Ran across this video online...
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/base/mediatheque/videos/rafale_sur_uss_enterprise
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/base/mediatheque/videos/rafale_sur_uss_enterprise
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Rafaels on the Enterprise??
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I didn't think we would let them trap (reference the De Gaule thread from a few months ago), but apparently it is fine to trap the Rafaels & French E-2's. Nice video, thanks!
They must be very light jets. It didn't look like the wire ran out nearly as much as when our jets land.
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On the catapult shot for the first one they launch the wing must sit lower then expected the yellow shirt seemed to have to duck a little lower than I think he was used to and on the second launch no one seems to be as close to the jet but maybe that is just because of the catapult configurations and where the groundcrew stands.
Just an observation from the AF guy on the page.
Just an observation from the AF guy on the page.
A little more in depth info over at defensetech.org
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003619.html
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003619.html
Isnt the Kitty Hawk the oldest carrier??
Maybe you're looking in wrong places or getting your countries confused. The Brits opted to divorce themselves from the catapult and went with ramps before the Falklands Campaign in the early 80s. The Spanish, Italians and Russians followed suit, but the French, Argentines and Brazilians stayed with catapults without Ramps. Note: the Russians started using ramps to launch and arresting gear to recover in a hybrid combination of old and new methods.
Latest French Aircraft Carrier
^^^No ramps here^^^
Maybe you're looking in wrong places or getting your countries confused. The Brits opted to divorce themselves from the catapult and went with ramps before the Falklands Campaign in the early 80s. The Spanish, Italians and Russians followed suit, but the French, Argentines and Brazilians stayed with catapults without Ramps. Note: the Russians started using ramps to launch and arresting gear to recover in a hybrid combination of old and new methods.
Latest French Aircraft Carrier
^^^No ramps here^^^
As a matter of fact........when the Rafale was tested on a land-based catapult they had to test it at Lakehurst, which has the only land-based catapult left in the world. We even sent an officer on a foreign exchange to the De Gaulle to help operate the American catapult system when they first started sailing her around.
The only other contry in the world that operates a carrier with catapults are the Brazilian's, who have the old French carrier Foch, now named the Sao Paolo, and refurbished A-4's. How much they actually operate both though.......
P.S. A French Navy Admiral wears five stars, but is equivalent to a four-star ADM in the US Navy (from the article).
Hah, you have fallen prey to the Lakehurst propaganda (part of BRAC defense). Pax has a fully functional catapult...I was looking at it last Thursday.
Okay, you got me. The US has the only land-based catapults left in the world........
You're not the first to be taken in by their campaign to save Lakehurst
