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Stupid questions about Naval Aviation (Pt 2)

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markkyle66

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I guess I have another stupid question. I remember talking with someone about intruders and remembered a comment about it being one of the last Navy aircraft you could fly with the canopy open... was this something that was ever really practiced? Just thought I'd ask since I have never seen/read about that!
 

Brett327

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I guess I have another stupid question. I remember talking with someone about intruders and remembered a comment about it being one of the last Navy aircraft you could fly with the canopy open... was this something that was ever really practiced? Just thought I'd ask since I have never seen/read about that!

You mean Intruders like the A-6? Where did you hear that? :confused: You can fly just about any Navy jet with the canopy open, you just wont be asked to fly it again if you do. ;) That said, in the T-34, it was part of the syllabus to open the canopy in flight once or twice during FAM phase so you could get a feel for what a bailout environment might be like, but it was at a relatively slow airspeed.

Brett
 

JIMC5499

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For the CV helo dudes:

Looking at this pic http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showpost.php?p=463812&postcount=739

It looks like the H-3 is spotted and spread. If you had to launch and then recover w/ a deck like that, would this be a time for a "down the throat" clearance/approach? If they had to launch and recover on a SAR (or whatever), I don't really see a way for them to slide into the spot.

I've been in that situation as an LSE. On recovery the H-3 would come in high to minimize its rotor wash on the parked aircraft. I'd direct them right over the spot to a hover and then straight down to the deck. At least that's how we used to do it. I can't speak for other squadrons.
 

JIMC5499

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from the picture thread:



I gotta ask the Rhino guys... I just noticed this and realized this was being done on other Supers....why is that last stretch on the rudder surfaces kept unpainted?

It is so that the movement of the rudders can be sen during the flight control check. Some of those paint jobs make it hard to tell the position of the rudders.
 

ea6bflyr

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It is so that the movement of the rudders can be seen during the flight control check. Some of those paint jobs make it hard to tell the position of the rudders.

I guess someone should tell Air Wing Five that....check out these Hornet tails.

-ea6bflyr ;)
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070412-N-8591H-066 MOUNT FUJI, Japan (April 12, 2007) - Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 perform a formation flight in front of Mount Fuji. CVW-5 is embarked aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk operates from Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jarod Hodge (RELEASED)
 

ea6bflyr

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I was making an educated guess. It might be a command or air wing policy.:)

In my day, we called it a SWAG: Scientific Wild A$$ Guess. Swing and a miss, nice try Bob, thanks for playing......:D

Of course, I have no earthly clue either, but I doubt that your answer is correct. In my short Navy career, I've never seen a rule that thinks of the Plane Captain.

BTW, I asked some Rhino and Hornet pilots & WSOs and they don't know either. Maybe we need to ask an Airframer.

-ea6bflyr ;)
 

AJB37

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Here is my stupid question: once the Marines replace all their legacy f/a-18s with the JSF will they still have strike aircraft on the big CVNs?
 

Coota0

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Then my stupid question is a follow up to AJB37's: If the Marines won't be aboard the carriers after recieving their JSFs, then what was the point of making a Marine a CAG? And will the no Marines on the boat thing apply to the EA-6s or is the USMC getting rid of them too?
Thanks.
 

phrogdriver

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Then my stupid question is a follow up to AJB37's: If the Marines won't be aboard the carriers after recieving their JSFs, then what was the point of making a Marine a CAG? And will the no Marines on the boat thing apply to the EA-6s or is the USMC getting rid of them too?
Thanks.

It will be a long while before we get JSFs.

The Marines will be keeping their EA-6Bs longer than anyone. I believe they are mostly on a shore rotation now, anyway, though.
 

phrogpilot73

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If the Marines won't be aboard the carriers after recieving their JSFs, then what was the point of making a Marine a CAG?
Umm, because there was a Marine squadron in the Air Wing? Just a guess, but I'd say any Marine CAG now is going to be long retired by the time the JSF arrives.
 
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