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On February 1, 1950, the first successful night landing of jet aircraft onto an aircraft carrier occurred when the US Navy landed an octet of Grumman F9F Panthers onto the deck of the USS Valley Forge.
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Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
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On February 1, 1950, the first successful night landing of jet aircraft onto an aircraft carrier occurred when the US Navy landed an octet of Grumman F9F Panthers onto the deck of the USS Valley Forge.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-aircraft-carriers-join-the-jet-age
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:330-PS-191_(USN_707675)_(20517020438).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DE_%22GLOSTER_METEOR%22_HET_SNELSTE_VLIEGTUIG_TER_WERELD_-_DEMONSTREERT_IN_ONS_LAND-PGM4011928.webm
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DeHavilland_Vampire_HMS_Ocean_Dec1945_NAN1_47.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F-35C_First_Carrier_Landing_1.webm
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F9F-2_VF-52_USS_Valley_Forge_Korea_1950.jpeg
The image by Ch. Pagenkopf available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gedenkstein_Ohain.JPG is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
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