#catapult

Launching from a carrier

Let’s check out the launch bar on the Prowler at Pima Air and Space Museum #ea6b #catapult #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Let’s start learning about the evolution of Aircraft Carrier catapults. #catapult #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

A closer look at the launch of a Scooter from an aircraft carrier and how the bridle detached. #a4skyhawk #catapult #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A look at the bridle system for launch a Phantom. #f4phantom #catapult #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Per request, USS Catapult E-LSM-445/YV-1 configured as a Drone Aircraft Catapult Control Ship, off San Diego, CA, 1954. She had an...

A look back to 1986 with a flight deck crewman guiding an F/A-18A Hornet into the catapult shuttle, you can see the tow bar about to drop...

Here is a look back at flight deck crewmen as they retrieve a catapult bridle used in the launch of the T-2C Buckeye USS Lexington AVT-16...

Yesterday we shared about the bridle that was used to launch aircraft off carriers. Here is an example of a #phantom being launched off...

Bit more action aboard USS Coral Sea CVA-43 in the South China Sea in 1965. Here the Catapult Officer had just signaled the launch of an...