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11BX: Bomber Pilot WWII World War TwoAircraft Carriers MoviesFlight Deck Officer
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SSG William Jones That's interesting! Never thought about a plane needed a tilt upward to help it take off.
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Not uncommon at all. Though modern carriers have more height and longer runway. I have seen many a plane drop lower than the bow on Launch. And 1 never came back up. Though pilots ejected before we ran over the plane. Cold CAT is a real thing
Only once in my 3 tours did we ever launch an F14 cold. Without using the shuttles to kick them up to speed. Definitely not for the faint of heart
Only once in my 3 tours did we ever launch an F14 cold. Without using the shuttles to kick them up to speed. Definitely not for the faint of heart
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PO1 Kevin Dougherty
I would say a fully loaded B-25 with no cat was pretty unusual. Those crews had brass ones the size of cannon balls.
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