Post by: TopNotch on October 02, 2019, 09:48:24 pm
When the pilot lands does the aircraft “squeak” onto the runway, so smoothly you can barely tell it has landed? If so the plane is being flown by an Air Force pilot.
However, if the aircraft, on short final, has the engines screaming then SLAMS into the ground with MASSIVE braking following the harrowing “arrival” then you can bet your (now painful) behind it’s a Navy/Marine pilot doing the landing.
Post by: GTRS Fiero on October 02, 2019, 09:53:11 pm
Post by: TopNotch on October 03, 2019, 04:22:22 pm
When I was in the Navy on the USS Ranger, my rack was right under the flight deck, near the rear of the ship. During night operations, I could hear those planes hit the deck hard. I got to where I could tell what kind of plane was landing by the sound. The F4's would hit the hardest due to their stubby wings. Upon final approach, I could hear that the pilot was using the throttle to control the plane (the sound of the jet constantly changing). So the sound that rocked me to sleep would be an increasing, constantly changing jet engine sound followed by a thud as the plane hit the deck, followed a few minutes later with a repeat of the same.
Post by: scottb on October 03, 2019, 09:26:07 pm
Post by: GTRS Fiero on October 03, 2019, 09:30:58 pm
Post by: GTRS Fiero on October 03, 2019, 09:32:21 pm
Post by: TopNotch on October 03, 2019, 09:54:08 pm
What did it sound like when a COD landed?They actually landed gently. They had big wings with plenty of lift.
Post by: GTRS Fiero on October 03, 2019, 09:58:10 pm
Post by: scottb on October 03, 2019, 10:09:53 pm
Post by: TopNotch on October 04, 2019, 07:51:56 am
We lost one COD with all hands during my tour. There had been a shipboard fire, which destroyed one of the ship's electric generators. They loaded it onto a COD to send it to the Subic Bay Navy base (Philippines) for repair. It wasn't secured properly, and shifted when the cat launched. The plane went tail first into the water as soon as it left the cat, and the ship, doing at least 30 knots, ran over it. The whole fleet of COD's was grounded for a while after that, and they had to use aging piston powered C1's for cargo delivery for a while.
Post by: TopNotch on October 04, 2019, 01:03:55 pm
Navy C1 aircraft
Post by: Slyp on October 04, 2019, 02:38:11 pm
Post by: GTRS Fiero on October 04, 2019, 04:41:28 pm
Post by: TopNotch on October 04, 2019, 05:07:52 pm
I do not understand why they changed the order of the words. The actual thing is an On-Carrier Delivery.Who wants to call an aircraft OCD?
Post by: GTRS Fiero on October 04, 2019, 05:39:09 pm
Post by: GTRS Fiero on October 04, 2019, 05:51:54 pm
We lost one COD with all hands during my tour. There had been a shipboard fire, which destroyed one of the ship's electric generators. They loaded it onto a COD to send it to the Subic Bay Navy base (Philippines) for repair. It wasn't secured properly, and shifted when the cat launched. The plane went tail first into the water as soon as it left the cat, and the ship, doing at least 30 knots, ran over it. The whole fleet of COD's was grounded for a while after that, and they had to use aging piston powered C1's for cargo delivery for a while.
So, it was a Crash On Departure aircraft. Much better than OCD.
Post by: scottb on October 04, 2019, 08:42:13 pm
COD: carrier on-board delivery
UNREP: underway replenishment
VERTREP: vertical replenishment
DOD supply is even worse
Post by: GTRS Fiero on October 04, 2019, 08:43:48 pm
Post by: scottb on October 04, 2019, 08:50:20 pm
Post by: GTRS Fiero on October 04, 2019, 08:51:17 pm
Post by: TopNotch on October 04, 2019, 09:42:25 pm
Post by: scottb on October 04, 2019, 10:24:36 pm
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