Landing Practice

[r601020]

Where's the hook thingy?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_pcSSeowL4[/youtube]

[speedy70]

Well!!! First you normally land from stern to bow because the carrier turns into the wind to take on aircraft so they have the braking effect of the wind.

Secondly this is a spitfire mk1 or mk2 neither of which were fitted with arrester hooks.

Looks like you have set your own huge headwind in order to land.Not realistic i am afraid.

You can do it on a computer but not in real life.

Cheers Chris

[CodyValkyrie]

I'm just assuming Richard is being facetious. Nice landing!

[speedy70]

I agree but you must be liberal with theses things.

The adjectives that spring to mind are well perhaps I should stop.

Cheers Chris

[Lewis - A2A]

Thats a damn fine landing, very smooth indeed.

cheers,
Lewis

[computerflyer]

A very nice landing. You can't argue with success.

On the other hand, an easier, more conventional method would be a swooping, turning approach so that you can see the landing point, leveling out just before touching down. Otherwise, you can't see much except for the nose of the plane.

[r601020]

On the other hand, an easier, more conventional method would be a swooping, turning approach so that you can see the landing point, leveling out just before touching down. Otherwise, you can't see much except for the nose of the plane.

Agree, and I think I've learned to generally approach most landings that way to resolve the visibility problem, but I've also found that approaching landings from a higher altitude (steeper degree of decline) is easier in the Spitfire for the same reason. Was doing a lot of guessing at the time.

Here's where I found the carrier (but let's not talk about the first attempt):

https://youtu.be/5V7IoMgYNPo

[bladerunner900]

If you want to try some proper WWII Royal Navy carrier landings, you may be interested in this site.
http://www.flyingstations.com/victorious.html

[n421nj]

Very cool

[r601020]

If you want to try some proper WWII Royal Navy carrier landings, you may be interested in this site.
http://www.flyingstations.com/victorious.html

Thanks