When they are coming in they have to line up perfectly straight and then they drop a hook which latches on to a short elastic band which pulls them to a stop just in time. If they do not line up properly they can hit people and other planes on the side of the run way, go over the edge and into the sea ruining the £54,000 jet or not land on the run way hitting into the boat and wrecking it and maybe sinking it. So landing a jet on an aircraft carrier is extremely hard.
Okay some of the answer above is correct with the exception of a few details. First they do not line up perfectly straight. The carrier landing area is at an angle so the pilot is making corrections all the way to landing because the landing area is moving away from him at an angle. The arresting gear is not elastic. It is a heavy steel cable that is connected to drums under flight deck.As the hook engages the cable it pulls the cable out and resisitance slows and stops the airplane. The resistance is preset based on the expected weight of the aircraft.
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The USAF, USN, and USMC. The US Army does NOT have fixed-wing jet aircraft anymore; that DoD ruling took effect in 1964. USMC jet fighter pilots are trained/funded by the USN.
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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.
None. The U.S. Navy and Argentina retired them in 1958, and 1969. The Grumman F9F was the first jet manufactured by the U.S.
The Department of the Navy (which includes the Navy and Marine Corps) has a larger aviation community than the USAF. The Navy and Marines operate from both ships at sea and from shore installations. The USAF can only operate from land based installations in the U.S. and at friendly countries overseas. The Navy and Marines do not have this limitation - they can go anywhere and fly anywhere while operating from Carriers.
Aircraft use either Jet A civil jet fuel, the JP series of military jet fuels, or 100LL aviation gasoline. Ships use "bunker fuel," crude oil, Navy distillate, nuclear power or, in some cases, jet fuel.
The British Harrier Pilots did well, but the British Navy under estimated the Argentine A-4 Skyhawk pilots (the US sold them US Jet Aircraft years earlier). Had not the Argentine pilots armed their bombs better, the British Navy would have probably lost the war. The A-4 pilots scored many hits on British warships, but half were duds. They had been armed for detonating at different altitudes. Had those bombs been armed properly, the British Navy would've been sunk, nearly all of them.
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Pilots often take advantage of jet streams. If going in the same direction, jet stream can add up to 200mph to their ground speed.
Not as a rule, although many are pilots.
Pilots often take advantage of jet streams. If going in the same direction, jet stream can add up to 200mph to their ground speed.
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US pilots usually carry the Beretta M-9, 9mm
No. The pilots use an ejection seat when the engine fails.