Both served as training ships to qualify naval aviators in carrier landing and takeoff. This marked the first successful shipboard aircraft landing. By September, 120 military aircraft were landing at Wake per day. It was the 25th night landing of a shuttle. The Soviets succeeded in making the first crash landing on the Moon in 1959. However, as of 2018 local flights have been landing at the airport. They found that the beach was undefended but unsuitable for an amphibious landing. The portions closest to each shore landing had additional protective armour wires. The battle plan called for a combination of naval bombardments and an amphibious landing. It is now the morning after the meteorite landing again. His death occurred on the eve of the 45th anniversary of his lunar landing. Very little went as planned during the landing at Omaha. The stunt went exactly according to plan with only a cracked windscreen occurring on landing. The landing caused parts of the landing gear to break. By 1945, the company was landing DC-3s in Puerto Vallarta (carrying 21 passengers).