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Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Carrier => Topic started by: Russell Shaffer on February 07, 2014, 06:01:56 PM

Title: Drip drying after a bath
Post by: Russell Shaffer on February 07, 2014, 06:01:56 PM

This is why Navy airplanes have tail hooks.

Title: Re: Drip drying after a bath
Post by: Mark Scarborough on February 07, 2014, 08:19:32 PM

that is awesome,, well for the crew not so much, but for us, plane awesome

Title: Re: Drip drying after a bath
Post by: Glenn (Gravitywell) Reach on February 07, 2014, 09:24:59 PM

I bet the pilot got a new nick name after that one! 

Title: Re: Drip drying after a bath
Post by: Randy Bush on February 08, 2014, 09:19:30 AM

I'm curious as to what the procedure is to recover the plane and crew. 

Randy

Title: Re: Drip drying after a bath
Post by: Russell Shaffer on February 08, 2014, 01:52:08 PM

The crew was probably  picked up by the destroyer running astern of the carrier during flight operations.  About the airplane, the water must not have been too deep - I don't think they float well.