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May 5th 11, 02:17 PM
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Maximum aircraft weight a carrier catapult can launch?
Dave Bowles wrote:
The cats haven't changed much over the years. The A-3 was about the biggest thig to ever get catted off the pointy end, and that 73,000 pounds was approaching the max. I recall 80,000 pounds from a chat many years ago. An article on an NAS Lakehurst site tells of shooting a 79,000 pound sled, so that's about right. Carrier suitability trials of the already-cancelled F-111B were conducted on Coral Sea in 1968. That aircraft had a nominal "loaded weight" of 79,000 pounds. 
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