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I was re watching a film on Youtube the other night re carrier based fliers and one of the pilots said he could never get used to night landings.

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Day or night, both scare hell out of me! I like my runways to stay in one place while I'm attempting a landing!
Landing on tiny sand bars strewn with rocks, in Alaska in a little tail dragger, is wild enough for me, but at least the sand bar stays put! My hat is off to those carrier pilots! That makes standing in front of a charging cape buffalo child's play IMO! Just imagine trying to stay above stall speed,with a nose up attitude, adjusting to whipping wind, and trying to hit a simultaneous main gear touch down on a pitching deck, in time to catch the tail hook on the cables,Then add night vision! Talk about a dangerous GAME!

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