The Mover and Gonky Show The Danger of Night Landings at Sea Posted: March 21, 2025 | Last updated: March 21, 2025 Landing on an aircraft carrier is already one of aviation’s toughest challenges ...

The result was a landing speed just above 50 knots—remarkably slow for any aircraft—and ... test the U-2 from a carrier. In August 1963, in the dead of night, under the cover of darkness ...

The US Navy (USN) expects to sign a contract within less than two years to begin replacing its fleet of Boeing T-45 Goshawk ...

The U.S. Navy wants to field a new trainer by 2030 and is planning to rely on virtual carrier landing practice to avoid a ...

Being a landing signal officer instructor, I can confidently say it was the hardest aircraft to land aboard the carrier. Night carrier operations were particularly tense, and I can honestly say I ...

The carrier-based U-2 concept was workable, but it never gained much momentum. This article is the second in a two-part series on “Operation Whale Tail,” the CIA’s ambitious project to ...