U.S. Navy Aircraft History

By Tommy H. Thomason

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Your Speed May Vary

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Once upon a time, the U.S. Navy and Air Force vied with each other and the military services of foreign countries to set aircraft performanc...
Friday, February 15, 2013

COD Redux

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Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) is normally provided by an airplane that utilizes the arrested landing gear and catapult to arrive and depart...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

It Never Fails

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After I finally decide that I've found everything I'm going to find about a subject and my monograph on it is published, somebody...
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Developments in Naval Aviation 1945-1950

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Hellcats on CVEs

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The CVE was an escort carrier built, in the beginning, on an oiler or merchant-ship hull. They had the smallest flight decks and slowest top...
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Sunday, December 23, 2012

And Now for Something Completely Different II

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In April 1956, a VX-1 crew in a Sikorsky HSS-1 was conducting dipping sonar trials off Key West using Corporal (SS-346) as a target when coc...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Grumman A-6 Intruder History

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The best history ever written on the A-6 Intruder is by Mark and Rick Morgan: I'm going to go out on a limb here, since I haven...
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In 1956, at age 12, I lived on NAS Sangley Point in the Philippine Islands. Always enamored with airplanes, I imprinted on the Cougars, Banshees, and Skyraiders then being deployed. Not able to be a Naval Aviator because I was nearsighted, I instead became an aeronautical engineer and general aviation pilot. Now retired, I write books and monographs on U.S. Navy aircraft.
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