I FINALLY Trap After a Bolter and a Waveoff
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- Опубликовано: 12 апр 2024
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This is a video of me coming into the break, followed by a bolter, waveoff and then finally trapping a Navy C-2A Greyhound on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, somewhere over the Persian Gulf a few years back. I first published this video to my RUclips channel a few years ago, but redid this version here by adding a voiceover. In my opinion, it's a totally different (and much better) video and I hope you enjoy it!
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Isn't there a DoD guidance prohibiting making a profit while in uniform? Did that change or does that just mean it has to get approved or something?
@@eli1000ferI think he’s retired for many years since this video.
@@eli1000fer Who knows, but I've been out for a while now.
@@flyrobroy Oh I had no clue lol. They're all narrated in present tense
C-2s are all but retired at this point...
Your intonation and tone through "Meatball, lineup, AOA..." had me looking for a "Signature Move."
I love the Gold wings jab..LOL
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I had some fun making this one!! 🤣
can u please give me context on this? who has silver wings? who has gold? only navy?
@@KuostA Naval Aviators have wings of gold. Air Force pilots’ wings are silver. 😎
@@flyrobroy And Army helo pilots have Balls of Steel. Fly Army.
@@ImpendingJoker Horah!'
My boss flew in the Air Force. I have shown him your videos, amongst others, and the first words out of his mouth were, "NOOOOOOO, thank you! I'll stick to concrete runways."
Wings of Gold vs Wings of Silver
Fly Navy!
Things that never happened...
Fly Navy ❤
@@clearedtofire What was unbelievable about it?
It's great you have Cmdr. Frank Camparelli (Danny Glover) as your co-pilot. Well done. Thank you for the video.
Couldn't have done it without him!
@@flyrobroy Can you have him as a guest commentary? I'd love to hear what he was thinking like, "WTF is he doing?" Or "If we go around a 3rd time Imma need to give him a pep talk." It would be cool to get his perspective on what you're doing from time to time.
Had a Lt. with a good sense of humor and was all in for the crew. When he went to strap in I would always say "have a good flight and bring my baby back you lucky bastard." His response was always a laugh with "I would do this for free but they make me take the money!"
@retprob We used to say "All this and they pay us, too!"
moustache laden pilot and co-pilot thats a good landing right there, moustaches are perfectly balanced by the loadmaster port/starboard. great to see some real time authentic flying by intuition/experience. top stuff
Appreciate you keeping The REAL In Your REEL Rob! We ALL learn with experience and hands on applications. I'm stoked that you felt comfortable enough to share your Bolter. We are our own worst critics. I could see @ 3:57 that while you were a bit annoyed with yourself, you took a deep breath and in fact reminded yourself why your Wings Are Gold and the "other's" are Silver!😉 A great informative learning video! Chit happens and being cool and calm gets the job done! Dad being a USAF Pilot, we lived on Hickam AFB on Oahu. Was wondering if you ever got the chance to get to Pearl Harbor? The Docks @ Pearl are a sight to behold! And The Arizona to me is a Cathedral On Water! Cheers From The Clouds in COW-lumbus, Ohio MOO 👋
Hello my friend! No, I've never made it to Pear or have even been to any Hawaiian Islands! 😞Once I *almost* got order there, but of course they fell through last minute. You know what they say about something that's too good be true...
As always, I appreciate your support brother and thanks for being a super fan of this channel!
Now that's some solid entertainment. Thank you!
Can you explain how much you talk to the ship on the radio before / during carrier break / approach?
None I would imagine?
@@matthewjones5289Er, no, pretty much the same as any aircraft approaching a busy airport. The controllers on the carrier are very busy keeping aircraft organised both for arrivals and departures.
@@matthewjones5289 The pilot will coordinate with the ship as they get into the pattern, but otherwise I believe the only comm on approach is the LSO providing guidance.
Very little comms ... and sometime EMCON (emissions controlled) silent recoveries.
At every point, silence and absence of wave-off lights from the boat means "you know what to do, so keep it coming".
