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 ...

The designers of China’s J-36 stealth fighter are working on a computer system that will help pilots achieve the difficult ...

Few sights are more sobering than an aircraft skidding across the flight deck of a carrier with no way to stop. Pilots train endlessly for this scenario, and rescue crews rehearse every response, but ...