Stupid questions about Naval Aviation (Pt 2)

[A4sForever]

If this guy were to attempt to land on a carrier, in daylight with calm seas and assuming he has no experience what would his chances be? ....

Probably pretty decent, assuming HE was ... At those speeds, it's all a question of degree.

Check it out ... especially the last paragraph:

OH-1/L-19 Bird Dog

Also:

"Can you move the Helicopter to the other side so I can land on your runway .... " ..... VNAF Major Bung Ly (current resident of Florida, I believe)

USS MIDWAY Operation FREQUENT WIND April 1975 photo gallery ...

 

[GroundPounder]

Isn't that O 1 on display at the Museum in Pensacola? I seem to remember it, but I might be getting my places mixed up.

For me, the guys with stones were the ones jumping out of the UH-1's at about 20 feet over the ocean. I doubt that its the type of thing that is in the manual.

It looks like it would be doable, I think that if you marked it out on land I could do it 99 out of a 100 times*, but I could also walk 10 feet across a 2 x 4 if it were a foot off the ground. Put the same 2 x 4 at 100 ft and it's a whole different ball game.

* I'm in no way saying that I think I could land anything on a carrier.

 

[HeyJoe]

I'd say his chances were pretty good. There was a Vietnamese gentleman that did that w/ an O-1 at the end of the war. It's hanging up in the Naval Museum at NPA.

Equally impressive was he (MAJ Bung Ly, VNAF) had 6 people in it with him (wife and 5 children)

 

[Gatordev]

Isn't that O 1 on display at the Museum in Pensacola? I seem to remember it, but I might be getting my places mixed up.

You know, it might be.

There was a Vietnamese gentleman that did that w/ an O-1 at the end of the war. It's hanging up in the Naval Museum at NPA.

 

[Mumbles]

God really blessed Maj. Ly and his family. What a great Dad.

 

[GroundPounder]

You know, it might be.

-1 for me and my reading retention skills.

 

[Lonestar155]

F-35 nose gear

For all you "boat types." Anyone know why they designed the F-35 with a single wheel on the nose gear? Seems like for carrier ops, two wheels serve as stability and balance. More importantly seems like a single wheel will get jammed in between the cat.

 

[MasterBates]

Two wheels for stability and balance?

Nah.

 

[Brett327]

For all you "boat types." Anyone know why they designed the F-35 with a single wheel on the nose gear? Seems like for carrier ops, two wheels serve as stability and balance. More importantly seems like a single wheel will get jammed in between the cat.

How wide do you think the cat track is?

Brett

 

[onedge]

Could be that you looked at a airfarce version of the jet. They put puny ass gear on all their stuff.

 

[Lonestar155]

Cannot say I have seen an actual sea based variant.

 

[2sr2worry]

First F-35C (Navy) not yet assembled. It will have the landing gear and hook you expect, along with a larger wing.

 

[Pugs]

F/A-18D question

Didn't want to piggyback the mishap thread.

How often does a Delta fly without a WSO? Can all the weapons work be done in the front?

 

[Pugs]

F/A-18D question

I tried to post this earlier and it apparently didn't take. Didn't want to hijack the mishap thread with my query.

How often is a Delta flown single pilot?

Can the front seat handle all the weapon systems?

Do you need both crew for a PMCF?

 

[jarhead]

I tried to post this earlier and it apparently didn't take. Didn't want to hijack the mishap thread with my query.

How often is a Delta flown single pilot?

Can the front seat handle all the weapon systems?

Do you need both crew for a PMCF?

the F/A-18D can be flown single pilot and everything can be ran from the front seat. I wasn't in a two seat sqd but my understanding is that they don't like to fly without somebody in the "trunk"... and I know of some instances where a pilot was scheduled to fly in the backseat just so there wasn't an empty seat (I heard the affected pilot's complain about it). The RAG is different as they let CAT I's fly the F/A-18D solo during training because they don't have enough single seat jets...

As for the PMCF, I'm fairly certain it's done with a crew of 2 but I could be wrong.

S/F