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echo: aviation
to: CHRISTOPHER TARANA
from: MARK FOSTER
date: 1997-08-02 21:01:00
subject: Re: Aircraft Carriers Circa 1950

  
 MF> Hmmm you reckon?... yeah *maybe*.  You'd usually need at least 4 E-2C
 MF> aircraft on board, so Id imagine fitting an extra C-2 might be a
 MF> problem... but by the same token they'll quite often need a cargo
 MF> carry capacity...
 CT> True, but what's the fully loaded range of a C-2 compared to a
 CT> E-2?  I know the E-2 has a fairly long loiter time.
 
 Ummm The E-2 actually gains a fair bit from its Radome... it generates
 lift ;) Vs the C-2 which is generally loaded down...
 MF> Nach! :)  And ferry the bigwigs...
 CT> Last I heard Elvis still had to fly Commercial. Maybe on
 CT> Flying Echo he can pull rank and take a space available seat on a COD,
 CT> but not here. :-) 
 Heheheheheheh yeah well then the Ex-flyers get a lift in Tomcats and
 the like...
 MF> Yeah.. I have heard of most of them ;) Ummm wasnt the Forrestal still
 MF> used for training or something?
 CT> I believe it replaced the Ranger in that role.
 Yeah I think so .  That sounds right.

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