Well, the USS Midway Deck received extensive modifications to its Flight Deck. As for the larger hanger I am not sure but maybe the US Carrier has more height??? :confused:

No, Midway’s hangar height is 17′ 6″, while CVF’s varies from 23′ to 29′.

Crew accommodation standards are quite different as well… Midway had group berthing with blocks of 6-8 bunks (stacked 3-4 high, with small lockers) separated from others by curtains for junior crew and petty officers, while CVF has 6-man cabins (bunks 2 high, with doors and large lockers) for junior crew and petty officers.

Of course, this actually balances out, as CVF needs about half the crew of Midway, but has crew spaces using twice the volume per man.

CV 41 (Midway-1945), 42 (Franklin D. Roosevelt-1945), 43 (Coral Sea-1947)
45,000 t. std. (59,900 t. full); 900′ w.1. (968′ o.a.) x 113′ (136′ fd.) x 32.7′ (35′ full);
2 catapults (H-6 hydraulic); 12 oil boilers; 4 shafts; geared turbines; 212,000 s.h.p.; 33 kts.;
18-5″/54 d.p. (18×1)[14-# 43], 84-40 mm (21×4), 28-20 mm (28×1); 137 aircraft; hangar 692′ x 85′ x 17′ 6″

CV 41 (1957), 42 (1958)
51,000 t. std. (62,000 t. full); 900′ w.1. (968′ o.a.) x 121′ (174′ f.d.) x 33′ (35.3′ full);
3 catapults (C-11 steam); 12 oil boilers; 4 shafts; geared turbines; 212,000 s.h.p.; 33 kts.;
10-5″/54 d.p. (10×1),22-3″/50 a.a. (11×2); 75 aircraft; hangar 692′ x 85′ x 17′ 6″

CV 43 (1960)
51,000 t. std. (65,200 t. full); 900′ w.1. (979′ o.a.) x 121′ (238′ fd.) x 33′ (36′ full);
Elevators 56’ x 44’, 74,000 lb capacity; 3 catapults (C-11 steam); 12 oil boilers; 4 shafts; geared turbines; 212,000 s.h.p.; 33 kts.;
8-5″/54 d.p. (8×1)[removed 1978],3-20 mm CIWS [added 1981]; 75 aircraft; hangar 692′ x 85′ x 17′ 6″

CV 41 (1970)[1987]
52,500 t. std. (65,241 t. full)[69,873 t. full]; 900′ w.1. (979′ o.a.) x 126’[136′] (258′ fd.)[263’] x 33′ (35.3′ full);
Elevators 63’ x 52’, 130,000 lb capacity; 2 catapults (C-13C steam); 12 oil boilers; 4 shafts; geared turbines; 212,000 s.h.p.; 33 kts.;
4-5″/54 d.p. (4×1)[removed 1978],3-20 mm CIWS [added 1980]; 75 aircraft; hangar 692′ x 85′ x 17′ 6″
(as modified width too great, elevators covered in spray; bulges [66′ x 10′] added on each side in 1986 to keep sides up, depth then too shallow causing rolling problems)

CVF (2008) Delta design
“928ft long 64,500 tons
283 meters (928 feet) length overall; 69 meters (226 feet) max width at flightdeck;
263.5 meters (865 feet) pp; 39 meters beam (water line) (128 feet)
26.5 knots
40 aircraft (including helicopters)
Hanger Dimensions (length x width x height): 163 x 29 x 7.1 to 9 meters (535 x 95 x 23-29 feet)”

Why couldn’t the cameraman have caught either one folding its wings?

Instead of a minute or so of both sitting still?

OK, complaint over… I really wish I had been there!

The YB-60 was developed from the B-36, and while intended as a B-36 replacement, was contemporary with the development of the B-52 (and used the B-52’s engine pods and engines).

The 2 prototypes had some stability/buffeting problems, but those would have been solvable, if the B-52 hadn’t outshone it.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/b-60.htm

Or some real quality program-resurrection.

The Boeing C-127 was a twin-engined experimental transport (or a 4-engined one, depending on the source).

If it was a twin-engined aircraft, it may well have been in the same class as the G222 (C-27).

C-127J?

C-127 was the designation for a proposed, large, turboshaft-driven transport aircraft to have been built in the early 1950s by the United States aircraft manufacturer Boeing for use by the nation’s military forces. The project was canceled at an early stage. No aircraft were built.

The original C-127 designation was given to a number of De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver aircraft which were then redesignated U-6.

Well, we get plenty of your blokes who can’t understand why they won’t be able to rent a car & drive from New York City to Denver and back in one weekend, or who fail to understand that Washington, D.C. is not in Washington State… or that they are over 2,000 miles distant from each other.

When you remind them that (not including Alaska) the US is larger (much larger) than all of Europe, they say “Cannot be, old chap!”.

Do they mention that the first take-off of an aircraft was from a USN warship on 14 Nov. 1910, and the first landing of an aircraft on a ship was on a USN warship (18 Jan. 1911), followed a couple of hours later by a successful take-off?
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/ev-1910s/ev-1910/ely-birm.htm
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/ev-1910s/ev-1911/ely-pa.htm

And that the first take-off from a RN ship was not until 10 Jan. 1912? http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Samson_CR.htm

And the RN’s MOD site claims “In a remarkable event on 2 August 1917 Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning landed his Sopwith Pup on Furious’ flying off deck, the first aircraft to land on a ship.”
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3919
:rolleyes::rolleyes:

I agree, so I changed the pic to the production type.