On Case I or Case II recoveries (Day VMC below 1000 feet) the crew has been given a "Charlie" time by CATC (ships air traffic control) and maneuvers to be at the fantail on time. If already in holding CATC or Boss will issue a Charlie when he/she is ready for that aircraft to recover (e.g., "401 Charlie"). The crew then maneuvers to expeditiously enter the overhead (break).
If entering the break on a straight-in the crews calls "Initial" at 3 miles astern, executes the break, then their ball call at wings level (eg., "401 Intruder Ball 3 point 4 Auto").
__ Side Number -- Aircraft Type -- Ball or Clara (cannot see the ball) -- Fuel in Thousands of Pounds -- Autopilot Mode (if any)
If the deck is steady and the pilot has his stuff together the LSO talks very very little.
Note that in contrast to the movies, the only time CATC says "Call the Ball" will be during Case III recoveries (Night, or during Day IMC) for example "401 Three quarters of a mile. Call the ball". That signals the conclusion of their approach guidance.
Hey Tom
Hey Tower
You wanna drop by my room after flight ? I got this great red wine!
Sure, suite 405? Is a tank top and shorts okay?
Heck ya… oh by the way you missed the runway.
I knoww
Excellent detailed breakdown of the many tasks involved and aircraft aerodynamics of flight. Ive seen many videos of carrier traps from cockpit view but it isnt until you see a bolter that the realization kicks in of just how difficult and precise the landing really is. Not to mention night landings. Outstanding.
Appreciate the kind words and thanks for subscribing @caffiend!
That was a great voiceover! I really enjoyed all of the talk through for the landing attempts, explaining in detail all that is happening. Very solid stuff! Thanks!
the C2 and E-2 my two favs... especially with the newer engines !! and the SOUND !!! love it... for a Tin Can sailor who spent many an hour on "life guard" trailing the USS America back in the 80's... thanks for sharing these videos !!
I find carrier pilots to be the most calming, meditative narrators
Dude my palms were sweating and my heart was racing just watching and listening to this video. How do you keep the nerves in check? Practice? Repetition? Training? Or do you never not get nervous?
You are a Rock Star for what you do for your country. Thank you for your service!
There are those who have and those who will. My worst day flying CODs, nightime off SoCal. Yeah, I did the night thing. I had two bolsters, two pattern wave-offs, two fouled deck wave off’s, one no grade two wire.
I was an AT and it's always cool to see the gear I used to work on :). Every airframe had it's trouble parts. If I recall for C2s we had issues with the radios. The H3s (yes, I'm that old) had issues with a hover alarm. The sonar had issues as well. I worked AIMD, so pretty much when you saw that particular piece of gear you pretty much already knew what the problem was :). A couple of test point measurements to confirm, and it was R&R some part. Most likely a transistor or resistor that gets burnt.
Gee it makes a big difference not having clear sky and horizon. Love your work guys
Glad you pointed out who was who at the beginning, hard to tell whos who with those stashs lol
Just want to cover all my bases, ya know?? 🤣
Thanks for your service. That looks more stressful to me than being a trauma surgeon. I need to check my BP after watching!
Love this channel!! Great flying with you today Rob!
Great job , thank you both for your service 🐺🐕🐺
Rob, you are such an inspiration !!
Silver winged Army guy here Rob...my only C-2 ride with bolter, trap and launch was outta Bahrain in 2004, all lady crew...great week aboard JFK...watchya gonna drive once the C-2 is sadly retired?
Excellent content once again Rob Roy. Always a great morning when you release a new RUclips!
Love to hear it brother! And I always look forward to reading your comments from the other side of the world! 🇦🇺🇺🇸 🫡
I really enjoyed the voiceover explanation. Thanks.
You made it, safe and sound... 😊
Thank you for your service!
Cool video! Always amazing how the recovery process works.
Thank you for yor sevice. I enjoy all of your videos. And keep up with the jargon!
Thank you.
Man... that is some good stuff buddy. I've been following you for a couple years now. Thank you for your service and stay safe.
Very interesting to see men at work. Thanks for filming and speaking.
Thanks for your videos Sir 🫡
You have some very interesting content. I really enjoy learning more about how you guys fly, no, I am not a pilot, but I love flying and enjoy watching how careful you guys are.
