21. At least 28 land-based and carrier aircraft were also either shot down or damaged. 22. The WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft released SpaceShipTwo ( VSS Enterprise ) at an altitude of. 23. To handle the new generation of carrier aircraft , the flight deck structure was reinforced. 24. It was the first carrier aircraft with retractable landing gear. 25. American carrier aircraft had difficulty locating the target, despite the positions they had been given. 26. Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 47 ( CASU-47 ) was based at the field during 1945.27. American carrier aircraft also bomb Eniwetok, Maloelap, and Wotje. 28. Air carrier aircraft operate with two of the devices. 29. Hookups with the carrier aircraft were challenging for the experienced test pilots under ideal conditions. 30. The initial plan to land pathfinders had already taken off aboard their troop carrier aircraft .