Airplane Landing.

When an airplane wants to land on an aircraft carrier, the pilot isn’t supposed to apply the brakes, but is supposed to accelerate!
When about to touch down, the pilot lowers a steel hook from the plane, which snags onto one of four steel arresting cables on the aircraft carrier. These cables are incredibly strong and arrest the motion of the plane. Good (skilful) pilots will attempt to snag onto the third or fourth cables so that they have enough of a buffer to not smash into the back of the carrier. The craziest part is when the plane just touches down. In that case, the pilot is supposed to go full throttle. If he’s caught one of the cables, then he’s fine, and the cables will stop him regardless of the throttle. If he hasn’t caught the cables, he must accelerate so that he still has enough velocity to lift off the carrier once again. Very counter-intuitive.


Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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