It is much better with a carrier...

[codered]

I downloaded a set of US aircraft carriers off the coast of Thailand.  I am sure the rest of you discovered these.  Here are some shots doing some approaches in the F/A-18E.

Start up.



Taxi out for launch.



Clean up the aircraft.



Turning final for approach.



WAVE  OFF!

[ozzy72]

Great shots there codered Makes me want to run off and do some carrier ops right now!!!

Ozzy

[Mr. Bones]

same here! didn't know about this add on carriers. do they have a working steam catapult? and working arrestor cables? i'm tired landing on normal runways...

oh, does anybody know if there's a download available to install arrestor cables on a normal runway, just to practice a bit...?  ;)

[ozzy72]

Ken there is a program available here that does the same thing as ArrCab I can't remember its name but its listed as some sort of carrier landing gauges or something. I'll go have a browse now....

Mark

[ozzy72]

Sorry Ken it seems I made a mistake, we haven't got the original file for some reason. Some panels have it.
The file is called rcbco-11 and is by Rob Barendregt and Doug Dawson.
I know its over at no-nodes, and probably at Avsim as well.

Mark

[Rifleman]

Carrier ops are fine if you have the option of landing in the Hangar Deck.........the only one I know of where you can do that in 2002 is the Abe Lincoln which sits to the west of San Deigo ........        

[Jared]

Looks like you had too much fun! :-)

[codered]

There is no catapult or cables....  I guess there are addons to represent that, I just haven't looked yet.  I had to cheat a bit to get the plane in the air.  I took the shot, and tried to do a short field take off, but I ended up in the drink.  So my next time off the deck I taxied all the way to the stern and took off from there.  I was able to land fine, but I had to come in real slow and had to do some serious braking action.  Still a load of fun, and different than the 10,000 ft runways.

[Loafing Smurf]

Is there a carrier addon in Hawaii?

Or does anybody know how to move around carriers?

[Mr. Bones]

Is there a carrier addon in Hawaii?

Or does anybody know how to move around carriers?

search for 'carriers' at Avsim in the FS9 scenery libary...i found it there.

[Mike Thurman]

Great ( with a capital "G" ! ) shots, what an odd coincidence, i'm downloading that set of carriers right now!!!



Mike

[jrpilot]

Great shoots