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The Great Cats and Dogs on Aircraft Carriers Thread . . . with F-16 insanity!
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Uses for Aircraft Carriers
So now the Navy has asked the staunchly and traditionally USAF oriented RAND National Defense Research Institute to produce a report looking at new "combat and Noncombat uses of Aircraft Carriers". Well, blow me down....
Could be a smart strategy, getting THEIR think tank to support Navy...
Check it out: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2006/RAND_MG448.pdf
So now the Navy has asked the staunchly and traditionally USAF oriented RAND National Defense Research Institute to produce a report looking at new "combat and Noncombat uses of Aircraft Carriers". Well, blow me down....
Could be a smart strategy, getting THEIR think tank to support Navy...
Check it out: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2006/RAND_MG448.pdf
Interesting read! I never new they launched and recovered U-2's from carriers. Keep the good stuff coming JOE!!
Would be cool to see pics of that first "attempted landing" 
Good and interesting read. I haven't read the whole think yet, but I think that the modular carrier is one of the biggest changes I'm seeing being recommended to the CVN itself. Otherwise, it seems that we have done some variation of each recommendation in the past. HeyJoe, I'm assuming that you get out to the ship every once in a while? Are you working ship stuff or the air side? Who knows, maybe I've flown you out a time or two?!
pdx
HSM Pilot
heyjoe said:Definitely not photo-shopped and you likely didn't know because nobody was supposed to know for a long while afterwards
If someone had told me a U-2 could land on a carrier, I would have assumed they were smoking crack. It doesn't seem like the airframe could survive an arrested landing. I guess you can stick a hook on anything.
Wow, can an F-18 even launch without catapult assist?
Piper cub would be cake...just put 40knots of WOD and rotate in place....fly away.
In 1995 we loaded a big bunch of WWII war birds on the Chucky V and headed for Hawaii to celebrate the 50th Anniv of VJ Day.
We deck launched them all with no problem off Diamond Head. I'll see if I can locate some images.
In 1995 we loaded a big bunch of WWII war birds on the Chucky V and headed for Hawaii to celebrate the 50th Anniv of VJ Day.
We deck launched them all with no problem off Diamond Head. I'll see if I can locate some images.
pdx
HSM Pilot
Schnugg said:
I was kinda joking about the Piper, but I would think the rotation velocity for a U-2 was fairly high. After all, it was designed for high speed, high altitude flight.
It happened, so I can't really argue that it's impossible.
Also, I would love to see pics of warbirds launching from the boat.
Actually not, remember it has a huge straight high aspect ratio wing like a glider. Saw one do a takeoff and fly by at NAS Miramar airshow. I thought it was going to stall on climb out it was so slow and climbing so steeply.
Harrier Dude
Living the dream
pdx said:
We routinely launch from 300' without a catapult for CQ. With a full load we need more, plus water injection, but the 750 or 800 is as far back as you have. WOD helps, obviously.
heyjoe said:
Gotcha. It's the ship limiting the CODs. It's not like we have anything else to do do when a ship is out but bag traps. Let me know if you decide to go. Maybe I can get you the window seat.
