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Show Carrier Pilots Land Almost on Dime The first time you see a plane land on a carrier you almost die. At the end of the first day my muscles were sore just from being all tensed up while watching the planes come in. It is all so fast, timing is so split-second, split-second, space is so small well, carrier pilots just have to be tops. Planes don't approach a carrier as they would on land from way back and in a long glide. Instead, they almost seem to be sneaking up as if to surprise it. They're in such an awkward position and flying at such a crazy angle you don't see how they can ever land on anything. But it's been worked out by year? of experience, and it's the best way Everything is straightened out in the last few seconds of flying. That is if it works. |