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From: arthur@Eng.Sun.COM (Arthur Leung)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Carrier Aircraft
Message-ID: <1991Mar14.040911.28598@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 14 Mar 91 04:09:11 GMT
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From: arthur@Eng.Sun.COM (Arthur Leung)
>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.

true, but it wasn't without some trial and tribulation.  :o)

from the feb 25, 91 issue of aviation week:
	"if the program succeeds, the T-45 will be the first
	land-based aircraft converted for carrier operations at
	least in recent memory," koehler (capt. richard e., naval
	air systems command's program manager) said.

	the navy had believed the goshawk was merely a low-risk
	derivative of the british aerospace hawk aricraft.

	initial stages of the flight test program revealed
	five major problems - with stability, control, and
	engine performance - that made the existing aircraft
	unquitable for carrier operations and set back the
	program at least 2 years.
	...
	60% of the internal structure of the goshawk will differ
	from the hawk.
	...
	structural changes were not stumbling blocks for the
	T-45, but attaining requisite flying qualities were.....

it's a pretty interesing article (apologies to the gentle
moderator if i quoted too much).  if you have access to
avweek, take a peek at it - it's an educational article.

-- arthur

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