post photographs of naval aircraft
>>65174130thread subject suggests there should be a thread of air force boat photos.
>>65174186No it doesn't
>>65174198yuphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Air_Force
>>65174654>dat ass>>65174300A Japanese Hellcat? Was the marking painted after it crashed or was it captured and crashed during some kind of flight testing?
>>65174893Japan captured it, that pic is Yokosuka Imperial Japanese Naval Air Base near TokyoSeptember 1945found derelict by Marine Air Group 31P1Y "Ginga" at right of photo
>>65174130Nice, always appreciate seeing Japanese carrier planes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtFNVYHkB_sThis channel has some good videos that demonstrate features of naval planes, particularly IJN systems.
>>65175231thanks anon, if you have more WWII IJN aircraft please post
Getting a bit close...
>>65175345A torpedo that failed to be dropped is unlikely to detonate even if a suicide attack is attempted, so was the considerably large explosion caused by this aircraft due to the remaining gasoline?
>>65175542>A torpedo that failed to be dropped is unlikely to detonatein WW2, undropped ordnance detonated upon impact all the time, young anonthat's why damaged bombers never failed to jettison their bomb loads prior to crash-landing, besides the manoeuvrability factormost capital ships and carriers that blew up suddenly were destroyed by detonating ordnance
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>>65175553kino pic
>>65175575good angle innit? like something out of a video game or movieyou can hear the soundtrack ratcheting up...here's a cool video for the French
Sea Fury rocket-assisted takeoff from HMS Glory, on the way to strike Korean positions, June 1951>>65175627>f16C.jpg>naval aircraft
Nothing to see here, just normal naval aviation operation happening.
>>65175635Says NAVY on the side, doesn't it?
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>>65175650F-5E and F-16C adversary combat training planes aren't naval or carrier-based (and are Air Force planes used at the NFWS), edgelordKnock it off.Navy planes for naval and maritime missions18 years is the minimum age to post on this site
>>65175637is that Operation Torch?
>>65175657>planes for naval and maritime missionsoh, okay then
TIL about the Loire 130, the standard-issue WW2 French flying boat carried on French battleships and cruisersthis one is launching off what I think should be the battleship Strasbourg, with the Mogador-class FS Volta in the background>>65175666this one I'll allow, Satanonly because I like Harpoons
>>65175676>Loire 130very nice
>>65175635Her sister Triumph, sporting Seafires and Fireflies. Must say I'm utterly baffled to learn that the Bongs chose to show up for Korea with the /entire/ airwing harking back to 1936 and then stuck with the worse of the duo all the way to '53. The beloved Spitfire was a total flash in the pan but who was so married to a ratrodded Fairey Battle? It's not like the Royal Navy were any strangers to operating the much-superior Hellcat or Corsair.
A Wildcat crashes into some parked planes onboard USS Bismarck Sea after missing with the arresting hook, or breaking it.
>>65175970In the aftermath, you can see a pilot of another Wildcat laying on the deck between the planes, he had just barely exited his fighter before the crash which carried his plane, his plane captain and the other Wildcat off the deck, into the sea and right under the bow the escort carrier.
>>65175976Did the escort carrier lack a safety barrier net?
>>65175914>/entire/ airwing harking back to 1936oh come now, there weren't any Gloster Sea Gladiators or Fairey Swordfish herethe Seafire's main problem was that its fuselage was too fine / weak so that the landing gear couldn't stand up to the landings that navy pilots the world over usually pulled off>insert gif meme about carrier landingsbut in the hands of the best pilots, the Seafire was the superior short-range interceptor>ratrodded Fairey BattleFairey Battles were actually nearly as good as the Stuka except without the vertical dive bombing capability. they get an unfairly bad rep because they were lost trying to operate without air cover, when Stukas were just as vulnerable (if not more) under the same conditions
>>65175970>>65175965what material are the deck planks made of, and what's the sealant used between the planks?
>>65176027Oh neat. A picture of the Kate I haven't seen before. It's unfortunate how little clear images there are, a lot when I search are the dressed up T-6s reenactments use.
>>65175657Posting F-16N
only airplane to have dropped bombs on U.S. mainland
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>>65176424nice oneis that a MAD fish I see on the port wing?got any photos of Buccaneers carrying antiship missiles?
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here's something you don't see everyday
>>65176428premium hams
tail hookers
>>65174186Here are some fun ones. My great uncle Capt. Leo Davey was tasked by Gen Mark Clark to convert an LST over to a baby's first aircraft carrier where Army Grasshoppers could operate from. This is it, LST 16, smallest aircraft carrier in the history of the Navy, and the captain wasn't a SWO or Aviator, it was a CEC (Seabee) and his trusty air wing of insane Army observation pilots.
>>65176796The conversion had been done as a prototype by an Army Reserve unit, the prototype (this picture is the Army LST aircraft carrier) served mostly in Southern France.
>>65176796now that is off the beaten track, thanks
>>65176964That's not a Navy one. Post Navy A-7s itt
>>65177250It's a shame there was never an aircraft carrier for it to fly from.
>>65177276Some days land is better than water.I have pics of the other side.
Triple deck Akagi
>>65177827neat
>>65174429why is A-6 so fucking pudgy?even with side by side seems it could be 100mph faster if more streamlined.
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>>65175637Pretty interesting. I assume this is delivery of aircraft to the AVG? Based on the non-barred roundel and big ass American flag. Only counts as Naval Aviation if you *return* to the boat as well though, sorry Doolittle and P-8
>>65178212100mph faster is for faggots.They got all pissy.
>>65176338difficult to find decent, higher res imagaes of Japan World War II aircraft
>>65178653>dat side gun blisterif you put that on a drawing I'd have scoffed and called it typical Golden Age Scifi bullshit
Project Highjump DC-3, equipped with skis for snow ops, and shot off the carrier (USS Philippine Sea) using jet-assist rocket pods
>>65178736Yes interesting turrets on the Privateer. Manufactured by ERCO, the 250TH (teardrop, hydraulic) waist stations had Mk IX or, later, Mk 18 gyro stabilized sights with armor glass panel for the gunner. Dorsal Martin 250CE-16 and -17 (latter had a fire interruptor cam to prevent airframe damage) turrets, ERCO (Engineering Research Corporation) 250SH-3 bow station with 400 rounds per gun, and Motor Products Corp 250CE-6 tail.250 = 2 × .50 caliber
>>65175662Yes.>>65178291No.
S9 Hawker Osprey on the Swedish aviation cruiser Gotlandit was one of Gotland's Ospreys that spotted Bismarck sortieing out of the Baltic on her final voyage. the information was transmitted to Swedish high command, then to the British naval attaché in Sweden, and on to Britain.
Corsair at Inchon, 1950USS Missouri far below
>>65179242>>65179248cool asf
