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To: HartleyMBaldwin
Flying a B-24 from a carrier would have been quite a feat. Same with landing it aboard.

If you overlook the typo in the original post, a B-25 was indeed landed on a carrier in an experiment on November 15, 1944. The Navy was considering the construction of a variant designed specifically for carrier use.

My wife used to keep our Piper Cherokee at Bremerton airport and a several defunct carriers were stored in the harbor that we flew over. They look extremely short from the air.

28 posted on 12/07/2018 7:36:36 AM PST by fireman15
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To: fireman15

Yep, they landed one on the Shangri La and launched it again. Twice.

Wasn’t a B-24, though.


32 posted on 12/07/2018 7:50:48 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: fireman15

A Piper Cub would be Easy!


33 posted on 12/07/2018 7:51:19 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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