Ted & Nikos, giving a Super Chat for this because you are very respectful of any emergency situation & you inform us to adhere to showing respect during those times, recognising too that you will cut a stream if necessary. Thank you for your utmost professionalism. Proud to support you & TCS ❤
Awww Margo thank you so much for the super. It is about safety and respect and we do our best. Like you mentioned, we have our own safety protocol for viewers and our safety too. Thanks again Margo 💜❤️🩵
Glad this all work out well. Respect to the pilot for all that training, but also the emergency teams who were there ready for what ever happened. Shout out to the ground crew who maintain the cable for such events 🫡
The ground crew that maintains the cable belongs to the career field "Electrical Power Production" of the Civil Engineering Squadron, unfortunately not mentioned in the video. I did it for 20 years.
I work at the Gulfport Biloxi International Airport (KGPT) and we have an arresting cable at each end of the longer runway. It was used twice this year for a F-18 and T-45. It’s amazing to watch. Kudos to everyone on the ground that was in place and well done to the pilot.
Oii oiii John 🤙🏼 Thanks you for your comment. Oh wow did you get to see them? And absolutely spot on, all the crew deserve massive kudos for what they do, dangerous for them too and of course to the pilot. Thanks for reaching out to our channel 🇺🇸🇬🇧
@@TedConingsby I did get to see the T-45 however they test the cables every 6 months with F-15s from New Orleans. They raise the cable and the F-15 powers up and right before catching the cable they power down and let the cable do its job. I’ve watched that several times.
That landing was a great demonstration to how great not only the pilot is but how great the fire and rescue department is with dealing with emergencies of their own pilots love to see it, great video thanks again Nickos
Superb catch, great job filming! Would you be okay with me featuring this in my series Weekly Dose of Aviation? Of course you will be credited both in the video and in the description as before. Thanks!
@@TedConingsby It is known as the Eagle Cry! Pratt and Whitney engines exhaust nozzles make that lovely sound. G.E. engines do not make that sound they are silent.
A special thanks to the McAir test pilot who first evaluated prototype E model aircraft responses at the higher gross weights when taking the arresting cable at Edwards AFB. Various aircraft loads, speeds, and not-centered cable engagements were evaluated. Very professionally tested to best ensure a successful engagement as depicted in this video. 👍 👏
Oh Ted just to let your viewers know that the arresting cable itself is about 1 inch in diameter and is held up above the runway surface by a row of hard rubber “donuts “ that are slid onto the cable to support it. These donuts have to be spaced apart evenly the cable length across the runway width and they do at times get ripped off when a catch is made, hence the need for FOD inspection! The cable is only across the runway but is attached to a wide belt on spools on both sides of the runway which allows the aircraft to travel in a straight direction without being pulled to either side. Hopefully this will give your viewers some insight into these systems! Cheers!
Oii oiii Art this is fantastic info thank you so much. We’ve seen maintenance crew at Coningsby space them out before during a runway change. They look heavy! Thanks so much again for your input 🚒🇺🇸
Thanks Ted for this and you other fantastic videos and commentary! Brought back memories from my time at RAF Alconbury mid 70’s as a USAF firefighter. Been to many a “catch” of RF-4C’s of the arresting cable for both training and IFE’s or In Flight Emergencies. Thanks Ted!
Oii Oii Art 🤙🏼 thank you so much for serving sir 🫡 🚒🇺🇸 Was a tense time, even for us as viewers but well done to all the firefighters, crash teams, ground maintenance crew and of course the pilot
It never fails too impress me how these situations are dealt with so professionally. Many hours of training from Pilot, to crash team and arrestor team. Swifly sorted so ops could resume.. Respect to all concerned. Ted and Nikos respectfully done. No769
Amazing footage.. great narration! I noticed the pilot's airbrake didn't come up on landing as the other's did. I never knew the F-15 had an arrestor cable. This was fascinating. So glad he made it back safely!
All western fighter jets have an arrestor hook for use in emergencies, not only jets designed for flat deck carrier operations, but also land based jets such as the F-16, F-15, F-35A. Needless to say the Phantom, Skyhawk, E-2 hawkeye have them.
Thank you very much. I guess the airbrake didn’t come on for safety reasons (potentially breaking it maybe?) as the airframe would be put under a lot of stress taking the cable. But a good point. Thanks again 🤙🏼
The skills of military pilots are always highlighted as they should. Notwithstanding this, I have the utmost respect for the Arrestor Crews. Handling and adjusting these high tension cables is such a dangerous job. In all kinds of weather too. Well done guys! Unless anyone knows anything differently, I'm going to say a flaps problem. An interesting 'catch' Boss and Nikos. Thankfully, it all ended well.
In my years at RAF Upper Heyford it was us in the crash/rescue fire department that set up the barriers. When flight ops changed direction on the runway it was us that took them down at one end and set it up at the other end. This was in the early/mid ‘70s. I was a crew chief on a crash/rescue truck similar to the #18 in this video. Thanks for an excellent capture of this event, well done! Thanks also for the memories this sparked👍🏻
@hawgbreath Crash Rescue doesn't do a thing until the actual IFE. All of the actual work is done by USAF Electrical Power Production Airmen from the Civil Engineering Squadron. We train the Fire Department on what to do, then fix whatever they break. We also hang around during IFE's hoping they won't try to mess with it since we're there.
@@Aj682 as I said, in MY years… in the 70s. Were you there then? I was simply relating my experience with the kind of events shown in this post. Responsibilities may have and very likely have changed since then.
Impressive footage of an arrested emergency landing procedures for the F-15E Strike Eagles and glad that the pilorscand aurcraft are in one piece safely 🙏
The USAF Fire Brigade and associated ground personnel did a great job in assisting the F15 pilot on the emergency landing after the failure of the hydraulics on the speed brake above the fuselage. Making use of the Arrestor Cable is as important on land as well as those of ship borne aircraft on the decks. It is good Nikos that you managed to record the incident on the live stream with no harm to anyone.
Oii oiii Edward thank you very much. Yes, the Fire department, maintenance teams, crash teams and all ground crew associated with this Arrestor gear procedure did an amazing job. Because we’ve seen practice ones before, all the crew were exactly where they were for the real thing. This was our first genuine emergency landing and it is amazing to see all the practice and training in the “real world”. All ended well with professional skills from the pilot too. Amazing
I would respectfully disagree that it is "as important on land as well as those of ship borne aircraft" the risk of overrunning the runway is vastly different. If the cable failed on land, the pilot can punch out and land not only on land, but on base!
