Great video on carrier ops

[Fat Magpie]

Maintenance of the steam catapult must have been a dog.

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[Hangarshuffle]

Good effective film from 1960. Wonder where the RN is up to now with planning for running the next generation?

[SASless]

At least maintaining the Catapults will be less a burden!

[jwcook]

Do modern carriers still have the Howdah?

[SpazSinbad]

How Dah? Is that like Irish for how's ya fadder?

Installations on the Flight Deck (http://navysite.de/cvn/flightdeck.htm)

Apparently now the: "The Integrated Catapult Control Station (ICCS)" or 'the bubble' less thrilling indeed otherwise a "Remote Station" can be used. Photo of an 'ick' below:

CLOSEUP: http://www.murdoconline.net/pics/ICCS.jpg Click Link

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd80/cenciotti/USS%20Nimitz/IMG_2816.jpg

Cue the 'Baby Efelant Walk' Musick:

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Howdah+Elephant&rls=com.microsoft:en-AU&rlz=1I7GGNI_enAU567&tbm=isch&source=iu&imgil=iNl6JJwd_-aQBM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcTY9aXnvg dYEEst_QF16VRaL_2_ltcOf5mY5FZ4My74rcaJcV2-%253B1775%253B2500%253BvIo1XOIMeYoTUM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F %25252Fcommons.wikimedia.org%25252Fwiki%25252FFile%25253AA_d ecorated_elephant_with_a_howdah_on_its_back.jpg&sa=X&ei=NMfVUoD0A4j8iAfDiYDQDA&ved=0CDwQ9QEwAg&biw=1536&bih=680#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=iNl6JJwd_-aQBM%253A%3BvIo1XOIMeYoTUM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fupload.wikim edia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fcommons%252F9%252F91%252FA_decora ted_elephant_with_a_howdah_on_its_back.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F% 252Fcommons.wikimedia.org%252Fwiki%252FFile%253AA_decorated_ elephant_with_a_howdah_on_its_back.jpg%3B1775%3B2500

Ye Olde Melburnian HowDeDooDe:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc159/crycookie/howdah1.jpg

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc159/crycookie/howdah.jpg

[Fat Magpie]

Do modern carrier still use a holdback pole thing or what is the modern replacement. When the aircraft is hooked up to the catapult, engines at military thrust or whatever, brakes off, what stops the plane moving off.

[SpazSinbad]

'THING' the navysite.de above (rptd below) link has good info:

Installations on the Flight Deck (http://navysite.de/cvn/flightdeck.htm)

Various old aircraft had bits and pieces to hold 'em before they fold 'em. Some even failed prematurely which was never nice. But that is another story altogether.... In these 'suckbackintheholdback' cases the actual 'THING' hand poppin' up would have been nice:

http://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/6156303/il_340x270.301431843.jpg

Below is the NoseGearHoldEm:

http://navysite.de/cvn/Image1150.jpg

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l261/SpazSinbad/NewerAlbum/Image1150.jpg~original (http://s98.photobucket.com/user/SpazSinbad/media/NewerAlbum/Image1150.jpg.html)

[Hangarshuffle]

RN is asleep on the training of the flight deck crews - hardly surprising looking at the state of the FAA, but its very true (I know)!


Where's the new dummy deck going to be?
When do they start training with it? (When do they start building it?).


Answers from a FAA staff officer please (!!).

[clicker]

So did Big F tell the Captain a porky? "Well Sir, if we launch the 1030 serial at 1045...."

Then Big F says to Little F, "We have to delay the 1030 serial by 30 minutes...."