I was on the Ike CVN 69 for 2 years. Some footage was from our ship. I had the opportunity to go on the flight deck for launching and recover of aircraft. The amont of energy that I felt was unbelievable. The power and noise all around was was overwhelming! Living on the ship is a unique experience. One of the greatest challenges was getting enough sleep. Planes flew all hours of the day and night, bells and announcements constantly all night long.
I was a Flight Surgeon in the Navy in the late 60's. I occasionally flew on and off the ship in the S2 as copilot. I have the GREATEST RESPECT for the pilots and crew. They are men of INCREDIBLE valor and skill. Night ops are extremely difficult especially in weather. May God bless them and their families. It was my honor to serve with them.
siete assassini! Il mondo non vi perdonerà mai i crimini che avete commesso in ogni angolo del globo. Ve ne dovete andare via dal mio paese, non vi vogliamo più! Ormai per gli italiani siete complici degli assassini israeliani. Per me assassini lo siete sempre stati, ma dopo che avete distrutto le nostre economie impedendoci di acquistare energia a basso costo, facendo saltare il nord stream, come fanno i mafiosi, in Italia non vi può vedere più nessuno al di fuori dei politici che sono da voi corrotti. Il genocidio dei palestinesi ad opera di Israele e USA è la goccia che ha fatto traboccare il vaso. Il mondo sta cambiando e voi cittadini statunitensi pagherete il bullismo dei vostri governi, perchè le cose stanno cambiando! Siete nati sterminando i nativi, e non siete cambiati. Pagherete tutto, pagherete caro!
I've read that the Navy conducted physical monitoring of Pilot's heart rate & breathing rate during combat in the Vietnam war. The thing that stressed out pilots more than being shot at was night/bad weather carrier landings...
I was in a fighter squadron VF-111 attached to CVN70 USS Carl Vinson. I was an avionics technician assigned to a workshop. We maintained the weapons systems and other various avionics. We worked on the flight deck for launches, and maintenance after flight operations. The flight deck is an extremely busy place on a launch, it is crowded, you need to keep you head on a swivel for jet blast, jet intake, and any propeller aircraft. I made one west pac cruise, and we had 0 fatalities on the flight deck . We did lose one jet to a failure of the arresting cable; the pilot landed caught the wire, and it broke in the engine room located below the flight deck. The plane slowed down, and went over the front of the ship, the two crew ejected; the rio landed on the flight deck, and the pilot went into the water, the captain quickly steered the ship to avoid running over him; both crew were recovered, but lost the aircraft, it all happened in a matter of seconds. It was around midnight so completely dark. Space was tight on the ship , but workable; it was a very challenging environment
Since I've "been there, done that" (VA-195, USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63/CV-63) with the A-7E Corsair II, everything you heard in this video is 100% correct. The months and months of training on land does not measure up to the actual evolutions on board ship, especially at night, in the rain, and in a combat zone where your life and the life of others has NO margin of error. I have personally seen people walk into props, get pulled into intakes and blown overboard from the flight deck. We work 12 hours on and 12 hours off. Your entire cruise serves one purpose - to get those birds into the air to complete their mission, recover them, and prep them for the next mission. To be associated with a Naval Aviation unit is one of the best accomplishments of my life and being a Dambuster crewmember was a honor. "Chippy-Ho" to my fellow sailors.
Never a dull day on the flight deck! Looking back on my 24 years serving in the Navy, these were some of my most exciting days. Most of the population will never understand how rewarding and fulfilling a Military career can be. My job now is too relaxed. I miss the adventure.
Great video. 4 years on the carrier Hancock 63-67 W division. Loved it. Incredible talent these pilots. Word was, "Your only as good as your last trap".
I absolutely love the FA-18 . I watched the Blue Angels put on two shows at the Annapolis graduation every year for almost 30 years and I never got tired of the spectacular show that they put on . I miss those days.
As being a Marine on a aircraft carrier I have seen at least 2 aircraft & sometimes pilots lost during bad weather or night landing especially for junior pilots after at least one failed attempt to land. I have also seen a pilot plow into the stern of the carrier. I have also seen the deck crew erect the aircraft netting when a aircraft for whatever reason can not land otherwise.
My first deployment was a bit of a challenge due to being a Marine veteran and changing to the Navy. Most welcomed me and a select few in my department had a problem with my presence. All in all, I enjoyed my time and would do it again! 👍
@SeattlePioneer I was part of the downsizing of the military after the 1st Gulf War. The Marines loved my work ethic but not my attitude towards the higher ranked. Fortunately I had a job that was lacking in qualified people and I already had a security clearance and knowledge. There are differences in all of the branches, but there is one commonality...the people who chose what branch they wanted to serve in.
The twin-engine aircraft underwater at 01:18 has absolutely nothing to do with carrier operations! Nor does the single-engine Cessna in the water at 03:18.
In the late 90’s I had a Harrier crash about 70 feet to the right of me. A moment I will never forget. Was outside of Dayton OH along I70. The pilot ejected.
A funny thought just occurred to me. I live in Japan. Watching the flight deck crew doing hand signals looks a lot like what the crew and station masters do in the train stations. And it's basically the same function.
