Last Updated: October 30, 2022, 22:41 IST
The Indian Navy on Sunday shared a video showing fighter pilots practice landing a plane on a carrier (Twitter/@IN_Vikramaditya)
The video showed pilots take many flying sorties before it’s considered ready for trap on deck
Flying and landing a fighter plane isn’t as seemless as it seems. Aircraft carriers are different from normal runways, thus making it difficult for Indian Army fighter pilots to land.
The Indian Navy on Sunday shared a video showing fighter pilots practice landing a plane on a carrier. The video showed pilots take many flying sorties before it’s considered ready for trap on deck.
The landing style was labelled ‘Low Overshoot’, wherein the pilot is ready for the next phase only when he perfects the sorties. “Low Overshoots give the pilot a feel of the approach speed, lay of the deck and the glide path,” the INS Vikramaditya tweet read.
#VikiTerms ”Low Overshoot”:Almost there!Takes many flying sorties before a pilot is considered ready for a Trap on deck.Low Overshoots give the pilot a feel of the approach speed,lay of the deck and the glide path. When perfected, the pilot is ready for the next phase … 1/2. pic.twitter.com/1y8VFxgk6b
— INSVikramaditya (@IN_Vikramaditya) October 30, 2022
In the video, the pilot was seen flying the Mig-29K jet just above the flight deck of INS Vikramaditya, according to the Indian Navy.
In another video shared by INS Vikramaditya, a ‘Night Trap’, which means landing during night time, is a challenge for pilots while landing on an aircraft carrier that is moving at a speed of 55 km/hr.
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