| y"> | | | | qualification arresting landing training. |
| Landing a Fighter Plane onto a "postage stamp" in the | | | | The Holographic image of a like aircraft will be used |
| middle of the ocean and that is exactly how the | | | | for the pilots to project the glide paths in front of them |
| world's best pilots, those in the United States Navy | | | | as they fly, actually watching their aircraft (full-size) in |
| describe landing on an aircraft carrier. It is a dangerous | | | | front of them. All they will have to do is follow the |
| but necessary skill to learn and not as easy as it looks | | | | projection and match their aircraft to the angles and |
| as the pilot negotiates with death and chaos in a | | | | speeds of the holographic aircraft ahead. The |
| controlled crash onto the deck. Until a Navy Pilot has | | | | projection will be set for safest glide path, avoid risk |
| done it for a while their pulse and heart rates are | | | | and be the most efficient decent. This will make flying |
| redlined as they maneuvering the plane in attempting to | | | | easier and become a great training tool for new Navy |
| get a hook hanging down off the aircraft to catch one | | | | Jet Pilots building hours and their skills. |
| of a few cables strung across the landing area. They | | | | This will insure a proper downwind to base and base |
| come in under near full power, by establishing a sink | | | | to final approach, with perfect angles, no steep banks |
| rate at a high angle of attack and if they miss the | | | | and help the pilot land at the perfect speed on the |
| arresting cables they are off at full power as they | | | | aircraft carrier deck. Additionally these Holographic |
| bounce back into the air to try again. | | | | Projections will be recorded and used for training of |
| During this dangerous phase of carrier operations it is | | | | flight operations personnel and used by Navy flight |
| essential that the pilot muster his wits and use all his | | | | instructors to watch to make sure the new Jet pilot is |
| skill to get that 60 plus million dollars of taxpayer's | | | | coming along fine. |
| money on the deck unharmed. The pilot must wear | | | | The instructor will be able to reduce the scale of the |
| that aircraft like a glove and precision is the key. But to | | | | aircraft to 1:24 or 1:48 scale and show student how |
| get there requires lots of training and proficiency | | | | they did. This can help in training new transport or |
| practice to stay in the groove. It is for this reason that I | | | | fighter pilots in the USAF as well. This can add to the |
| propose that holographic imagining be used for carrier | | | | simulator experience. |