McNallyTV: U.S. Marine Captain Rand McNally "Atlas" crash lands on USS Ranger

During a storm in the Pacific Ocean, Atlas was down one set of landing gear.  The rest of the squadron went and landed on a nearby island due to the storm,   Atlas, had to dump his fuel and had one chance to land into the net.  This is a great tribute to Bug Roach (Bug can be heard on the audio calmly talking the pilot down to the aircraft carrier) and his contribution to Naval Aviation.  Footage is from March 9, 1987.

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