Harrier landing (poorly) on a cargo ship
Harrier landing (poorly) on a cargo ship
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/32248097
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Given that nothing is on fire, I wouldn't say the landing was poorly. Looks pretty good for a landing spot as bad as this
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A landing you walk away from is a good landing.
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A landing where the plane can fly again is a great landing.
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Is this not how baby harriers are made?
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Wasn't this in the Falklands War? It was a choice of landing here or nowhere.
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Fuck cars?
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Is that what the jet is doing?
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Poorly? Dude saved the airframe and his own life, fuck your 'poorly' lol.
iirc during a shooting war no less.
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A subsequent [Board of Inquiry]found that Watson had completed only 75% of his training before he had been sent to sea. The board blamed Watson's inexperience, and criticised his commanders for the radio problems with his plane. Watson was reprimanded for displaying substandard airmanship and reassigned to a desk job.He eventually returned to flight duties and accrued nearly 3,000 hours of flying time before resigning his commission in 1996.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alraigo_incident
Kinda cool, honestly. Aside from the whole “got lost” bit. Less than a minute’s fuel left.
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