PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Hands off the controls during carrier catapault launches
Thread: Hands off the controls during carrier catapault launches
View Single Post
Old 18th Sep 2013, 15:17
  #37 (permalink)  
Navaleye
Suspicion breeds confidence
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Gibraltar
Posts: 2,405
Likes: 0
Received 8 Likes on 3 Posts
They were there to allow aircraft to be stowed partially off the flight deck without it falling off. The idea being that the wheels/cockpit/engine was on the deck and the tail secured to a mooring hanging over the side.
Navaleye is offline  
Reply