Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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Down the glide slope the planes come . . . always under the ivatchful eye of the Angel helo . . . guided by the voice of CCA and the LSO, and finally the sharp snag of the arresting gear — the finale of carrier flight.

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ll Fa ' ch the Air Force joins in for maneuvers. With )}iissio)is occonipilislicd . tlic planes return once more to their hnme

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f . This flij hl is over. Others will con- tinue until late in the night. Today the flights were for practice. Tomor- row they may not be. So the key for now is practice, practice and more practice . . . until everything becomes routine. And then practice some more. Today we prepare for what we hope may never come. The cost of prepa- redness runs high, but unpreparedness runs even higher.