uss wake island was the first jet to land on an aircraft carrier.
uss wake island was the first jet to land on an aircraft carrier.
first jet to land on an aircraft carrier?
uss wake island
after the war the faa needed to fly jet aircraft from their carriers. the jet aircraft of the era were considerably less effective at low speeds than propeller aircraft, but propeller aircraft could not effectively fight jets at the high speeds flown by jet aircraft. the faa took on its first jet, the sea vampire, in the late 1940s. the sea vampire was the first jet credited with taking off and landing on a carrier. the air arm continued with high-powered prop aircraft alongside the new jets resulting in the faa being woefully outpowered during the korean war. nevertheless, jets were not yet wholly superior to propeller aircraft and a flight of ground attack hawker sea furies downed a mig-15 and damaged others in an engagement.
fleet air arm
bullet::::506. japanese aircraft carrier "akagi"









































bullet::::507. japanese aircraft carrier "amagi"









































bullet::::508. japanese aircraft carrier "aso"









































bullet::::509. japanese aircraft carrier "chūyō"









































bullet::::510. japanese aircraft carrier "chitose"









































bullet::::511. japanese aircraft carrier "chiyoda"









































bullet::::512. japanese aircraft carrier "hōshō"









































bullet::::513. japanese aircraft carrier "hiryū"









































bullet::::514. japanese aircraft carrier "hiyō"









































bullet::::515. japanese aircraft carrier "jun'yō"









































bullet::::516. japanese aircraft carrier "kaga"









































bullet::::517. japanese aircraft carrier "kaiyo"









































bullet::::518. japanese aircraft carrier "katsuragi"









































bullet::::519. japanese aircraft carrier "ryūhō"









































bullet::::520. japanese aircraft carrier "ryūjō"









































bullet::::521. japanese aircraft carrier "sōryū"









































bullet::::522. japanese aircraft carrier "shōhō"









































bullet::::523. japanese aircraft carrier "shōkaku"









































bullet::::524. japanese aircraft carrier "shinano"









































bullet::::525. japanese aircraft carrier "shinyo"
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