Of course from a 2012 perspective we would have been better off if the German fleet was still there sunk rather than salvaged and cut up for scrap.

Imagine all the archeological opportunities and BBC/Discovery-Channel documentaries it would have created.

F18 breaking cable while landing on aircraft carrier
 

Impressive video, one (very lucky) guy jumping over the snapping cable, seven others less fortunate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=1c0lfwxRpj0


~S~

walking the deck of an aircraft carrier is still one of the most dangerous jobs on the market. I wonder how much these guys earn!

I think if you were to ask any of those guys who were hit by that cable, the answer would be "Not enough!"

;)

Few years ago on my construction site cable torn off leg of worker

I bet! ;)

yeah, that's the actual risk: the whiplash of such big steel cables can cut through metal, let alone a human body!

then you have the risk of being sucked in by a jet or minced by a propeller, roasted by jet exhausts, decapitated by wings, blown up or burned by weapons/fuel, thrown in the sea (with pretty much little to no chance of even being found), crushed by unsecured aircraft...

All in all they could probably do a "Final Destination Special" only on aircraft carrier ops! :shock:

Heres a good example...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ugvYWyiUDw

this ones frightening...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI9Sj...eature=related

Just seeing how quickly the men on the deck react is a testiment to the quality of the men, their professionalism and training.

Yeah, this sort of thing does make great TV. I would imagine a few TV production companies are in talks with our Burmese Spitfire hunters right now.
I seem to recall there is a demand for sunken battleship steel today. It was generally of very high quality and more importantly, being beneath the ocean since before August 1945 means it has not been irradiated by atmospheric nuclear weapons testing and is needed for sensitive medical testing instruments, space satellites designed to detect cosmic radiations, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCdExWtHWrA
We don't need fire brigade, we can fly vertically:)


P.S. about cable the ripper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8_8735oeQI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sknyliv_air_show_disaster
(Many people have died from the cable which hooked to the plane)