Re: Space carrier fighter philosphyRe: ADLER TAG AAR

On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Binhan Lin wrote:

<big snip>
> 
> If you are going to use modern carriers as examples for carrying
spares,
> then
<snip> 
> FT doesn't quite fall into this model since the fighters have a much
shorter
> range (i.e. no FTL) than the carriers.  I would suspect that you might
build
> an auxillary carrier as a storage area for ready fighters - it would
be able
> to
> launch something like one squadron a turn but be able to carry
something
<snip>
> 
> --Binhan
> 

Lets go back a few years and look at WW2, the US fleet was well out of
aircraft range most of the time. To resupplie the main carriers, they
use
"Jeep Carriers" or auxillary carriers. If I rember correctly they looked
like transport with dozen or so fighters stored on a open deck. These
ships travled with the main support feet, well behind the main body.
After
a battle they would move up and unload the fighter. I recall seeing pixs
of them moving the planes by crane.
      
SA

			 Steven Arrowsmith
			  www.public.usit.net/arrowjr
			     steven@arrowsmith.net

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