Author Topic: hanger deck takeoff (Read 284 times)

Jose Gallegos · « **on:** November 14, 2002, 04:47:26 PM »

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udet · « **Reply #1 on:** November 14, 2002, 06:45:09 PM »

is that from a battleship?

Jose Gallegos · « **Reply #2 on:** November 15, 2002, 05:53:37 PM »

The caption that accompanied the photo said this was a CV-12 (USS Hornet) hanger deck catapult. In the WWII move "A Wing And A Prayer", there's a short sequence near the end that shows a TBF Avenger being catapulted from the hanger deck, no the flight deck.

whgates3 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 15, 2002, 06:45:18 PM »

a captapult for AH might help some of us launch overloaded corsairs from the CV

vatiAH · « **Reply #4 on:** November 16, 2002, 12:14:32 AM »

The Yorktown class, Wasp, and Essex had Hanger deck cats. The idea was scout planes could be launched without having to respot a deck load of planes.

Vati