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With a boom and sparks, this $60 million Navy jet's aircraft carrier landing unraveled in seconds
A critical system failed as a Super Hornet fighter jet was landing on USS Harry S. Truman. The jet slid off the deck into the ...
A U.S. Air Force tiltrotor aircraft made a precautionary landing at a Japan Air Self-Defense Force base in central Japan last week, according to the service and Japanese officials. The CV-22 Osprey, ...
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“Look Ma, No Hook”: A C-130 Hercules Really Landed on a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier
In 1963, a U.S. Navy KC-130F Hercules turned “impossible” into routine by operating from the deck of the supercarrier USS Forrestal. -As part of a Super COD trial, Lt. Jim Flatley and his crew flew ...
The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit is perhaps the most recognizable American military plane of all time. It can reach subsonic speeds of over 600 mph, carry a payload of 40,000 pounds, and fly 6,000 ...
Landing on an aircraft carrier is one of the most challenging tasks in aviation. Pilots must approach a moving, narrow flight deck, often in adverse weather conditions, and come to a complete stop ...
Whereas a land-based pilot can be expected to “grease” the runway, carrier landings demand that naval pilots make a controlled impact—essentially a crash aboard the deck. Landing on an aircraft ...
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