Salute and thank you for your. service
Thanks for the video and commentary, it’s good to see/hear how a deck landing unfolds 👍🏻
man, so much going on so fast. Hats off to you guys.
Retired Navy here Rob, BN'd in A6E Intruder's. Stories I could share with you. For sure there is a pucker factor at times. Night ops are the worst. Carrier's always looked forward to the COD landings. Mail etc etc. Thank you for sharing brother.
Couldn’t agree more and thank YOU for your service Sir! 🫡
Great flying and description of what you are doing.
I just love your vids and commentary.
Keep up your great job Sir.
👍🏼💪🏼
Wonderful, thanks for sharing these experiences with the many of us stuck to the ground or at least not landing on a Navy vessel, yep, golden for sure.
So cool to see a whole nother world that this civilian has never seen thanks to you and everyone that support you and what you do
Love your show,RR. Stay safe! Greetings from Australia.
Great video! You have one heck of a job. Be safe!
Excellent narrative
Epic flying.
I feel safer knowing it’s all professionals up there!
Thanks for this link. I feel like you are a WAY better person than Tom cruise. He might be whatever but you’re the real deal!
Has a fighter pilot ever ridden his motorcycle without a helmet beside a jet that’s taking off in real life? I’d say nope. Motorcycles and jets running around everywhere singing songs in bars… buzzing the tower!
Subscribed.
Killer videos! My dad flew in the Navy (old-school....E1s...A3s....COD!) so fun to watch/listen compare to his stories. Mustache game with you two is strong and I love the co-pilot is totally calm during the bolter.
Awesome!!! Love this channel.
Well done sir....carry on.
LOVE THE VIDEOS!!!
good commentary and I could definitely see the wave off lights which is cool. OK ! Thank you !
Thank you.
That was some seriously entertaining stuff! Loved every second
Lots of tension on this one. You are so skilled
wow, it is a great video, thank you for shating
There is a lot going on there. Well done
I was stationed on Nimitz (V3 division) 1990ish. I used to love watch flight opps when I was awake and not working.
Thanks for another great video. Very useful for us sim (DCS) pilots trying to learn how to land on our virtual tiny moving runway! Thank god for how solid those landing gears are build...
Congrats on your SAN interview!
Hey, thanks so much!!
More exciting than a video game!
The wings of gold jab was glorious. 🤘🏻🤣🤘🏻
I was a SWO but never on a carrier. Was on a FFG and occasionally part of a carrier battle group. I never thought the carrier would ever turn during flight ops. We had a helo and the heading was never changed during ops if the helo was in the pattern, unless there was an emergency which caused a foul deck. Carriers did like to turn first (and let us know later) and we had to make sure to get our rear ends back into formation.,..but hey, there was an admiral onboard, who are we to question. :) Nice channel.
Bloody hell! Respect.
Another great narrative!
This is soooo awesome, and frightening :D
Awesome video, Rob!
very cool, great narration.
Great vid Rob Roy as always. Thanks for sharing. And I subbed to your NL
I appreciate that brother!
That's crazy
Great job
wow what a Job
Freaking awesome!!!
Respect!
For me, This will always be some of the most impressive things people can do. And for these hero’s it’s just a Tuesday
Love watching your vids. Would love to see any more of the behind the scenes of the job of a C-2 aviator, if the Navy allows it.
What grade did you get on that bolter and then the good trap?
God bless you.
New sub, glad i found you, awesome vids!
Forgetting to put the gear down. Yes it happens, and sometimes a pilot will do something they are never supposed to do - land after they started a missed approach. We had an incident in the Squadron (VS-24) i was an aviator in from 1966-1970. The crew (2 pilots only, no crew aboard) in one of our S-2Es had flown down to Columbus AFB from our home base of NAS Norfolk in inclement weather so were IFR for the entire trip. They started a GCA and at minimums did no see the runway so started a missed approach. The co-piliot then pointed to the runway off to their right, and the pilot then proceeded to land. As he go very close to the runway, they heard the tick, tick, tick of the prop tips hitting the runway. The very first item on the missed approach checklist was - gear up. Realizing the gear was up, the pilot reached up and put the gear handle down, but since the were so close to the deck, they landed with the gear in the trail position.
