The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) is a type of electromagnetic catapult system developed by General Atomics for the United States Navy... 29 KB (2,944 words) - 08:26, 2 March 2024 |
CATOBAR (redirect from Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery) CATOBAR (“Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery") is a system used for the launch and recovery of aircraft from the deck of an aircraft carrier... 10 KB (630 words) - 13:13, 9 April 2024 |
CAM ship (redirect from Catapult Aircraft Merchantman) available. CAM ship is an acronym for catapult aircraft merchant ship. They were equipped with a rocket-propelled catapult launching a single Hawker Hurricane... 14 KB (1,560 words) - 01:46, 15 April 2024 |
before sufficient merchant aircraft carriers became available, the British provided air cover for convoys using Catapult aircraft merchantman (CAM ships)... 60 KB (7,228 words) - 00:34, 22 March 2024 |
75 m (246 ft) C13‑3 steam catapults of a shorter version of the catapult system installed on the US Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, one at the bow and... 71 KB (6,226 words) - 16:26, 25 April 2024 |
Modern United States Navy carrier air operations (redirect from Catapult officer) setting) to the arresting cable based on the type of aircraft landing. Landing Signal Officers Catapult Crew Ordnancemen Aviation Fuel Handlers Plane Captains... 35 KB (4,653 words) - 18:49, 29 February 2024 |
V/STOL (section Lists of V/STOL aircraft) without a large aircraft carrier equipped with aircraft catapult. This is a partial list; there have been many designs for V/STOL aircraft. Hawker P.1127/Kestrel/Harrier;... 6 KB (774 words) - 23:12, 27 April 2024 |
1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier (redirect from Majestic class aircraft carrier) maintenance and repair facilities instead of aircraft catapults and arresting gear, and entered service as aircraft maintenance carriers. The final six were... 57 KB (5,914 words) - 15:16, 24 March 2024 |
Ski-jump (aviation) (redirect from Aircraft ski-jump) Vertical Landing aircraft (STOVL); these pertain to the operation of conventional and VSTOL aircraft respectively. Catapult-equipped aircraft carriers have... 20 KB (2,379 words) - 04:38, 8 March 2024 |
and 1996, the carrier was unable to operate fixed-wing aircraft because of a defective catapult, and was retasked as a helicopter carrier and amphibious... 26 KB (2,957 words) - 00:54, 1 January 2024 |
flywheel-powered aircraft catapult, 155 feet (47.2 m) long, was fitted at the bow; it could launch a 10,000-pound (4,536 kg) aircraft at a speed of 48... 38 KB (5,067 words) - 11:21, 1 December 2023 |
damaged the steam line on the aircraft catapult, rendering it inoperative. As it was not possible to launch the aircraft, it had become a fire hazard,... 85 KB (11,304 words) - 23:13, 27 April 2024 |
of aircraft carriers of the Second World War Merchant aircraft carrier Aircraft cruiser CAM ship "HMS Ariguani (F 105) (British Fighter catapult ship)... 8 KB (507 words) - 08:22, 14 June 2023 |
Look up catapult in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A catapult is a device used to throw or hurl a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive... 4 KB (543 words) - 18:50, 27 March 2024 |
HMS Hood (section Operation Catapult) cruise, the catapult proved to be difficult to operate in anything but a calm sea, as it was frequently awash in bad weather. The catapult and crane were... 80 KB (10,185 words) - 10:56, 4 March 2024 |
classification symbol: Drone aircraft catapult control craft (YV) Venezuela (ITU prefix YV, used in amateur radio call signs and aircraft registration numbers)... 695 bytes (118 words) - 04:39, 5 December 2023 |
Catapult aircraft merchant ships, were cargo-carrying merchant ships that could launch (but not retrieve) a single fighter aircraft from a catapult to... 70 KB (1,135 words) - 18:52, 19 February 2024 |
Assisted take-off (redirect from Catapult Assisted Take-Off) themselves. A well-known type of assisted takeoff is an aircraft catapult. In modern systems fitted on aircraft carriers, a piston, known as a shuttle, is propelled... 7 KB (850 words) - 01:55, 15 March 2023 |
decks of the carriers use a CATOBAR arrangement to operate aircraft, with steam catapults and arrestor wires for launch and recovery. As well as speeding... 75 KB (6,825 words) - 10:07, 19 April 2024 |
Avenger-class escort carrier (redirect from Avenger class aircraft carrier) long wooden flight deck, one aircraft lift 43 by 34 feet (13 m × 10 m), one aircraft catapult and nine arrestor wires. Aircraft could be housed in the 190... 6 KB (483 words) - 07:11, 23 February 2024 |