(87015) wrote in message . com...
Many years back I recall a Sea Harrier landing on a container ship or such
rather than ditch in the sea. There was a two page spread about it in the
magazine "Air Pictorial" a few weeks after the incident. This was in the late
1980's.

Of course I do know (and have seen the photos) of the 1960's trials with a
C-130 on a USN carrier.

But has it happened at all apart from these two incidents? Anyone know?

T.

During the Korean War/Police Action, "one L-17 flew from Navy escort
carrier USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) as an observer of amphibious
operations, and without arresting gear." (
http://www.aerofiles.com/_ryan.html )

And Rod Taylor and a Navion starred in the 1972 made-for-tv movie
"Family Flight" which ended with the family's teen-age son landing the
family Navion on an aircraft carrier. Don't know who the actual pilot
or ship was. ( http://us.imdb.com/Title?0068568 )