What is it like to land on an aircraft carrier?
Barry Hampe, Former Navy carrier pilot.
Updated Aug 6 2014 · Featured on Slate · Upvoted by John Collison and Randy Terbush · Author has 8.9k answers and
It is precision flying at low speed and a high angle of attack. It is the definitive skill that sets Navy carrier pilots (and Air Force exchange pilots who have flown with a Navy carrier squadron) apart from all others. It's interesting to note that military uniforms have all sorts of badges and doodads to show that the wearer has qualified in this or that, but there is no doodad for carrier landings. They are included in the gold wings a naval aviator wears.
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