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Newly leaked video shows F-35 crashing in flames on aircraft carrier
- fancyfredbot 5y agoPilots heart rates are higher during night carrier landings than when evading SAM fire or flying in areas patrolled by enemy aircraft apparently (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-05-mn-3336-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-05-mn-3336-s...)
- mikewarot 5y agoWard Carrol posted a copy of that footage on his channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGx9FffY0b4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGx9FffY0b4 He is a retired Navy aviator, and his channel has taught be a lot about the nature, and dangers, of Naval Aviation. This was a daytime landing, by the way.
- fsagx 5y agoThe navy plans to do much less pilot training on carrier landings, preferring to rely more on automatic systems. Seems like something to be filed under "what could go wrong?" https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38268/why-the-navy-is-looking-to-end-carrier-qualifications-entirely-for-its-pilots-in-training https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/38268/why-the-navy-is-...