View Full Version : Royal Navy new carrier trials, someone's barking mad
NutLoose
4th Nov 2013, 22:55
Gulp........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUdzVnZBaoY&sns=em
The Stimulator
5th Nov 2013, 03:05
But nothing new. Of course a "proper" aircraft landed on a cargo ship many many years ago :).
Emergency Landing on Cargo Ship by Sea Harrier - Soapy Watson - The Alraigo Incident - YouTube
By heck, nutloose, that landing rattled his spats :eek:
mmitch
5th Nov 2013, 09:20
Bit more room than the roof of a truck..:sad:
mmitch.
Martin the Martian
5th Nov 2013, 12:29
What is it they say about stopping and landing rather than...
hat, coat etc
Bit of a non-event really. The ship is probably doing eighteen knots or so. Add fifteen knots of wind, and the relative wind is thirty-three knots on the nose.
So, that was a good landing? Albeit after a peculiar approach?
OK, they walked away ... Your preferred 'arrival', Herod? :)
ShyTorque
5th Nov 2013, 18:20
Flying from any airfield that might not be there when you get back is crazy!
kbrockman
5th Nov 2013, 18:38
Reminds me of the new US NAVY concept "carriers" as an extention package for the newest ship, the USNS Montford Point.
http://www.sldinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/MLP-AFB.jpg
kbrockman
5th Nov 2013, 18:53
double post
Obstacles forward seem to be an unfortunate addition.
Best not, eh?
Delta_Foxtrot
5th Nov 2013, 19:31
Would have been airborne a bit quicker if the deck-handlers had let it go similtaneously and earlier. It looks as if they were trying to stop him taking off!
And does it take two hands on sticks to fly an autogyro (sp?)?
Flypro
5th Nov 2013, 19:41
Kbrokman,
Ever seen a photo of RFA Reliant?.
IMHO the best Helicopter deck the RN the ever had.
Canadian Break
5th Nov 2013, 19:56
So, does anyone know what happened to "Soapy" thereafter? Admiral of the Fleet by now I shouldn't wonder!:ok:
Your preferred 'arrival', Herod?
Rotary; onto several of Her Majesty's Finest Floating. :ok:
airborne_artist
6th Nov 2013, 16:39
CB
From this thread (http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/278302-soapy-watsons-ride-alriago.html):
"Trenchard Brat 24th Jan 2011, 20:53
lets put this to bed once and for all, Mike Watson was Sharkeys no2, Ian Watson was the Alraigo Kid, Mike flew with FRADU after retiring from the RN, he went on to fly the Hunter/Hawk and now the Falcon, last time i saw Ian Watson he was in a shopping Mall in Dubai, he was an instructor pilot for the Royal Saudi Air Force!"
Canadian Break
6th Nov 2013, 16:47
Cheers chap. CB
clicker
6th Nov 2013, 19:04
Umm, not sure why anyone would want to do that, certainly not much width to play with on the landing.
I also fear this might have played into their Airships hand and can see the RAF being reequipped with microlights and the Navy carriers being converted into tankers in the next review of 2015. :rolleyes:
SASless
7th Nov 2013, 03:17
Piece of Doddle that!
This is real airplane flying onto a Ship.....
USS Forrestal C-130 Hercules Carrier Landing Trials - YouTube
I always liked the U2 landing on a carrier.
U-2 carrier take offs and landings - YouTube