# Naval Aviation Pitching Carrier Landing! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naval-aviation-pitching-carrier-landing/567165 "2011-01-11T00:43:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naval-aviation-pitching-carrier-landing/567165/1 "2011-01-11T00:43:15Z")
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](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gGMI8d3vLs) Part 2: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0yj70QbBzg&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0yj70QbBzg&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naval-aviation-pitching-carrier-landing/567165/2 "2011-01-11T01:04:21Z")
I know there’s a few Dopers that are aviators. Try landing your Cessna on that shifting surface! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naval-aviation-pitching-carrier-landing/567165/3 "2011-01-11T01:13:20Z")
_Chicken bone, chicken bone, chicken bone!_ ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naval-aviation-pitching-carrier-landing/567165/4 "2011-01-11T01:35:18Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I know there’s a few Dopers that are aviators. Try landing your Cessna on that shifting surface! > 😛 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. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naval-aviation-pitching-carrier-landing/567165/5 "2011-01-11T01:37:10Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > _Chicken bone, chicken bone, chicken bone!_ Reference? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naval-aviation-pitching-carrier-landing/567165/6 "2011-01-11T02:51:13Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naval-aviation-pitching-carrier-landing/567165/7 "2011-01-11T03:17:06Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naval-aviation-pitching-carrier-landing/567165/8 "2011-01-11T05:40:17Z")
Are the seats in those planes custom made? They must be to accommodate the big balls of steel those pilots carry around.