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Old 11-23-2008, 01:15 AM   #235 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by guudasitgets View Post
Stole my thunder whitevette, no I can tell he never flew a plane, to date the only controlled crashes are Carrier landings. the others just get set down after flareout.
I read an account of short-field landings putting C-130s into hot LZs but I don't remember the conflict. That pilot described it as a controlled crash. I read a lot about flying in general and never heard of any other pilot describing landing as a controlled crash, but if any other landing were to fit that description, hooking the wire would certainly be right there.

I do recall one Navy pilot describing a carrier landing as being "yanked out of the air," which is one reason why I wouldn't be a Navy pilot. That and lousy eyesight.
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