The concept of landing from the port side of the carrier was obviously never explained to Wings or Little F on Ark. Getting anything other than 6 Spot, adjacent to the oil and muck from the starboard reeves of 3 & 4 wires, was cause for a celebratory drink!
The best win I had was returning from NAS Norfolk with 120 bags of mail. When given the usual 6 Spot, ship turning nicely to put the wind out of limits, etc., we duly called "054 plus 120 sacks of mail, starboard hold"
'Twas a revelation to see the Ark find the incentive to turn back into wind, and offer "Clear land, which Spot would you like?"
