Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnews!military From: shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (OFV) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Harriers on US ships, have they got takeoff ramps ? Message-ID: <14502@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 6 Mar 90 04:22:22 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Lines: 24 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Mary Shafer (OFV) Anthony Lee (munnari!batserver.cs.uq.oz.au!anthony@uunet.UU.NET) writes: All the RN carriers have takeoff ramps for their Sea Harriers. What the about the USN, do they have ramps on their ships for their Harriers ? No, the US Navy doesn't. But the Spanish Navy does, on at least one ship (the name translates as the Princess of Asturia). The sea trials were reported at the 89 SETP (Society of Experimantal Test Pilots) symposium, so thay took place fairly recently. What the Royal Navy and Spanish Navy have are "Harrier Carriers." They're smaller and purpose-built or modified just for Harriers. I don't think the USN is willing, politically, to do this; hence, no ramp. -- Mary Shafer shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA Of course I don't speak for NASA