As such, Mahoney was able to pull off the landing as shown in the fighter jet lands on stool video by using his plane's jump jets and lower it from 300 feet to 20 feet above the deck.
Though he could not see the stool, air controllers and lights on the deck of the ship guided him as he made the made fighter jet lands on stool video.
Capt Mahoney said in a U.S. Marine Corps video regarding the footage of fighter jet lands on stool video he was in, 'So I'm at 20 feet stabilizing and I can't see the stool. I don't even know it's there. I didn't see it coming over the end of the ship, I remember looking for it, but I never saw the stool.'
He was just a few feet above the deck when the jet suddenly dropped. Amazingly, fighter jet lands on stool as the jet's nose hit the stool and bounced, leaving Mahoney, and the jet unhurt.
Mahoney said, 'At that point, I was just sort of along for the ride.'
Fighter jet lands on stool video happening have left the crew of the USS Bataan fearful and Mahoney realized later that they had already evacuated the landing deck in case the landing was unsuccessful and he crashed.
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