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Title: P-39 landing on the deck
Post by: Chris McMillin on February 11, 2015, 03:46:27 PM

I just saw a clip on a documentary of Eric Brown, famous British flight test pilot, of a P-39 landing on a carrier at sea. It's a few seconds long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szten4iypCM
24:49, right after the Walrus landing.

Chris...

Title: Re: P-39 landing on the deck
Post by: Chris McMillin on February 12, 2015, 12:31:14 AM

Impressive how the LSO stood out in the middle almost so Eric could see him between the fuse and engine nacelle. Guys were confident, weren't they?

Title: Re: P-39 landing on the deck
Post by: john vlna on February 12, 2015, 08:49:22 AM

I had read references which say the P-39 was carrier tested, thi s sure proves it.

Title: Re: P-39 landing on the deck
Post by: john vlna on February 12, 2015, 09:46:58 AM

Found a picture of the hook. The picture appears edited to show the hook in the down position, you can also see that it in the up position. 

Title: Re: P-39 landing on the deck
Post by: Paul Smith on February 12, 2015, 12:46:05 PM

Quote from: Ty Marcucci on February 11, 2015, 05:35:55 PM

Great Video Chris. Never knew the Mossie also did CV landings. H^^ H^^

They called it the Sea Hornet.  Purpose-built for the carrier.

Title: Re: P-39 landing on the deck
Post by: Dennis Adamisin on February 12, 2015, 06:03:56 PM

GREAT FIND Chris.  Great eyes to catch that little snippet in all that footage.

I had heard of the Bell XFL Airabonita which was a parallel project to the P-39 only with a tail dragger gear.  NEVER heard of the P-39 with a hook before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_XFL_Airabonita

Title: Re: P-39 landing on the deck
Post by: Chris McMillin on February 13, 2015, 01:20:55 AM

The Hornet and the Mosquito were completely different designs. The footage where the Mossie lands on the deck is a DeHavilland DH 98 Mosquito. That footage is of Eric Brown landing it aboard ship the first time. It was the genesis of operating larger airplanes shipboard.
There are other clips of the bubble canopied, counter rotating prop equipped DH 103 Hornet. One will be able to tell the difference, the Hornet is a lot skinnier and single seat.

This picture is obviously of a Sea Mosquito.

Title: Re: P-39 landing on the deck
Post by: Chris McMillin on February 13, 2015, 01:27:43 AM

double.

Title: Re: P-39 landing on the deck
Post by: Dan McEntee on February 16, 2015, 09:11:27 PM

Quote from: Chris McMillin on February 12, 2015, 12:31:14 AM

Impressive how the LSO stood out in the middle almost so Eric could see him between the fuse and engine nacelle. Guys were confident, weren't they?

    I think it was a requirement that the LSO be able to run the 40 yard dash in under 5 seconds! I'll have to watch the complete video when time permits. Was he involved in the development of the curved approach for our Corsair? I understand that the Corsair was restricted to land based operation until the problem of forward visibility was resolved and it was the British Navy the came up with the solution.
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