Great Lakes Aircraft Carriers WWII

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Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Hi Michael

Interesting set of photos that's the first time I have seen a SNJ / Harvard equipped with arresting hooks. Now are the USN version of the SNJ and the Harvard as used in Canadian Air Force the same?

Cheers Phil

Phil, I'm not so sure the U.S. Navy ever equipped their SNJ's with an arrestor hook. The Harvard/SNJ/Texan was famous for it's low stall speed (60 knots) due to it's having full length flaps across it's entire wingspan. Steaming (10-15 knots) into a headwind of 10-15 knots meant a delta of only 30-40 knots when the plane landed. A light tap of the brakes was probably that was ever needed.