ATLANTIC OCEAN - The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) hosted 24 student
pilots from Mississippi-based Training Squadron Seven (VT-7) for their first
landings on an aircraft carrier. The qualification required pilots to
successfully complete 10 arrested landings and four touch-and-goes aboard Lincoln’s
flight deck. “The first landing wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to
be," said Marine Corps Capt. Nick Deluca, a VT-7 student-pilot. "The
ship looked really small, but I was running so well that (deck sailors) made it
easy on me." Before landing aboard the carrier, student-pilots practiced
13 different events at a designated airfield. (Source: USS Abraham
Lincoln 10/31/17) Central Mississippi Note: VT-7 is part of Training Air Wing One out of Naval Air Station
Meridian, Miss.
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