Of Interest to the Completed “Tailhookers”
Steeljaw Scribe commemorates the first arrested landing aboard ship on this day in 1922 with this post.
On October 26, 1922 LCDR Godfrey DeCourcelles Chevalier, USN made the first arrested landing aboard the USS Langley, a converted coal collier (ex-USS Jupiter) and the Navy’s first aircraft carrier, underway off Cape Henry, VA.
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I’d call this the case of “arrested development,” but, it opened an entirely new era in warfare. Certainly, those present on the deck of the USS LANGLEY that day probably could not envison aircraft that could carry more ordnance weight than the gross weight of the aircraft landing and takeoff and land hands off.
A few days ago, I posted a rememberance of the first takeoff from a ship in this post.
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Categories: History, Military, Military History, Navy, Technology
Welll…for the launch the ship was the same. Pilot was different, aircraft was a Vought Ve-7 and Langley was anchored out in the James river (the photo of the Langley in the post is suring one such evolution). Baby steps at first to be sure, but man, just 20 years later look what they did to the IJN at Midway…(of course, one could turn the tables re. the IJN/Combined Fleet at Pearl, but we won).
– SJS
by Steeljaw Scribe on Oct 26, 2006 at 9:29 am
I jumped the gun. I did a little fact checking and deleted the parenthetical statement….
by xformed on Oct 26, 2006 at 9:53 am
Thanks 🙂 and thanks for the nice note over @ lex’s site as well…
– SJS
by Steeljaw Scribe on Oct 26, 2006 at 11:27 am
Beccy Cole Went to the War
This kind of patriotism isn’t cool. You know, if you are cool you have a hard time deciding which side you are on. How can you know which is the right side? Right?
Sometimes choosing sides is the honorable thing to do. I can’t fathom people who wo…
by Blue Star Chronicles on Oct 26, 2006 at 1:07 pm
Muslim Cleric: Unveiled Women are like Juicy Steak
Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, the nation’s most senior Muslim cleric, compared immodestly-dressed women who do not wear the Islamic headdress with meat that is left uncovered in the street and is then eaten by cats.
by Planck's Constant on Oct 26, 2006 at 3:44 pm
New Freedom Folks Video
We covered both the “Gran Estupido Marches” held here in Chicago this summer. Yes, we had big marches too. I finally got the video up on Youtube. It actually wasn’t laziness, for once, that kept me from posting it. We were approached by Hot A …..
by Freedom Folks on Oct 26, 2006 at 4:08 pm
Flightdeck Friday – Tailhook Edition
Eighty-four Years Ago — The First Tailhooker!
by The Steeljaw Scribe on Oct 26, 2006 at 9:32 pm
Mid-Term (Open) Must-Read List
Michael Barone, Quin Hillyer, John McIntyre, Tod Lindberg, Jay Cost, Sheryl G. Stolberg, Peggy Noonan, Bill Whalen, Carl Leubsdorf, Abby W. Schachter, Clive Crook, Rich Lowry, John Heilemann, Jed Babbin, Wynton Hall, Chuck Todd, Donald Lambro, Mona C…
by The Right Nation on Oct 27, 2006 at 7:24 pm