Aircraft Not Designed For But Operating From Aircraft Carriers
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I'll take the starter for ten
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Prestwick Pioneers from Seletar visited the deck of HMS Centaur and (maybe) Eagle.
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AAC Beavers operated from carriers in the Middle and Far East in the 60s,
http://www.dhc-2.com/1489_XP824_Rich...flight_450.jpg various types of Austers did the same earlier. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ger_A21295.jpg The RN did the same with Tiger Moths https://fft-keymilitary.b-cdn.net/si...?itok=37fQjm5m Eric Brown flew both the Airacobra and Fiesler Storch on and off carriers.(The latter he landed ON the deck lift so it just needed wings folded and taken down) |
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Originally Posted by 134brat
(Post 11235967)
Prestwick Pioneers from Seletar visited the deck of HMS Centaur and (maybe) Eagle.
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How 'bout good thing he snagged the fourth wire!
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e26a65dc62.jpg - Ed ;) |
Spitfires and Hurricanes. OK, off only, but. And don't forget the Hurricanes operating from the merchant ships, again off only.
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Didn't the P-51D Mustang undergo carrier trials?
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Vampire … Winkle Brown
C-130? |
US Navy trialling X-Wing Snub nosed fighters from the USS Long Island.
https://www.navyhistory.org/wp-conte...12/itUSUKX.jpg |
Spitfires and Hurricanes. OK, off only, but. And don't forget the Hurricanes operating from the merchant ships, again off only. |
Originally Posted by Herod
(Post 11236021)
Spitfires and Hurricanes. OK, off only, but. And don't forget the Hurricanes operating from the merchant ships, again off only.
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Originally Posted by Ken Scott
(Post 11236068)
One Hurricane pilot having taken off the carrier for Ceylon had engine problems so landed back on, sans hook. Impressed the Navy chaps, apparently. I can’t remember his name but he was a 30 Sqn Sgt pilot as I recall.
https://raf-waddington.com/history/ceylon2.html |
From memory, Eric Brown's book stated that he landed a DH Mosquito on a carrier (and took off again).
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Dave Garrison completed a world microlighting first by making several take-offs and landings on HMS Illustrious, one of the Royal Navy's 'small' aircraft carriers, flying a Pegasus Q 462. This exercise in precision flying involved landing on a 'strip' barely wider than the Q's wingspan, lined with Sea Kings and Harriers and subject to the turbulence created by the bow wave. https://www.bmaa.org/images/bmaa-his...ing-7sjf9y.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....a5226f68b2.jpg |
Originally Posted by 212man
(Post 11236077)
Well Seafire could land too
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The U-2 did.
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