CRASH * fighter on aircraf carrier 03

[zanfozanfani]

ahahah top gun music. funny.

[bonnevillejoe]

Talk to me goose!!!!

[xfire7]

Awful song

[latched097]

@xfire7 Watch Top Gun and tell me if you still call this song awful.

[dayradio65]

here's a dumn question: when a pilot ejects on takeoff like that, does the carrier make any attempt to change course, or does it just head right over the wet pilot?

[chenoir]

@dayradio65

Welle there are very little chance the pilot would be impacted by the aircraft carrier; The water displacement of a moving aircraft carrier is sufficient enough to push the pilot far from it. Well, I think so.

[quiznosful]

Paper jets now?

[mder681]

In my era, 1972 -1992, most American jets took hands-off cat shots. You held your hand near your crotch, and the stick came back to it during the cat stroke. You stopped it, and held your T.O. angle of attack. It was not uncommon for equipment to either break free or come loose during the stroke. It was uncommon to have it effect your flight controls. I once had a ballast plate for ECM gear break free and nearly jam my horizontal stabilizer...This was on CVA-42.

[darkpanther436]

The Main thing here is the PILOT is safe.;=}

[7249xxl]

@darkpanther436 thats what you think his shute must sucked up a lot of whater pulling the pilot down i hope that didnt hapen

[Ralroost]

Danger Zone has the reverse effect on me- it makes me dislike airplanes, carriers, and makes me think that all navy pilots play homo-erotic volleyball.

[sanrulez68]

@Ralroost yup

[Mudsins24]

i hate when my paper airplanes do that.

[The1Zabu]

lol... watch more carefully guys.

The pilot (single seat aircraft) did eject. See 0:17, 2:02, 2:31 and the rescue of the pilot with an heli!

[Maloy7800]

Did they eject?

[minkuukel]

@Maloy7800

No.

[Maloy7800]

@minkuukel I heard "Ejectez!" Thought they did. That's very sad then.

[mukkawugga]

@Maloy7800 yes, look at 2:28

[yohyper]

As I understood, this, Someone forgot to to screw the HSi back in and during the cat stroke the grub screws gave up it slid back and out of its housing fast and wedged the control column full aft. As a result P1 couldn't get it out of the way before the above happened . It all happens a bit quick you see?

[mder681]

As an American carrier pilot (CVA-60/ A-6E), it looks as i fhe had a control problem which caused an unplanned pitch-up, then stall, then recovery and finally stall to impact. Pilot was in extremis as soon as he rotated off catapult. Things happen quickly near the ship.

[roch884]

@mder681 C'est une porte avion français 

[biipolaar]

@mder681

The pilot was a German pilot in exchange with the French Navy. The report said that he kept his right hand on the stick during the launch (which is forbidden) and the force of Gs made him pull the stick that caused the fatal stall.

Quite serious mistake..

[TakumiFujiwara80]

2:00 the wall came down and you can see an ejection in critical asset.What a wonderful sight to view before your launch...

[XH558B2]

Anyone any idea what the carrier is/was....we have ex FNS Clemanceau in Hartlepool for scrapping an wondering if it was her.

[s0undActivist]

@XH558B2

this one is the Charles De Gaule nuclear carrier.

[7249xxl]

pilots usually do there engines on full trust this guy/woman doest that u can see that on the rear the exxaust sould be red or yello en its forrbiden to use the controls when u get launged whit that katapult

[00andJoe]

@7249xxl Actually, he does have the engine at full thrust. Etendards don't have an afterburner.

Sad loss of a good bird, glad he's OK though.

[johndeaconisahero]

It's a Super Etendard Modifié, or SEM, a French Carrier Based Fighter. It's a swept back wing and an Atar 9K, with no Afterburner.

[007wingman]

I stand corrected , it has a tail stabilizer. 007 wingman.

[magnumwarrior001]

why did'nt he eject? WHY?

[alexgeo8]

@magnumwarrior001 he did eject... :) don't worry

[anzac1989]

@magnumwarrior001 he did! you just see it on this video.

He ejected and was picked up by the helicopter. :)

[007wingman]

Hi, Note at video mark 2:22 the pilot has his flaps to 100 percent down. This is a mistake and although it alone might not cause a stall it would put the aircraft in critical drag and behind the power curve. A delta wing has lots of lift and lots of drag. Throw in some cross wind and you have problems. 007 Wingman.

[oferet]

not a delta wing ;-)

[o0bluesteel0o]

My dad is an F-5 Pilot he told me that the Elevator were set to UP that wath caused the crash

[JFDhater]

Saw a similar accident with an A-4M Skyhawk, using the same type of catapult. Has something to do with the type of catapult system, using a wishbone type hook-up to the aircraft. It's too bad, though, as Etendards are such a nice plane.

[bfahren]

I dont get it...what the hell are they doing?.

[sakornno]

I guess he would like to take a swim

[ronnysoeberg]

Did he fall asleep on the stick or what? Can't pull back that hard at a carrier launch.. The planes only barely have lift right off the edge there.. Kinda optimistic thinking you can do a 90 degree vertical climb that fast..

[lolerdelol]

@ronnysoeberg yeah thats propably what he was trying to do, do a 90 degree upward turn... what are you a retard? don't you think that pilot knew that? only explanation is that something went wrong, something like this is not pilot error

[nolifemerc]

easy easy i know what happend here, they launched the plane without a pilot.

[unapro3]

Clearly you have no comprehension of sarcasm.

[atikos1]

Wasn't this a German exchange pilot posted with Aeronavale ?

[matapan50]

I see that he ejected; hopefully not hurt too bad. Damn, what a drag. Losing a great jet too. There's not a whole lot of Etendards.

[rohangiga]

why didnt he eject?

[Warbirdguy1]

Thats scary, taking off from a tiny spotch of area called a carrier lol

[conz078]

fuck.. i hope the guys in it survived.

[LysergicAaron]

No you don't. You wouldn't be watching a crash video otherwise you sick fuck.

[conz078]

what the fuck ?

I think you need to think about what you just said you retard.

[pionikkeli]

no way.....