Good try, but not realistic...

[Voyager]

Originally Posted by InfiniteStates

That made me recall an anecdote I read a while ago. Sorry to derail your (very informative) thread, but... (It's quite old so you've probably seen it before, but for those that haven't)



And just to stay on topic slightly, my brother's godfather is a big cheese in the RAF's Chinooks (you know the giant twin blade tank carriers?). He will testify that you can "glide" in a helicopter as well.

And then there was that time when the carrier turned, and the destroyer didn't quite turn far enough, and the carrier ran over it. The ensuing fire is one of the many reasons Arleigh Burkes use all steel construction.