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vgbaron Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: "Carrier ops" 04-28-03, 22:29z  Hi Dale - A few things occurred to me - in the movies, I don't believe I've ever seen a carrier trap depicted in bad weather - now that could just mean I haven't seen one but --- if the weather is REALLY lousy, what happens? Is there an ILS system, etc? As a related question, is there a maximum amount of vertical deck movement ( pitch?) that would prohibit recovery and, in a combat situation, what would happen to to the aircraft? Last, ( boy I'm curious <g>) how do you adjust for the pitching and rolling of the deck when making the approach? I can't envision rolling and pitching the a/c to keep a constant plane with it but ???? Sorry for the basic ?'s but the thought of landing on a moving object, at night, in bad weather is scary as hell. Hat's off to you guys ( 'n gals) who've done it. Thanx, Vic -= VPC OffLine Reader 2.1 =- Registered to: Vic Baron -OLR.PL v1.80- Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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