aircraft carrier to be used for general aviation

[pbfoot]

read thei little snippet of how this group plan to use former russian carrier as a stopover between the US and Hawaii
http://www.aero-news.net/news/commb...08e887a-8e66-4a41-b9f7-841264c95005&Dynamic=1

 

[Gnomey]

Interesting pbfoot, I wonder how it will pan out.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Pretty radical idea. It'll be interesting to see alright.

 

[syscom3]

I bet their insurance costs will be astonomical. Plus no matter how big a ship is, its still subject to rolling in the swells which would be a landing hazard for pilots to trained to handle that.

I think its a non starter.

 

[Glider]

Syscom is dead right, insurance companies wouldn't go near it, how do the planes stop without arrester gear, operating costs are huge for a carrier and they expect landing fees to cover it.

This smells like an April Fool joke

 

[Nonskimmer]

Probably.

 

[Gnomey]

Agreed, I would say there would be lots of accidents as well with non-carrier trained pilots landing with no arrestor gear... Probably is an April Fool...

 

[pbfoot]

i was gonna pull it after about 5 minutes when i realized it was a joke but figured maybe it'll suck someone else in

 

[Nonskimmer]

Uh-huh. Sure.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Interesting.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

I'd like to see some Corp Pilot try to land his Citation on that

 

[loomaluftwaffe]

or a Japanese 747 get hijacked by a terrorist to do a kamikaze attack on it

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Why would you like to see that? That is dumb.

You obviously read a Tom Clancy book and by the way he flew the 747 into the Whitehouse not into an Aircraft Carrier.

 

[R988]

I thought in that book that some dude flew his F-16 into the 747 before it hits the whitehouse (he had no bullets or missiles) and saves the day?

or am I thinking of a Dale Brown book?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

even i can see that's a joke, it even has funny by the title..........

 

[loomaluftwaffe]

Why would you like to see that? That is dumb.

You obviously read a Tom Clancy book and by the way he flew the 747 into the Whitehouse not into an Aircraft Carrier.

I son't read Tom Clancy, and i just got the idea out of the back of my ass

 

[lesofprimus]

Just like last nights dinner....

 

[loomaluftwaffe]

yup!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I son't read Tom Clancy, and i just got the idea out of the back of my ass

Yeap