![]() ![]() I set the throttle to full afterburner – we are good to go. I also check the fuel loadout – due to the somewhat rough weather conditions and gusty winds, I prefer to take a lighter fuel load rather than launch with all tanks full.Īfter all preparations are done, I taxi the plane to the launch catapult and it is attached to the guiding rail. TACAN (TACtical Air Navigation) will be my guide back to the Vinson across a cloud-covered, featureless ocean. Among other things, I adjust my altimeter to the current pressure and enter the TACAN channel of the Vinson into the left console. While the crew arms the plane (we’ll be carrying a light air-superiority loadout), I am busy adjusting the plane for takeoff. We enter the cockpit and close the canopy. in principle I could share this mission with a human as RIO – in this case however, I’m actually flying alone. Many planes in Flightgear (such as the F-14b) offer multi-crew support, i.e. AI scenarios can be quite complex – the Vinson scenario simulates the movement of a whole carrier group! The weather conditions can come from live weather reports, or be generated by a sophisticated offline weather system. Here I am using a simple setup placing a target on a predefined course – but using Flightgear’s scripting language, it would easily be possible to set up a situation completely unknown to me, or an unknown number of targets, or even a scenario which reacts to my presence in a certain way. The scenario is set up using Flightgear’s AI system – both the carrier group and the intercept target are defined as AI scenarios which are defined before starting the simulation. Our flight this morning will be an intercept training – there is an intercept target north of us which we are to identify. While the ground crew takes care of the plane, the pilot and the RIO go through mission briefing. The Vinson has just crossed a patch of rain, but the clouds seem to be breaking up. ![]() The weather is rough, 16 kt of winds coming from the open ocean, with gusts reaching up to 20 kt and changing directions. The flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson, 8:30 am Pacific Daylight Time, off the US west coast: an F-14b is made ready for a flight. Carrier Operations in Flightgear Author: Thorsten Renk Pre-flight preparation ![]()
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