Tailhook Association and Association of Naval Aviation

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There is a large, international organization that features the slogan “To be one, ask one”  and that is our purpose here today.  The Tailhook Association and Association of Naval Aviation are two organizations focused on  the unique aspect and specific and general needs of carrier (viz. “tailhook”) and naval aviation.  Both do heavy lifting inside…

Flightdeck Friday – Tailhook Edition

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(a little early, but it fits the subject –SJS) Eighty-four Years Ago — The First Tailhooker! On October 26, 1922 LCDR Godfrey DeCourcelles Chevalier, USN made the first arrested landing aboard the USS Langley, a converted coal collier (ex-USS Jupiter) and the Navy’s first aircraft carrier, underway off Cape Henry, VA. Already an accomplished aviator…