MF> Yeeek.. Crusaders are a tad old?
 CT> That's what I've been looking for, Pre-F4 Phantom era. :-)
 
  Not my field then i'm afraid ;)  But i'll do my best...
 MF> ----
 CT> Aww! 
 Heheheh i'm sowwy....
 
 MF> Hmmmmm..... not quite accurate but pretty damned close ;)  Umm
 MF> everythings gone to the F-18 Hornet now, and all classes carry at
 MF> least one C-2 Greyhound as far as i'm aware... or I thought so anyway.
 CT> They probably do when in range of friendly bases, but they
 CT> might forego them in blue water operations.
 
 Hmmm you reckon?... yeah *maybe*.  You'd usually need at least 4 E-2C
 aircraft on board, so Id imagine fitting an extra C-2 might be a
 problem... but by the same token they'll quite often need a cargo carry
 capacity...
 MF> More often than not its a land-to-ship hop theyre doing not
 MF> viceversa.
 CT> Gotta have the mail!  :-)
 
 Nach! :)  And ferry the bigwigs...
 CT> was another class of carrier after the war, nicknamed the C-F(?) class
 CT> that might have been a WWII carrier with an add-on angled flight deck,
 MF> I must remember to look on the internet.. I used to have material on
 MF> carriers but its walked on me :(
 CT> Those other carriers were the 27C modification of existing
 CT> WWII hulls, the modification involved adding an angled flight deck for
 CT> the new jets that came on the scene.  Other carriers (or classes) I've
 CT> seen mentioned were the Independence (1959), Ranger (1957), Saratoga
 CT> (1956), Forrestal (1955), and the Midway (1944).  The Coral Sea (1947)
 CT> was used for training and other "contingencies".
 Yeah.. I have heard of most of them ;) Ummm wasnt the Forrestal still
 used for training or something?
 CT> So far I haven't found any print references to examine, but
 CT> hopefully this week I can find the time to hit up the main library and
 CT> see what I can find.
 Id be interested to see ;)
 
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