Call the Ball Light array
The horizontal blue lights indicate the correct height of the aircraft coming in for a landing, the corrosponding amber light in the middle was the correct positon, lower you could hit the end of the shit flight deck and higher overshoot the cable, either way you had to be in the center amber light to make a landing. Any indication of the red lights you had to abort and come around again for another attempt.
A pilot of the E-8 told us he made about 246 landings and aborted 12, 8 of which were during night time landings.
He stated incoming aircraft are low on fuel and it was very important to get everyone on the deck as quick as possible so a missed landing created delay and problems, also the Captain of the Ship wanted to change course as soon as everyone was recovered.
The pilot stated every landing was gone over and a rating was made to the pilot, a great landing got just an ok! Anything less you heard about it.
The horizontal blue lights indicate the correct height of the aircraft coming in for a landing, the corrosponding amber light in the middle was the correct positon, lower you could hit the end of the shit flight deck and higher overshoot the cable, either way you had to be in the center amber light to make a landing. Any indication of the red lights you had to abort and come around again for another attempt.
A pilot of the E-8 told us he made about 246 landings and aborted 12, 8 of which were during night time landings.
He stated incoming aircraft are low on fuel and it was very important to get everyone on the deck as quick as possible so a missed landing created delay and problems, also the Captain of the Ship wanted to change course as soon as everyone was recovered.
The pilot stated every landing was gone over and a rating was made to the pilot, a great landing got just an ok! Anything less you heard about it.
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