Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] magazine article

["Michael B. Holt" <mholt@richmond.edu>]

Mad Pirate Shin wrote:
> 
>   After seeing this picture and reading the caption, I am
> totally amazed by the implication that this jet was simply
> strapped to the deck when the submarine submerged.  In my
> mind, aircraft are simply too complex and fragile to be
> subjected directly to the ocean, let alone the pressures a
> submarine might encounter on a military mission.  Just out of
> curiosity and amazement, does anyone happen to know how they
> kept the water and pressure from damaging the jet?

This was my first thought.  My feeling was that the page
was SAYING that the jet was just left on deck.  I was
amazed.  

It said the jet engine cavitated while the sub was underway
submerged.  I wonder how much added noise the A-4 made?

What maintenance problems?  I know a pilot who knows
some ex-Navy aviators.  I'll send this to him and 
report when he gets back to me.



Mike