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re: And this is why aircraft go full throttle when landing on an aircraft carrier
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:41 pm to meauxjeaux2
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:41 pm to meauxjeaux2
Goes to show how high the deck is above the waterline. Those carriers are huge.
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Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:44 pm to ReauxlTide222
Naval aviators are the best in the business, but they only fly the very end of the approach, the rest is on autopilot.
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Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:46 pm to ScrapPack
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I was on the Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 in the early 90's
It was a little before your time, but my cousin was a Lt. Comm on the Theodore Roosevelt in the 80's and I was fortunate enough to go on the Tiger Cruise in 1987 which departed out of Ft Lauderdale and sailed to Norfolk over 3 nights and 4 days....was able to see up close and personal take offs/ landings - great stuff.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:53 pm to lsu2grad
That is pretty cool. None of my family were ever able to make it up to do one. Did they break the sound barrier on a fly by? I always thought that was pretty awesome.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:56 pm to meauxjeaux2
My grandpa worked on the engines Doolittle used for his raid. We have been searching for the letter Doolittle wrote to my gramps for the Ww2 Museum but I think it maybe lost to the Sands of time.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:22 pm to Jcorye1
This reminds me of the film and books of the Doolittle raid...
Posted on 7/12/16 at 10:48 pm to 777Tiger
Thanks bro! 
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:19 pm to Tortious
Thanks meng!
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:34 pm to Jcorye1
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My grandpa worked on the engines Doolittle used for his raid
Was he on the Hornet? My grandfather had some interesting stories from when Doolittle and his planes were on deck.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 4:58 pm to ScrapPack
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That is pretty cool. None of my family were ever able to make it up to do one. Did they break the sound barrier on a fly by? I always thought that was pretty awesome.
Yes. They conducted 2 air shows - one firing rounds and dropping bombs and the other without. There were several sound barrier breaking fly by's.
Certainly was neat for me as a 14 year old. Wish I had a video of the trip, though.
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