Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!convex!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: adh@doc.ic.ac.uk (Adam Hebblewhite) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Aircraft turnaround and maintenance Message-ID: <1991Feb15.071907.11518@cbnews.att.com> Date: 15 Feb 91 07:19:07 GMT References: <1991Feb13.221910.6268@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Imperial College Dept. of Computing, London Lines: 23 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Adam Hebblewhite In article <1991Feb13.221910.6268@cbnews.att.com> jlc@milton.u.washington.edu (Jeffrey Casterline) writes: c. Is the payload of one of the navy aircraft restricted when launched from a land base? On an aircraft carrier, the catapult aids the takeoff. With no such ground assist, do these planes carry less when they take off from a land base? The catapult assists the take-off because the carrier has a shorter 'runway', than conventional land-based airfields. In land-based operations, you have more runway length, so a catapult is not needed. I very much doubt whether there is any reduction in payload necessary when taking off from a land base. Adam -- Adam Hebblewhite adh@doc.ic.ac.uk Department of Computing, Imperial College, London SW7 2BZ Disclaimer: All opinions mine unless explicitly stated otherwise. "Welcome to the jungle, it gets wilder every day..."