WOOOOOOT!!! U.S.S. Langley departing Helgoland (FSX)

Aircraft Carrier and Seaplane Tender USS Langley for FSX by Erwin Welker. The vessel was converted from the collier USS Jupiter (comissioned in 1913) to the first US Navy aircraft carrier Langley with 36 biplanes in 1922.

Converted again in 1937 from an aircraft carrier to a seaplane tender were Langley fought in the Pacific war and sunk in the end of February 1942 after several Japanese bomb attacks.

 

FSX Gold Edition with Acceleration

Freeware USS Langley by Erwin Welker (both the aircraft carrier and the seaplane tender are included)

Payware Helgoland scenery

Freeware HDE-V2 clouds.

 

Here's the Aircraft Carrier Langley on a prewar visit to Helgoland.

 

Please click on the pics for a better view:

 

 

 

Quite a construction isn't it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks very much for your visit!

GREETS!

Edited March 21, 2020 by peer01

Very nice! I love the smoke!

 

Gary

Wait till you are on the flight deck....:eek::rolleyes: Thanks Gary! :)

Well, you old seadog, you!;):cool:

Oh yes, von Peerhovens have salt and blue blood in their veins! We conquered the seven seas since there are vessels! PAH!

Great looking ship!! I remember when the navy "made smoke" to hide the movements of ships. It happened a lot in the Pacific Theater of WWII. Bth with this one ship making smoke out there by itself, it'd probably be pretty easy to spot!

Thanks Michael! You couldn't have missed it I think. But every vessel made that kind of smoke back then....:rolleyes::eek:

Amazing! In France, we had something called the Bearn, a carrier in 1940. It didn't was used much and served to something, if I remember well, like carrying French gold to the West, and carrying P-38s to France

Now that’s an old time carrier! I like the backlit pics with the sun :pilot:

It really was an "interesting" combination.... Thanks Gerard and David! :):) With the back light the construction of the roof / flightdeck became better visible :)

Here's the real Langley:

 

 

 

 

The smoke pipes were "retractable" (see pic 3)

A fine display of the Langley Jan. It is interesting how the design into purpose built carriers progressed during WWII. :cool: :cool: :)

Thanks Larry :) You're right! This looks like an old Scooner (look at the stern) with an elevated roof, constructed by the local blacksmith. But it worked! :cool:

Gerard, just checked "the Bearn" : it looked like an aircraft carrier already:

 

 

Of course, it looked like a carrier!! We French never try to do a half seaplane/plane carrier at the same time :):)

"We French never try to do a half seaplane/plane carrier at the same time"

 

No. They never did: Bwahahaha, look at this: the "Bapaume";) PAH!!!

 

Didn't know much that era. It stopped working by 1924 from what they say

And I checked for the Bearn: it moved some ( :) ) French gold to the U.S. to pay for the Curtiss P-36, and brought crates back

Never mind Gerard, all those early try outs may look odd today, but they were state of the art in their time.:)

Never mind Gerard, all those early try outs may look odd today, but they were state of the art in their time.:)

 

Yep! Even European countries were state of the art in 1939, the world in 1914, the great Christian empire by 1500 AD, etc. etc. :):)

And the von Peerhovens through the ages.......;):D

This is Mr. Welker's new Liberty Ship:

 

Please click on the pics for a better view

 

 

 

 

 

I like it!!

Nice shots!! It's quite a change for you to post shots of things that were meant to get wet!:p;)

 

Michael

Cause I'm out of dry planes....:eek:;) Thanks Michael! :)

 

Here's a YouTube video about the Lanlgey !

 

 

Here's the long version:

Edited March 24, 2020 by peer01