The nice thing about hydraulic emergencies is that they're generally landing emergencies (brakes, flaps, speedbrakes, landing speed/distance, etc) not so bad while flying.
Stunning capture! May I feature this emergency landing in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. All the best to you!
Oii oiii and thank you very much. I wish others were like yourself and kindly ask permission to use our videos. We would be delighted for you to use the emergency landing and appreciate the link too. Please do not remove our logo. Any problems, let us know. Thanks again
Safety. First and foremost. Nevertheless, it was a worry. However, similar to many organisations & establishments those pilots & crews are well rehearsed & trained in strict safety procedures & with the pilot's & ground crews expertise, everyone was safe & well. Sounds incredibly daft, it was interesting to see but a real worry at the same time. USAFE/RAF Lakenheath crews, you are stars ❤.
The forces involved at stopping 34 tons jet rolling down a runway sometimes at 300 mph is no joke. Nothing daft about it. People have been seriously injured in such a situation in a split second.
Thanks so much Margo. It is all about procedure and when we see them train and train again the same manoeuvres, there is a reason for this, which makes a pilot tops and makes the fire and rescue teams on point.
Saw this a few times with F16s when I worked in airfield management in the Air Force. I was at Cannon AFB in New Mexico. We had 5 squadrons of F16s at the time 20 years ago. If I remember correctly, 2 of them took the barrier on rollout at the departure end, and one at approach end at touchdown. It was a long time ago though, I forget. I miss that job, being out on the airfield watching airplanes, sitting right on the hold line while a line of F16s takeoff in full afterburner. Good times
You never know when there will be an emergency and yesterday there was one. Nikos was there to show us just how it is done. Hope the pilot and co-pilot are ok, textbook landing.. Amazing footage Nikos and Ted well done to the whole team for yesterday Nikos did a really great job.❤❤❤❤❤
Oii ooiii Debbie thank you so much for your kind words. That’s right, it can happen at any time and you have to expect the unexpected. All ended well and all crew safe 💜🩵❤️
Very interesting stream on the F15e emergency and beautifuly explained and full marks for the respect for the emergency that was unfolding.. Oi oi to the top channel TCC👍👍
Very cool video. I was a medic at Brize and saw my fair share of state 2s and 3s. Even had a state 1, but it was called off before we'd left the med centre - apparently a private light aircraft got blown off the runway on landing, but was able to taxi back and carry on.
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Notice at timestamp 1:30 & 1:43, that's not the SOP for landing separation. 13 seconds is extreamly short. The beam of the tail hook is a solid forged titanium beam, one piece. It's heavy (can crush personel) and immensly tough. Notice the colours of the sparks is a very pale orange with blue/green hints. Those are hot titanium sparks (unlike steel which is deep orange). Post landing requires several procedure, including inspection of the runway surface for damage and FOD (as Nikos stated). Arrestor cable inspection for chaffing and rewinding the reel deployment machines. The planes airframe will be inspected by the Structural Maintenance Dpt. for over-stressing, cracks, bent sections and any other damage (this was my job on Phantoms). The F-15 airframe is well designed and built tough, most likely there will be no damage whatsoever, but still requires a thorough inspection and signing off. The arrestor hook itself is usually removed and gauss checked (NDT magnetic gauss) for cracks.
Oiii oiii Trespire thank you so much for your input and comments. Although Nikos does his best to research all about certain subjects, it’s highly welcomed to have info from experienced servicemen such as your self. Are we right in saying the arresting gear is completely different on the carrier to the runway on the ground ones? We are right there? Because I’m sure the Arrestor gear on the carrier is possibly stronger and the airframe enhanced on carrier ones? Thank you Trespire
@@TedConingsby I'm far from being the expert in arrestor cables, but from what I do know the arrestor stopping distance on land is a much longer distance, so there is less stress on the airframe and everything and everyone on board. For flat top carrier operations, every thing is beefed up, as the pilots litrally slam the jets into the deck to catch one of 4 arrestor cables. And the stopping distance is much shorter. On a side note, as the Phantom was originaly designed for the USN, they were overbuilt for land operation, and could thus sustain heavy damage in battle and still get the crew home. Land vs. naval arrestor cables essencially do the same thing, but have different requirments. This was a very good video from Nikos, informative and professionably presented.
@@TedConingsby same reason why the SeaFire took so long to develop and was still not a great carrier fighter because even with the beefing up it got, it was still very fragile compared to the American carrier fighters that the RN got during WW2. Also the same reason why the Brits investigated the idea of a Sea Eurofighter and was quickly shot down because you would eventually end up developing a completely new fighter and any commonality would be gone, thus rendering the concept of a Sea Eurofighter moot. Non carrrier aircraft and their arrestor hooks are designed to be used for specific types of emergencies and are not designed for the level of punishment that navy carrier planes and their hooks are.
Low-drama emergency due to extensive training and practice. Nice job by the pilot. FWIW, the reason they practiced the landing so many times before actually deploying the hook is that an in-flight engagement of the hook such as from landing long can be disastrous. The pilot needs to touch down very short on the runway to ensure they catch the wire on the ground and not in the air.
@@TedConingsby I understand. What I'm saying is, this emergency was reduced to not really a big deal because of the training and practice they do on a regular basis.
As someone, American or British, have built the viewing area, I hope OSI or Security Police have developed special relationships with the Plane Spotters? In the 80s these folks were my eyes and ears.
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Fantastic video! Would it be okay for you if I feature the landing in a future RUclips video of mine? I would of course credit you in the video and description. Thank you and have a great day!
These pilots in the F-15s (all fighters really) must be brave. The minimum maneuvering speeds of those planes is so low it makes me nervous watching them come in. Just the way the airplane sits makes me think it’s going to tip. give me a nice thick boy f18 any day.
Awesome capture and good landing ! One thing I'm curious about if someone can answer... is why the USAF see the need to ship extra assets like their own airport firetrucks from the US overseas to a foreign base in the UK? Doesn't Lakenheath have it's own fire rescue team?
You’ve sort of answered your own question. As it’s their base, they would need their own sections of teams covering different aspects, including LE (Law Enforcement) which you’ll see US police vehicles.
