Admiral Beez
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Despite its reputation, here are some vids of Seafires landing onto their carriers without tearing off their legs. But the oleo bounce is still frightful to watch.
Not all Seafire landings are prangs
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Admiral Beez
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A lucky outcome for this Seafire's undercarriage.
A clearer vid here shows the landing was perhaps not as hard. I imagine the soft grass helped. What do you pilots say happened here, a sudden drop in wind speed?
I imagine this Seafire was thoroughly inspected afterward to ensure the undercarriage was okay.
A clearer vid here shows the landing was perhaps not as hard. I imagine the soft grass helped. What do you pilots say happened here, a sudden drop in wind speed?
I imagine this Seafire was thoroughly inspected afterward to ensure the undercarriage was okay.
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Admiral Beez
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Another good vid of Seafires landing safely, for the most part.
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Admiral Beez
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And looking here (same vid as top), you have to respect the deck crews that can so quickly fold the Seafires' wings. The Tarpon at the end shows the benefit of hydraulic wing folding.
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Admiral Beez
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It's a shame they didn't go with the Seafang/Attacker wing on the Seafire. Just look at the robust, wide track, and I assume the fold is narrow enough for the Illustrious class' lifts.
Keep the rest of the Spitfire tooling, but change to this wing design for the early Seafires onwards. Wing production may be slowed down at first, as I assume Seafire wings were much the same as Spitfire wings, even with the fold.
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fubar57
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Time machine required
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Mid '80s, I saw an entire Squadron of Buccaneers landing at Decimomannu AFB.
Of course it was land and not a CV in a gale, but I've never seen an airplane with a smoother landing, not even a small airliner.
Clompf....
Probably FAA learnt something from the Avalanche Operation.
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Mid '80s, I saw an entire Squadron of Buccaneers landing at Decimomannu AFB.
Of course it was land and not a CV in a gale, but I've never seen an airplane with a smoother landing, not even a small airliner.
Clompf....
Probably FAA learnt something from the Avalanche Operation.
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Admiral Beez
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I understand, but is there anything from post-war Seafang that is evolutionary and technically challenging?
fubar57
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AMCKen
Senior Airman
When I was going to the Reno Races in the 70s I made up a t-shirt "SPITEFUL XV Racing Team"
Has there ever been a satisfactory explanation for the USA not having Bearcats in in service 1941?
fubar57
General
Best go to 1936 and order a few hundred F-4 phantoms just to make sure.
fubar57
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Job done, it is so easy when you put your mind to it I wonder why everyone isn't as clever as like wot we is.
I think the captain of the airfield was sailing the good ship HMS United Kingdom at about 45 degrees to the prevailing wind and had forgotten to smooth out the bumps on his lawn, it looks like a cross wind landing on a bumpy grass airfield to me.
Good stuff!
