https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/this-c-130-landing-on-an-aircraft-carrier-will-make-you-rethink-physics

I refuse to believe that's enough runway for whats essentially a flying cargo tank to get enough speed for a take off

Took off 21 times, as well.

Yeah.

I didn't believe it, either. XD

That makes me wonder what in god's name makes the F117 unsuitable for carrier use

Well, just because they *could* do it.. and, apparently fairly reliably, they didn't sanction it as a normal course of duty.

Apparently wether it can land or take off depends on how much cargo its carrying

The more cargo its carrying the more inertia to stop

Naturally.

Isnt there a thing about dumping excess fuel to reduce mass for a landing?

In cases where the runway is too small?

I'm no pilot, but I believe there is the option for emergency landings.

If you gotta land somewhere not ideal

You gotta make it ideal

Well, ideal *enough*.

As ideal as you can for an emergency landing

In what can be too small a runway for your plane size

All this plane talk is reminding me of superman returns though

When a plane carries a spaceshuttle

... Oh the video didn't work...

Is the shuttle usually fueled?

Like

That seems a bit dumb

It'd make more sense to fuel on site?

this is the meme channel, move this over to temple of vee

If you have the fuel in the shuttle thats EVEN MORE WEIGHT for the plane to carry

Temple is busy

Skol, this IS a meme

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We're actually still discussing a meme. XD

Yes we are

start posting meme then

Technically

https://tenor.com/view/mlg-kid-noscopers-gif-4757100

here

Doesn't seem _that_ weird

I have mostly porn

Doolittle raid happened too