Only, to come back tomorrow. Stalls, spins and unusual attitudes have long challenged new and experienced aviators alike. Those that fly know these dangers. They know that there are inescapable boundaries separating what is safe from what can kill. Though they train to recognize those boundaries, to stay within the margins that will bring them home to fly another day, airplanes still go out of control.
Flight is no and never has been a boundless expanse.
Rather, aviators live with immutable rules, inescapable constraints, physical and scientific limits that stand as surely before them as gravity itself. The Challenge and the job for the engineers and the test pilots, is to overcome these limits. Pushing The Limits Return to top of page. No job is more hazardous than Carrier Air operations. Yet, few Navy pilots would trade their seats for any land-based aircraft.