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Newly leaked video shows F-35 crashing in flames on aircraft carrier (cnn.com)
20 points by chaostheory on Feb 7, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


The 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-...


Pilots 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-s...)


Ward Carrol posted a copy of that footage on his channel at 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.




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