The aircraft behind this achievement was a modified example of the de Havilland DH.100 Vampire, the second jet fighter to enter service with the Royal Air Force, second only to the Gloster Meteor.

The U.S. Navy lands an F-35C jet aboard an aircraft carrier for the first time.

On March 17, 2017 in the Atlantic, a fighter jet landed onto the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The only difference this time was that the pilot was Finnish, not American.