Columbus AFB at the time was a SAC B-52 base, with B-52s standing in alert stand by. If they had to scramble, they would have just shoved the S-2E off the runway, but they brought out the recovery vehicles. They wanted to put airbags under the wings and lift the aircraft, but after it was pointed out that since it was a carrier based aircraft, it had an access panel on top with a lifting ring as part of the air frame. They brought out a crane to lift it, but did not have the hook in properly and when the aircraft was about 2 feet off the ground, the hook came out and the aircraft dropped back on the runway. They got it up on the second try and towed to to the visiting aircraft parking area. After a couple of weeks with our mechanics and airframe techs, they had the new engines and props installed and the the fuselage patched up and the aircraft was flown back to NAS Norfolk. The USAF people were just shaking their heads that it was flyable so quickly. It took another couple of weeks with gathering replacement sensors and equipment before that bird was "mission ready" again, and was flown regularly. One of the reasons Grumman (the manufacturer of the S-2) was called Grumman Iron Works.
The C-2 benefits from the Iron Works mentality.
That's a great story Richard! I've never heard that one, but appreciate you sharing. We call it the "Swiss cheese" effect - all it takes is for a couple of things to go wrong and then the holes in cheese line up and you just bought yourself a mishap... or worse.
This channel has officially become next level. Great work!!
I appreciate that Bill! I’ve defiantly been trying to up the quality of the videos, considering I recorded them all years ago!!
100 percent awesome!!!
Nice gotta be the most adrenaline pumping flying in the skies landing on the boats
Good job flight crew 😎
Wings of Gold. Go Navy
Love it!
Go Navy!!! The best!
This was a great video. Thank you Gold wing GREAT! One..👍👍👍
Sweet!
Hell yeah
Damn, you guys have all the fun!!
Man I love your stuff.
"Hurry up and wait??" In the US Navy???? Surely you jest! (I know, I know: don't call you Surely.) Nothing new; we were always hurrying up and waiting back in the late 70s too. Great vid. Did Paddles ever tell you why you were waved off?
Great seeing the carrier from the cockpit, she looks small compared to how large they look tied to the pier. Remember my days as a SWO running plane guard and carrier not letting us know they are making a turn.
I get ticked off when I miss an exit on the highway and have to pull a u-turn. After watching this video, I think I’ll dial down my perspective on what is actually stressful. Great video, commentary, and of course, skill and professionalism!
No stress, just do it the Navy way !
Take the next exit and call it The Break
Get back on the highway, going Downwind
Go past the exit you were planning to get, you're now Abeam
Take the next exit, Turn on Final
Get back on the highway, you're in The Groove now
Take your exit, and call it The Trap
That'll make it an OK 3 (exits) pass ...
hell i was tensing up just watching
I love how Navy is cool about posting videos.
Love your vids. Thank you for sharing. Wanted to ask, since there is no alternative airport to land at, how frequently do you run into a low fuel issue because of go-arounds?
I love watching your videos. I could watch you do landings every 3rd video I watch, all day. Even you landing a Cessna on a local untowered airport.
Great video.
Had sea duty UIC orders to The Foo Dogs (VRC-50) in '94. Squadron disolved and got an order mod to The Providers (VRC-30). BUPERS pulled a dodgy and put me back to back shore duty at North island. Great airframe and squadron. Just not the beach det I, as a single sailor, was needing on my second tour. Cut shore duty short and was back in the Seventh Fleet with 18 months at VF-154 on Independence. Only served 49 months on CONUS orders out of 20 years. 8 years on sea duty.
USS Independence, Kitty Hawk, Peleliu
USNS Niagara Falls, San Jose, Concord
Would love to see the PLAT camera angle of the bolter and trap.
Wow that was hectic!
As an aircraft carrier enthusiast and virtual Hornet pilot this is gold for me! thank you for sharing. I learn a lot with your videos! I know the Hornet and Greyhound and different airframes but what is your technique to fly the burble? only if you´re allowed and want to explain, of course. Thank you in advance and be safe. Cheers from Portugal.