plane buffs

[Crab Pot]

My barricade video didn't stick.

[Bill B]

Wow.  Question: how broken up do the aircraft get after a barricade arrest?  Bill

[Cor]

Some of you chaps do more interesting things than only fishing related
Thanks for sharing, all very interesting.

[Brewcrafter]

had the distinct honor of spending 2 days and ONE night on the USS Ronald Reagan Air Craft Carrier in late 2006.

Here is an F-18 landing @ 160 mph 30 feet off my left shoulder.  How cool is that???[/quote

El Pescador Wayne can lay claim to going on an "overnight" trip and catching Super Hornets   

[Crab Pot]

Wow.  Question: how broken up do the aircraft get after a barricade arrest?  Bill

They never fly again Bill, too much damage to the wings and fuselage.

The wings are the brakes when it hits the barricade, they bend the fuselage in aft, and pull it out forward.

Total loss.

They pull whatever parts are in demand during the deployment as needed. We craned what's left off back in San Diego.

My salvages where a Marine A-6 Intruder for a sheered main mount and a F-14 Tomcat, same thing.