Major A wrote:
> BTW, does anybody know at what angle planes (other than the Harrier)
> usually approach aircraft carriers?
Pitch attitude angle or glide slope angle? Pitch depends a lot on the
aircraft, somewhere between 8-12� is typical.
I've read somewhere that the meatball/FLOLS glide slope on US carriers
is set to 4�. But remember that the carrier is *moving*, so the
actual descent angle flown by the aircraft will be less, depending on
the relative velocity. I strongly suspect that they recalibrate the
angle for different aircraft (or even different aircraft gross
weights), wind speeds and ship speeds.
Andy
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