This is pretty freaking amazing and also scary. Look at the way the swells are moving that massive aircraft carrier and how it affects the fighter pilots and their takeoff/landing.
And night landings with a pitching deck? Holy shit!
Both videos together are about 20 minutes total, but well worth it.
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gGMI8d3vLs
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0yj70QbBzg&feature=related
I know there’s a few Dopers that are aviators. Try landing your Cessna on that shifting surface!
Chicken bone, chicken bone, chicken bone!
I once landed a Cessna on a stationary carrier in MS Flight Simulator, but it just rolled off the end because there was no arrestor system.
Reference?
The female officer said that really fast when they were talking about a guy coming in for a landing. She was betting he’d make it and he didn’t, and had to go around again.
Ah. Thanks.
Are the seats in those planes custom made? They must be to accommodate the big balls of steel those pilots carry around.