Originally Posted by
N9373M
Thanks! I was looking for the max FPM figure, comparing (as you did) ashore vs blue water. As far as the carrier GS, I found this from avitop.com:
The standard glidepath on the ship is 3.5 degrees. We sometimes increase the glidepath to 3.75 or 4.0 degrees in conditions of high wind so that the "perceived glidepath" remains relatively constant.
The angle was 3.5 but with the wind over the deck it was an apparent 3.25.
When the wind over deck increased above around 28 kts(??) we would go to a 3.75 GS. I remember one time in the the Med we went to a 4.0 because we had 40 kts down the angle!
