73 No comment. (media.patriots.win) posted 3 years ago by TheImpossible1 3 years ago by TheImpossible1 +77 / -4 28 comments download share 28 comments share download save hide report block hide replies
I was on an aircraft carrier that had a E2 slide off the deck. This was after 7 months of continuous flight ops. The deck was bald the tires were too, also a heavy mist dampened everything. Ship made a turn off she went.
Y'know even in the best of times an E-2 isn't actually flying for the first fifty feet or so.
It's like, "don't worry, we'll gain enough speed falling that once we have ground effect we won't be stalled anymore".