USN Aviation/USMC Patch Combination

[G-AWZT]

The cat shot was nothing like I thought it would be. just a gentle thump at the end of the cat. The landing was kinda hairy. The pilot missed the wire the first time. By the way how do you miss the wire in a C-1 COD. And on the second go around she caught the wire. the arrested landing felt like your car if you hit the brakes really hard. The cat shot was aboard Nimitz in 1991.. the arrested landing was aboard America in 1981.

ENS. Brenda Robinson was the pilot on the America C-1 landing. this happened about a month after her first landing.

http://www.reference.com/browse/Uss+america

Good for her. I like seeing female aviators especially in the military.

It has to be hard to firewall the throttles when you hit the deck but it's necessary to do so in case you didn't catch the wire.
Landing on a carrier deck has to make a pilot feel a definite cut above all others.


A3D= All 3 Dead

Wow!

[Ayrudzi]

that's sailors telling sea stories...

He did mention he worked below deck.

A-3s are one tough airplanes, Douglas made them good......last A-3 flight was 10 months ago.

[G-AWZT]

He did mention he worked below deck.

A-3s are one tough airplanes, Douglas made them good......last A-3 flight was 10 months ago.

Wow after the 1st touchdown the crew must've been thinking something ain't right.

[bd popeye]

The USN retired the A-3 from active service in 1991. The last flyable A-3 was a Rayethon aircraft last flown on 11 June 2011.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-3_Skywarrior