The Douglas A3D Skywarrior had a max take off weight of 82,000lb and operated off USN carriers. And the NAA A-5 Vigilante had a mtow of 62,950lb. Here's a photo link: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/A3D-2-Skywarrior-VAH-6-April1958.jpg
One of the B-25's took off with it's flaps up. The first one to take off were the bravest. But they were all brave, a suicide mission to bomb Japan. And they forced Japan to keep more fighter planes at home.
Catapult ? Not on this mission. Meanwhile, ballsy and gamble weren't terms that Doolittle would aspire to. His shtick was, throughout his career, calculated risk.
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The Doolittle raid. A fantastic gamble.
Not the biggest aeroplane to take off from a carrier though. And more importantly the Hercules could land on one too.
Bummer. Did the links wrong. Doolittle raid.
Hercules carrier landing.
And they were AAC (read USAF) pilots!
The Douglas A3D Skywarrior had a max take off weight of 82,000lb and operated off USN carriers. And the NAA A-5 Vigilante had a mtow of 62,950lb. Here's a photo link:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/A3D-2-Skywarrior-VAH-6-April1958.jpg
One of the B-25's took off with it's flaps up.
The first one to take off were the bravest. But they were all brave, a suicide mission to bomb Japan. And they forced Japan to keep more fighter planes at home.
Gallimaufry
The catapult was a contributing factor.
dbase- they were ARMY pilots.
Cheers
Catapult ? Not on this mission. Meanwhile, ballsy and gamble weren't terms that Doolittle would aspire to. His shtick was, throughout his career, calculated risk.
The Hornet did not have a catapult. The carrier turned into the wind and the B-25's did a short rolling takeoff.
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