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Quick question......
Posted: 16 Feb 2007, 18:31
by kurt190
What aircraft did the Fleet Air Arm use for deck landing training in the 1960's and 70's.
Cheers
kurt
Posted: 16 Feb 2007, 21:37
by Rick Piper
Hi Kurt
Single seat Dh Vampires i think.
Rings a bell but may have been just for "Rubber deck" trials.
Regards
Rick
Posted: 16 Feb 2007, 21:56
by kurt190
I've read about the "Rubber Deck" trials but I was trying to suss out what our intrepid naval aviators go to play with before Hunters and Phantoms etc
I guess they could have used twin seat Hunters for a deck rating...... Just seems a bit fast..
kurt
Posted: 16 Feb 2007, 23:43
by rich byrne
from memory of a book I read with the experiences of FAA pilots from 1945-1990, they used to do their first carrier landings on the actual aircraft when they were posted to the headquarters squadron. There was definitely one story from a guy who did his first traps in the Scimitar :shock:
Posted: 17 Feb 2007, 01:42
by Paul K
Would it not have been Sea Venoms ? :think:
Posted: 17 Feb 2007, 09:31
by RAF_Quantum
Hi,
I was born in 'Pompey' and as a lad I can remember Sea Hawks flying over our house regularly. We moved away from there in 1965 so the timescale is about right. Could they have been used? Also, would they have been based at Lee-on-Solent?
Rgds
John
Posted: 17 Feb 2007, 10:51
by kurt190
Yes, I suppose I should not be too surprised to find out they "trapped" on the planes they were assigned to....... Scary indeed. I was expecting to find a relatively soft benign T28 equivalent.
Cheers
kurt
Posted: 17 Feb 2007, 10:59
by jab
RAF_Quantum wrote:would they have been based at Lee-on-Solent?
Rgds
John
Am I right it was once know as HMS Daedalus? :think:
James
Posted: 17 Feb 2007, 12:05
by DaveB
Correct James
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Posted: 14 Mar 2007, 12:57
by rich byrne
Sorry to bump this old thread, but I found this interesting site earlier today, maintained by a former FAA pilot.
http://www.seavixen.org/index.cfm?fa=co ... neric.home
it has a copy of his log-book from 1965-1970 in Excel format here:
http://www.seavixen.org/index.cfm?fa=co ... wxxhukvgqk
You can see that it took just under two years from beginning flying training at Linton-on-Ouse to being posted to the OFT at Yeovilton and another year before he even went near a carrier to do deck landing practice in a Sea Vixen.
