Magic Carpet Aircraft Carrier

How this technology is revolutionizing aircraft carrier landings a.

Magic carpet aircraft carrier.

Aboard uss george washington off the coast of virginia the navy has completed testing of its magic carpet technology that simplifies the process of landing a fighter on an aircraft carrier. Greg cinder blok cvw 8 paddles. Navair engineers speed safety to the fleet delivering magic carpet well ahead of schedule. Magic carpet aircraft carriers f a 18 u s.

Magic carpet which stands for maritime augmented guidance with integrated controls for carrier approach and recovery precision enabling technologies is a new technology designed to. Operation magic carpet was the post world war ii operation by the war shipping administration to repatriate over eight million american military personnel from the european pacific and asian theaters. Hundreds of liberty ships victory ships and troop transports began repatriating soldiers from europe in june 1945 beginning in october 1945 over 370 navy ships were used for repatriation. F a 18e f super hornet and ea 18g growler pilots across the fleet are conducting pre deployment workups using the navy s revolutionary aircraft carrier landing software magic carpet with great success and several years ahead of schedule.

Bush arrives for a of four day stop in the harbour of marseille southern france. The ship entered service in 1928 and was assigned to the pacific fleet for her entire career. The aircraft carrier uss george h w. Uss saratoga cv 3 was a lexington class aircraft carrier built for the united states navy during the 1920s.

Servicemen back to the u s. In total around 370 vessels were involved in operation magic carpet. These included aircraft carriers battleships and destroyers. Carrier aviators going on a magic carpet ride.

From europe in late 1945. Ultimately this makes landing at the aircraft carrier safer said lt.