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Offline Filip

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How to land P51 on carrier
« on: August 25, 2008, 02:23:11 PM »
At first, I did not intend it to do so. As I was struggling from battle damage, oil leaking, wet foot, decided to give a try and land my P51D on near carrier. As I went for final approach, gear down, full flaps, shivering on minimum speed and with no hook  :rock ... my engine just quit few yards off the threshold. Consequently I stalled and craped bellow the deck, with terrific blast, finding myself on low level carrier floor. And still alive.

Enjoy and comment please  :salute
PS: my first post here
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Re: How to land P51 on carrier
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2008, 02:28:55 PM »
Browse around some and you'll find pictures of people landing in the CV's hangar. Great, "landing." :aok
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Re: How to land P51 on carrier
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2008, 02:29:26 PM »
Must have sucked for the maintenance crew.

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Re: How to land P51 on carrier
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2008, 02:31:52 PM »
I'd say for the crew filming the bizarre version of titanic.
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Re: How to land P51 on carrier
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2008, 04:02:51 PM »
Really takes no skill to land a non-CV plane on a cv, but it takes all luck to do that!! One of the weirdest/best landings I've seen.  :aok

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Re: How to land P51 on carrier
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2008, 04:05:10 PM »
Really takes no skill to land a non-CV plane on a cv, but it takes all luck to do that!! One of the weirdest/best landings I've seen.  :aok
agreed about that landing, teahc me some day how to land a non-CV plane on a CV please?
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Re: How to land P51 on carrier
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2008, 04:17:36 PM »
agreed about that landing, teahc me some day how to land a non-CV plane on a CV please?

just belly land it's the easiest way
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Re: How to land P51 on carrier
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2008, 04:22:40 PM »
just belly land it's the easiest way
<-to fried to think of that simple answer... :cry
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Re: How to land P51 on carrier
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2008, 04:35:01 PM »
I've several times landed a 109 or 190 on a CV, rearmed, and re-up'd. Not much harder than landing on a normal runway, it's just shorter.

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Re: How to land P51 on carrier
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2008, 04:36:47 PM »
Not by much if you add in the carrier moving at 50 knots.
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Re: How to land P51 on carrier
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2008, 10:55:00 PM »
Thanks a lot for your comments, enjoyed reading it   :)
So maybe if my engine hasn't stopped, i could do that than. That is what i rely wasn't much expecting, I just went for a bloody try.
Must have sucked for the maintenance crew.
:devil No need of those maintenance crew now, since ac can autoland directly into hangars. LOL