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Monday, June 02, 2008
Carrier Landings
7 comments:
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Anonymous said...
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They don't trust Windows reliability, especially the part about "crash." Besides, then anybody could land on a heaving, moving deck at night, and that would detract from the Wings of Gold mystique.
Seriously, I don't know. Maybe too many variables and possibilities coming too fast. Have a software/hardware glitch at an airport and close a runway; do same on a carrier and lose the airport and the war.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick -
6/2/08, 12:25 AM
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Anonymous said...
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Hahaha, it's true. All of the technology exists. We'll see the day in our lifetimes when there is no pilot in the cockpit. One may as well ask why we were building battleships at the beginning of WWII. Organizations are staffed by human beings with human associations and interests. Why was Galileo accused of heresy for his view that the world was round?
Casca -
6/2/08, 1:44 AM
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Anonymous said...
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Actually, they have. I worked on/ installed Automatic Carrier Landing Systems in A-6's in 1974-77.
However, it was "needles and indicator lights" instead of being coupled to the autopilot and the auto-throttle.
I understand that fully-coupled systems were in use in F-14s or F'n A -18s.
Can COL Jerry or any of the young pup Naval Aviators bring us up to date? -
6/2/08, 1:58 AM
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Anonymous said...
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Go ask Lex - he's the man on issues like this.
http://www.neptunuslex.com/ -
6/2/08, 8:16 AM
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Anonymous said...
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ACLS is old news. Works a little too well. It will put a jet down at the same place every time, which wears out the deck plates too fast if you were to constantly bring in loaded Intruders in ACLS.
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6/2/08, 10:13 AM
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Anonymous said...
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I guess its a good thing all of the Intruders were retired 11 years ago.
Tim -
6/2/08, 1:15 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Intruders / Bombers are supposed to go out full, come back EMPTY!
It's okay for Tomcats / Hornets / Fighters to bring back ordnance. -
6/2/08, 6:48 PM
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