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- From: chf0@harvey.gte.com (Curtis Fennell)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Strike Commander Pix in PC Entertainment
- Message-ID: <5352@ceylon.gte.com>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 13:19:34 GMT
- References: <C0Hs7C.L5n@cpqhou.se.hou.compaq.com> <C0I5tK.CGx@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan11.200156.3157@peanut>
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- In article <1993Jan11.200156.3157@peanut> yuqian@bvc.edu (Suicidal Freshman) writes:
- >
- >>>Don't all Navy planes leave the deck mostly
- >>>empty and are forced to refuel immediately after takeoff (I think its so the
- >>>plane is less likely to leak fuel and explode on the flight deck)?
- >
- >Navy uses a "little" KA-6 for refuling. It is doutful that Navy planes take
- >off almost empty. But one reason for such practice could be for weight
- >consideration.
-
- As a former A-6 pilot, I can say that it depends on the mission and
- the weight requirements. For the A-6, max catapult weight on the
- carrier was less than the max gross weight that the
- aircraft could theoretically take off with. However, I don't think
- that I ever took off with anything near the max gross weight.
-
- If you did have to take off with a full ordnance load, one way to do
- it was to take off without a full bag of gas, and tank off the KA-6
- once you were airborne. However, if the target was close enough, you
- didn't necessarily have to do that - it depended on ordnance load and
- range to target.
-
- Carriers do typically launch a KA-6 tanker during most flight ops,
- just in case someone has trouble getting aboard during bad weather or
- whatever and needs to get more gas to try again.
-
- Curt
-
- Curt Fennell, Unix Sys Admin, GTE Labs EMAIL: chf0@gte.com
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