Good video. With over 200 traps with the A-4 Skyhawk on small decks some 50 years ago, I would go full throttle upon landing. If I caught a wire, immediately throttle to idle and hook up and taxi out of the landing area. If not, I was at full power still and take off into the bolter pattern to go around. Same today.
@@SeattlePioneer It's called a bolter when you miss the wires and have go around. That is what the angled deck is for. Not often and sometimes it could be a good landing in the wires, but the hook would skip the wires owing to a hook mechanical problem. Each pass is graded by the LSO. Missing all the wires was not a good grade...
@@PeteVA-212 My first stateroom was a 6-man JO Jungle on the 03 level, right under the wires. I got to the point where I could (jokingly) grade the landing based on what it sounded like from my rack. I knew what aircraft type it was, because they all sound different, and a bolter has a sound that half the ship can hear.
Very interesting. Had no idea how complicated it was to get a fighter in the air and back down safely. Those crew members need to be on their A game for sure.
i served in VFA-192 F-18 mechanic 1987 to 1990 the squadron was attached to the USS midway CV-41. On the flightdeck is one of the most dangerous jobs you can have!!!
I am currently a Welding Subcontractor and have been for the past 29 years. There is always something new to learn aboard the US Navy ships. So, I will keep the question short and direct. While watching this video I know there is so much more detail about managing composure and discipline I think which is most important here. Ultimately, my question is what steps are taken if one is not grasping the very difficult responsibilities and protocols for the job or tasks at hand when they are assigned these duties. I understand that is why the training is put into place. But how much training is too much for the individual to be transferred or relocated to a different assignment? Thank you in advance and keep up the excellent work to the men and women on the flight deck. Sam Oglesby San Diego, Ca
Sam, THANKS for asking a GREAT question! Life is extremely fragile on ‘The Roof’. If an ABx is certified but marginal on their FD conduct, they can be transferred to an Air Dept. Function that is not a potential hazard. They can also be transferred to an aviation related billet (job) in an air-related position or Department such as AIMD, Supply, or general clerical. On the other hand, sometimes even the BEST get transferred off the FD…they often end up in V-5 Division (Primary Flight Control Tower - fast pace and precision) or the V-1 ‘Handler’s Hut’ (extreme rapid pace and multi-tasking needed). We don’ take chances up there, lots of training, mentoring, assessment and evaluation…!
Yup… my berthing quarters were under the arresting gear. We slept during launching and recovery. The bulkheads shook when the planes caught the wires…. Got used to it though
Why do we only see Cessna's and twin engined Kingaires floating in the water when I doubt seriously if either has ever been anywhere near a carrier deck.
When I boarded the USS Hancock in the 60's.....the flight deck was still wooden...(that's not a typo) Half way through my 4 year tour we went into dry dock for a total refit....
"When a bolter takes place, the pilot must immediately go full-throttle while simultaneously steering the a/c..." Actually, Navy pilots ALWAYS go full-throttle when they come in for a landing (not talking helo pilots or any of the more exotic a/c that arrived after my retirement), on the assumption that they didn't manage to snag one of the arresting cables--as in "better safe than sorry." This acceleration is let up once the pilot is convinced he/she managed to hook up with a cable. But in case they didn't, the aircraft would be doing a "touch-and-go" and loop around for another try. When things are truly dire, they bring out "the barrier," which is nothing more than a huge net they string across the flightdeck to "catch" the aircraft.
ruclips.net/video/R4DtDu2DNKE/видео.htmlsi=ISD_V-gc96SdESAh It didn't go into the water, the ship swelled up right as it gets out of frame, they cut out the part where it takes back off. Attached is the full video.
My grandpa trained on the aircraft carriers on lake Michigan at Navy Pier here in Chicago during ww2. During that period the us military literally invented and were trying and using everything you can think of when it came to stopping a airplane and aircraft carrier landing maneuvers and techniques. Before they developed and started using this arrested "tail hook landing" technique, he told me and I saw photos of the aircraft carrier where they erected a net across the flight deck almost like a tennis court net. Pilots literally landed and went into the net to stop the plane from going over. Thats how primitive things were back then. They also used crazy ways to stop similar to this arrested tail hook but they put ropes across the deck. Not to mention the aircraft carriers he was on werent even traditional carriers. They were old ships cut in half and converted into flight decks. During this training period the navy lost a few planes that went over the edge and went into lake Michigan. Some planes have been recovered by researchers but till this day there are still ww2 airplanes laying at the bottom of lake Michigan a few miles off of Navy Pier.
I have a Vice Admiral friend who made over 800 carrier landings. Not one miss, he said. Another friend was a Search and Rescue pilot on carriers. Good stories!
Our CO on the Saratoga in '79 & '80 was now retired Rear Admiral James H. Flatley III. He retired with over 1,600 arrested landings. He also flew 377 combat missions in Southeast Asia.
This is a trure visual of the coordination, Military respect and trust between our Commissioned Officers and enlisted deck/ship crewmen. I am always impressed by the salute given by enlisted crewmen and the salute returned by the Commissioned Officer flight crews before launch [both at sea and land based operations].
