February 5, 201511 yr (US Navy/CNN) - A Navy photographer got the shot of a lifetime Tuesday morning as the USS John C. Stennis cruised in the Pacific Ocean. Ignacio Perez photographed the 115,000-ton, 1,100-foot-long ship steaming through a rainbow. Perez said he was fortunate he was on the ship's flight deck on another assignment when things began to fall into place. Read more: Photo captures image of Navy ship sailing under a rainbow - WSMV Channel 4
February 5, 201511 yr It is just amazing to me that pilots can land a plane on those things in the middle of an ocean...and at night! Think about trying to land your plane on a spec of light in the middle of the night in the vast ocean...takes a special breed to do that.
February 5, 201511 yr Author It is just amazing to me that pilots can land a plane on those things in the middle of an ocean...and at night! Think about trying to land your plane on a spec of light in the middle of the night in the vast ocean...takes a special breed to do that. And it is moving not just forward but up and down. Also just think of the ones who did it during WWII. They didn't have all of the electronics we do now.
February 6, 201511 yr It is just amazing to me that pilots can land a plane on those things in the middle of an ocean...and at night! Think about trying to land your plane on a spec of light in the middle of the night in the vast ocean...takes a special breed to do that. My Uncle flew in the Navy. He told me the night landings were crazy. Took me on a carrier when we were visiting once when I was a kid. One of the most awesome experiences I had as a kid.
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