Aircraft carriers and their planes

[Pablo]

Hi everybody !
I recently visit the french nuclear powered aircraft carrier : Charles De Gaulle.
She was moored inToulon military harbour. Infortunatly, no aircraft onboard...
She was engaged in Libya with US Fleet against Kadhafi.
It was a private visit which have been organized by a friend submariner modelist who is serving onboard.
Pictures here :

http://www.loubet-modelisme.com/Reunion-Modelisme/2012-Visite%20du%20Charles%20de%20Gaulle.htm

[greenman407]

Believe it or not I have seen pictures of P-47s on aircraft carriers.

[greenman407]

Scott T, my understanding is that those propellors drive sirens that gave the Stuka its charactaristic high pitch wine in a dive. It was clearly designed to terrorize the enemy.

[Scott T]

Are the little propellers on the wheel struts for retracting the landing gear?

Scott T

[greenman407]

Did you know that the German Stuka carried Torpedoes?

[greenman407]

Hellcat closeup.

[Slats]

Thanks Mark.
In the end even though I built her as two hull section ship - transport still for me was a PITA and launching her was not much fun on my back.
Dave Pearse looks after her extremely well and I sail with him and her from time to time.

J

[greenman407]

Wow! Thats a museum piece.

[Slats]

Here is the 1/72 scale model of Giuseppe Garibaldi I built a few years back. She is now owned and operated by Dave Pearse in Sydney.

[reddevil]

Russian carrier pictures give me a very strange sensation. Her deck seems like a few transited street compared with western ones. Do you know what a mean?

[greenman407]

Yep, the Russians and the British must love it.

[jlday1256]

Using the jump ramp from a carrier must be a trip. Not sure if I want to experience Gs on the runway....

[greenman407]

Fa-18 Hornet as a Blue Angel Demonstrating High thrust to weight ratio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnaT4ESKaOo&feature=related

[greenman407]

Another one of a navalized SU-27 Taking off from a carrier.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Pem...eature=related

[greenman407]

This one was an almost!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5JDq4DiApo&NR=1