@@michaelmappin4425 True dat. But when I saluted my Navy Pilots and Commissioned Officers. I was giving my respect as an Enlistedman and didn't care about no NATOPS IAW nonsense. Lol....Bravo Zulu sir
Looks like the Crash Crew Turnout Gear has changed quite a bit from what I saw when the USS Coral Sea CVA-43 was my home from 72-74. I was in Air Ops, OC-Div, CATCC. Thanks for the great video and USN memories! (New sub)
@@johnlonnevik5917 Hey Shipmate! I would venture to say that we would have seen each other, and most likely we have met. I know that I would pass through CIC going to my berthing compartment that was forward of our work stations. Also, as AA and AN, I was assigned to Air Transfer Office (ATO). John, I hope you are well.
@@tmaddrummer I was indeed. Crash and Salvage ABH from 86 to 89. One of my favorite commands. I have a CWU45 flight jacket with all CV43 squadrons from my time there. I wish I could attach a photo. I think you'd love it. Thanks for your service shipmate.
Well, I have never been a soldier, because I became a police officer in Germany. And I like to watch such scenes with people waving, rolling, stopping and pointing hands and all do understand what is going on on the runways. I think, the most important thing, and the biggest responsibility is to find people, who are 100% exact on the handling, the safety and keeping an eye on the security. Not only to do the same things as a routine instead of this seeing each start as a new situation, even it might be the same like 1000 other starts and landings before. Always to have the eyes all and everywhere. I am sure, you can wake up one of the crew deep in the night and show him/her some hand movements and (s)he will tell you, what it means. It's simply phantastic. All, *I* ever ruled with hand movements was the car-traffic at a cross. Just easy to do with 3 hand movements... :D The work on top of an plane-carrier would not be mine. And to be honest, I would not be made for it. I am too often with my minds elsewhere... :/ Respect to all who work there.
I was a final checker for the A7, squadron VA97, aboard the USS Enterprise, completing two WestPac cruises 1973-1977. I absolutely hated night ops. You have the same dangers & risks that occur during the day, but without daylight. At night, I was always frightened, extremely alert to dangers, & my mind & body under enormous stress. The most exciting, dangerous job I've ever had. The rest of my employment career has been anti climatical.
Congrats on your survival…living on adrenalin during night Flight Ops DOES PAY OFF! By the way, my one regret in 2+ decades was not getting a pic of a plane captain relaxing inside an A-7 intake on the FD prior to them calling Flight Quarters!
A Navy brat my father a Pharmacist mate on the CV-2 and my older brother an ABH on Essex class carriers told me about life on the flight deck. When I later served it was silent, SS 339, SS349.Narragansett Bay
Yep. I took a picture of an F14 at the moment of touchdown where the tires "smoked" and the front tire was still up in the air. It looked like it popped a wheely in a drag race.
@Pappy7064 So the tires roll over the line but the tail hook somehow catches it. If I was a fighter pilot landing on an aircraft carrier, I'd be scared that my tires are gonna get tripped up on that line?
@@poloplatinum74 The tires push the cable down as they roll over them the tail hook is designed to catch the wire. Look closely at the wire stretched across the deck and you should see how it works. Pause the video. The tires on you car or bike can easily roll over obstacles on the road if they aren’t too big.
It is not possible to see the life and jet fighter mechanism on a aircraft carrier for us but it is you we can see the landing and takeoff activities on an aircraft carrier thanx sar , lala Pakistani
During the Korean War my dad was on three different aircraft carriers.... I know two of them were the USS Yorktown and the USS Essex....! He said he loved being on aircraft carriers they were like floating cities....👍🇺🇸👍 Dad was a radar man in the radar room....🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
They do have a system that can land an airplane with the pilots hands off. It's called an Automatic Carrier Landing System (ACLS) Mode 1 approach. It will take them all the way to the deck. This was only available to certain aircraft back in the 80's. It wasn't used all that frequently because pilots didn't like it (it was scary to let the computer take over). A lot of them did what was called a Mode 1A which they took control of the aircraft at 3/4 of a mile. I was one of the final controllers that helped certify the system for F18's. I'm not sure how often it is used today.
On a cruise in the 80s, didn't see it but it was explained to me right after it happened by the flight deck crew. An A-6 hook only caught some of the strands of the wire and it snapped but it was enough to slow it down to prevent a full power take off. It floated into the water like a leaf and the pilot(s) ejected but the parachute got caught on the wing of the plane some how after landing and it drug him down with the plane. Guys on the deck watched it as it happened.
EA-6 USS Independence in about 1982. Four hole successful ejection but one crewman lost by being dragged under the water; other three picked up by helo if this is the incident alan is referring to@@michaelmappin4425
@alan933….your entire story sounds like phoney baloney. “Strands” of the cable? Ejection should have cleared the downed craft and pilots have shroud cutters to cut themselves free. Just sayin’, don’t know…I could be wrong.
@@Dixler683 this was totally second hand relayed to me from FD crews but pilots death was fact. So you are saying its impossible to eject and land near plane in water? Ever? And you are saying that the pilot in a catastrophic situation is always aware enough to know his chute is snagged and ALWAYS cuts himself free? That is less believable to me.
The RUclips intro still that shows a pilot ejecting from a plane on fire is an AV-8 Harrier. The AV8 Harrier can't miss the wire because an AV8 does not have an tail hook. Technically, that picture does not fit the content. Can't help myself. Accuracy counts.
Why is there a Harrier aircraft and the pilot ejecting for your video? Harriers do not use a resting cables to land their aircraft only other aircraft do that.
There's a lighting system that shows the pilot when they're on the correct glide slope. Do a search for 'Optical Landing System' and you can see how it works.
Our scheduled COD to FDR (44) was cancelled after the ship sustained aft damage after the two pilots on F4(?) ejected on approach. They came into port, and we walked aboard while the crew was doing the necessary repairs. The man that I was using for a barber had been on the flight deck guiding them in when it happened and did not see the two parachutes He did notice the craft's approach was too low, and he kept yelling "POWER" through his mike until somebody tackled hm and dragged him under the flight deck. It shook him up pretty bad to say the least. BTW - he was a lot better barber than the regular ones on the ship.
When I was flown to the Eisenhower in a COD, we had a touch and go! Next attempt we caught the arresting wire!!! What a rush!!!! When I stepped on the deck and saw the ocean for the first time!!! I thought I wasn’t in bootcamp anymore!!!🇺🇸🫡 God bless the USA!!!!🇺🇸🫡
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I was on the Ike CVN 69 for 2 years. Some footage was from our ship. I had the opportunity to go on the flight deck for launching and recover of aircraft. The amont of energy that I felt was unbelievable. The power and noise all around was was overwhelming!
Living on the ship is a unique experience. One of the greatest challenges was getting enough sleep. Planes flew all hours of the day and night, bells and announcements constantly all night long.
I was with VA-45 in the 80’s. We referred to tail hook landings as a “controlled crash”. It’s a miraculous feat! Go Navy!
I was a Flight Surgeon in the Navy in the late 60's. I occasionally flew on and off the ship in the S2 as copilot. I have the GREATEST RESPECT for the pilots and crew. They are men of INCREDIBLE valor and skill. Night ops are extremely difficult especially in weather. May God bless them and their families. It was my honor to serve with them.
Wow thank you for your service. Amazing. 🫡
Comshawed an E2C HAWKEYE flight during workups to 82 med/io. Semper Fortis/Fly Navy
siete assassini! Il mondo non vi perdonerà mai i crimini che avete commesso in ogni angolo del globo. Ve ne dovete andare via dal mio paese, non vi vogliamo più! Ormai per gli italiani siete complici degli assassini israeliani. Per me assassini lo siete sempre stati, ma dopo che avete distrutto le nostre economie impedendoci di acquistare energia a basso costo, facendo saltare il nord stream, come fanno i mafiosi, in Italia non vi può vedere più nessuno al di fuori dei politici che sono da voi corrotti. Il genocidio dei palestinesi ad opera di Israele e USA è la goccia che ha fatto traboccare il vaso. Il mondo sta cambiando e voi cittadini statunitensi pagherete il bullismo dei vostri governi, perchè le cose stanno cambiando! Siete nati sterminando i nativi, e non siete cambiati. Pagherete tutto, pagherete caro!
Thank you for your service
You keep showing general aviation aircraft in the water…
I've read that the Navy conducted physical monitoring of Pilot's heart rate & breathing rate during combat in the Vietnam war. The thing that stressed out pilots more than being shot at was night/bad weather carrier landings...
I was in a fighter squadron VF-111 attached to CVN70 USS Carl Vinson. I was an avionics technician assigned to a workshop. We maintained the weapons systems and other various avionics. We worked on the flight deck for launches, and maintenance after flight operations. The flight deck is an extremely busy place on a launch, it is crowded, you need to keep you head on a swivel for jet blast, jet intake, and any propeller aircraft. I made one west pac cruise, and we had 0 fatalities on the flight deck . We did lose one jet to a failure of the arresting cable; the pilot landed caught the wire, and it broke in the engine room located below the flight deck. The plane slowed down, and went over the front of the ship, the two crew ejected; the rio landed on the flight deck, and the pilot went into the water, the captain quickly steered the ship to avoid running over him; both crew were recovered, but lost the aircraft, it all happened in a matter of seconds. It was around midnight so completely dark. Space was tight on the ship , but workable; it was a very challenging environment
Thank you for telling this story. It's so interesting
I also thank you for the story. I think it would be amazing to work on an aircraft carrier flight deck.
Must be a lot of training involved
former cvn-76 AO2 here. Miss working the deck!
The admiration i have for all of the crew is immeasurable
If you can land a fighter jet while simultaneously going to the bathroom you're the total man :)
Since I've "been there, done that" (VA-195, USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63/CV-63) with the A-7E Corsair II, everything you heard in this video is 100% correct. The months and months of training on land does not measure up to the actual evolutions on board ship, especially at night, in the rain, and in a combat zone where your life and the life of others has NO margin of error. I have personally seen people walk into props, get pulled into intakes and blown overboard from the flight deck. We work 12 hours on and 12 hours off. Your entire cruise serves one purpose - to get those birds into the air to complete their mission, recover them, and prep them for the next mission. To be associated with a Naval Aviation unit is one of the best accomplishments of my life and being a Dambuster crewmember was a honor. "Chippy-Ho" to my fellow sailors.
what a wasted miserable life
I was in VFA 195 in early 90's aboard the USS independence forward deployed out of Japan.
Never a dull day on the flight deck! Looking back on my 24 years serving in the Navy, these were some of my most exciting days. Most of the population will never understand how rewarding and fulfilling a Military career can be. My job now is too relaxed. I miss the adventure.
❤❤ thanks for your service sir ❤❤
USS KITTY HAWK CV63, 2 JANUARY 1986 TO 1 DECEMBER 1989. COMMUNICATIONS DEPT, RM2
Amazing! This is some of the most specialized and intense training in the world.
Great video. 4 years on the carrier Hancock 63-67 W division. Loved it. Incredible talent these pilots. Word was, "Your only as good as your last trap".
MAN, ain’t THAT the Truth!
I absolutely love the FA-18 . I watched the Blue Angels put on two shows at the Annapolis graduation every year for almost 30 years and I never got tired of the spectacular show that they put on . I miss those days.
As being a Marine on a aircraft carrier I have seen at least 2 aircraft & sometimes pilots lost during bad weather or night landing especially for junior pilots after at least one failed attempt to land. I have also seen a pilot plow into the stern of the carrier. I have also seen the deck crew erect the aircraft netting when a aircraft for whatever reason can not land otherwise.
My first deployment was a bit of a challenge due to being a Marine veteran and changing to the Navy. Most welcomed me and a select few in my department had a problem with my presence. All in all, I enjoyed my time and would do it again! 👍
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So.... why did you make the switch and how would you compare your USMC experience with that of the USN?
HOOYAH!
@SeattlePioneer I was part of the downsizing of the military after the 1st Gulf War. The Marines loved my work ethic but not my attitude towards the higher ranked. Fortunately I had a job that was lacking in qualified people and I already had a security clearance and knowledge. There are differences in all of the branches, but there is one commonality...the people who chose what branch they wanted to serve in.
The twin-engine aircraft underwater at 01:18 has absolutely nothing to do with carrier operations! Nor does the single-engine Cessna in the water at 03:18.
Thanks!
The opening image shows a Harrier that does not have an arrester hook fitted and never needs arrestor cables!!
I know! WTF is it with these sorts of videos photoshopping stupid sh!t into their thumbnails? 🙄
Arresting!
In the late 90’s I had a Harrier crash about 70 feet to the right of me. A moment I will never forget. Was outside of Dayton OH along I70. The pilot ejected.
Yeh also managed to get his harrier to a stop on the landing deck , then eject into the ocean ??
Of all the stupid comments here paulthompson wins the prize for dumbest comment.
THANK YOU for not burying your video under tons of ads.
A funny thought just occurred to me. I live in Japan. Watching the flight deck crew doing hand signals looks a lot like what the crew and station masters do in the train stations. And it's basically the same function.
A very instructive video. A real changing affair depending on conditions. Thank you for the video! Always enjoyable. 😊
Thank you! 💙👍
I worked arresting gear ( V-2 division ) on the U.S.S.Midway’73 - ‘75
ABE-2 Bittick .
Even had one break?
Was a plane captain in VF21 on a F4 phantom aboard USS Ranger in Tonkin gulf 69-70.🇺🇸
Nice to meet you fellow Rangerman from CAG…
Why show a private Cessna underwater when talking about military planes..
Thank you for your service.
Good video. With over 200 traps with the A-4 Skyhawk on small decks some 50 years ago, I would go full throttle upon landing. If I caught a wire, immediately throttle to idle and hook up and taxi out of the landing area. If not, I was at full power still and take off into the bolter pattern to go around. Same today.
So.... how many times did you "bolt" and have to go around?
I understand each carrier landing is evaluated critically. What happens if a pilot bolts?
@@SeattlePioneer It's called a bolter when you miss the wires and have go around. That is what the angled deck is for. Not often and sometimes it could be a good landing in the wires, but the hook would skip the wires owing to a hook mechanical problem. Each pass is graded by the LSO. Missing all the wires was not a good grade...
@@PeteVA-212 My first stateroom was a 6-man JO Jungle on the 03 level, right under the wires. I got to the point where I could (jokingly) grade the landing based on what it sounded like from my rack. I knew what aircraft type it was, because they all sound different, and a bolter has a sound that half the ship can hear.
@@MartinMCade Roger That! We were all PLAT LSOs in the Ready Room!
RAN with Skyhawks?
Proud of all the sailors! What a fantastic job you all have.
Very interesting. Had no idea how complicated it was to get a fighter in the air and back down safely. Those crew members need to be on their A game for sure.
I’m proud of our Navy!!!
Considering how expensive it is, you may as well get *something* out of it :)
i served in VFA-192 F-18 mechanic 1987 to 1990 the squadron was attached to the USS midway CV-41. On the flightdeck is one of the most dangerous jobs you can have!!!
One of my brothers served in the navy and was stationed on the USS independence.
I am currently a Welding Subcontractor and have been for the past 29 years. There is always something new to learn aboard the US Navy ships. So, I will keep the question short and direct. While watching this video I know there is so much more detail about managing composure and discipline I think which is most important here.
Ultimately, my question is what steps are taken if one is not grasping the very difficult responsibilities and protocols for the job or tasks at hand when they are assigned these duties.
I understand that is why the training is put into place. But how much training is too much for the individual to be transferred or relocated to a different assignment?
Thank you in advance and keep up the excellent work to the men and women on the flight deck.
Sam Oglesby
San Diego, Ca
Sam, THANKS for asking a GREAT question! Life is extremely fragile on ‘The Roof’. If an ABx is certified but marginal on their FD conduct, they can be transferred to an Air Dept. Function that is not a potential hazard. They can also be transferred to an aviation related billet (job) in an air-related position or Department such as AIMD, Supply, or general clerical. On the other hand, sometimes even the BEST get transferred off the FD…they often end up in V-5 Division (Primary Flight Control Tower - fast pace and precision) or the V-1 ‘Handler’s Hut’ (extreme rapid pace and multi-tasking needed). We don’ take chances up there, lots of training, mentoring, assessment and evaluation…!
Yup… my berthing quarters were under the arresting gear. We slept during launching and recovery. The bulkheads shook when the planes caught the wires…. Got used to it though
On the '80-'81 Med cruise on the JFK, VA-72's berthing was all the way forward on the 03 level, right between the bow cats. I can relate. 👍
Why do we only see Cessna's and twin engined Kingaires floating in the water when I doubt seriously if either has ever been anywhere near a carrier deck.
Because these float and looks cool in this video. Lol....just enjoy the presentation by not being a film critic. Lol....😊😊😊😊😅
People escaping from Vietnam crash landed near Aircraft Carrers.
Sensationalism but no relation to carrier operations.
When I boarded the USS Hancock in the 60's.....the flight deck was still wooden...(that's not a typo) Half way through my 4 year tour we went into dry dock for a total refit....
I was with VF-24 aboard the Hanna in 1975. Evacuation of Siagon. The last cruise
Trying to relax after the anxiety of being on Deck. Sleeping, Eating and Personal Care.
"When a bolter takes place, the pilot must immediately go full-throttle while simultaneously steering the a/c..." Actually, Navy pilots ALWAYS go full-throttle when they come in for a landing (not talking helo pilots or any of the more exotic a/c that arrived after my retirement), on the assumption that they didn't manage to snag one of the arresting cables--as in "better safe than sorry." This acceleration is let up once the pilot is convinced he/she managed to hook up with a cable. But in case they didn't, the aircraft would be doing a "touch-and-go" and loop around for another try. When things are truly dire, they bring out "the barrier," which is nothing more than a huge net they string across the flightdeck to "catch" the aircraft.
Truth!
Not full power they go to military power I think its called full power on many jets is afterburner
Why did the Hawkeye at the beginning of the video go into the water if they were already at full power?
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It didn't go into the water, the ship swelled up right as it gets out of frame, they cut out the part where it takes back off. Attached is the full video.
@@Thevoiceofsomething Thanks
Wonder why there is a random shot of a Eurofighter Typhoon at 4:59?
they are some bad ass pilots to land on those carriers in the rain.❤❤❤❤
You should make a video about jets that miss the arresting cables during carrier landings
How many lines are there, the arrestor cable? Thank you.
Used to be 4, with newer flattops now 3.
Very informative. Thanks for explaining it so well to a lay person
Respect for all on the flight deck!
Love the Cessna at 3:15. Did the tail hook fail to deploy??
💙💙💙💙 my Daddy retired from Navy in 1966 after serving 23 yrs!! Navy #1!!!
So he enlisted in 1943...during WW2!
That's awesome!
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He served WW2, Korean War and Vietnam. He was on ships that travel all over the world. Was mainly on Destroyers
A lot of times, it can be something as simple as a pilot forgetting to do his signature move
Kind of odd that the picture used for this video shows a harrier jet with ejected crew, the harrier doesn't use arrested gear it's STOL.
The Harrier CAN take off and land conventionally - and can carry more load when it does a conventional takeoff or a Cat shot.
👍 Arrestor barrier, the hand gestures is a marshaling for day/nighy especially done by airframe tradesman I think.
0:52 The guy that jumps over the cable... Extreme Jump rope.
My grandpa trained on the aircraft carriers on lake Michigan at Navy Pier here in Chicago during ww2. During that period the us military literally invented and were trying and using everything you can think of when it came to stopping a airplane and aircraft carrier landing maneuvers and techniques. Before they developed and started using this arrested "tail hook landing" technique, he told me and I saw photos of the aircraft carrier where they erected a net across the flight deck almost like a tennis court net. Pilots literally landed and went into the net to stop the plane from going over. Thats how primitive things were back then. They also used crazy ways to stop similar to this arrested tail hook but they put ropes across the deck. Not to mention the aircraft carriers he was on werent even traditional carriers. They were old ships cut in half and converted into flight decks. During this training period the navy lost a few planes that went over the edge and went into lake Michigan. Some planes have been recovered by researchers but till this day there are still ww2 airplanes laying at the bottom of lake Michigan a few miles off of Navy Pier.
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I really enjoyed the detail of information as well as the relevant video clips in this presentation.
This is well explain and thorough, nice.
The flightdeck of a carrier must be one of the most dangerous workingareas there is .
Very interesting .
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The Guinness Book of World Records has repeatedly listed Flight Deck work as the world’s most dangerous occupation for males under 30.
I have a Vice Admiral friend who made over 800 carrier landings. Not one miss, he said. Another friend was a Search and Rescue pilot on carriers. Good stories!
Our CO on the Saratoga in '79 & '80 was now retired Rear Admiral James H. Flatley III. He retired with over 1,600 arrested landings. He also flew 377 combat missions in Southeast Asia.
9.05 I thought any reference to Top Gun was fined.
how often does the arrestor wire part while under tension/ in use?
Thats why they go to full power during the process of landing.. just in case the hook failure or cable..
Thanks for teaching me
This is a trure visual of the coordination, Military respect and trust between our Commissioned Officers and enlisted deck/ship crewmen. I am always impressed by the salute given by enlisted crewmen and the salute returned by the Commissioned Officer flight crews before launch [both at sea and land based operations].
The salute is an all ready signal, not a respect thing. It's required by NATOPS (the bible for CVN operations)
@@michaelmappin4425 True dat. But when I saluted my Navy Pilots and Commissioned Officers. I was giving my respect as an Enlistedman and didn't care about no NATOPS IAW nonsense. Lol....Bravo Zulu sir
@byronharano2391 Oh okay, right. Airwing thing.
@@michaelmappin4425 lol...Bravo Zulu Michael.
Great video!👍
I think finding your way from one location to another on board one pf those ships would take a lot of practice.
Looks like the Crash Crew Turnout Gear has changed quite a bit from what I saw when the USS Coral Sea CVA-43 was my home from 72-74. I was in Air Ops, OC-Div, CATCC. Thanks for the great video and USN memories! (New sub)
I was on the Coral Sea at the same time. I worked in CIC as an Electronic Warfare Tech.
@@johnlonnevik5917 Hey Shipmate! I would venture to say that we would have seen each other, and most likely we have met. I know that I would pass through CIC going to my berthing compartment that was forward of our work stations. Also, as AA and AN, I was assigned to Air Transfer Office (ATO). John, I hope you are well.
The brown ones shown in the video are below decks fire parties, not crash. The silver ones are crash.
@@michaelmappin4425 correct you are! Were you on the Coral Sea?
@@tmaddrummer I was indeed. Crash and Salvage ABH from 86 to 89. One of my favorite commands. I have a CWU45 flight jacket with all CV43 squadrons from my time there. I wish I could attach a photo. I think you'd love it. Thanks for your service shipmate.
How much pressure for the pilot's body
I love this video as every navy wife should watch. Stand by your man
Well, I have never been a soldier, because I became a police officer in Germany. And I like to watch such scenes with people waving, rolling, stopping and pointing hands and all do understand what is going on on the runways.
I think, the most important thing, and the biggest responsibility is to find people, who are 100% exact on the handling, the safety and keeping an eye on the security. Not only to do the same things as a routine instead of this seeing each start as a new situation, even it might be the same like 1000 other starts and landings before. Always to have the eyes all and everywhere. I am sure, you can wake up one of the crew deep in the night and show him/her some hand movements and (s)he will tell you, what it means.
It's simply phantastic. All, *I* ever ruled with hand movements was the car-traffic at a cross. Just easy to do with 3 hand movements... :D
The work on top of an plane-carrier would not be mine. And to be honest, I would not be made for it. I am too often with my minds elsewhere... :/ Respect to all who work there.
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A very educational film !
@ 3:47 Are we just making up words now..?
"Cool-Headedness"..🤔
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Does the pilot not go full throttle as soon as he lands anyway, just in case its a bolter.
They do.
So where was the ejection at the bow. Where?😮😮😮
Do the pilots practice the ejection maneuver?
Yes they do but that is the easy part. The hard part is landing back in the seat of the aircraft and regaining control before it hits the ground.
I was a final checker for the A7, squadron VA97, aboard the USS Enterprise, completing two WestPac cruises 1973-1977. I absolutely hated night ops. You have the same dangers & risks that occur during the day, but without daylight. At night, I was always frightened, extremely alert to dangers, & my mind & body under enormous stress. The most exciting, dangerous job I've ever had. The rest of my employment career has been anti climatical.
Welcome home Corsair!
Congrats on your survival…living on adrenalin during night Flight Ops DOES PAY OFF! By the way, my one regret in 2+ decades was not getting a pic of a plane captain relaxing inside an A-7 intake on the FD prior to them calling Flight Quarters!
Very interesting informations. Thank you!
A Navy brat my father a Pharmacist mate on the CV-2 and my older brother an ABH on Essex class carriers told me about life on the flight deck. When I later served it was silent, SS 339, SS349.Narragansett Bay
oh jeez what happened to those sailors @0:55?
Your thumbnail features a Harrier, an aircraft without a tail hook.
Dumb question... do the jets tires just roll over it and only the tail hook catches it?
Yep. I took a picture of an F14 at the moment of touchdown where the tires "smoked" and the front tire was still up in the air. It looked like it popped a wheely in a drag race.
@Pappy7064 So the tires roll over the line but the tail hook somehow catches it. If I was a fighter pilot landing on an aircraft carrier, I'd be scared that my tires are gonna get tripped up on that line?
@@poloplatinum74 The tires push the cable down as they roll over them the tail hook is designed to catch the wire. Look closely at the wire stretched across the deck and you should see how it works. Pause the video. The tires on you car or bike can easily roll over obstacles on the road if they aren’t too big.
nice shot of MAVRICK 9:05
It is not possible to see the life and jet fighter mechanism on a aircraft carrier for us but it is you we can see the landing and takeoff activities on an aircraft carrier thanx sar , lala Pakistani
Thumbnail shows a Harrier, they don't have arrester hooks
Cool vid👍✈️
Wondering if anyone else caught the OG Top Gun Clip of Maverick they slipped into the video?
1:16 min was not a Carrier accident,or?
Correction. If they miss the wire, they are already at full throttle...no waiting.
Yes! All inbound aircraft go to FULL THROTTLE upon crossing the aft deck edge…Just in case…
Is it possto do your bollocks in during landing procedure. 😮😮
During the Korean War my dad was on three different aircraft carriers.... I know two of them were the USS Yorktown and the USS Essex....! He said he loved being on aircraft carriers they were like floating cities....👍🇺🇸👍
Dad was a radar man in the radar room....🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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They can’t get a computer program for these landing ?
They do have a system that can land an airplane with the pilots hands off. It's called an Automatic Carrier Landing System (ACLS) Mode 1 approach. It will take them all the way to the deck. This was only available to certain aircraft back in the 80's. It wasn't used all that frequently because pilots didn't like it (it was scary to let the computer take over). A lot of them did what was called a Mode 1A which they took control of the aircraft at 3/4 of a mile. I was one of the final controllers that helped certify the system for F18's. I'm not sure how often it is used today.
1:16 I’m pretty sure this aircraft didn’t try to do an arrested tailhook landing.
3:17 neither did this one either.
On a cruise in the 80s, didn't see it but it was explained to me right after it happened by the flight deck crew. An A-6 hook only caught some of the strands of the wire and it snapped but it was enough to slow it down to prevent a full power take off. It floated into the water like a leaf and the pilot(s) ejected but the parachute got caught on the wing of the plane some how after landing and it drug him down with the plane. Guys on the deck watched it as it happened.
This doesn't sound right. What ship, what year?
EA-6 USS Independence in about 1982. Four hole successful ejection but one crewman lost by being dragged under the water; other three picked up by helo if this is the incident alan is referring to@@michaelmappin4425
@alan933….your entire story sounds like phoney baloney. “Strands” of the cable? Ejection should have cleared the downed craft and pilots have shroud cutters to cut themselves free. Just sayin’, don’t know…I could be wrong.
@@michaelmappin4425 I'll give ship and year if you have access to research details in pentagon records. Otherwise, what's the point?
@@Dixler683 this was totally second hand relayed to me from FD crews but pilots death was fact. So you are saying its impossible to eject and land near plane in water? Ever? And you are saying that the pilot in a catastrophic situation is always aware enough to know his chute is snagged and ALWAYS cuts himself free? That is less believable to me.
Except starting with CVN-78 the arresting system is now no longer hydraulic.
How many times are you going to repeat the same thing?
The RUclips intro still that shows a pilot ejecting from a plane on fire is an AV-8 Harrier. The AV8 Harrier can't miss the wire because an AV8 does not have an tail hook. Technically, that picture does not fit the content. Can't help myself. Accuracy counts.
Why is there a Harrier aircraft and the pilot ejecting for your video? Harriers do not use a resting cables to land their aircraft only other aircraft do that.
3:05, impressive and scary. 100% instrument landing. Wow.
but how can you see hand signals at night?
There's a lighting system that shows the pilot when they're on the correct glide slope. Do a search for 'Optical Landing System' and you can see how it works.
Our scheduled COD to FDR (44) was cancelled after the ship sustained aft damage after the two pilots on F4(?) ejected on approach. They came into port, and we walked aboard while the crew was doing the necessary repairs. The man that I was using for a barber had been on the flight deck guiding them in when it happened and did not see the two parachutes He did notice the craft's approach was too low, and he kept yelling "POWER" through his mike until somebody tackled hm and dragged him under the flight deck. It shook him up pretty bad to say the least. BTW - he was a lot better barber than the regular ones on the ship.
When I was flown to the Eisenhower in a COD, we had a touch and go! Next attempt we caught the arresting wire!!! What a rush!!!! When I stepped on the deck and saw the ocean for the first time!!! I thought I wasn’t in bootcamp anymore!!!🇺🇸🫡 God bless the USA!!!!🇺🇸🫡
Reade, You WERENT in Boot anymore. Welcome to your new REALITY!
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how do they land on acc at night time?
with a lot of help from Air Traffic Controllers using radar and precision approach equipment. Much harder at night or during bad weather.
Actually the first miss of the Early warning radar plane did not crash into the sea, but rather pulled out of it successfully.
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