Fighter Jet Landing on Aircraft Carrier

[54osiris]

Im in the us airforce great landing

[BROWNINGgunz1]

How do they detach the wires (that the plane has to catch) from the plane after it lands? Please reply back. Thanks.

[Mr6f00t]

respect

[Mr6f00t]

that would b so god damn scary

[austinanderson78]

goodbye headphones...

[theJNCsaga]

lol 4th cabel... you know your bad when

[DontRep1y]

Battlefield 3 is accurate!

[inspectorcritic]

ABANDON SHIP-ABANDON SHIP! BARK-BARK-BARK-

 HAS BEEN SITED ON RADIO!

[MrDrgreenthumb666]

US NAVY Best In the world !

[Sahllem]

@ciscodan123 Are you the one filming? And do after some time on a carrier you get bored to watch that or everyday is "fun" to enjoy those impressive stuff?

[alienhuman]

Do you know what happens to Navy pilots that cannot master carrier landings? They are transferred to the USAF. LOL

[Legendary588]

@alienhuman actually you end up not flying and serve the US Navy for 8 years doing something.

[Dustin2424]

i dont understand how the chain/rope thing works.. it just catches onto the bottom of the jet?

[timothyngim]

@Dustin2424 Ah no, the jet has an extended hook. So if the hook fails to catch the chain/rope, the pilot quickly takes off again

[GrandesClassicos93]

@Dustin2424 there's an arrestor hook that the plane has when the gear is down, this catches the wire to help stop the aircraft

[30kendra]

Now, THAT is goddamned SEXY!!! Talk about taking your breath away!! The intelligence, hence the precision, not to mention THE BRAVERY........Holy heck, these brave men are the epitomy of heroic....and sexy!!! AMAZING!!! God Bless you all!!!

[TrainSounds]

Was this in the Atlantic or Pacific?

[MrKyvegas00]

Just awesome, great job captain!

[TheSpaceace73]

now, u have to be pretty amazing and good to land a jet like that. just picture that at night!

[nuttenglotzer007]

sweet...



[592220]

WTF is the guy doing steering the ship? If you look at the wake, it appears as though he's turning the wheel and zig zagging

[ciscodan123]

@592220 You have to keep the ship steered into the wind.

[flyinhigher1000]

@ciscodan123 That is not true. If it was true then a carrier would never get to where it needed to go. Also the carrier is moving at 25 knots forward so even if they are at a 10 not downwind then due to the speed there will still be a 15 knot upwind. There might be a cross-wind but the planes are heavy and the pilots are highly trained. The carrier does not attempt to move into the wind.

[0jesse10397]

@flyinhigher1000 Yup, a carrier is like a sail in the wind.

[flyinhigher1000]

@0jesse10397 Thank you 

[tommyzDad]

@ciscodan123

Nah, the guy who was piloting the Exxon Valdez was at the helm of this carrier. ;)

[foxtrot789]

@ciscodan123 eh I think he's trying to lose the bogies - they're just too fast.

[fchanMSI]

@ciscodan123

592220 is correct, you need to maintain wind speed over the deck so as the wind directions changes so does the direction of the ship.

[Dustin2424]

@ciscodan123 how come it has to be steered into the wind?

[Legendary588]

@592220 you have to keep the ship into the wind

[MikeTaylor8755]

@592220 It's called a current



[592220]

@MikeTaylor8755 I can maybe agree with wind, but are you naive enough to think there is a current that can move an AIRCRAFT CARRIER? Besides the ocean doesn't have small currents like that they are large and I am speaking of the wake, the helmsman is turning the shit out of the wheel

[chickenceiling]

@592220 The guy steering the ship knows what he's doing =.=

[ProProgrammer150]

@592220 He was just trying to give the pilot a chalenge... lol

[tstar7777]

@592220 It's called "current". A ship that big can't make sharp turns like that.

[592220]

@tstar7777 You are kidding right? Have you ever seen an aircraft carrier on a shakedown cruise before it is delivered to the Navy? No you haven't. They fire up the reactor to 105% and push the throttles all the way up. They then steer the ship are hard as possible port and starboard until it LISTS. The hell it can't make sharp turns. This is not current you taint.

