[ARC5] RU/GF etc

[Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS]

Especially the "bang" at the end of the cat stroke! 
73 de Tom/W4OKW

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From: Kludge [mailto:wh7hg.hi at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 1:59 AM
To: 'Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment.'
Subject: Re: [ARC5] RU/GF etc

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From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Clarke, Tom AIR4.0P NATOPS
> Here you go!  Some of the old gals in action back in 95 at Pearl Harbor.
> Did you catch any of this, Kludge?

I moved here in 2000, a bit late to see it.

> How about those B-25s lifting off early and the single engine guys
> taking a longer roll!  

Considering how much deck they had, I think everyone should have been loaded
to full war load.  That would have made it a lot more interesting.  Even
better would have been to allow only as much deck as they had originally.
Wonder how many of them could handle what the WW II pilots did.  

> Must have been light and had plenty of WOD.

For those unfamiliar with WOD, it means Wind Over the Deck.  An aircraft
carrier turns into the wind and engineering winds up the rubber bands *real*
tight so they've got a 30 knot or so wind either directly down the deck
(straight deck) or 3deg to port (angle deck) for flight ops.  This gives
aircraft a bit of a head start when being launched or recovered.  As someone
who's ridden through a few of each, I can say that sometimes it feels like
it just ain't enough.  :-)

Best regards,
 
Michael, WH7HG BL01xh ... who wishes he had B-25 time.
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