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By: - 25th February 2005 at 11:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yeah - sure
By: - 25th February 2005 at 12:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
looks like a badly PSed job to me. the tail section of the landing C17 would be
around 30 feet below the carrier deck.
By: - 25th February 2005 at 12:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Is it April the 1st already?
Phil
By: - 25th February 2005 at 12:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I want to see the size off the tailhook on that plane and they must use a enormous arresting cable :D
By: - 25th February 2005 at 14:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
That one's been around for a looong time already !
By: - 25th February 2005 at 14:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
very funny. what's next, an AN-225?
By: - 25th February 2005 at 14:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
They should aleast clean the deck before welcoming a new visiter, look at the dirt that is being kicked up. :)
A bit of topic, does anyone have the real pictures of a C-130 navy landing trails?
By: - 25th February 2005 at 14:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Dutchy, link to it here: http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=164810
:)
By: - 25th February 2005 at 14:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Not pictures but these movies show the landing:
http://www.theaviationzone.com/media/c130_forrestal_landing.mov
http://www.theaviationzone.com/media/c130_forrestal_takeoff.mov
By: - 25th February 2005 at 17:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Amphibious Assault Carrier
The US Department of Defence have recently been investigating ways of extending the reach of the C17. With the scaling down of air to air refuelling assets, trials have been conducted to establish the feasibility of operating C17's from the angled decks of USN carriers.
Initial fears about landing roll distances have been proved wrong, as the trial aircraft has successfully carried out a landing. I understand the next trial is to investigate the feasibility of flying it off again.
That PS-pic doesn't show a USN CVN-type Aircraft Carrier.
It look's more like a Marine/Navy LHA- or LHD-type Amphibious Assault Carrier.
Just compare the angled white stripes on the deck.
Those ships have no angled decks, because there have only VTOL-Aircrafts (Helicopters, V-22) and STOVL-Aircrafts (AV-8,later F-35B) on board.
Anyway, why should I try to correct a PS-pic?!
By: - 25th February 2005 at 19:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Well it makes you think when you see the C130 trials. They do say a C17 can land anywhere a C130 can.
Phil
By: - 25th February 2005 at 20:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
It's definitely a PS. That guy on the deck is a dead giveaway. I don't care how big the tailhook or arrestor cables are, there is no way that plane in the attitude shown is going to stop in the 60 feet required to avoid 'collecting' him.
By: - 1st March 2005 at 15:07 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
He'd be alright. He'd have to be eighteen feet tall for the wing to have any chance of getting him.
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By: SteveYoung - 25th February 2005 at 11:34
The US Department of Defence have recently been investigating ways of extending the reach of the C17. With the scaling down of air to air refuelling assets, trials have been conducted to establish the feasibility of operating C17's from the angled decks of USN carriers.
http://ships.bouwman.com/C17/Carrier.html
Initial fears about landing roll distances have been proved wrong, as the trial aircraft has successfully carried out a landing. I understand the next trial is to investigate the feasibility of flying it off again.