Question: If the Navy only had fixed wing aircraft, and rotary wing aircraft weren't invented yet, why did they designate aircraft as "fixed" wing?
Answer: None received at this time
Question: Were there "Lighter-than-air" aircraft carriers?
Answer: None received at this time
Question: Why are the antennae and the mast painted black?
Answer: No answer known at this time
Question: "How did the pilots get to their planes from where they slept?"
Answer: They had to climb up a rope which hung from the flight deck...or...They exited the ready rooms on the starboard side of the ship forward the island and climbed up the stairs to the flight deck.
Question: "What do the letters "C" and "V" stand for in CV 41?"
Answer: "C" means "Carrier" and "V" is the naval designation for fixed-wing aircraft. They didn't have helicopters when carriers came into service, so all aircraft had "fixed (not movable) wings."
Question: "What does the letter "V" stand for?"
Answer: I'm glad you asked, and if you ever find out, please tell me! ......or...... It is assumed that it is derived from the French word for "flight", which is "avi". Someone could have asked
"What's the French word for flight?" A logical answer would have been "Avi", which sounds exactly like " a V".
Answer: None received at this time
Question: Were there "Lighter-than-air" aircraft carriers?
Answer: None received at this time
Question: Why are the antennae and the mast painted black?
Answer: No answer known at this time
Question: "How did the pilots get to their planes from where they slept?"
Answer: They had to climb up a rope which hung from the flight deck...or...They exited the ready rooms on the starboard side of the ship forward the island and climbed up the stairs to the flight deck.
Question: "What do the letters "C" and "V" stand for in CV 41?"
Answer: "C" means "Carrier" and "V" is the naval designation for fixed-wing aircraft. They didn't have helicopters when carriers came into service, so all aircraft had "fixed (not movable) wings."
Question: "What does the letter "V" stand for?"
Answer: I'm glad you asked, and if you ever find out, please tell me! ......or...... It is assumed that it is derived from the French word for "flight", which is "avi". Someone could have asked
"What's the French word for flight?" A logical answer would have been "Avi", which sounds exactly like " a V".
posted by Seaward at 11:11 AM
4 Comments:
Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to monoplanes, biplanes and triplanes, in fact all conventional aircraft that are neither balloons, airships, autogyros, helicopters or tiltrotors. Since balloons and airships existed at the time ....., well you get the idea.
Thanks for the information Michael!
In the "Old Days"-- pre and during WWII, the V stood for Heavier Than Air-- conventional aircraft, as opposed to L for Lighter Than Air-- blimps and dirigibles. The V now designates fixed wing aircraft as opposed to H for helos. In that context, the use of the letters C referring to the type ship, an Aircraft Carrier, and V in referring to fixed wing aircraft do have a definite meaning. Midway Bob is incorrect when he says the letters alone mean nothing.
The V stands for Voler...the french verb meaning "to fly."
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