Post contains vampires but its not aboot twilight

[fatman]

Im pretty sure the landing weight would have to be low really low

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Lu6LEQ0zo

[DKoor]

[Daiichidoku]

i recall reading that in such recoveries, the pilots spines were or could be subjected to on the order of about 16g's (or some outrageous figure) or so, momentarily

[fatman]

So Daii forget aboot the pilots spine for a minute now it may be a rubber flight deck but that cant be doing the airframe any good can it i guess stuff was built to last back then but this was the possible future of carrier aviation along with trolley take offs