I am curious that could one carrier carry skywarrior and vigilanter simultaneously? Did that occured? if you have such photo please share?
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 DDG51 |
carrier carry skywarrior and vigilanter |
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Posts: 10 (28-Dec-2007 09:40:27) |
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Posts: 4244 (29-Dec-2007 04:01:05) |
IIRC just about any carrier with an angled deck could have operated the A-3. The A-5 was a different matter because of its dimensions. So I would imagine
the Forrestals, Kitty Hawks, Enterprise, JFK, and early Nimitz were able to operate both.
Squadron VAH-4 DET.C "Fourrunners" flying A-3B
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Posts: 2715 (29-Dec-2007 06:54:26) |
USS Ranger (CVA-61) underway during her second WestPac/Vietnam cruise, December 10, 1965-August 25, 1966. Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) deployed with the ship.
An F-4B Phantom II of VF-142 "Ghostriders" about to catch the wire, with an A-3 and an A-5 side by side in the background. 
Here is the main index for Navsource: http://www.navsource.org/index.html Here is another pic of Ranger, with 2 A-3 and 2 A-5: (click on the link, and scroll down to NS026104) http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/61.htm The other pic is NS026144.
Last Edited By: bager1968
29-Dec-2007 07:15:42.
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Posts: 11 (29-Dec-2007 13:09:58) |
Aarh yes, wonderful photo, it is better to find an airscape so I can estimate the size.
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Posts: 1162 (30-Dec-2007 06:01:19) |
bager1968 wrote:
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Posts: 2720 (30-Dec-2007 08:46:51) |
The part you bolded is part of the official caption Navsource put on the photo, so don't b^!ch at me for it!
Here is the complete caption for both that pic and NS026143: "USS Ranger (CVA-61) underway during her second WestPac/Vietnam cruise, December 10, 1965-August 25, 1966. Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) deployed with the ship. NS026144: an F-4B Phantom II of VF-142 "Ghostriders" about to catch the wire. Photos from Angelo Romano's NAVA Collection nava.archives@libero.it" |
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Obi Wan Russell |
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Posts: 117 (30-Dec-2007 17:22:16) |
I see no evidence of a wave off in the picture. Aircraft typically land with a nose high attitude so that the main wheels and the hook hit the deck first. Also
the nose high attitude is required when flying slowly in order to maintain lift. If a wave off had been ordered the aircraft would not have had time to pul up
and the application of full power would only stop the aircraft sinking further at this point. If it had stared climmbing away then it must have just
miraculously escaped a ramp strike considering how low it is. As afr as I can tell it is on course for number three wire and hopefully a safe landing.
Also a number of posters have in the past misused the term 'Bolter', an aircraft is termed a Bolter when it 'Bolts' (misses the wires and takes off again) and there is no such word as Bolters (as in it 'Bolters' off the deck) Unless one is referring to several incidents; To Bolt, I Bolt, you Bolt, He/she/it Bolts, he/she/it is a Bolter, "We had several Bolters today, only one Bolter yesterday, and I hope no one Bolts tomorrow." for example. Was I the only one awake during English lessons at school? |
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Gunnersmate04 |
Your missing the most important part of that picture... | ||
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Posts: 22 ( 4-Jan-2008 17:32:24) |
.....check out those beautiful 5 inch 54's on the port side aft sponsons.
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Posts: 1976 ( 9-Jan-2008 22:58:23) |
Obi Wan Russell wrote:Agreed, this is the way any aircraft landing aboard ship, or ashore for that matter should look. Landing nose wheel first can be very exciting. |
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