Flair, but no flare. We plunked the jet down on the aircraft carrier deck to avoid the tailhook snagging the arresting wires mid-flight and slamming the plane to the deck. We made fun of Air Force types with the saying, "Flare to land...squat to pee." KEK I imagine the current crowd of Navy folks would get cancelled pretty hard if they said that in today's PC environment.
Flair, but no flare. We plunked the jet down on the aircraft carrier deck to avoid the tailhook snagging the arresting wires mid-flight and slamming the plane to the deck. We made fun of Air Force types with the saying, "Flare to land...squat to pee." KEK I imagine the current crowd of Navy folks would get cancelled pretty hard if they said that in today's PC environment.
“Transition to landing”