We shared video a few days ago of the first F-35C carrier test landings and launches. Before the Navy ever sends a new plane out to the ship, they test at a land based facility, normally Lakehurst, New Jersey, where catapults and arresting gear identical to those on the carrier are installed on a runway.…
We shared video a few days ago of the first F-35C carrier test landings and launches.
Before the Navy ever sends a new plane out to the ship, they test at a land based facility, normally Lakehurst, New Jersey, where catapults and arresting gear identical to those on the carrier are installed on a runway.
The failed F-111B variant underwent carrier suitability testing in the late 1960s, even after production was cancelled in favor of what would become the F-14.
I’ll agree that the carrier fighter version of the ‘Vark was a dog, but it was still miles better than the Avrocar and not worthy of the shame attached to the Avrocar.
Wrong vid mayhaps?
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You realize what a monster that pig was when you see the girders they used for the launch bar and holdback fitting.
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No thanx to McNamara and his “whiz kids.” McNamara and his minions were the worst thing to happen to the Pentagon until Obama.
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