Nothing is impossible
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Nothing is impossible
Just came across this, rather amazing.
There was a tread on here a few months back about carrier landings - in GA airplanes, seems to show that a ship with a flat deck, the right plane, pilot and support crew all things are possible; without all that superstructure in the way he'd have made it look easy.
There was a tread on here a few months back about carrier landings - in GA airplanes, seems to show that a ship with a flat deck, the right plane, pilot and support crew all things are possible; without all that superstructure in the way he'd have made it look easy.
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A bold and rather excellent bit of piloting but rather too near the edge of the risk envelope for me to try ... especially with those handrails and the superstructure.
I suppose on a real aircraft carrier with a 30 kt forward speed into a 10 kt wind and masses of "flat top" it'd be a piece of p1ss in most light aircraft.
The cub might even struggle to keep up
I suppose on a real aircraft carrier with a 30 kt forward speed into a 10 kt wind and masses of "flat top" it'd be a piece of p1ss in most light aircraft.
The cub might even struggle to keep up
Last edited by Dave Gittins; 5th November 2013 at 12:47.
