[Proyecto Anonimo]

I flew C-2A’s in Japan and Coronado. I heard the Osprey is replacing them. Osprey is neat, love the VSTOL... But yellow shirts, Handlers, LSO’s and Air Bosses will surely miss the COD trap, tailhook up, wingfold, and taxi clear of the LA (landing area) in 15 seconds as the next airplane rolls into the groove.

Make that a 20 second exit in case of a taxi one wire. :)

Also... I think saying “ability to reach speeds of 280 knots” is pilot talk for “once.” My T34 in Pensacola had a Vne of 280. But achieving that speed would probably shake about 5 or 10 instrument gauges into your lap, I can’t imagine anyone ever trying. New airplanes probably are a much different experience. I’m a dinosaur, like a lot of readers I would imagine.

[BwanaNdege]

My T34 in Pensacola had a Vne of 280.

I’m a dinosaur, like a lot of readers I would imagine.

Who are you calling a dinosaur, you young whipper-snapper! If you were in a T-34 with a Vne of 280kts, it must have been one of them new fangled T-34 Charlies. The "Teeny-Weenie" (T-34B) had a Vne of about 165, IIRC.

/S

Now the T-28 B/C would get on down the road!

[USNBandit]

That will really mess up a deck. What kind of cargo weight can you get on a typical COD hit? I would think it would be bigger than an Osprey.

I was in CAG-5 back in the Indy days in VF-21.