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.
First carrier I was on had contractors do the landing area in non-skid pier side at Jebel Ali.
We also had a 53 come in for a logistics hit pier side at Jebel, once. Because I was working ATO at the time, lucky me had to help.
I counted one time, I'd been to Jebel Ali over a dozen times for a port call, over 7 deployments. I was sad to see it go the last time I was there.... :\
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".
First carrier I was on had contractors do the landing area in non-skid pier side at Jebel Ali.
We also had a 53 come in for a logistics hit pier side at Jebel, once. Because I was working ATO at the time, lucky me had to help.
I counted one time, I'd been to Jebel Ali over a dozen times for a port call, over 7 deployments. I was sad to see it go the last time I was there.... :\