cliffw%sequent.uucp@RELAY.CS.NET (Cliff White) (01/12/91)
From: Cliff White <cliffw%sequent.uucp@RELAY.CS.NET> A question: Do any of the current USN aircraft routinely launch without a catapault? Are there any planes that can *only* launch from a cat? just curious -- cliffw 'If we can't fix it- we'll fix it so nobody can'- B. Gibbons
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (01/27/91)
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) In article <1991Jan12.010600.22529@cbnews.att.com> cliffw%sequent.uucp@RELAY.CS.NET (Cliff White) writes: >Do any of the current USN aircraft routinely launch without >a catapault? I think some of the cargo aircraft (used for carrying high-priority people and supplies to carriers, mostly) can. The combat aircraft all use catapults 100% of the time, as far as I know. At the low end of a fast jet's speed range, every knot is precious. -- If the Space Shuttle was the answer, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology what was the question? | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry