No they wouldn't.....
Full power, lots of smoke and the guy in the green is betting they don't make it off the end of the ship.....
Well they're off.....
But......That's only half the bet.....
No, they wouldn't, would they.........All hands clear the flight deck, this is gonna be ugly.....
Ahh....Perfect 3 wire, just one problem, no hook!!!
Well these determined Marine aviators have won their bet, or did they. The Naval officers say that since the Herc never stopped and proceded to fall into the ocean off the front of the carrier, that the Marines didn't fulfill the requirement of the bet. The Mariine avaitors would like to argue but right now they're awaiting a hoist aboard a Navy helicopter to get them out of the drink.
Oh yea, don't ask how a C-130 got on board in the first place.
All kidding aside this was actually accomplished back in the 60's. A C-130, I believe a Navy version of course, actually made an unassisted landing on a carrier using the short angled landing deck, a lot of headwind and a lot of reverse. The aircraft had the words "Look Ma, No Hook" (or something close to that) painted on the nose for the occasion. Ahh the good old days....
