Bolter (aeronautics)
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In naval aviation, a bolter occurs when an aircraft attempting an arrested landing on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier touches down, but fails to catch an arrestor cable and come to a stop. Bolt
An F/A-18C Hornet that has failed to engage an arrestor wire on the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis and is attempting to bolter
USS Forrestal
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USS Forrestal was a supercarrier named after the first United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. Commissioned in 1955, she was the United States' first completed supercarrier, and was the le
USS Forrestal on 31 May 1962
Forrestal undergoing sea trials, 29 September 1955.
Forrestal in 1955, shortly after commissioning.
Forrestal in the Mediterranean, 1957 during her first deployment to the Sixth Fleet.