carrier landings
Ship runway touchdowns
Carrier landings are the act of landing an aircraft on an aircraft carrier—among the most demanding maneuvers in aviation.
The pilot must catch a tailhook on arresting wires stretched across a short, moving deck, often at night or in rough seas.
The term extends metaphorically to any high-stakes precision task: Parallel parking in Manhattan is like carrier landings.
- deckShip's flat surface
- tailhookAircraft carrier brake mechanism
- arrestingStrikingly attention-grabbing
- wireThin metallic conductor
- trapDevice for catching animals
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