[blackdragon1426]

@592220 The captain is using a tomtom

[thespaceboon101]

i almost pissed my pants

[pierceys234]

how does this look simple? this looks impossible to me....

[ChillProductions1]

wouldnt want to be there when that cable snaps lol :/

[Jeepers5626]

This must have been taken up in teh signalmen's tower. I see the big eyes on the left of the screen. I hung out there alot with them on the Kitty Hawk CV-63. This is where they kept the "Hog Log" A book of achievements over seas from various ports of the women we ahhh... Met.lol

[socolax91]

@Jeepers5626 - Do you know a NFO for the prowler LCDR Kato?

[F16AirPower]

What would you think, or waht would go trough your mind, if you give full trottle?

something like, AHHHHHHHHHHHHH stop stop stop. Or There we go, picked the cable, easypeasy?

[Unkn0wnCrew]

apparently you speed up as your about to land :O

[splodged1986]

@Unkn0wnCrew you go to full power on landing so you can take off again if your hook doesn't catch

[spacexplorer100]

so that's how tailhook works...

[dumtrainer]

Cool that looks too easy but is probly hard as shit

[mattyreynolds1990]

Wow it seems simple but fuck me that takes skills

[colinfarrar]

skipplet: It's not quite so simple. You can't put the velocity vector ("flight path marker") on the 3 wire, since the ship is moving ;)

[WaerzMedia09]

45 likes, 1 dislikes ahha. They must be a Russian.

[ricardolimpo]

there are more jets on that aircraft carrier than in my country's entire air force haha

[bluediver2]

i wish 2 0r 3 carriers could be used against Cuba and destroy that hairy faced jerk and his fag brother raul

[josephavil]

that's fucked up...

[SKITTL3Z37]

i cant believe someone disliked this. they must be russian

[skipplet]

No crosswind, no flare, put the flight path marker on the 3-wire... How could this get any easier?

[Kopihucky]

Very nice, right down the middle..

[masterbowman]

Man, Can Someone explain to me how do they stop the plane so quickly?

[Unkn0wnCrew]

@masterbowman There's a hook at the back of the plane where it catches a bungee like rope

[TokyozzFinest]

@masterbowman traps

[Q8yGodfather]

@masterbowman

Speed Break FULL

Brake on the ground

Thats in FSX but not in the real ..so don't steal a real one then land like stupid then you will come here and blame me .. if we say you are still alive

[terminatorfresh666]

That is AMAZING!!!!!!

[SWMoneyMaker]

Iam suprized the landing gear doesn't get caught in the cable!!

[CathayGuy]

In these situations you can't screw up... PERIOD!

[olderanddecrepit]

You did a very nice job on the camera . . .

[alexztyphoon]

0:23 look at the prop on the other plane spinning

[xTomcatsForeverVF84x]

on the C-2 Greyhound? Just the beginning of the startup sequence

[lttlman2013]

@alexztyphoon who cares? lol jk

[SuperHornetPilot]

Wow, a perfect 3-wire trap!

[ptrss]

awesome. need to be there to experience..

[ClanHalo001]

just so u know aircraft carriers are only going 20 mph the hook on the back of the plane catches a wire and thats what makes it stop

[Illidanek]

holy crappp thats amazing, looks like a reallly fast landing, and the boat was moving so it was easier for the plane to land.

thx for the vid dud

[XxWWWSAM2xX]

is that a bungee cord on the ground o0?

[Brettg782]

im pretty shure thats not one but it helps them slow down

[bignitro50]

Its a huge thick steel cable, the ships usally have 4 of them

[Maverick747uk]

total respect...just proves how accurate you have to be when landing...no margin for error.............

[CharlieJulietEcho]

@Maverick747uk

You know this is mostly controlled by computers, right?

[heberorozco]

@Maverick747uk imagine landing at night by just watching your instruments

[skibdattles]

@Maverick747uk This is cake for a Navy pilot. Many landings are in less desirable conditions with crosswinds, or worse when an ocean swell instantly rises the carrier a few feet or drops it.

[Mecha2000]

sounds like the rubber on the wheels is slightly burnt there! xD

[bananajoe9701]

i think you heard the afterburner

[NAWELYORR]

Intense .

[HorsePsycho]

Man, that is so freakin sweet

[jackster110025]

@HorsePsycho its what im gonna do

[Darkw07f]

kool