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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/FA-18 lands aboard a carrier

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Jan 2011 at 23:45:11 (UTC)

Original - A 3-wire landing is considered to be the best kind. There are four cables that cross the deck and hitting the third one is safest and means the pilot came in at the perfect spot (really hard to hit, especially at night).
Reason
An interesting video clip of a carrier landing for an FA/18
Articles in which this image appears
Aircraft carrier, Landing
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
Robert Scoble

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:11, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]