Carrier Trap...

[petermcleland]

I've rigged the 3 Wire system now and here is a launch and trap:-


Here is the launch as I'm catapulted off the end at high speed.


And waiting for a little more speed before...


...manoeuvring round to...


...crosswind and...


...downwind. Here I'm commencing the final turn.


I see that "Freedom of the Seas" is in the anchorage today.


And there is plenty going on as usual.


Settled on finals as I cross the long pontoon.


Over the stern and about to catch the wire and...


...be hauled to a stop!


Taxied in now for a Kodak moment.

I need a lot more practice as I have far too many "Bolters" :brick:

[petermcleland]

Hmmm....Black mark there...I left the flaps down

[Brian Franklin]

Nice sequence Peter, fun isn't it

[Trev Clark]

Nice shots (as always), however I think the Ark's captain is about to run aground, Peter!
As with almost all the shots I have seen of the Vixen, nobody seems to fly with any underwing stores!

[airboatr]

right Peter , better alert the Capitan
the size of that wake says he's got about 40 seconds
before he .. .....lands the carrier

Nice shots

[forthbridge]

No wonder Peter is a bit lively turning crosswind :flying:

[Paul K]

Hmmm....Black mark there...I left the flaps down

Not sure about FAA procedures, but I was told that in USN practice, the aircraft remains in 'landing ' configuration while its in the circuit. Even after a bolter, everything stays fully down while it goes round for a second try.

And Airboatr is right; the Ark is about to do an impersonation of an LST.

[petermcleland]

Well with the power of modern catapults...I think I will just take her way off by removing the wake

Actually, I do leave everything out on bolters but did not realise that it is the correct procedure...I specially took up the gear there for fear that someone would say that I should :brick: EDIT...I see that it was not the particular sequence that I took shots on...Naturally I would not use full flap for a launch (just one notch) so the shots are correct really...or would be if I had remembered to bring the flaps in before folding the wings.

I will be pleased if I can get my success rate up a bit though

[Nigel H-J]

Excellent shots Peter, no way do I on touch-down come as close as that to the stern...No wonder I am bolting a number of times.

Nigel.

[Vulcan_to_the_Sky!]

Nice shots (as always), however I think the Ark's captain is about to run aground, Peter!
As with almost all the shots I have seen of the Vixen, nobody seems to fly with any underwing stores!

I would if I could find them, I've got the download version which doesn't seem to come with any, perhaps it was a mockup