Phil Perry Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI2kmMhvub8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz3g Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Hi Phil Interesting footage. Did you notice that there were two different aircraft shown on the suspended runway...a J3 Cub (Grasshopper) and a Stinson? The Brits also experimented with a suspended runway. They used a rubber mat on aircraft carriers to "catch" early jet aircraft. Winkle Brown carried out the trials of these using Vampire aircraft. Kaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Looks like it would be less trouble to clear a runway on the plurry ground. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekliston Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Hi PhilInteresting footage. Did you notice that there were two different aircraft shown on the suspended runway...a J3 Cub (Grasshopper) and a Stinson? The Brits also experimented with a suspended runway. They used a rubber mat on aircraft carriers to "catch" early jet aircraft. Winkle Brown carried out the trials of these using Vampire aircraft. Kaz If I recall correctly from one of my childhood aeroplane books, the Hawker Seahawk was originally designed to be catapult launched off a dolly and to land on the rubber deck. After several bounced into the ocean the idea was abandoned. Quite a surprise that, that they would bounce on a rubber deck don't you think!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz3g Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Very worthwhile reading Winkle Brown's autobiography as he had the most amazing experiences during many thousands of deck landings and, later, in some of the experimental jets developed toward the end of the war by Germany. The rubber decks were suspended at an angle and the aircraft literally flew into them...pretty exciting thing to do! Note the story about the AUSTER being launched from a Tank landing craft...pretty good aircraft those Austers Wings on My Sleeve Kaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Great film find there, Phil! It's just amazing what WW2 produced by way of experimentation and results. Does anyone recall the "snatching" of the survivors of a downed plane, and their paratroop rescuers, from the totally inaccessible valley in PNG during WW2? There's a book been written about this incredible event, it's called "Lost in Shangri-La". A WWII Survival Epic Unfolds Deep In 'Shangri-La' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 ...pretty good aircraft those Austers. Kaz Yeah Kaz, but you're a bit biased! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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