On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:21:24 +0100, Gerard wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Le mercredi 23 novembre 2005 à 17:13 +0000, AJ MacLeod a écrit : > > snip > > At the risk of teaching Granny... later marks of Lightning also > > carried hooks; one-shot devices for use on land _only_, for > > emergencies. Designed to catch RHAG and other arrestor devices in > > case of brake failure or whatever. As Vivian said, the Hunter is > > equipped with a hook for the same reason (and can be successfully > > landed on Nimitz), but has no launching gear. > > > And you may add F16 ..these hooks are for the over-run wires, on at least RNoAFB's, is the final chance to avoid running off the runway. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
