Magic Carpet Aircraft Carrier

Navair engineers speed safety to the fleet delivering magic carpet well ahead of schedule.

Magic carpet aircraft carrier.

Hundreds of liberty ships victory ships and troop transports began repatriating soldiers from europe in june 1945 beginning in october 1945 over 370 navy ships were used for repatriation. Aboard uss george washington off the coast of virginia the navy has completed testing of its magic carpet technology that simplifies the process of landing a fighter on an aircraft carrier. Ultimately this makes landing at the aircraft carrier safer said lt. Servicemen back to the u s.

How this technology is revolutionizing aircraft carrier landings a. Uss saratoga cv 3 was a lexington class aircraft carrier built for the united states navy during the 1920s. Originally designed as a battlecruiser she was converted into one of the navy s first aircraft carriers during construction to comply with the washington naval treaty of 1922. The aircraft carrier uss george h w.

Magic carpet which stands for maritime augmented guidance with integrated controls for carrier approach and recovery precision enabling technologies is a new technology designed to. In total around 370 vessels were involved in operation magic carpet. Carrier aviators going on a magic carpet ride. The ship entered service in 1928 and was assigned to the pacific fleet for her entire career.

The hangar bay of the u s. F a 18e f super hornet and ea 18g growler pilots across the fleet are conducting pre deployment workups using the navy s revolutionary aircraft carrier landing software magic carpet with great success and several years ahead of schedule. Operation magic carpet was the post world war ii operation by the war shipping administration to repatriate over eight million american military personnel from the european pacific and asian theaters. From europe in late 1945.

Bush arrives for a of four day stop in the harbour of marseille southern france. Aircraft carrier uss enterprise cv 6 during a magic carpet voyage to bring u s.