How do carrier-based planes find the ship after a mission ?

"Mike Kanze" wrote...

...but not available in the KA-6D, even for "cheating"...

Amen.

One tactic would be to find a navigationally-competent friend up there and
promise some gas for a lead home. (Note I said "promise." g)

Not usually a problem... Those Phantom phlyers could sniff a 0.5 give of JP5
from 100 miles away!

John- Hmmm... Tuttle must have been friends with Chuck McGrail when McGrail
was CO of
Midway in the early 80s... EMCON recoveries (day and night) and "stealth
transits" were routine for a while! BRBR

Was it McGrail that had us fly daytime/EMCON but you couldn't go outta sight of
the boat?

A true 'FAGAT'...fly around and get a trap?

One A-7 did and got lost??
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

"Pechs1" wrote...

Was it McGrail that had us fly daytime/EMCON but you couldn't go outta sight
of
the boat?


That may have been the rules at the beginning, until we proved most of us could
find our way back without dragging a Bear along...

A true 'FAGAT'...fly around and get a trap?

Related to FACIT -- fly around and call it training.

John,

north of the arctic circle.

A place where the wet compass is worse than its usual useless.

--
Mike Kanze

"Do witches run spell-checkers?"

- Old word processing joke


"John Carrier" wrote in message
...
We had a Tacan

Or not. A certain Adm Jerry Tuttle had an aversion to radiating from his
ships. EMCON night recoveries north of the arctic circle. Pitching deck,
70 knots of wind over the deck, and the most memorable night trap in my
life (yes, you CAN experience the 3 ultimate physical pleasures
simultaneously).

The E-2 would set up the recovery (which typically included a misdirection
penatration followed by a 25-50 mile vector at 1200 feet). Pulse
single-scan could really help on the run in. Figure out the BRC/FB on
flyover, turn downwind and dirty up, time 30 seconds while descending to
600 feet. Level turn to FB, fiddle with lineup and descend when the ball
looked centered. Cut lights (hopefully just once) and fly the ball. Not
bad when the weather was reasonable. Not fun when it was not.

R / John

John- Or not. A certain Adm Jerry Tuttle had an aversion to radiating from
his
ships. BRBR

So did CAG Flatley..unless he was flying, that is.

We did night time, come into the break, type recoveries also. Why we were paid
flight pay.

P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

Why we were paid
flight pay.

Yep. There were times (VF-126 ready room after a week of 3-a-days ACM) when
I'd think, "And they PAY us to do this!"

There were also times when my thoughts ran, "They can't pay us ENOUGH to do
this."

R / John