That's about it. I was in a Night/All WX Squadron flying F2H-3's, and it was hairy.
No mirror system, no huge stable supercarrier, just old Sam, the LSO, with a flight suit and paddles that were flashlight bulbs, powered by D-Cell batteries.
Most of the time I had enough fuel for one wave-off and try again.
We had only an ADF for navigation back to the ship, and the best navaid was the bright phosphorescent wake she made trying to get up to 32 kts.
God be with the days! If I had it to do all over again, I wouldn't change a thing.