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 ...
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Shocking Sight of the Largest Plane to Ever Land on a Aircraft Carrier

When the order came to start measuring the C-130 Hercules in preparation for an aircraft carrier landing and launch test, engineers at the Naval Air Test Center thought someone must be joking. With a ...
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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 ...
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Harrier Pilot Manages To Land On Aircraft Carrier Without Landing Gear

Talk about nerve racking. Captain William Mahoney was piloting an AV-8B Harrier jump jet when his landing gear failed. Watch the dramatic moment the pilot skillfully performs a vertical landing on a ...
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FHP: Plane crash-lands on I-95, hits Melbourne woman's car

A small plane forced to make an emergency landing on I-95 hit a car driven by a Melbourne woman who sustained minor injuries, ...
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China’s newest aircraft carrier not as capable as 50-year-old US ship in one key respect, former US officers say

China’s newest aircraft carrier may only be able to conduct air operations at about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy carrier, two former US carrier officers say, a substantial combat limitation ...