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The first jet plane landed on an aircraft carrier 6 November 1945. The plane was a US Navy Ryan FR-1 Fireball piloted by Ensign Jake C. West, and the carrier was the Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Wake Island.
The FR-1 was a 'composite' aircraft with both a forward radial engine and a rear turbojet. It was intended to take off and land using the radial engine, as early jet engines were poorly suited to carrier operations. However, Ensign West's FR-1 suffered a radial engine failure on approach; however, he was able to start the turbojet and make a successful emergency landing.
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∙ 10y agoRoyal Navy Officer Capt. Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown (he was the rank Lt. Cmdr. at the time) was the first pilot to land a jet aircraft (a modified de Haviland Vampire) on 3 December 1945, aboard the HMS Ocean. Brown also holds the all-time record for carrier landings, 2,407 total.
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