Carrier Landing video AND YOU ARE CO-PILOT. Here's some
video footage of an A-6 approaching an aircraft carrier and landing.
It was taken from the cockpit by the copilot. The conditions are
ideal...... calm sea, daylight and a stable aircraft. This for all of us
who have not had the privilege - - With the volume up, you
can even hear the power changes necessary to maintain precision
glide slope and prepare for bolter ( a.k.a. abort the landing) in the
event the arrest wire is missed. Feels like you are in the aircraft.
Imagine what this would be like at night in IMC (instrument
meteorological conditions - a.k.a. pea soup)!
This is a very neat video. If you look very carefully, shortly before
the plane touches down, you can see the "meatball" to the left; the
orange light between the row of green lights that tells the pilot he's
on heading and on glide slope. Imagine landing on a moving postage
stamp!