FS9 Carrier Landings

[quincysw]

Is there an airport runway somewhere which is equipped to be able to practice aircraft carrier landings and take-offs.? Any help would be much appreciated.

[Mobayrasta1]

If you are using flight deck III, Try Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland. KNHK is the airport code.  Airport Info    http://www.airnav.com/airport/KNHK

[Souichiro]

There's a carrier Located near Kfso San fransisco just outside the bay..Try Landing a Gloster Meteor there without Flightdeck3 or something like that It's possible..

[ozzy72]

Get 3Wire (freeware) and you can land for free. Biggest toy I've got on the deck is an An-225, I chopped the island in half with my wing but hey I was down

[Boomtown Rat]

You know guys, there's also that "secret" carrier group to the south of Maui (?)  ::)

[TSC.]

You know guys, there's also that "secret" carrier group to the south of Maui (?)

I thought that was only in FS2002 (Fly from PHOG on heading of 172 degree's & it was just past the little island). I've not found it in FS9.

Could be me though.

Cheers,

TSC.

[WebbPA]

You can use any carrier if you equip your aircraft with Rob Barendregt's carrier operation package.  Look for rcbco-11.zip in the library or at AVSim.

In my opinion it's better than any of the payware addons.

From the readme file:

This package contains four features that you can add to your existing aircraft in FS2004; although targetted for military jets in combination with aircraft carrier operation, they can be added to any aircraft and used in any scenery.
Either as a set, or individually.

These features are:

- A Catapult launch gauge, allowing you perform a catapult-aided takeoff from a carrier.  Includes a launch sound.

- An Arrester gauge, allowing you to land on a carrier by means of a tailhook "catching" the carrier's arresting cables. Includes a catch sound and cable-rewind sound.

- A "meatball" HUD gauge, enabling you to perform proper carrier approaches.

- A SonicBoom gauge and effect (visible and audible), when your aircraft goes through the sound barrier at MACH-1.

[Alphajet_Enthusiast]

Indeed, if you have 3wire (freeware) you can set up an arresting zone anywhere in the flight sim world. In fact, I set one up a minute ago (it also only took a minute) at Miramar MCAS. Some more practice here then Im flying Top Gun style to the carrier of the Miramar coast. First time in Dino's F-14, but Ive done it plenty in Daisuke's F-18...  ;D

[commoner]

...Even with Runway 3 which Fozzer recommended you could put a "carrier size" runway any where you wanted..........not tried it but probably using a float plane as your marker you could put one in the sea wherever you wanted...........commoner