Carrier Landing…F 18

[Jimmy Snacks]

 

[Rigid1]

Bad ass!

[Jerry 976]

 

 

[mtnloverxtreme2]

that fucking shit is amazing

[Kivalo]

That's pretty damn cool 

[Highmark]

 

17 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

 

Now imagine doing it at night with only instruments.   

Call the ball.

The British called the mirror’s reflection the “blob of light,” but someone in VX-3 dubbed it the “meatball,” World War II slang for the Japanese hinomaru emblem, which the light resembled. Later, this was shorted to the “ball.” When an aircraft is on approach in the groove, the LSO will ask the pilot in the approaching aircraft to “Call the ball,” meaning “Tell me when you can see the light.” Answering in the affirmative, the pilot will then “fly the ball,” so to speak, onto the flight deck.

Edited August 8, 2023 by Highmark

[soeaster]

 

[sleepybrew]

my buddy and i were at the end of a long dead ender above tug hill. fort drum pretty close. we're hanging out and a chinook came out of nowhere and flew over the tree tops. my buddy thought we were "busted"