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Post by shred on Jun 14, 2013 4:10:55 GMT -5
Another of my favourites, this one's in Royal Navy colours
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Post by clusterchuck on Jun 15, 2013 0:14:10 GMT -5
Another of my favourites, this one's in Royal Navy colours Steam power rocks! Launching one of these amazingly tough airframes is a stunning feat of human engineering. Aircraft carriers and the planes taking off/landing AND surviving the transaction is a wondrous testament to human warfare development. A shame it took death as the goal to produce such a marvelous example of cranial expression. Did that make sense? Seemed like it at the time...
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Post by shred on Jun 15, 2013 9:19:07 GMT -5
The Royal Navy loved their Phantoms, they wanted to keep them, but Britain was skint in the 1970's and with limited funds the Invincible Class Carriers that replaced the Audacious class were smaller, with ski jumps and Sea Harriers whose STOVL capability made steam catapault and arrester wires unnecessary.
Other trivia: R.N. Phantoms had a telescopic nosegear to increase the angle of attack (and rate of climb) during takeoffs. US Navy Phantoms did not have this simple modification.
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