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JHB

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23. The F4U Corsair had a take-off speed of 86.5 mph...

Sat Jul 18, 2020, 07:38 AM

Jul 2020

...and take-off distance was about 760 ft with no wind (shorter with a headwind, including a ship sailing into the wind).

The F-35s operating off these ships have STOVL (short take-off and vertical-landing) capability. They're replacing the A/V-8B Harriers used in recent decades.

The WWII carriers also had straight decks, which limited operations but gave planes more length to get up to take-off speed. The angled decks of modern carriers allows more flexibility in launch and recovery operations, with the catapults making up for the shorter runs for launches.

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The F4U Corsair had a take-off speed of 86.5 mph... JHB Jul 2020 #23