Yeah, for the Air Force an arrested landing is an Emergency for us Air Navy types? Yeah... There I was at Elmendorf AFB. Our A-7 Corsairs were coming in, thats an aircraft you fly until its chocked and chained. Air Force runways are notorious for having a deep dip in the middle, its to help first generation jets take off, and one of our pilots had an event hitting the puddle that forms in the dip. So they elected to take the wire and so did every other of our A7s. AFB personnel declared the Emergency, my squadron did a lot of Detachment work and we had our own Aviation Boatswain Mates who had worked Arresting Systems as their jobs, so they went out to cycle gear. Easy job for A7s. The A3 Sky Warriors started lining up for final, and declared they would take the wire too... the AFB personnel did NOT get the memo to dive behind the truck and cower in fear.. A3 Sky Warriors? We called'em Whales for a damn good reason. They split wires, or just ripped the arresting gear ground gear off its mounts. EA6A Electric Intruders came in, didn't take the wire, most of them had to use the bathroom and ran to the line shack we had to potty.
Oii ooii thank you for sharing this and also thanks for serving sir 🫡 Well noted that we seem to have a “dip” or “hump” on the runways. Always wondered why they just weren’t flat. Does it not also help with drainage? Thanks again
Great video, after watching this I have some questions: 1- If the F-15 can deploy an arrestor hook, does that mean it could operate from carriers? 2- What are those squeaky whistle sounds you hear as the aircraft pass the camera? Is it the control surface actuators or something else?
Hi I would think there's a possibility it could operate from a carrier. I worked alongside the Tornado F3s and I used to think that it was the reverse thruster buckets/clams closing but it was the actuators driving them.
1) The F-15 is desighned and constructed for land based operation. Flat top carrier operation requires many changes, including a tougher airframe that can withstand repeatedly getting slammed into the deck. Stronger landing gear, often with a longer travle (take a look at the A-4 Skyhawk, or the Phantoms front gear). The arrestor hook and it's attachment to the airframe is beefed up. 2) Those squeaky whistle sounds, are the fast acting hydraulic actuators opening and closing the engine nozzle pettals. When the pilot changes the throttle setting, the engine management computer automatically sets the nozzle opening setting to gain or reduce the thrust. It's a much faster responce time than the engine spooling up and down. This sound is quite noticable on the F-110 engines on F-15s. The sound is known as Fweep fweep on the Ted Coningsby channel !
Well Trespire kindly answered these 😎 I was actually just checking that carrier ones and ground ones are completely different. My understanding is that carrier Arrestor gear need to bring the aircraft to a complete halt as it’s a carrier. This I would imagine the airframe would be stronger. I was led to our research saying that ground Arrestor gear bring the aircraft to a more gradual halt unlike the carrier ones. Secondly, the answer is exactly like Trespire says 🤙🏼
Don’t forget, there are terms more commonly used in the military rather than use the official term. Also, in the RAF, the Arrestor Gear is called RHAG. (Rotary Hydraulic Arrestor Gear). So there are many terms that can be used.
I’ve seen a few of these happen at my old base one being the jet that I was plane captain of right after take off had to come back for an arrested landing aircraft had brake issues if I remember correctly luckily it wasn’t something I did haha
Glad you learned something from our videos. Yes I think all fighter jets have tail hooks yes. All RAF, USAF and NATO ones anyway. I think even training aircraft such as the Hawk have them too
@@phillipbanes5484 Wow! I guess the tail hooks are hidden away. With all the fighter aircraft I've been around, I just never noticed. Of course I know about the US Navy for the aircraft that ''land'' on the aircraft carriers due to the catapult and arresting wires. Thanks for sharing. I guess I need to crawl out from under my rock a little more often. HA
@@TedConingsby I did learn something!!! So if USAF jets have Tailhooks, can I am assuming they can land on carriers in case of emergencies? I didn't realize their landing gear was sufficiently built to land on a hard deck of a carrier (bounce, bounce when the deck is rolling). Are they also able to be catapulted off the ship? or would the aircraft be stored aside? My uncle worked on the Navy F-4 Phantom, the F-14 Tomcat and F-18 Hornet landing gear programs at NAS Coronado as a Government Contractor a number of years ago. I never thought of asking him about other branch aircraft. Thanks for sharing!!!
@@phillipbanes5484 there is absolutely no way the tail hook on the F-35A could withstand an actual carrier arresting wire. It's a very thin tailhook itself, and the composite structure its affixed to is just not that robust. the structure is in an area thats entirely void space between the engine and the cowling, and serves no other structural purpose besides it. Just an F-35 AVIs perspective.
@@penelopelgoss2520 no worries. Ultimately carrier aircraft and carrier arresting gears are different. The F15 is not a carrier aircraft but in an emergency and was given no option to land on a carrier, it could but will most likely damage the aircraft. With regards to takeoff, again the F15 is not a carrier modified aircraft and couldn’t use that caterpault no
RAF Lakenheath is used almost exclusively by the USAF, mainly 48th Fighter Wing. I can only assume that the use of American crashtenders is part of their operating procedures.
@@TedConingsby Typical wasteful US armed forces behaviour. Instead of finding a stream-lined and efficient solution they just throw tax money at a problem.
We don’t always get to hear the exact nature of the emergency on the day but, if I remember correctly from what I read from a 48th ground crew, it was a hydraulic issue.
Emergencies causes aren’t always available to us outside the fence, we have to wait and sometimes we never get to know. But yesterday it was revealed that it was a hydraulics issue
Just wondering do they have to fly a different AoA to normal to trap the wire? Now I'm curious if there's any videos of F/A-18 Hornets using this system on the land. Pretty sure it would be a non issue for those.
looks like the AoA is unchanged. Its totally different to how the the Navy and Marines have to catch the wire... they have to catch the wire when they land, here they land, and travel down the runway a bit before the arresting hook catches the wire. for the Navy and Marines, because of the more aggressive AoA they can risk bouncing the hook over the wire if they aren't careful, the way it is in this video there is 0 chance of missing the wire.
@@fcscouto Agree...this is mostly used just to limit the aircraft from running out of runway. Years ago, a navy f-18 had to land at an AF base, and they wanted the cable at the landing side of the runway, and the base wasn't use to it, so they needed to reset it.
Yes, pretty similar set up to Fairford but much busier with about 80 aircraft based there. Lakenheath is owned by the RAF but has been operated by the USAF for more than 70 years. Its sister base at Nearby RAF Mildenhall is also leased to the USAF long term.
Oii Oii Joe, Lakenheath is a USAFE base, just like Mildenhall, Fairford & Feltwell so therefore there will be American vehicles etc, even the A4 paper is US letter size too 😎 1941-1948 RAF 1948-present
Or he pops into Lakenheath while the rest recover at Mildenhall. Then the crews eat lunch at the food court, the birds get fueled up and they return to Lakenheath.
I guess if it had to it would but there would be a lot of damage to the aircraft, not sure if the tail hook would snap but carriers have a “tennis net”, a barrier net that can assist to halt an emergency aircraft. So in the end yes it could but with damage are my thoughts.
Was this a real emergency or a test of the system? I noticed that the pilot didn't use the air brake. That is what makes me wonder if it was a test. Usually, if the hydraulics are damaged, the wheels don't come down and the ailerons and flaps don't work. What was the true emergency (one that would make the air brake useless but not affect the rest of the hydraulics)?
It was most likely a utility hydro fault. You can tell because the secondary gear doors are open, indicating a gear blow down scenario. If this was a test, the gear would have been operated normally and the inner gear doors and nose wheel door would have reshut. Also, every time I've been on the line during a test. The jet would taxi back to chocks under it's own power.
Issues are not announced to the public at the time, so we rely on what we can hear on our radio but if you care to look at the description, you’ll see the reason for the emergency which we found out about a week after the emergency. Thank you
Why Canada never bought 100 of those when they got the f18 is beyond me they should buy 100 f15ex to go with the f35 they make a unstoppable team. And Canada can do what they do by souping up the engines on the f15ex and have a great interceptor that works amazing with the f35. Canada better up its game or it will find itself behind a rock and a hard place. Not quite 100 f35 is not going to do in today's world even 500 would not do it they need to have a interceptor and there is no better aircraft then the f15 for that job 2.5+ and carry a ton of ammo. Hope Canada wakes up before it's too late if it's not already. Should of had this 40 years ago
@@TedConingsby Landing a F-15 on a carrier will tear the hook off, break the landing gears, and cause a lot of damage to the plane..... Planes landing on a carried, stop 300 feet after landing at 170mph... not this landing at 150MPH...going down the runway for 2000 feet then stopping in another 500 feet.
Ted & Nikos, giving a Super Chat for this because you are very respectful of any emergency situation & you inform us to adhere to showing respect during those times, recognising too that you will cut a stream if necessary. Thank you for your utmost professionalism. Proud to support you & TCS ❤
Well said Margo.
Awww Margo thank you so much for the super. It is about safety and respect and we do our best. Like you mentioned, we have our own safety protocol for viewers and our safety too. Thanks again Margo 💜❤️🩵
Glad this all work out well. Respect to the pilot for all that training, but also the emergency teams who were there ready for what ever happened. Shout out to the ground crew who maintain the cable for such events 🫡
Here, here! 👍
Oii oiii Rich thank you for your awesome words and shout outs man 🤙🏼
@@TedConingsby thanks Nikos. Make sure you take care of yourself too please….don’t do too much to quickly if you are feeling under the weather
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The ground crew that maintains the cable belongs to the career field "Electrical Power Production" of the Civil Engineering Squadron, unfortunately not mentioned in the video.
I did it for 20 years.
I work at the Gulfport Biloxi International Airport (KGPT) and we have an arresting cable at each end of the longer runway. It was used twice this year for a F-18 and T-45. It’s amazing to watch. Kudos to everyone on the ground that was in place and well done to the pilot.
Oii oiii John 🤙🏼 Thanks you for your comment. Oh wow did you get to see them? And absolutely spot on, all the crew deserve massive kudos for what they do, dangerous for them too and of course to the pilot. Thanks for reaching out to our channel 🇺🇸🇬🇧
@@TedConingsby I did get to see the T-45 however they test the cables every 6 months with F-15s from New Orleans. They raise the cable and the F-15 powers up and right before catching the cable they power down and let the cable do its job. I’ve watched that several times.
So that's what that was about with the T-45's. Sorry, I live under a rock 😂
FOD, Foreign Object Damage for those who dont know is no laughing matter, its what caused the Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crash.
Many crews and planes have been lost to FOD. It's the biggest hazzard in aviation.
FOD WAS ARCH NEMISIS OF SUPERGIRL
@@trespire Closely followed by bird strikes.
Back in the 70’s FOD was foreign objects debris
But that was in the AAC
That landing was a great demonstration to how great not only the pilot is but how great the fire and rescue department is with dealing with emergencies of their own pilots love to see it, great video thanks again Nickos
Absolutely well said Michael 🤙🏼
Superb catch, great job filming! Would you be okay with me featuring this in my series Weekly Dose of Aviation? Of course you will be credited both in the video and in the description as before. Thanks!
Oiii oiiii Lucaas 🤙🏼 go for it man and thanks again
For those that don't know, the short "wheee" sounds that you hear as they approach the runway are actually the nozzles changing size
In the TCS vocab, we call this “FWEEP”. You can add more Es for emphasis Fweeeeeeep
One of the coolest sounds you'll ever hear on an aircraft! It's certainly up there with the JFS howl! Man, I love F-15's!
@@TedConingsby
It is known as the
Eagle Cry!
Pratt and Whitney engines exhaust nozzles make that lovely sound.
G.E. engines do not make that sound they are silent.
A special thanks to the McAir test pilot who first evaluated prototype E model aircraft responses at the higher gross weights when taking the arresting cable at Edwards AFB. Various aircraft loads, speeds, and not-centered cable engagements were evaluated. Very professionally tested to best ensure a successful engagement as depicted in this video. 👍 👏
Oh Ted just to let your viewers know that the arresting cable itself is about 1 inch in diameter and is held up above the runway surface by a row of hard rubber “donuts “ that are slid onto the cable to support it. These donuts have to be spaced apart evenly the cable length across the runway width and they do at times get ripped off when a catch is made, hence the need for FOD inspection!
The cable is only across the runway but is attached to a wide belt on spools on both sides of the runway which allows the aircraft to travel in a straight direction without being pulled to either side.
Hopefully this will give your viewers some insight into these systems!
Cheers!
Oii oiii Art this is fantastic info thank you so much. We’ve seen maintenance crew at Coningsby space them out before during a runway change. They look heavy! Thanks so much again for your input 🚒🇺🇸
I don’t miss those early-morning FOD walks!
On a carrier they are about 1.5 inches..
@@Bella45429 I used to enjoy them
@@willisix2554I’m a licensed squirrel rehabber. 🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️
Came here after seeing this video featured on Lucaas' channel. Ooh yeah!
Oiii oiiii thank you and welcome to our fun but serious channel oooohhh yeah Nice one Lucaas ooohh yeah
Thanks Ted for this and you other fantastic videos and commentary!
Brought back memories from my time at RAF Alconbury mid 70’s as a USAF firefighter.
Been to many a “catch” of RF-4C’s of the arresting cable for both training and IFE’s or In Flight Emergencies. Thanks Ted!
Oii Oii Art 🤙🏼 thank you so much for serving sir 🫡 🚒🇺🇸 Was a tense time, even for us as viewers but well done to all the firefighters, crash teams, ground maintenance crew and of course the pilot
Thank you Ted! I also briefly explained about the arresting cable systems for your viewers understanding
Teddy Bear cheers and Blessed Holidays to all!!
@@artbailey5011 thank you very much
Absolutely fantastic footage, wow just wow. All safe and sound, that’s the main thing. All the best 💪👍
Thank you very much. Yes, everyone safe and sound 🤙🏼
It never fails too impress me how these situations are dealt with so professionally. Many hours of training from Pilot, to crash team and arrestor team. Swifly sorted so ops could resume..
Respect to all concerned.
Ted and Nikos respectfully done.
No769
Oii Oii Daniel thanks man. 🚒🇺🇸
Hooray! That was great footage and nice work by the pilot!
Oii oiii thank you
Nice bit of work there buddy. Excellent bit a flying from the Pilot.
Thanks Malcolm
Amazing footage, massive respect
Oii oiii Colin thank you so much 🤙🏼
As a 27 year veteran in USAF flightline maintenance on fighter aircraft……..nicely done.
Oii oiii Sir, thank you for serving 🫡 thank you very much
Great save, Power Pro troops!
Oh wow! Very fast and precise teamwork! Great job ground crew and pilot for landing safely!
Thanks Kylo Bear 🤙🏼 all safe and sound and well said, teamwork
Really good footage and explanations. First time I've seen a genuine emergency with F15 using the arrestor cable. Thanks Ted and Nikos
Oii oiii Anne 🤙🏼this was our first genuine emergency cable catch. We’ve seen a few practice ones but not a real emergency. Thanks Anne
Amazing footage.. great narration! I noticed the pilot's airbrake didn't come up on landing as the other's did. I never knew the F-15 had an arrestor cable. This was fascinating. So glad he made it back safely!
Good spot! No it didn't. 👍
All western fighter jets have an arrestor hook for use in emergencies, not only jets designed for flat deck carrier operations, but also land based jets such as the F-16, F-15, F-35A.
Needless to say the Phantom, Skyhawk, E-2 hawkeye have them.
Thank you very much. I guess the airbrake didn’t come on for safety reasons (potentially breaking it maybe?) as the airframe would be put under a lot of stress taking the cable. But a good point. Thanks again 🤙🏼
@@TedConingsby The airbrake on an F-15 is made of a composite material boron-epoxy. Weight for weight it's about 24 times stringer than steel.
@@trespire wow that’s impressive
Nice work all involved. Many thanks for the great explanation of what exactly was happening through that emergency Nikos. First Class work.
Oiii oiii thank you so much for your kind words. No problem at all 🤙🏼
Good job! Gives a good impression of the forces and strain on the arrestor cable and hook
A well executed landing by the pilot. Congrats team.
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The skills of military pilots are always highlighted as they should.
Notwithstanding this, I have the utmost respect for the Arrestor Crews.
Handling and adjusting these high tension cables is such a dangerous job. In all kinds of weather too.
Well done guys!
Unless anyone knows anything differently,
I'm going to say a flaps problem.
An interesting 'catch' Boss and Nikos.
Thankfully, it all ended well.
Oii Oii Gazza thank you so much for this and well said. Although tense for pilot and crew, it’s just as dangerous for the crew on the ground.
In my years at RAF Upper Heyford it was us in the crash/rescue fire department that set up the barriers. When flight ops changed direction on the runway it was us that took them down at one end and set it up at the other end. This was in the early/mid ‘70s. I was a crew chief on a crash/rescue truck similar to the #18 in this video. Thanks for an excellent capture of this event, well done! Thanks also for the memories this sparked👍🏻
@@hawgbreath thank you so much and for serving 😎
@hawgbreath Crash Rescue doesn't do a thing until the actual IFE. All of the actual work is done by USAF Electrical Power Production Airmen from the Civil Engineering Squadron. We train the Fire Department on what to do, then fix whatever they break. We also hang around during IFE's hoping they won't try to mess with it since we're there.
@@Aj682 as I said, in MY years… in the 70s. Were you there then? I was simply relating my experience with the kind of events shown in this post. Responsibilities may have and very likely have changed since then.
Good videography.
very nicely done by the pilot ! great there all down safely very professional.
Oii oiii Knoxy 🤙🏼 this is exactly as you say “professionalism” 🤙🏼
AS YOU KHOW NICOS THOSE PILOTS ARE SUPER PROFFESSINAL AT WHAT THEY DO @@TedConingsby
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Superb professinalism from the pilots and ground crews.
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Impressive footage of an arrested emergency landing procedures for the F-15E Strike Eagles and glad that the pilorscand aurcraft are in one piece safely 🙏
Thanks Douglas 🤙🏼
@@TedConingsby most welcome sir and good day , cheers !! ☺️👍
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The USAF Fire Brigade and associated ground personnel did a great job in assisting the F15 pilot on the emergency landing after the failure of the hydraulics on the speed brake above the fuselage. Making use of the Arrestor Cable is as important on land as well as those of ship borne aircraft on the decks. It is good Nikos that you managed to record the incident on the live stream with no harm to anyone.
Oii oiii Edward thank you very much. Yes, the Fire department, maintenance teams, crash teams and all ground crew associated with this Arrestor gear procedure did an amazing job. Because we’ve seen practice ones before, all the crew were exactly where they were for the real thing. This was our first genuine emergency landing and it is amazing to see all the practice and training in the “real world”. All ended well with professional skills from the pilot too. Amazing
I would respectfully disagree that it is "as important on land as well as those of ship borne aircraft" the risk of overrunning the runway is vastly different. If the cable failed on land, the pilot can punch out and land not only on land, but on base!
The nice thing about hydraulic emergencies is that they're generally landing emergencies (brakes, flaps, speedbrakes, landing speed/distance, etc) not so bad while flying.
Excellent job !
Fantastic 👍
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Stunning capture! May I feature this emergency landing in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. All the best to you!
Oii oiii and thank you very much. I wish others were like yourself and kindly ask permission to use our videos. We would be delighted for you to use the emergency landing and appreciate the link too. Please do not remove our logo. Any problems, let us know. Thanks again
Will do as requested. Thanks a lot!@@TedConingsby
@3MinutesofAviation you’re most welcome
Nice coverage 😉✅👍🏿
Safety. First and foremost. Nevertheless, it was a worry. However, similar to many organisations & establishments those pilots & crews are well rehearsed & trained in strict safety procedures & with the pilot's & ground crews expertise, everyone was safe & well. Sounds incredibly daft, it was interesting to see but a real worry at the same time. USAFE/RAF Lakenheath crews, you are stars ❤.
The forces involved at stopping 34 tons jet rolling down a runway sometimes at 300 mph is no joke. Nothing daft about it. People have been seriously injured in such a situation in a split second.
Thanks so much Margo. It is all about procedure and when we see them train and train again the same manoeuvres, there is a reason for this, which makes a pilot tops and makes the fire and rescue teams on point.
Saw this a few times with F16s when I worked in airfield management in the Air Force. I was at Cannon AFB in New Mexico. We had 5 squadrons of F16s at the time 20 years ago. If I remember correctly, 2 of them took the barrier on rollout at the departure end, and one at approach end at touchdown. It was a long time ago though, I forget. I miss that job, being out on the airfield watching airplanes, sitting right on the hold line while a line of F16s takeoff in full afterburner. Good times
Cool thanks for serving
Glad to see that everyone got home OK and great camerawork!
Thanks Richard 🤙🏼
@TedConingsby No worries mate. 👍🏻
You never know when there will be an emergency and yesterday there was one. Nikos was there to show us just how it is done. Hope the pilot and co-pilot are ok, textbook landing.. Amazing footage Nikos and Ted well done to the whole team for yesterday Nikos did a really great job.❤❤❤❤❤
Oii ooiii Debbie thank you so much for your kind words. That’s right, it can happen at any time and you have to expect the unexpected. All ended well and all crew safe 💜🩵❤️
Very interesting stream on the F15e emergency and beautifuly explained and full marks for the respect for the emergency that was unfolding.. Oi oi to the top channel TCC👍👍
Oii oiii Jimmy thank you so much and all ended well.
his air brake did not work so he could not brake in a safe distince !! so he downed the howk !!
good pilot
It was revealed in the end that it was hydraulic failure
Amazing to see how much energy is in the system when the plane catches the cable.🎇
It’s immense and dangerous for the crews on the ground too
Great footage, and thanks for the explanation too, fascinating to watch, and so glad the crew got down safely. 👍
Thank you
Remember seeing these same Ground Crews doing a Practice run of the system just a few weeks ago... Bet they were glad to be Prepared🥅
Oii Oii Laurin, this is a great example why they practice/train continuously for situations like this.
Great video! Thanks for the written explanation, too!
Oii oiii Michael thank you so much 🤙🏼 much appreciate the feedback regarding the info 🤙🏼
Very cool video. I was a medic at Brize and saw my fair share of state 2s and 3s. Even had a state 1, but it was called off before we'd left the med centre - apparently a private light aircraft got blown off the runway on landing, but was able to taxi back and carry on.
Thank you very much. Oh wow thanks for serving sir 🤙🏼
Great camera work catching all of that - love your channel.
Oii oiii Robert thank you so much and glad you enjoy our channel 🤙🏼
Phew! Glad they got down safely.
All ended well for everyone
Nicely done, we could make a US Navy pilot out of you yet. :)
Great video 😊
Thank you Bobby
What was the emergency
Hydraulics failure. Details in the description
Awesome job ted❤
Oii oiii Sally thank you very much
Thank Gid everyone was ok!
I'm sure that has not been filmed very much. Wow!!
Oii Oii Harry thank you much
@@TedConingsby No problem man!!
Fantastic video! Can I feature it? Credited on screen and with a link back!
Hi thanks for your interest and asking for permission. Unfortunately, this video cannot be shared anymore. We limit this to keep control of our own content
Excellent video! That arrester cable brought that F-15 to a stop in short order! Anybody know what was wrong with the aircraft?
Hydraulics issue
nice!
Notice at timestamp 1:30 & 1:43, that's not the SOP for landing separation. 13 seconds is extreamly short.
The beam of the tail hook is a solid forged titanium beam, one piece. It's heavy (can crush personel) and immensly tough. Notice the colours of the sparks is a very pale orange with blue/green hints. Those are hot titanium sparks (unlike steel which is deep orange).
Post landing requires several procedure, including inspection of the runway surface for damage and FOD (as Nikos stated). Arrestor cable inspection for chaffing and rewinding the reel deployment machines.
The planes airframe will be inspected by the Structural Maintenance Dpt. for over-stressing, cracks, bent sections and any other damage (this was my job on Phantoms).
The F-15 airframe is well designed and built tough, most likely there will be no damage whatsoever, but still requires a thorough inspection and signing off. The arrestor hook itself is usually removed and gauss checked (NDT magnetic gauss) for cracks.
Oiii oiii Trespire thank you so much for your input and comments. Although Nikos does his best to research all about certain subjects, it’s highly welcomed to have info from experienced servicemen such as your self. Are we right in saying the arresting gear is completely different on the carrier to the runway on the ground ones? We are right there? Because I’m sure the Arrestor gear on the carrier is possibly stronger and the airframe enhanced on carrier ones? Thank you Trespire
@@TedConingsby I'm far from being the expert in arrestor cables, but from what I do know the arrestor stopping distance on land is a much longer distance, so there is less stress on the airframe and everything and everyone on board.
For flat top carrier operations, every thing is beefed up, as the pilots litrally slam the jets into the deck to catch one of 4 arrestor cables. And the stopping distance is much shorter.
On a side note, as the Phantom was originaly designed for the USN, they were overbuilt for land operation, and could thus sustain heavy damage in battle and still get the crew home.
Land vs. naval arrestor cables essencially do the same thing, but have different requirments.
This was a very good video from Nikos, informative and professionably presented.
@@trespire really appreciate this thank you very much
@@TedConingsby same reason why the SeaFire took so long to develop and was still not a great carrier fighter because even with the beefing up it got, it was still very fragile compared to the American carrier fighters that the RN got during WW2. Also the same reason why the Brits investigated the idea of a Sea Eurofighter and was quickly shot down because you would eventually end up developing a completely new fighter and any commonality would be gone, thus rendering the concept of a Sea Eurofighter moot.
Non carrrier aircraft and their arrestor hooks are designed to be used for specific types of emergencies and are not designed for the level of punishment that navy carrier planes and their hooks are.
Low-drama emergency due to extensive training and practice. Nice job by the pilot. FWIW, the reason they practiced the landing so many times before actually deploying the hook is that an in-flight engagement of the hook such as from landing long can be disastrous. The pilot needs to touch down very short on the runway to ensure they catch the wire on the ground and not in the air.
There was a hydraulics issue, genuine emergency landing, not a practice
@@TedConingsby I understand. What I'm saying is, this emergency was reduced to not really a big deal because of the training and practice they do on a regular basis.
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As someone, American or British, have built the viewing area, I hope OSI or Security Police have developed special relationships with the Plane Spotters? In the 80s these folks were my eyes and ears.
Cool vid! Can i use it as part of my video? I will link it back to this ❤
Thank you very much. Thank you for your interest with the video and also for you approaching this in the correct way by asking for permission to use it. Unfortunately we can’t allow any more right to use this video but maybe next time we can let you use one of our videos.
Fantastic video! Would it be okay for you if I feature the landing in a future RUclips video of mine? I would of course credit you in the video and description. Thank you and have a great day!
Hi thanks for your interest in our video. Unfortunately, we cannot allow you to use this video. Appreciate that you asked us first. Regards TCS
Another and more important reason to tecall other aircraft, is possible runway damage or closure from the emergency landing.
The defining feature I saw, was the USAF fire truck. That must be an odd sight for anyone unaware.
RAF LAKENHEATH is a US AIR FORCE base
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USAF version of a carrier trap :)
Glad all ok to our friends👍
Thanks Simon
Planes like cars when something goes wrong
It's just weird seeing an F-15 with the tailhook down.
They all have them, in fact nearly all fighter aircraft and training jets have them.
These pilots in the F-15s (all fighters really) must be brave. The minimum maneuvering speeds of those planes is so low it makes me nervous watching them come in. Just the way the airplane sits makes me think it’s going to tip. give me a nice thick boy f18 any day.
The Blue Angels had an arrested landing at our regional airport fairly recently.
Bet the farmers loved the fuel dump over their fields 😅
It evaporates and does not make contact with the ground
What was the actual emergency though?
Affirm, the F-15 had a hydraulic issue
Awesome capture and good landing ! One thing I'm curious about if someone can answer... is why the USAF see the need to ship extra assets like their own airport firetrucks from the US overseas to a foreign base in the UK? Doesn't Lakenheath have it's own fire rescue team?
You’ve sort of answered your own question. As it’s their base, they would need their own sections of teams covering different aspects, including LE (Law Enforcement) which you’ll see US police vehicles.
What was it that caused the emergency?
Hydraulics problem
Hydraulic failure
Yeah, for the Air Force an arrested landing is an Emergency for us Air Navy types? Yeah... There I was at Elmendorf AFB. Our A-7 Corsairs were coming in, thats an aircraft you fly until its chocked and chained. Air Force runways are notorious for having a deep dip in the middle, its to help first generation jets take off, and one of our pilots had an event hitting the puddle that forms in the dip. So they elected to take the wire and so did every other of our A7s. AFB personnel declared the Emergency, my squadron did a lot of Detachment work and we had our own Aviation Boatswain Mates who had worked Arresting Systems as their jobs, so they went out to cycle gear. Easy job for A7s. The A3 Sky Warriors started lining up for final, and declared they would take the wire too... the AFB personnel did NOT get the memo to dive behind the truck and cower in fear.. A3 Sky Warriors? We called'em Whales for a damn good reason. They split wires, or just ripped the arresting gear ground gear off its mounts. EA6A Electric Intruders came in, didn't take the wire, most of them had to use the bathroom and ran to the line shack we had to potty.
Oii ooii thank you for sharing this and also thanks for serving sir 🫡 Well noted that we seem to have a “dip” or “hump” on the runways. Always wondered why they just weren’t flat. Does it not also help with drainage? Thanks again
Great video, after watching this I have some questions:
1- If the F-15 can deploy an arrestor hook, does that mean it could operate from carriers?
2- What are those squeaky whistle sounds you hear as the aircraft pass the camera? Is it the control surface actuators or something else?
Hi I would think there's a possibility it could operate from a carrier.
I worked alongside the Tornado F3s and I used to think that it was the reverse thruster buckets/clams closing but it was the actuators driving them.
1) The F-15 is desighned and constructed for land based operation. Flat top carrier operation requires many changes, including a tougher airframe that can withstand repeatedly getting slammed into the deck. Stronger landing gear, often with a longer travle (take a look at the A-4 Skyhawk, or the Phantoms front gear). The arrestor hook and it's attachment to the airframe is beefed up.
2) Those squeaky whistle sounds, are the fast acting hydraulic actuators opening and closing the engine nozzle pettals. When the pilot changes the throttle setting, the engine management computer automatically sets the nozzle opening setting to gain or reduce the thrust. It's a much faster responce time than the engine spooling up and down. This sound is quite noticable on the F-110 engines on F-15s.
The sound is known as Fweep fweep on the Ted Coningsby channel !
Well Trespire kindly answered these 😎 I was actually just checking that carrier ones and ground ones are completely different. My understanding is that carrier Arrestor gear need to bring the aircraft to a complete halt as it’s a carrier. This I would imagine the airframe would be stronger. I was led to our research saying that ground Arrestor gear bring the aircraft to a more gradual halt unlike the carrier ones.
Secondly, the answer is exactly like Trespire says 🤙🏼
No aircraft designed to land on carrier's have beefed up landing gear and much larger arresting hook!
Could be actuators or the DEEIC controlling the engine nozzles!
The tail hook , is called an Arrestor hook
Don’t forget, there are terms more commonly used in the military rather than use the official term. Also, in the RAF, the Arrestor Gear is called RHAG. (Rotary Hydraulic Arrestor Gear). So there are many terms that can be used.
I’ve seen a few of these happen at my old base one being the jet that I was plane captain of right after take off had to come back for an arrested landing aircraft had brake issues if I remember correctly luckily it wasn’t something I did haha
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Thank you! I wasn't aware the F-15 had a Tailhook! Other than this F-15, do other Air Force aircraft have tailhooks?
Glad you learned something from our videos. Yes I think all fighter jets have tail hooks yes. All RAF, USAF and NATO ones anyway. I think even training aircraft such as the Hawk have them too
@@phillipbanes5484 Wow! I guess the tail hooks are hidden away. With all the fighter aircraft I've been around, I just never noticed. Of course I know about the US Navy for the aircraft that ''land'' on the aircraft carriers due to the catapult and arresting wires. Thanks for sharing. I guess I need to crawl out from under my rock a little more often. HA
@@TedConingsby I did learn something!!! So if USAF jets have Tailhooks, can I am assuming they can land on carriers in case of emergencies? I didn't realize their landing gear was sufficiently built to land on a hard deck of a carrier (bounce, bounce when the deck is rolling). Are they also able to be catapulted off the ship? or would the aircraft be stored aside? My uncle worked on the Navy F-4 Phantom, the F-14 Tomcat and F-18 Hornet landing gear programs at NAS Coronado as a Government Contractor a number of years ago. I never thought of asking him about other branch aircraft. Thanks for sharing!!!
@@phillipbanes5484 there is absolutely no way the tail hook on the F-35A could withstand an actual carrier arresting wire. It's a very thin tailhook itself, and the composite structure its affixed to is just not that robust. the structure is in an area thats entirely void space between the engine and the cowling, and serves no other structural purpose besides it. Just an F-35 AVIs perspective.
@@penelopelgoss2520 no worries. Ultimately carrier aircraft and carrier arresting gears are different. The F15 is not a carrier aircraft but in an emergency and was given no option to land on a carrier, it could but will most likely damage the aircraft. With regards to takeoff, again the F15 is not a carrier modified aircraft and couldn’t use that caterpault no
0:01 What's a decidedly US looking fire engine doing in the UK?
RAF Lakenheath is used almost exclusively by the USAF, mainly 48th Fighter Wing. I can only assume that the use of American crashtenders is part of their operating procedures.
Because this is a US AIR FORCE BASE and has been since 1948.
@@TedConingsby Yes, I know that. Doesn't explain why you'd drag an entire fleet of fire engines halfway across the world.
@@petertimowreef9085 because it’s a US base, they have their own resources and crew.
@@TedConingsby Typical wasteful US armed forces behaviour. Instead of finding a stream-lined and efficient solution they just throw tax money at a problem.
Is the nature of the emergency known?
I suspect a Utility A hydraulic system failure. (typical to catch the barrier)
We don’t always get to hear the exact nature of the emergency on the day but, if I remember correctly from what I read from a 48th ground crew, it was a hydraulic issue.
I think that’s what it was after hearing about it from ground crew yesterday at Lakenheath 🤙🏼
Didn't know F - 15',s had a tail hook
Sure does
Would have been nice to know what the issue was?
Hydraulics problem.
Emergencies causes aren’t always available to us outside the fence, we have to wait and sometimes we never get to know. But yesterday it was revealed that it was a hydraulics issue
Just wondering do they have to fly a different AoA to normal to trap the wire?
Now I'm curious if there's any videos of F/A-18 Hornets using this system on the land.
Pretty sure it would be a non issue for those.
looks like the AoA is unchanged. Its totally different to how the the Navy and Marines have to catch the wire... they have to catch the wire when they land, here they land, and travel down the runway a bit before the arresting hook catches the wire. for the Navy and Marines, because of the more aggressive AoA they can risk bouncing the hook over the wire if they aren't careful, the way it is in this video there is 0 chance of missing the wire.
@@fcscouto Agree...this is mostly used just to limit the aircraft from running out of runway. Years ago, a navy f-18 had to land at an AF base, and they wanted the cable at the landing side of the runway, and the base wasn't use to it, so they needed to reset it.
Amazing!
Thank you very much
I’m confused, why is there American fire trucks on an RAF base, is it like RAF Fairford where it’s officially owned by the US?
Yes, pretty similar set up to Fairford but much busier with about 80 aircraft based there. Lakenheath is owned by the RAF but has been operated by the USAF for more than 70 years. Its sister base at Nearby RAF Mildenhall is also leased to the USAF long term.
Oii Oii Joe, Lakenheath is a USAFE base, just like Mildenhall, Fairford & Feltwell so therefore there will be American vehicles etc, even the A4 paper is US letter size too 😎
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Or he pops into Lakenheath while the rest recover at Mildenhall. Then the crews eat lunch at the food court, the birds get fueled up and they return to Lakenheath.
Also possible, sure. Apparently a recovery to Lakenheath was preferred this day and with the option there they chose it.
@@arjenav5968 I see it often working at Mildenhall and yes, it just depends (typically on logistics).
Well done to all involved! Was it a FOD call?
Small joke though.... I wonder if the mudhen pilot would feel carrier qualified now? 🤔😅
Shout out to power pro
I'm sure it could land on an aircraft carrier if there was an emergency!
I guess if it had to it would but there would be a lot of damage to the aircraft, not sure if the tail hook would snap but carriers have a “tennis net”, a barrier net that can assist to halt an emergency aircraft. So in the end yes it could but with damage are my thoughts.
Was this a real emergency or a test of the system? I noticed that the pilot didn't use the air brake. That is what makes me wonder if it was a test. Usually, if the hydraulics are damaged, the wheels don't come down and the ailerons and flaps don't work. What was the true emergency (one that would make the air brake useless but not affect the rest of the hydraulics)?
It was most likely a utility hydro fault. You can tell because the secondary gear doors are open, indicating a gear blow down scenario. If this was a test, the gear would have been operated normally and the inner gear doors and nose wheel door would have reshut. Also, every time I've been on the line during a test. The jet would taxi back to chocks under it's own power.
@@iTz_JLAR Thanks for the info.
Hydro failure indeed, and not a test. But.. IIRC the last time we did see a test catch, the a/c was towed away also.
This was a genuine emergency, hence the title. For your info on the nature of the emergency, it has been revealed that it was a hydraulic failure.
@@TedConingsby Thanks. It explains the lack of use of the ir brake.
No. It can't use this to land on a carrier.
No explanation as to why the jet needed this emergency landing with the cable
Issues are not announced to the public at the time, so we rely on what we can hear on our radio but if you care to look at the description, you’ll see the reason for the emergency which we found out about a week after the emergency. Thank you
Why Canada never bought 100 of those when they got the f18 is beyond me they should buy 100 f15ex to go with the f35 they make a unstoppable team. And Canada can do what they do by souping up the engines on the f15ex and have a great interceptor that works amazing with the f35. Canada better up its game or it will find itself behind a rock and a hard place. Not quite 100 f35 is not going to do in today's world even 500 would not do it they need to have a interceptor and there is no better aircraft then the f15 for that job 2.5+ and carry a ton of ammo. Hope Canada wakes up before it's too late if it's not already. Should of had this 40 years ago
So technically could you land a F15 on a CVN??
I think yes but a huge risk of damage to the aircraft
but then you'd be unable to take off
@@TedConingsby Landing a F-15 on a carrier will tear the hook off, break the landing gears, and cause a lot of damage to the plane..... Planes landing on a carried, stop 300 feet after landing at 170mph... not this landing at 150MPH...going down the runway for 2000 feet then stopping in another 500 feet.
@@andrewj9831 cool, I knew it damage the aircraft as it isn’t made to land on a carrier. Thanks
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Looked like the arrestor cable snapped...
It's a pretty energetic event, but fortunately it did not snap.
As Arjen said, it did not snap