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F-35C makes first aircraft carrier landing

The US Navy has released a couple of videos showing the F-35C stealth fighter jet making its first arrested landing on an aircraft carrier, which you can see in the below video. The arrested landing is part of initial at-sea Developmental Testing I (DT-I) for the F-35C, which commenced on 3rd November 2014.

As an indicator of just how difficult this process can be, watch this second video. You can only imagine what it would be like trying to land a jet on a moving deck! The video also shows several touch and goes, whereby the aircraft briefly touches down on the deck without landing, all whilst moving seriously fast!

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