former GA) pilot. We've often discussed the possibility of getting a GA aircraft on the deck. Assuming the wires are down, it wouldn't be that difficult to do if the boat was steaming into the wind. If you assume a (roughly) 40 knot headwind, the landing roll on a light single should be short enough to stop with room to spare. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) |
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