Pitch Black - Nighttime Carrier Flight Operations (Yes, it's hard to see!)
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- Опубликовано: 21 июн 2020
- You asked for it - check out what flight operations look like from the port catwalk at night!
We know - it'll be hard to see but that's how operations are at night! Watch as our brave Navy sailors launch aircraft from Catapults 3 & 4.
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The cameras never do justice on how truly dark it is in the middle of nowhere
The night sky must be amazing out there though
It was! When the water was calm and the stars were reflecting off of the water......Breathless Beauty!
@@odie043 I was on a Knox class frigate mid 80’s and the Indian Ocean at night with no moon I’d DARK!! I can’t imagine walking around on a flight deck like that
Not really. There is too much light pollution from the amber lights on the island that we use for limited visibility. You're way better off in the mountains.
It was great, but I agree with the one commentor about the mountains. I'd add desert, too.
Worked nights on board Enterprise in the 70's loved it!
Worked days and nights as trouble shooter/final checker in F-4 squadron. USS JFK 1969. Exciting times.
@@JK-lt9ip I also worked days and nights on JFK HS-7 in 78-79.
@@JK-lt9ip was it even darker then without all the modern LED lights and signals ?
CVN65 /79-82 Big E
Two thumbs up 👍👍 for all of you hard working deck & flight crews !! Excellent 👌🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The mighty IKE! Ahhh this brings back memories, I could fall asleep to this sound.
No need to apologize for the darkness. People want to see what this looks like at night since that's when most real operations take place.
Ditto great stuff sends chills!
The legend returns
thank you, one of my favourite yt channels
I was an LPO in G-1 Division from 86-89, absolutely loved it, Go IKE
Night ops-all squadron Aircraft maintainers are required to use only Blue lens flashlights. Plane directors use Yellow lights to signal the pilot’s as they taxi around the deck to the Cats or to final spot. It is hard to see things, at sunset we acclimate to the darkness and deal with it. The amber lights shining down from the island illuminate enough to see large objects. But walking around jets you must be very careful as I once walked right into a Hornet missile fin & its sharp, no fun there. Puffy lip that night. To service jets we do cheat on occasion using our illegal mini mag white lites. But don’t get caught by anyone, especially V1 Flight deck directors. Blue lens lites work if you stay in the darkness and keep your eyes acclimated. Red lites are on below decks so working night flight ops is like walking around a cave. Just part of the life being a roof rat on a CVN.
I love this page!!
This channel is awesome
Thanks
Yaaaaaa he is back
I LOVE IT,KEEP UP THE GRATE WORK OUR HEROS FROM USA FORECES👍🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸
night time, night flight boi!
I definitely enjoyed the wrong branch of service these Navy guys definitely look like they're having way too much fun.
The best, most rewarding, and dangerous job i ever had was working the roof on the Ike. Wish i could go back and do it again.
WOW, amazing videos! Thank you for sharing! Regards from Frankfurt
Great video. Be safe Godspeed.
Bloody amazing
Once your eyes acclim ate to the light it's not bad; still very dangerous! You have to keep your head on the swivel! What a life! USS AMERICA CV-66 , USS KITTY HAWK CV-63, USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65 AND FINALLY USS CONSTELLATION CV-64 USN 1979-1988
Très impressionnant! C'est déjà dangereux de jour, mais de nuit c'est sans aucun doute le plus dangereux des métiers.
We need more videos !!!
Show!!!!👍👍👍🛩️
I sure do miss working the deck, alot of memories. 👍⚓️✈️🇺🇲
It’s crazy.
I guess once your eyes adjust, the floodlights do a good enough job, if you somehow fell overboard I guess your vest has a blinker on it too? Dawn/Dusk must be amazing
It does have a light, and a whistle, dye pack, and an auto-inflator.
Alright gear rats flight ops are secured for the next three hours. Go to midrats and then take a quick nap on the practice barricade.
I'd be scared shitless i'd walk off the edge of the deck... Nice vid though...
It's a shame these sorts of videos weren't around in the F14 days as I would have loved to see the big cat take off and land... Probably not much different to today I'm guessing...
At night when the F-14 hit full afterburner, just before launch, the flames would lick over the Jet Blast deflector!!
These are great videos! thanks for making them!! Now for some questions:
1. If one goes to another carrier, how different are the deck operations? My guess is you don't just go out on a flight deck and start like you've been there. I ask out of ignorance.
Is recovering the aircraft much harder than launching them?
Night operations have got to be hard in all ways, throw in foul weather, and that takes it to a new level. The flight deck crews are an amazing group of professionals. Thanks for everything!
Actually CVN operations are standardized. CV NATOPS is the main pub. You can pretty much go from one carrier to another and things will be pretty much the same.
@@stanstenson8168 Thanks for replying, I thought that would be the case, thanks again.
@@darkdelta You're welcome.
I kind of disagree with Stan's response but I also agree. Yes, publications have standardized operations but there is still a requalification process that must be done on the new ship. You have to have a license to drive a tractor, a firetruck, or a mobile electric powerplant. You need to get relicensed on the next carrier. Designations for aircraft director, shooter, and many other important positions are signed by the commanding officer. You will need a new designation letter at your next command. Most of the leadership is going to want to ensure you know what you're doing in case some other command gundecked signatures (signing without verifying).
I always thought I would Fly any time any where, Until I saw this. These pilots are made of steel. And are just cut different
hits really dark.
First like and comment:)
Me too! I'm also first.
Nobody cares
Technically you're not first....
New video amazing. Who are the people at the rear of the aircraft. Do you do that job as well? The ones you point before you give the the pilot clear to take off?
The safety checkers are at the aft of the aircraft making final and important checks during a launch.
Great channel. Been a subscriber for a couple of years now. My question is how do you do the work you have to do with two hands free while holding the flashlights? I guess this would be mainly concerning the holdback operator as he's the one attaching the holdback bar to the aircraft.
Holdback doesn't use a light. Topside PO uses one and they light up where the holdback operator will hook up.
@@FlightDeckLife Ahh, okay. Thank you, sir.
We hear you and you will hear US
head on a swivel..with many a prayer..be safe ..
My PC at 1 AM : 3:08
How does this even work at night with all the hand signals and communication? During the day everything made sense, but I have no idea how you all do this in the dark.
Could they turn on landing light so you guys could see better? Or would that mess up your “night vision” your eyes adjusted to?
From what I know landing lights just help the pilot not crash not illuminate the deck. Almost like the lights for your house on christmas, it ain't much but it's better than nonthing.
Yeah the front lights im pretty sure would just light up a small very bright cone in front of the plane just making is very hard for people in front of the aircraft of look at it and not really helping with visibility. I may be wrong but that i what i think happens
IIRC they don't turn on lights until they're ready for the cat shot
the island floodlights are on, there's plenty of light on that deck but looking into the island light makes it look impossibly dark
Seriously, its almost as bright as a shopping mall parking lot at night
No landing lights are on at all while on the deck, or coming in to land for that matter.
Would those island floodlights be on if it wasn't peacetime?
What you see here is the norm, in peacetime or other. The ship can go dark of course, but that would diminish the safety factor even more, and as it is these folks are just scraping by on excellent training and experience. Turn off the lights and people start dying.
Need night vision.
Yeah no I wouldn't want to risk an expensive camera with night vision up on the deck like that.
how they can work? i didn't see anything
Weird as it sounds, you get used to it.
I have a question why do people turn off their cameras when they go inside is it illegal because that’s what I really want to see is inside if you know what I mean
roof rats only wanted to get the flight deck ops , everything below decks is BORING
VS24AT is actually half right... by comparison it IS boring to roof rats below the deck. But another reason is security. If you have video of the spaces or passageways, and they show where vital spaces are located (even just the frame numbers) then you lose some integrity of the "hidden" safe space we call home. You might also see equipment and machinery that is not for public consumption, as well as safety and structural components of the ship.
What is the smoke coming off tbe catapult ?
it is powered by high pressure steam
It's called water vapor from the steam that pushed the shuttle down the deck
Do any crew members use NVGs?
No. Those are typically just for Pilots and Aircrewman.
@@FlightDeckLife thanks!
How long are you in the navy??
Standard hitch is 4 years, but you can run 30 years or more if you love it.
Which carrier deck is this...
69
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I hope you guys get hazardous duty pay! 😆
Nope! Just all the chicken and bug juice you can eat n drink.
@@chrismaggio7879 I got Flight Deck pay.
@@stanstenson8168 ?? You got FDP for being a GreenShirt? I want to talk to the manager!
@@chrismaggio7879 No bro. Red shirt. Bomb farm. You saying squadron guys don't get FDP? That sucks.
@@stanstenson8168 I was deck crew, not squadron. They probably do get it. If I find out that I was supposed to get it I would say Uncle Sam owes me a few bucks, and I owe you a beer or two!
Out of curiosity, why the anti-collision lights, beacon & the formation lights were turned on just before takeoff instead of right before startup?
I was told nav/anti-collision light should be on whenever the aircraft was powered, the red beacon light right before engine startup.
Or it is simply the difference between military & civilian flights?
-Just a sim flying noob pass by. Orzz
During daylight ops the pilot salutes the shooter to signal he is at full power and ready to go. At night he turns the nav lights on for same purpose.
Who down votes this...?
Terrible angle.....shouldve gone to the tower for this
Sorry
Actually it is a GREAT angle... It puts you on the level of the action and shows the restrictions the lighting has on situational awareness. This view puts you right on the front line of the defense as they line up against the offense, instead of some long camera angle from the press box or the high bleachers... there is enough of that vulture's row Hollywood footage. This is nonskid footage. Appreciate it for that.
Being an ex-sailor (1975-1981) I know how dark it is out there, which is why this video is useless. Can't see anything of what going on.
Coulda cut out the first 3 mins dude
He could, but the reality is there is a lot of waiting in high tension and preparation, especially in low vis or at night. 46,000 lbs of metal and explosives are screaming into the wind, soft flammable human being are crawling under and around this sucking beast, and the three or four minutes that you, the viewer, are sitting bored has these people doing an amazingly dangerous and unique thing. I was a green shirt, and the time in between shots was never long enough.