ScottM
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There's nothing on the O-3 Level but officer staterooms, offices, CIC... oh, and the Skipper's cabin. Fire away at that deck!Talk about pucker factor. That'd be awsome with the RATOs, but I can't imagine the weapons people below deck would like that idea too much.
There's nothing on the O-3 Level but officer staterooms, offices, CIC... oh, and the Skipper's cabin. Fire away at that deck!
So was my avionics shop but it was starboard outboard, just forward of the island. The outer hatch was only eight feet from our shop door. We were safe.Hey, wait a minute. The O-3 level is where I worked!!
I used to hate hearing ordinance skittering across the deck directly over my head.
Even though he didn't have a tail hook on the KC-130F, he counts his eighteen landings in a Hercules among his 1,608 traps, which puts him in the top ten of the Navy's all-time carrier landing list.
Saratoga? A boat I've not heard of in a while. You're sure dating yourself.I saw the last eight on the USS Saratoga. One day he hopped in an F-14 and did eight back to back traps. Each and every one of them was the 3 wire IIRC. I guess when you're a Rear Admiral, you can take a jet out any time you want.
That is correct, and I've got three of those above and beyond my 116 "real" traps. However, T&G's on the boat do count, even though the hook is up, although, IIRC, bolters (unintentional T&G's due to landing past the wires) do not (I may be corrected on this).I guess tail hooks catching a wire above concrete do not count.
Here's one for ya... What's the maximum deck pitch and roll before they call off flight ops?That is correct, and I've got three of those above and beyond my 116 "real" traps. However, T&G's on the boat do count, even though the hook is up, although, IIRC, bolters (unintentional T&G's due to landing past the wires) do not (I may be corrected on this).
I saw the last eight on the USS Saratoga. One day he hopped in an F-14 and did eight back to back traps. Each and every one of them was the 3 wire IIRC. I guess when you're a Rear Admiral, you can take a jet out any time you want.
My one cat shot was sitting in the last seat, facing aft toward the ramp in a C-2 Greyhound, basically the same bird as yours but probably a lot less comfortable.249 traps - all from the back seat where you just sit and pray "God, don't let the guys up front f- up!"
That's why you're Air Force and not Navy.Gosh, I really love my 10000'+ of paved, non-pitching landing surface!
Gosh, I really love my 10000'+ of paved, non-pitching landing surface!
That's why you're Air Force and not Navy.
They must use tundra tires so the greens aren't damaged.Actually, the Air Force has an aircraft carrier now.
Actually, the Air Force has an aircraft carrier now.
So, where do you find out what civil aircraft have landed on a carrier? I have wondered if a set of 3 old carriers "parked" on long cables in the Pacific, could make GA flights to Maui safer. 2000NM total, so 3 would give you legs of 500NM. Refueling, and rest stops? Perhaps something for Trump to do, with cabins set up as a floating hotel. Casino well beyond the 3 mile limit.
That's up to the captain, based on what's going on. They'll call things off a lot sooner for training command carquals than they will for "nuclear combat toe-to-toe with the Rooskies."Here's one for ya... What's the maximum deck pitch and roll before they call off flight ops?
Nope -- never been SAC-umcised. My F-111 experience was all in the tactical air forces (USAFE and TAC), after I was called up from flying RF-4C's in the Air Guard, which was after I got out of the Navy and went back to grad school.Ron, I thought you were an FB111 guy.
Probably not -- see above.Obviously I had your svc record mixed up with someone else.
Yes. AFAIK, there's only one pilot who ever flew an F-111 off a carrier, and he refused to do it again, after which the Navy's part of the TFX program was terminated and they started designing the F-14 around the AWG-9/Phoenix radar/missile system that was supposed to go in the F-111B.Since you were out earning traps, I'm guessing you were flying something other than McNamara's erstwhile all-purpose/all-services plane off a carrier. Intruders?