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The above is the USS Sable. Arguably one of the most important US carriers during the war. She's a bit on the small side, displacing 6,500 tons compared to the 19,500 tons of the Big E. Her and her sister carrier the USS Wolverine spent the war patrolling back and forth in most dangerous waters.
Keeping us safe from the evil forces of Canada
Providing floating training platforms for carrier landings.
Providing floating training platforms for carrier landings.
There were serious issues with the Luftwaffe training. And the IJN suffered from similar issues. Keeping aces out in the front line as well as having limited resources for training flights prevented a lot of knowledge from being passed on. One of the big issues the IJN faced is that carrier landings are hard. So you want to practice them. But practicing them requires an aircraft carrier to practice on. But if you're the IJN you need all of the carriers you have for fighting the various navies in the Pacific.
The US Navy had a similar issue. But it realized there were ships that couldn't be sent in to either ocean. So two steamships were converted into small aircraft carriers. Small enough for a pilot to land on and take off from. The allowed the Navy to have much less on the job training, which starts to lead to casualty rates for individual engagements dropping. Over 35,000 pilots were trained with the Sable and the Wolverine. 116,000 landings between them. Pilots were required to practice with their cockpits open. Not particularly pleasant on the Great Lakes during the winter. 200 or so accidents occurred with 8 pilots lost.
During training flights, each pilot would make 20 or so practice passes until the LSO finally signaled for them to land. Once the plane was down, sailors would swarm over to it and begin pushing it aft. Then the pilot would have enough runway to take off.
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I will push through this slog of PhD writing with that distant goal in mind
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