Only if it landed there ..... on purpose!   

Would have been a dandy landing. Notice how the landing craft is going into the planes flight path!!!!! Makes for a very short deck!!!

OK! Let's turn this boat into the wind and get her off again!

Absotively!!!    I would just make him operate off of ONE section of the deck.....

I can vaguely remember a plane that was a twin engine with high wing known as a COIN fighter that showed pictures of it taking off and landing on a carrier deck.   But, was told in the past it was illegal as it had no arresting hook on the real airplane.  I mean if a plane could takeoff and land without a hook, why couldn't a model do the same and be legal as long as it stayed in the arresting area.  Nit picking rules again.  DOC Holliday

I believe all the nit-picking about what's legal for carrier can be answered by looking at the AMA rules.  The only place where there is a requirement for "real carrier airplane" is in the bonus points section.  So you can fly anything you want, just no bonus points for non-proven carrier airplanes!
From the rules:
"3. Aircraft Requirements. Model must have a fixed or retractable landing gear. If a retractable gear is used, it must be lowered for landing. The model must be equipped with an arresting hook which when extended may not be longer than a one-third (1/3) the length of the fuselage. The model wingspan shall be 44 inches maximum for Class I and Class II and 50 inches maximum for the Profile Class. It is permissible to change the position of any control surface during flight. The model shall be rigged for counterclockwise flight. Models shall not exceed four (4) pounds weight in flight configuration, but without fuel. Autogiros and helicopters, or aircraft which rotate their propellers to a horizontal plane to act as rotors for hovering flight, are prohibited. Models (entries) shall be placed and compete in three (3) groups as follows.
3.1. Class I—Models having an engine displacement up to and including .4028 cubic inch.
3.2. Class II — Models having a minimum engine displacement of .4029 cubic inch to maximum of .6500 cubic inch. Class II will also include jet-type as outlined in the CL General section. Jet models shall be entered in Class II only.
3.3. Profile Class — All aircraft shall be of the profile fuselage type. Engine(s) must not be cowled in. Minimum wing area shall be 300 square inches. Models shall have a fixed landing gear consisting of at least a two-wheel main gear with at least four (4) inches separating the wheels. If a clear canopy is not used, the cockpit or canopy area must be defined with a contrasting color or color outline. It is encouraged that the plane outlines follow some type of Navy aircraft."
The requirements for bonus points is in section 8 of the rules.
"8. Bonus Points.
 8.1. A scale model of a carrier aircraft of any nation, provided it displays the national markings of the using nation, shall receive bonus points. A carrier aircraft is any man-carrying aircraft which was successfully flown and which meets at least one (1) of the following requirements: a. Aircraft made actual carrier-type takeoff and arrested landing on an actual or simulated carrier deck, or b. Aircraft is designated as a carrier aircraft by an acceptable source (in cases where actual carrier-type takeoff and arrested landing are not documented). 8.1.1. Scale three-view drawings of the full-scale aircraft and proof that the aircraft meets the above requirements must be submitted to be eligible for scale bonus points. (See Proof of Scale rules in the Unified Scale Judging section for acceptable sources of plans and documentation."

I doubt the requirement for a hook on the full sized aircraft is a limitation any longer for the AMA event.  Ted Kraver has flown a C-130 in contests.

here is the write-up for the ship board trials:

http://www.theaviationzone.com/factsheets/c130_forrestal.asp

As to the P-38: (tongue firmly in cheek) http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/p38_19.html

"The US Navy acquired four F-5Bs from the USAAF in North Africa. They were designated FO-1 and were assigned the BuNos 01209/01212. They were operated exclusively as land- based aircraft and never from carriers. Lockheed had proposed a carrier-based version of the Lightning, the Model 822, with folding wings, arrester hooks, and a strengthened airframe. However, the Navy looked askance at such a large aircraft on its carrier decks, and they disliked liquid-cooled engines for carrier-based planes. Consequently, this project never got past the paper stage."

Dave

But the U-2 does because it had a hook and made quite a few arrested landings. But a 44 inch skinny wing makes the fuselage small, maybe 15 size.

                                                                                                                                                                                               Mike