Do US Navy pilots use autopilot to land jets on aircraft carriers?

Even in the calmest waters, a Navy vessel is not immobile, and balancing all the needs of a flight deck landing makes for a ...
WTVD

Harrier Pilot Manages To Land On Aircraft Carrier Without Landing Gear

Talk about nerve racking. Captain William Mahoney was piloting an AV-8B Harrier jump jet when his landing gear failed. Watch the dramatic moment the pilot skillfully performs a vertical landing on a ...
The National Interest

Why Is It So Hard to Land on an Aircraft Carrier?

Whereas a land-based pilot can be expected to “grease” the runway, carrier landings demand that naval pilots make a controlled impact—essentially a crash aboard the deck. Landing on an aircraft ...
Flightglobal

British F-35B makes first landing on Japanese carrier during major trilateral naval exercise

Aircraft carriers from Japan, the UK and the USA have conducted a major exercise in the Western Pacific, highlighted by the first landing of a UK-operated Lockheed Martin F-35B on a Japanese vessel.