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Technology making at-sea landings safer for pilots The Navy is using upgraded Precision Landing Mode computer software on planes to assist aviators in making tailhook landings on aircraft carriers. Author: Mike Gooding Updated: 7:07 PM EST February 8, 2021 NORFOLK, Va. The Navy is going high-tech to make things better for pilots. From an aviator s perspective, landing on an aircraft carrier is the most dangerous thing that you can do in all of aviation, said Captain Dan Catlin, commanding officer of F/A-18 F Super Hornet squadron VFA-106. But now, performing that mission is getting a little bit easier, and a whole lot safer, thanks to on-board flight control computer software called Precision Landing Mode (PLM). ....
USNI News Navy Brings ‘Precision Landing Mode’ Carrier Landing Assist Tool to New Fighter Pilots February 9, 2021 6:33 AM Rear Adm. John Meier, commander, Naval Air Forces Atlantic, communicates with pilots assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 from the landing signal officer platform on USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) flight deck, Feb. 7, 2021. Meier is onboard to observe Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106’s inaugural use of Precision Landing Mode during carrier qualifications(CQ). Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting CQ. US Navy photo. The Navy is in the final stages of fully adopting a Precision Landing Mode for fighter pilots, with young fleet replacement squadron pilots for the first time conducting carrier qualifications with the tool that significantly cuts down on the work required during an approach to the back of an aircraft carrier at sea. ....
For student aviators learning to land on the Ford, technology is lending a helping hand Precision Landing Mode used by students this month and last updated 2021-02-08 23:12:29-05 NORFOLK, Va. - The Navy calls it the most dangerous thing you can do in aviation: landing on an aircraft carrier. Add to that the darkness of night and a pitching deck at sea and more than one student aviator learning to master the skill has struggled. Now thanks to advanced technology at use in the fleet, the task is becoming slightly easier. This month student aviators from Strike Fighter Squadron 106, the Navy s East Coast Fleet Replacement Squadron, have been getting carrier qualified on the Ford using the Precision Landing Mode (PLM) technology. ....