C130 count?
Special circumstances. The Americans did also operate a U-2 from a carrier, however the disruption caused to the normal operating routine on a carrier by both the C-130 and U-2 did not make it a regular event.
C130 count?
The Hind isn't exactly notable for being a carrier aircraft either. Insofar as it has wings at all, they're rotary wings; the stub wings are more for supporting weapon pylons than any lift they might provide. Regardless of that, AFAIK the Russians/Soviets haven't even trialled it for use from a carrier.
Courageous, Glorious, Furious, Lexington, Saratoga, Akagi, Kaga all were decent to good carriers for their time.Well, I am far away from being an expert, but I would say, that the seaplane carrier is the aircraft carrier's "poor cousin". Excluding some very early exceptions like the British Argus and the American Langley it was almost impossible to convert to an aircraft arrier a vessel, that has been designed as a different type of vessel. The major European navies and the USN have learned that lesson early enough, but the Imperial Japanese Navy has converted a significant number of vessels to carriers. Later their bad performance has proven the flaws of that concept.
The American Indepence class light carriers were also pretty good conversions as were the Sangamon class escort carriers. The ultimate conversions were the Wolverine and Sable which while not fully operational carriers they did a fantastic job in their intended role as training carriers even though they were side wheel steamers!Courageous, Glorious, Furious, Lexington, Saratoga, Akagi, Kaga all were decent to good carriers for their time.
Yes, because proper naval helicopters are marinised so that they can operate from ships. For example the Lynx HMA.8 is somewhat different from the Lynx AH.7.
Recent arguments over carriers have made me wonder whether helicopters do not count, and that only 'fixed wing' aircraft do.
Leaving aside 'swing wing' for the moment, do the A-10 and the stub-winged Hind, let alone the Harrier, qualify like a Buccaneer or a Typhoon?
Distinctions, distinctions...
So I thought I'd start this hare and see where it ran...![]()
The British flew Apaches off Ocean in Libya - did they undergo any particular conversion process to do so?and while the Westland Built WAH64 Apache is carrier capable it;s not a fully marinised aircraft
You just don't want to do it too often because the humid, salty air would dramatically shorten the lifespan of non-marinised aircraft.The British flew Apaches off Ocean in Libya - did they undergo any particular conversion process to do so?
Actually, the RAF flew ordinary GR Harriers from carriers from the Falklands to Gulf War II - which certainly lacked some features (like radar) you'd expect to find in "proper" naval aircraft. Did those airframes differ from the land-based ones in any way?