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With a boom and sparks, this $60 million Navy jet's aircraft carrier landing unraveled in seconds

As the fighter jet landed on the aircraft carrier, a critical piece of the landing system blew apart, shot across the machinery room, slammed into equipment a sailor had been sitting at only moments ...
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Today in aviation history: First jet takeoff and landing on aircraft carrier

On this day in aviation history, 80 years ago (December 3, 1945), the first jet takeoff and landing aboard an aircraft carrier took place. Lieutenant-Commander Eric Melrose Brown, the Chief Naval Test ...
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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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With a boom and sparks, this $60 million Navy jet's aircraft carrier landing unraveled in seconds

An F/A-18 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Logan McGuire A critical system failed as a fighter jet was ...
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With a boom and sparks, this $60 million Navy jet's aircraft carrier landing unraveled in seconds

A critical system failed as a fighter jet was landing on an aircraft carrier earlier this year. The $60 million F/A-18 fell off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman and into the Red Sea. A new Navy ...