The Navy NEVER “lands”. It is a “controlled crash”. You are landing on a steel spit in a massive, heaving ocean. The Air Force lands on acres of perfect, STILL concrete. Fly Navy! RESPECT from the old Strategic Air Command
We have two cats with vastly different personalities. When the people lover/extremely social one (Teddy) brushes against your leg, it’s like the F-16 landing - extremely gentle and barely touches your leg as he brushes past.
Explanation:the f16 is made for the air force and has fragile landing gear so it has to land like that however the f18 has reinforced landing gear that lets it land on carriers so it can just slam into the runway and be fine
So for context, the reason Navy pilots land so hard is because they have to do so for carrier landings. Even when they’re not landing on actual carriers, they still practice like they are because being able to land on a flight deck is a very difficult skill to learn, and a very perishable skill you need to upkeep at every chance you get. If you start getting used to landing softly, you’ll lose that skill.
F-18: “oh that’s a cute landing.”
Navy lands like there landing on a aircraft carrier everywhere
The Navy NEVER “lands”. It is a “controlled crash”. You are landing on a steel spit in a massive, heaving ocean. The Air Force lands on acres of perfect, STILL concrete. Fly Navy! RESPECT from the old Strategic Air Command
The maintenance crew: 🗿🗿
The Air Force lands, the Navy arrives
Those Hornets have absolutely massive gear, they just shrugged that off
The pilot of the air force plane had a cup of coffee in his cupholder.
My dad would always point out if we got a navy or air force pilot when flying major airlines. He was in the air force.
Naval Aviators don't have the luxury of flaring out on the carriers
Navy landing blew out 5 tires on a 3 tire jet
Ryanair: Whats your Previous job
Air Force: I paid for this whole runway, I’m gonna use this whole runway
Air force: gentle descend, pre-landing flare, idle thrust, glide in for touchdown
Slam that F/A-18 to the ground like its a flight deck! Welcome to NAVAIR!
Navy just said fuck it🤣🤣😂
We have two cats with vastly different personalities. When the people lover/extremely social one (Teddy) brushes against your leg, it’s like the F-16 landing - extremely gentle and barely touches your leg as he brushes past.
Explanation:the f16 is made for the air force and has fragile landing gear so it has to land like that however the f18 has reinforced landing gear that lets it land on carriers so it can just slam into the runway and be fine
So for context, the reason Navy pilots land so hard is because they have to do so for carrier landings. Even when they’re not landing on actual carriers, they still practice like they are because being able to land on a flight deck is a very difficult skill to learn, and a very perishable skill you need to upkeep at every chance you get. If you start getting used to landing softly, you’ll lose that skill.
Air Force: “just eeeeeease it in… Nice and gentle…………. there we go…”
Gotta catch those wires.