Originally Posted by
Ascend Charlie
There is an apocryphal tale of a Neptune on patrol, spots a US carrier and decides to fly a circuit to it.
On final, pilots see a bulldozer pushing a jet off the deck to allow the Neptune, obviously in a dire emergency, to land.
Power up, gear up, get the heck out of Dodge...
Reminds me, the USN did fly Neptunes from carriers
https://www.scramble.nl/military-new...clear-neptunes
