Word: tailhookers
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...around the Princeton in perfect formation. Over bull horns on the flight deck came the air officer's command: "White flag, land planes." The landing signal officer, from his screened perch astern on the flight deck, guided the first plane in with two orange paddles. It sailed in, tailhook down, picked up an arresting wire and stopped. His hook released from the wire by a scurrying, green-jerseyed deck man, the pilot taxied his craft forward, folding its wings as he went. One by one, the blue-black Panthers came in, caught the wire, pulled up like falcons brought...