PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - An utterly daft question about aircraft carriers
Old 11th Jan 2010, 04:42
  #5 (permalink)  
Captain Dart
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: with the other ex-CX pond scum (a zoologist was once head of Flight Ops)
Posts: 1,861
Received 53 Likes on 23 Posts
The Australian carrier HMAS Melbourne was docked on a 'stinking' hot day in 1980 or '81 at Station Pier, Melbourne, using Grumman Trackers chained to the deck for the 'pinwheel' manoeuvre (The 'wharfies' were on strike as usual). A miniature 'Bridges at Toko Ri' scene was subsequently played out between engineers, pilots, flight safety officers and ship's crew regarding alledged exceedence of aircraft engine operating temperatures. But that's naval aviation; the ship comes first (aircraft are just another weapons system).
Captain Dart is offline