“He Defied Every Flight Manual in the Navy and Nearly Got Court-Martialed — Until His ‘Insane’ Carrier Landing Trick Saved Dozens of Pilots From Fiery Deaths: The Untold Story of the Maverick Aviator Whose One Rule-Breaking Maneuver Cut Aircraft Carrier Crash Rates by 79% and Changed Naval Aviation Forever” The ocean didn’t care how good you were. It could turn the best pilot in the world into a streak of fire in the blink of an eye. Every man who ever tried to land a plane on a moving aircraft