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Today in aviation history: First jet takeoff and landing on aircraft carrier
On December 3, 1945, Lieutenant-Commander Eric Melrose Brown made aviation history by launching and landing a de Havilland ...
The new Hornet had a distinguished World War II career that included the invasion of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine ...
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“Look Ma, No Hook”: A C-130 Hercules Really Landed on a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier
Key Points and Summary – In 1963, a U.S. Navy KC-130F Hercules turned “impossible” into routine by operating from the deck of ...
USS Hornet sank in 1942 in key World War II battle Deep in the South Pacific Ocean, researchers have located the final resting place of the USS Hornet, the World War II aircraft carrier sunk in a 1942 ...
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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