The Snapshots in Time Collection
F-8 Crusader of VF-194 Touching Down Aboard USS Ticonderoga, Vietnam War Era
An F-8 Crusader of VF-194 'Red Lightnings' catches the wire on USS Ticonderoga's flight deck, tires smoking at touchdown. Carrier landings, among the most demanding maneuvers in naval aviation, required pilots to precisely control airspeed and glide path to snag one of four arresting wires stretched across the deck. Project: 218116