Whiffs found on Facebook

[jcf]

That's not something that's worth memorializing with a model of any
sort. That guy was a self-pitying wanker. The same narcissistic mindset as the abusive guy who murders his family and then kills himself because they're trying to get away from him. Typical "Look at what you made me do" BS.

[perttime]

Pre-WWII US Spitfire Mk Ia

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[NARSES2]

That Spitfire's a stunner 

[PR19_Kit]

What a great idea! Superb. 

[jcf]

USN colours at that.
To be accurate the aircraft number should be 6-F-1, as only the squadron commander of VF-6 would have the chevrons, full fuselage band and nose band in red. 6-F-5 (2nd aircraft of 2nd section) would have white chevrons, no fuselage band and a white half band at the nose on the top.
The blue tail means it was assigned to the USS Enterprise post-1937.

USN Markings 1936-41

[PR19_Kit]

The blue tail means it was assigned to the USS Enterprise post-1937.

I wonder how it landed without a hook.................

[scooter]

The blue tail means it was assigned to the USS Enterprise post-1937.

I wonder how it landed without a hook.................

Carefully?

[Steel Penguin]

didnt some of the early carriers have an arr-ester net?    im certain i read / saw it some where,  or am i channelling an alternative time line again?   

[The Rat]

That Spitfire's a stunner 

'tis indeed, and I was planning on something like that.

[Dizzyfugu]

The blue tail means it was assigned to the USS Enterprise post-1937.

USN Markings 1936-41

Is that blue? Looks rather black?  Would be appropriate for USS Enterprise pre-1937, or USS Wasp thereafter.
Nicely built/painted, but SO unlikely in many aspects...

[NARSES2]

didnt some of the early carriers have an arr-ester net?    im certain i read / saw it some where,  or am i channelling an alternative time line again?   

Must admit I needed to look it up as I thought they weren't common until the 30's, but Wiki came to the rescue again 

The tailhook was first demonstrated at sea on 18 January 1911 by the aviator Eugene Ely, having successfully landed aboard the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania with the aid of the device. It was not until the early 1920s that a practical system, paired with deck-mounted arresting gear, was devised and put into use. During the 1930s, numerous vessels were thus equipped, permitting the use of increasingly heavy combat aircraft at sea during the Second World War

[PR19_Kit]

When the RNAS were trialling their aircraft on various decks on various ships back in the day, WWI period I think, I've seen mention of arrester wires that ran ALONG the deck, but quite how that was meant to work was never explained.

[kitbasher]

When the RNAS were trialling their aircraft on various decks on various ships back in the day, WWI period I think, I've seen mention of arrester wires that ran ALONG the deck, but quite how that was meant to work was never explained.

In case of a crosswind 😉

(I think it means multiple arrester wires across the deck running along its length)

[PR19_Kit]

(I think it means multiple arrester wires across the deck running along its length)

Ah, along the WHOLE length so they could land on from either direction maybe?

[Rheged]

(I think it means multiple arrester wires across the deck running along its length)

Ah, along the WHOLE length so they could land on from either direction maybe?

I've seen pictures of the earliest deck landings with wires longitudinally along the deck, and  skids instead of wheels.  See at about 6 minutes into this: video-  https://www.google.com/search?q=early+deck+landings&sca_esv=e7bf22627bcd1c5c&hl=en&sxsrf=AE3TifNpDanQyDFKEs8uOOxpnx_8UNTweQ%3A1757432617342&source=hp&ei=KUvAaO6dE8CIhbIPtrOyYA&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaMBZOW-S1c94rx2OvSxdrnNlTrHxn5Ly&ved=0ahUKEwiu1vzWgsyPAxVAREEAHbaZDAwQ4dUDCB8&oq=early+deck+landings&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:bee0b8c3,vid:RYpN8cjwKig,st:0      Another form of landing is the aircraft slowing down over the deck and being bodily pulled down by a flight deck crew.  See from 5 minutes 15 into this video.

I understand that Swordfish were occasionally pulled out of the air in WW2 onto RN aircraft carriers.