In the highly competitive world of carrier aviation, each landing could receive one of four possible grades.

He knows carrier aviation as well as anyone in uniform.

The museum's new west wing is devoted almost exclusively to carrier aviation.

"You know, the Russians have made some big strides in developing their own version of carrier aviation," he said.

I was hoping to discuss some of the finer points of carrier aviation with him.

Of all the things that could go wrong in carrier aviation, a "soft cat" was his personal nightmare.

The Soviet Union was just starting to get the hang of carrier aviation when it collapsed.

Well, carrier aviation was new to them, wasn't it?

And there was no room for mistakes in carrier aviation.

The launching ballet had come to symbolize, for Jake, the essence of carrier aviation.