Posted on 06/27/2014 12:58:56 PM PDT by Enlightened1
“For a while I flew by the ship, I approached at 300 feet so he could see my landing gear and see what was going on,” Mahoney said. “At this point it was time to figure out, how do I get the jet back on the deck safely with only three landing gear?”
The plan was to use a stool on the deck to stabilize the nose of the jet while Mahoney made a vertical landing using only the lights on the ship and assistance via radio from “Paddles.”
“The ship had this amazing invention, called a stool, that was built specifically for this reason,” Mahoney said. “I stabilized at 20 feet and I can’t see the stool — I didn’t even know it was. I remember looking for it and thinking, ‘Oh boy, this is going to get interesting.’”
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9tvdjDAr1U
Marine Lands Jet Vertically Without Nose Gear
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3173174/posts
I looked to make sure it was not already posted, but I see this is from the Daily vs. Yahoo news. The video on the Daily Caller is a little more detailed for the Aviation enthusiast.
Pretty good!
...sometimes it is the little things in life that are important...
(when is a stool not just a stool?)
Good Marine. He ought to get a bonus for saving the plane.
Professional, just did what he had to do.
Hey, thats not a bar stool. ;-)
Sure beats emergency barricade the option for others.
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