I can land an F-4J on a Forrestal Class Aircraft Carrier at night. Click to make the pics a little bigger.
The view from the LSO platform.
This is the view from the cockpit just before trapping, in better weather than the above pictures. Can you see the boat?
Pinkie landing series. It's a little easier to see what's going on at dusk.
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| Getting ready for line up. Bird is still cleaned up. |
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| Initial set up. I'm high and fast. You can just see Ranger at the bottom of the gun sight. |
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| On speed. On slope. On center. |
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| On speed. On slope. A little left. |
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Having seen a similar view (Tomcats, not Phantoms) from the opposite angle...congrats!
ReplyDeleteI crashed a Hornet sim on a Nimitz class once...does that count?
That does count!
ReplyDeleteEspecially since I destroyed billions of dollars in Navy aircraft learning this skill.
As this character's career progresses I will be changing to the Tomcat, and I'll have to take a screen shot or three to stoke the fires of nostalgia for you.