Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-22 Thread Tony Peden
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 22:22, Russell Suter wrote: > Tony Peden wrote: > > >On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 19:12, Russell Suter wrote: > > > > > >>Tony Peden wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 09:54, Christopher S Horler wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Can anyone tell me the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Russell Suter
Tony Peden wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 19:12, Russell Suter wrote: Tony Peden wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 09:54, Christopher S Horler wrote: Can anyone tell me the largest a/c that can operate from an a/c carrier? The E-2C (or the cargo version of the same plane)

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Tony Peden
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 19:12, Russell Suter wrote: > Tony Peden wrote: > > >On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 09:54, Christopher S Horler wrote: > > > > > >>Can anyone tell me the largest a/c that can operate from an a/c carrier? > >> > >> > > > >The E-2C (or the cargo version of the same plane) is proba

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Russell Suter
Lee Elliott wrote: I've got an idea that the (R)A-5B Vigilante was one of the largest and heaviest carrier based a/c. Heaviest, that is if you consider a full load. At almost 80,000 lbs, max takeoff weight, you could be right. -- Russ Conway's Law: "The structure of a system tends to mir

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Russell Suter
Lee Elliott wrote: On Thursday 21 August 2003 18:41, Jon S Berndt wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 18:32:18 +0100 (BST) Jon Stockill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Matevz Jekovec wrote: I think S-3 Viking. C130 http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/hist

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Russell Suter
Tony Peden wrote: On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 09:54, Christopher S Horler wrote: Can anyone tell me the largest a/c that can operate from an a/c carrier? The E-2C (or the cargo version of the same plane) is probably the biggest that currently operates from U.S. carriers. I guess that depend

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Tony Peden
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 09:54, Christopher S Horler wrote: > Can anyone tell me the largest a/c that can operate from an a/c carrier? The E-2C (or the cargo version of the same plane) is probably the biggest that currently operates from U.S. carriers. > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > ___

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Lee Elliott
On Thursday 21 August 2003 18:41, Jon S Berndt wrote: > On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 18:32:18 +0100 (BST) > Jon Stockill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Matevz Jekovec wrote: > > > >> I think S-3 Viking. > > > >C130 > > http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0097.shtml A bit lo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Lee Elliott
On Thursday 21 August 2003 21:21, Russell Suter wrote: > Although interesting, this is certainly not typical! If you want to > know about > aircraft that typically operate on a carrier: > > http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/powerhouse/airwing.html > > > Jon S Berndt wrote: >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Russell Suter
Although interesting, this is certainly not typical! If you want to know about aircraft that typically operate on a carrier: http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/powerhouse/airwing.html Jon S Berndt wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 18:32:18 +0100 (BST) Jon Stockill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 18:32:18 +0100 (BST) Jon Stockill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Matevz Jekovec wrote: I think S-3 Viking. C130 http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0097.shtml ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Jon Stockill
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Matevz Jekovec wrote: > I think S-3 Viking. C130 -- Jon Stockill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Matevz Jekovec
Christopher S Horler wrote: Can anyone tell me the largest a/c that can operate from an a/c carrier? Thanks, Chris I think S-3 Viking. - Matevz ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flight

[Flightgear-devel] OT: Aircraft Carriers

2003-08-21 Thread Christopher S Horler
Can anyone tell me the largest a/c that can operate from an a/c carrier? Thanks, Chris ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel