The Only Foreign Aircraft Carrier We Can Land On
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I filmed this video in 2016 when my squadron spent a day aboard France's only aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle (R91). Although I didn't get a chance to do any flying on or off the ship, I was fortunate enough to be given full access to their flight deck and allowed to film while we conducted joint flight operations.
Also, in this video I mispronounce the name of the French fighter jets. They are Dassault Rafales and are pronounced “Ra-fal,” not “Raphael” like the teenage mutant ninja turtle or the Italian painter! Rafale means “gust of wind” or “burst of fire” (in a more military sense). And I can’t edit the audio and re-do the voiceover, but I wish I could, ha!
I have nothing but respect and admiration for the French Sailors we met that day - they were very welcoming and beyond professional.
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I saw a video of French fighter planes landing and taking off from a US carrier about a year ago. Nice to see the allies working together.
Because only France and USA have this capability
@@ommsterlitz1805 The UK also have a carrier. I believe Japan and South Korea are also building their own carriers.
@@LancerX916 the difference is only the french and american ones have catapults and arresting wires
The Uk don't have nuclear powered aircraft carrier and cannot be at sea more than a few months a nuclear powered aircraft carrier can be forever at sea until it runs out of food for the people and the excess power of the nuclear reactor make life aboard much more pleasant with no restriction of electricity and the steam of the reactor is what propulse the aircrafts off the deck too@@LancerX916
Yes I was deployed last year and the French flew out to our carrier and trapped launched from us. We did the same with their carrier.
That French helicopter is an Alouette III. Been a pax in one many many times . A 64 yo old design that’s still in service in some countries but slowly dying away. It was a noisy beast that converted a lot of AVTUR into noise .
AND IT WAS GLORIOUS!
Lived in south Paris under a main helo flight path. Gazelle and Alouettes all day. Any major event and it was near traffic jam…
Helo at night… something bad going on…
Excellent visibility. Has been used for decades in mountain rescue.
That was very cool!! I bet they are like the Canuks and give their sailors a ration of beer every day. Nice CPO quarters to
I'm South African and we used Alouette's for light transport and gunship with a side firing 20mm canon.
Code name = "Pedro" in SAR perpetual mission around Charles de Gaulle.
Another fun fact is that this is the only nuclear aircraft carrier in the world that is not in the US Navy!
Great footage Rob!!
Yay VRC-40! :D ( I was in VAW-120 and VAW-124) My giant VAW-120 Plane Captain patch is proudly framed and hanging on the wall :)
Another fact: wrong.
@@pclairoot please elaborate
@@pclairoot I think he is right. I thought like you first, but after looking online, if Russia and China algo have Nuclear Navy (which includes Nucl. Submarines and Cruisers), it seems they do not use nuclear propulsion for their Aircraft Carriers.
I can be wrong of course but that is what I read online.
China is planning to build one, untilk then he is indeed right@@DrMusca
I'm glad to know that France has a capable aircraft carrier.
Hell yeah! America!..... and France! LOL! That got me. 😄 So great to see how the U.S. and France operate together smoothly! Thanks very much for sharing!
lol thanks man! I laughed out loud almost every time I was editing the video and played through that section 🤣
I bursted out laughing when I heard that, too 😂 The stereotypes of Americans and French people are so far apart, but it was great that all worked together for an interesting task.
@@rnzoli perfectly said!
I'm a frenchman and I support this comment. :)
we have operated together smoothly long time before... in Chesapeake for the Yorktown Victory! 😉
So refreshing when you read no french bashing. Apparently, the professionals are paying some respect to us.
I guess people here have some knowledge on the history of military operations, and therefore they know better. Very refreshing indeed, many thanks from a proud French lad !
I wonder if they serve french fries or "freedom fries" on US ships 🤣
The French Naval air arm is very respectable. Back in the 70's, they flew F-8 Crusaders. Also, I had a cruise roommate who did an exchange tour with the French Navy. He spoke fluent Francais (grew up in Paris) and was a terrific pilot and promoter of Anglo-French partnership.
On Forrestal, we used to have a machine in the galley that made "French fries" out of dehydrated potato flakes. Not the best but not bad either. @@phiksit
Americans love a good nuclear aircraft carrier. Big guns and launching airplanes.
Currently the only operators of CATOBAR carriers are the US and France. This is why their naval aircraft can inter-operate catapulted from each other’s carriers.
Nuclear powered catobar, the last Chinese one is Catobar too. But not yet in service
@@khaelamensha3624 correction they "say" they have one coming
Couldn't you land on a Russian carrier? Getting off no, but land?
In fact only the E2 or C2 family and the rafale can land on the CDG. US fighter can’t actually. But that will change with the PANG project : the new generation french plane carrier.
@@victor6814 US F18 had land and take off the CDG too in the past, but it's rare because France only got one small cvn when US have a dozen large deck.
The French Navy uses the E-2 Hawkeye too. So they're familiar with such larger planes on aircraft carriers
Yeah, we could see the nose of one right at the end.
The fighter is “ Ra-fall” (Gust of wind ). Raphael is a teenage mutant ninja turtle :) Or the painter he’s named for :). And indeed only France and the USA can inter operate Catobar style takeoff and landing aircraft :) and I’d dare say since CDG is the smallest it might have to be said it required the greatest skill :) but that’s for you to say !
So many Americans say Raphael instead of Rafale, it's wierd.
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@@Major.Alvega Probably because so many grew up watching Teenage Mutant turtle things, not speaking French, Canadians on the other hand 😁
simple wikipedia search can answer those queries! LOL
@@Major.Alvega and Ekcetera when there is no K in there and LAtin is clearly ET Cetera.. (The brits do this aswell)
Really nice to see this cooperation. Funny: One of the American pilots who landed of the French aircraft carrier was interviewed. He said "all operations are going the same way on both French and US carriers, but the French have a bakery aboard that makes fresh baguette breads and croissants every day! I want to be transferred there" (Of course, he was joking)
it seems to me that this is also the case in French submarines
Joking about being transfered, because the bakery making fresh bread and croissants every day is no joke, it's true.
@@philippehoudoin2721 Wow!!! I have fresh baguette and croissant envy!!
I believe there was a French squadron stationed on a US carrier in the past few years. A great way to cross train and familiarize yourself with allied systems, ships and aircraft.
Eh the French naval aviation is tied to the hip to the USN. USN train French Navy aviators in Mississippi for carrier ops. When a US carrier groups sails into the Mediterranean, French Navy pilots will often be allowed to conduct landings to keep their skills up while the carrier group transits. They also use a chopped down US Navy steam catapult on the CDG. The USN has a nation to nation contract to maintain the catapult and the CDG always sails with 1-2 USN technicians to maintain the catapults. The new French carrier is planned to use EMALs.
Yeah, thanks for Yorktown
Could be for joint trainings but also if the CDG is in maintenance and pilots need operational time.
USS George H. W. Bush was the carrier.
@@zeitgeistx5239 So they are going to build another soon? I know that a big problem the French have is maintaining deck landing qualifications while their carrier is in maintenance, since they only have one carrier. That is the primary reason why that French squadron was sailing with the American carrier. The CDG was in dry dock for an extended maintenance period.
Love our alliance. 250 years and going. Long term love...ups and downs, but more solid than ever. 🇫🇷 🇺🇸
We may disagree sometimes, but when it "counts", we are often shoulder to shoulder.
Except.. during WWII, when we were like "France... really!?!?!?! WTF???" And then after WWII, all was forgiven...
Another fun fact is that the CDG catapult is only 75M where as US carriers use a 90M catapult. So, to get the same launch speed, the "kick in the pants" of the CDG is much greater than that of US.
Vive la France! Thanks for your hospitality, MN de Gaulle!
not to sidetrack but for old guys it harkens back to days past when we landed French F-8 Crusaders on our US carrier. The interoperability is so cool. btw...both the Foche and Clemenceau sent planes to our carrier while in the Med and its super to see our Battle CODS doing ops on CDG
Foch 😉
@@benoitpisarchick6866yeah, he misspelled…but who give a Foch 🤣😎
how about even earlier when USN fighters flew off of RN carrier during WWII when the RN had the only carrier left in the Pacific for weeks
As an Australian who has never had the chance to see a carrier in the flesh and has never witnessed something like this in real life, thanks for showing the fantastic skills of not only the pilots but also the staff on the carrier's deck, Merry Christmas.
As a son of a US Marine fighter pilot (they are Naval Aviators too and land on carriers before they get let loose) I've been on a tour of "The Boat" as kid (one was docked in Honolulu when we stationed in Hawai'i). Impressions were the size, don't dive off the deck, and the anchor chain. That chain... holy jeebus 😮
@@esburnside What a great memory for you to have; I am sure to see a carrier "in the flesh" would be a sight to behold.
@@damienmilk6309 I'm sure more carriers will be by and dock in 'Straya as we're allies, so hopefully you can see or tour one! Unfortunately political situations currently will have ships like them be tourist unfriendly 😔
@@esburnside It is definitely on my bucket list of things to see. Thanks for the reply.
Malgré la trahison de votre gouvernement concernant les sous-marins ont vous aime quand même
A French from Indian Ocean
Demonstrates not only that special capability, but enormous trust and camaraderie between the Nations and Navies.
Really cool to see!
My son is a COD pilot. Three deployments under his belt. Was here in US on holiday then just got called back to support CVN 74. CODs Rock. FLY NAVY
We also have many Call Of Duty pilots : )
Love how the title of the video is like "Lost ourselves, found some kind of runway with a french flag in the midle of the sea, so we decided to land on it."
lol I’ve changed it 4 times in the last week!
Any better suggestions?
@@flyrobroyHey, you changed it again ! 😂
Maybe ask @ChasseEmbarquee for ideas xD
It could also have been... "We smelled fresh baguettes, so we decided to buy some for the air craft carrier's company!." .
Awesome video! Very cool to see the C-2 on the French carrier and to see how they do things vs the US Carriers. Loved the voice over! It definitely added to the video in a big way.
Thanks brother, I appreciate that and I agree! And I’ll be cranking out few more voice over videos in the near future 🤙🏼
American is an UGLY language. It added nothing but lightweight xenophobic fluff.
"Hell yeah! America!..... and France!" That's a perfect description for the Battle of Yorktown.
Nice presentation...my Dad was a naval aviator...he got his wings in 1944 and retired in 1969...I was born at NAS Corpus Christi...all that said, I have a post card he sent me from the HMS Victorious in November 1961 while he was the Executive Officer of VA-52 flying A-1s...this was during joint exercise "Crosstie and took place in the South China Sea...he led a long and colorful life...
She's a fine ship. Bless her and her crew.
Old ship.
@@EnglishScripter So is the USS Constitution, but she's still a fine ship. As is this one.
Your narration is awesome. You have the ideal voice and your easy going light hearted manner mixed with your detailed explanations make this a fantastic video. Thanks for posting it!!
Thank you so much for the kind words and for subscribing! I appreciate you Gene!
@@flyrobroy So many videos like this from people in the Navy or Airforce are like "Here's a plane...it's on an aircraft carrier...now it's taking off". You've a real talent for noting what is actually interesting about what is going on and explaining it clearly and concisely.
I really appreciate that man, thank you!@@ringosis
As a Frenchman, I had the chance to fly in a C2 a few years ago, and it was really a great experience. I am glad that we have a good relationship with our American friends
3:34 Your French is perfectly understandable in any case. 😎
Thank you for this very nice video which shows the very high level of interoperability between our two Navies.
The Rafales are some of the most beautiful military aircraft in my opinion! 😊
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Got a question sir... I've gotten embroiled in a debate on if the Greyhound could land safety on the British QE2 class. A sailor (yeah I verified he served onboard the Ranger when he said he did) claimed a C-2 could. Everything I think I know says it can't....and the information I have is 30 years out of date.
I hate to ask this, but your the currently active duty Greyhound pilot who could settle this.
Greetings from France!
The effect of the propellers is aliasing when the propeller rotational speed is matching an integer value of the frame rate of the camera. Happy to see you having fun on the french aircraft carrier. Bienvenu.
Makes me annoyed that the British Government keep screwing the Royal Navy out of having proper CATOBAR carriers.
From Hampton Roads, the guy in white deserves a raise!!! Love you guys.
Correction!! The Rafale jet is pronounced “Ra-fal,” not “Raphael” like the teenage mutant ninja turtle or the Italian painter he’s named after 🤣
The more you know…
ruclips.net/video/KF8xrUr6mHY/видео.htmlsi=taKGyIe6eOlmZTLZ
As a french speaker i appreciate your efforts.
Thank you.
I add Rafael is a well known israeli weapon manufacturer.
@@Koozomec Thanks brother! I honestly don't think I've ever heard it pronounced in person before. But I am fluent in Spanish and take pride in knowing a few phrases in multiple languages, so it kills me I got Rafale wrong!!
"Je ne parle pas français" was perfectly correct! don't worry !😄oh by the way I subscriiiiiiibed to support your channel. Bienvenue on ze fabuleux weurld of youtube @@flyrobroy
Now we're just splitting hairs...🫠@@BrySkye
Third video i've watched on this topic, this is by far the coolest! Glad to see allies interoperating like this. Feels good. Feels smart too.
I love that we do this with the French Navy.
Glad to see you guys back on the Charles De'Gaulle. I was onboard with VRC-40 back in 2010 for a few weeks of exercises. Glad to see 40 is still bouncing that boat.
Ah oui, Charles De'Gaulle, a great french hero. Did you know he came From'Lille? I'm kidding of course but you can put that apostrophe away.
Thank you very much ! The many shots are very immersive. My readings of Buck Danny are a bit old and I struggle figuring out how a carrier is laid out.
Your tone is great.
And it's cool to watch genuine international cooperation. As a french, I hope our countries will work together as friends, to defend the valors of freedom and the will of the people. (I'm very optimistic sometimes)
The Greyhound is the baddest of them all. The sound is a pure symphony of horsepower.
Always love to see such cooperation between our countries !
AMERCIA.............and France! I got a good laugh from your remembering where they were! Interesting stuff.
Maybe the Brits would like to play... just like old times!
Shout out to the French for helping US with our Redcoat problem all those years ago!
The British carriers cannot operate the same planes as the US and French. The UK uses a ramp to launch planes not a catapult.
Love your videos man, thanks
Great video and so many perspectives. The French found it a special visit too obviously 😊 The voice over works great too. I can keep watching the action while listening to the explanation. You have a pleasant voice to listen too also, so keep it up!💪
Thanks for the kind words Rico!!
France has already begun the studies for a new carrier to replace the CdG, which will be bigger (a bit shorter than a Nimitz-class), still nuclear, and with electric catapults.
they should not replace but keep it to have 2 France have the largest eez in the world they should at least double or triple their ships instead of giving hundreds of billions to migrants
@@ommsterlitz1805 So totally agree with ya!! We might need both carriers pretty soon enough!
Hundreds of billions to migrants😂😂😂 You're a bit off on the budget there@@ommsterlitz1805
@@fr-tigerfangs7039 What you guys need is 3... one deplyed, one in refit, and one getting ready. Many don't know this but 2/3rds of the US Carrier force is pairside at any one time for the ame reason.
@@ommsterlitz1805 agreed. These guys come in with no respect for our culture whatsoever. They take and never give, or whenever they give, it’s a lot of hatred and acrimony. I’d so much rather have a second CVN then hordes of people who are pushing us back into the Middle Age…
🇫🇷 & 🇺🇸 Navy carrier pilots are dual qualified. They're the only services allowed to land on each nation's carriers.
Really enjoyed this perspective and video! Well done!
awesome stuff. thank you for sharing.
Looks like perfect weather for it
Cool! I was an LSE in a helo squadron.
On one deployment, we spent New Years at a French air base in Toulon. The food and wine was awesome!
Hope you enjoyed your time ! Happy new Year btw ;)
Beside to the fact these events are quite sympathetic this is valuable training for coop to face future conflicts. Frenchs and americans can trust and have their backs in this pretty dangerous world on the rise...
Always a blast to watch. Keep'em coming
You need to bring that thing to Knoxville and give this old sailor a ride. McGhee Tyson always gets military planes. They'd love it.
Top notch pilot skills. Chapeau - a tip of the hat..!
Excellent narration
Awesome job.
Thanks. 👍
We love our ALLIES!!!! Nice show Rob love your videos!!
Battle COD, love it! Thanks sir!
Thanks for sharing. Love your channel!
Great videos, Excellent narration/commentary.
If you set your camera to 24 or 30 fps the props will look how you expect. Love this super clear and well narrated video!
Merci pour ce reportage
I do admire that the French nearly always want to go their own way with the military.
Excellent! It's always cool to see ops from a different country's perspective.
That's just plain weird watching those props. I understand why, but it's still mucho weird, LOL!
Really great camera work. Thank you for taking me along.
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Very GOOD video and narration.
Rob Roy's cool narration had me hooked. ;)
I love your videos.
The CDG carrier returns to service at the start of 2024 after 6 months of maintenance to modernize and continue sailing until 2035 when the new aircraft carrier will be operational.
Working in Riyadh during the build up to GW1 we had a great variety of planes coming in to 'experience' the runway and facilities at the base. That was great for me, and others, to watch. One of the rarer aircraft I saw was a COD. The aircraft I saw most of were the Starlifter and Galaxy, and tankers. Nice video.
French naval aviation is tied to the hip to the USN. USN train French Navy aviators in Mississippi for carrier ops. When a US carrier groups sails into the Mediterranean, French Navy pilots will often be allowed to conduct landings to keep their skills up while the carrier group transits. They also use a chopped down US Navy steam catapult on the CDG. The USN has a nation to nation contract to maintain the catapult and the CDG always sails with 1-2 USN technicians to maintain the catapults. The new French carrier is planned to use EMALs.
you are vomiting bs confirmed France pilots comes to Mississipi to learn how much easier is their training in USA as requirements are lowered than France but still they learn the layout of their bigger aircraftcarrier
@@ommsterlitz1805why you mad bruh? Why were USN sailors interviewed serving abroad the CDG and they weren’t officers on exchange. And the CDG is smaller and has a much smaller complement.
Fantastic, this is awesome footage. Thanks for the breakdown.
C-2's, such awesome planes. I don't want them to go away. Oh BTW, as a resident of Arizona, the tails on these planes look very much like the AZ flag. Cool!
Going to the Osprey is beyond the pale. Unsafe and too big….but it can carry an F-35 engine. Another F-35 driven carrier ops change.
Too big? The RA-5 would like a word.@@dlmyrs
@@ImpendingJoker Vigies for the win. I flew in S-3 Vikings and we could take up some room. But the Osprey is just insane for COD
the tail colors are part of the squadron patch. VRC-40
@@Demonicwolf9 Yes, I love it. I wouldn't mind having one of their patches. Thanks for the info.
Your humor and the voice over are great😉. I love the sound of these propellers but I would not want to be anywhere near them with the engine running😜. Greetings from Europe🇪🇺( not from France😉)
Great shots and angles 👍🏻
Great stuff!
Amazing how the camera FPS was so perfectly synced to the propellers.
Very cool. Weird deck. Seen Hawkeye on the deck there too! Thanks!
Cool POV's man!
hwo cool to see a joint mission in practice!
Had the privilege of seeing the DeGaulle in port Abu Dhabi in Feb(?) 2016. A handsome ship, indeed! I've also helped some of those young Raphal and E-2 pilots with their radio comms English. They're super sharp all the time and great friends!
rafale, not raphal
France 🇫🇷 et USA 🇺🇸 alliés depuis 1777 👍🤝
Mechanic glad to see the parts delivery ! Cool - These guys are great ! Go Navy
Superbe vidéo , merci !!
thanks for this amazing learning / training video love it
Although I was in the Seabee's and piloted a 5 Ton Wrecker as a CM, I truly enjoy watching your videos.
Beautiful Naval Aviation Job!
Thanks for a great trip through memory lane. I loved working with other counties Military when I was forward deployed. I made some close and dear friends that after 30 years sill stay in touch. USMC/USN 94 - 13 DAV.
Yeah 💪🏼cant wait to see more posts from you. I loved your old ones and your sense of humor. 😂😅🤗❤are you back in the cockpit again?
thx for the video and frienship between US and FRANCE ! MERCI BEAUCOUP
VERY cool - most of my career was in the Seahawk as the Senso - though I stole a good bunch of flight time in the Viking and COD. One nice thing with the helicopter - we could land on dang near every deck - I was PacFleet, so mostly Canadian, Japanese, Aussie, and UK (in the Persian Gulf)
Great shots! And great landings on the CdG 😎👍
Awesome footage and commenting! Thanks!
"Hell yeah!! America!!... (and France!)" 🤣😆🤣😆
Fantastic
Was onboard in 1999 during the Hawkeye sea trial.
We had a few USN Pilot onboard, they were always a bit stressed to land on something so small!! :-)
Very cool. I got to operate for two days with the Force d'action navale de marine nationale aboard Suffren, a guided missile cruiser, off Toulon in 1980. I got the honor since I was the only officer in the wardroom who spoke any French. A once in a lifetime experience.
Amazing!
Thanks for the shots from above the Greyhound .... all these years and I never realised the inner 2 tails moved!
3 of the 4 actually!
@@flyrobroy thanks I've just watched again !
Love it! And thanks for subscribing!@@paulthomas3374
Rode with the Rawhides twice!!! Thanks for posting this.
Was a great experience.!
Who can not love the mighty Battle COD
Who? Anybody that likes an EJECTION SEAT !
Right?!?!
Very cool
As an old Harpoon player I knew exactly which carrier you were talking about before ever opening the video. :)
Best job in the world!