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Watch a German Eurofighter Typhoon use the tailhook during emergency landing at SIAF 2016

October 10, 2016 David Cenciotti

A Eurofighter Typhoon performed a tailhook landing during SIAF 2016. Tailhook landings by land-based aircraft are used in emergency situations to arrest planes experiencing failures that could imply a braking or steering malfunction. Reportedly, this […]

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Video of F-35C jet’s first carrier-based night flight operations aboard aircraft carrier

November 16, 2014 David Cenciotti

F-35C Lightning II Conducts First Night Flight Ops During Developmental Testing aboard USS Nimitz On Nov. 3, F-35C CF-3 piloted by Navy test pilot Cmdr. Tony Wilson, conducted the very first arrested landing of the Joint […]

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[Video] F-35C successfully completes first arrested landing on aircraft carrier

November 3, 2014 David Cenciotti

The Navy’s F-35C CV (Carrier Variant) version of the Joint Strike Fighter has finally landed onto the USS Nimitz’s flight deck using a new arresting gear. On Nov. 3, at 12.18PM LT, F-35C CF-3 with […]

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That time a C-2 Greyhound nearly went overboard USS Nimitz

June 4, 2014 David Cenciotti

Landing on an aircraft carrier in rough seas can be quite dangerous On Oct. 9, 2001, a C-2A Greyhound COD (Carrier On board Delivery) plane carrying Argentine dignitaries aboard experienced a mishap during a trap […]

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Photo: Spectacular F/A-18C low fly-by above the flight deck of USS Nimitz

June 18, 2012 David Cenciotti

When I first saw the following picture, I thought it was taken after a “bolter”. In naval aviators slang, a bolter is when an aircraft attempting to perform an arrested landing on the flight deck […]

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