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From: john@ssd.Kodak.Com (John Hall (726-9345))
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Subject: Re: Carrier Aircraft
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Date: 13 Mar 91 00:38:57 GMT
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From: john@ssd.Kodak.Com (John Hall (726-9345))
In article <1991Mar8.021800.7056@cbnews.att.com> jeff@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (JEFF NANIS ) writes:
|	There have been a number of threads concerning the ease with which
|land-based aircraft can operate off of carriers. The following is a letter from
|the back of AW&ST (March 4, 1991) which gives the best explanation I have seen:
|
|	"Converting an advanced tactical fighter candidate into a carrier-based A-12 replacement is more complex than suggested...
          ...
   <many good reasons deleted>

But certainly possible.  The land-based BAE Hawk has recently been
modified to be a carrier-based trainer for the USN.