Carrier Landing

[Mexiepino]

At 00:14 there is an aircraft being launched. That's what was angled decked developed for by the British, to launch while landing an aircraft simultaneously.

[Mexiepino]

@Telivison15o; there are only 3 wires from CVN-76 on. All carriers b4 have 4. FYI.

[Televison15o]

Wow only three catapalts now on these new super carriers ie: USS George H.W. Bush, there are 4 now. Amazing.

[mve010776]

Amazing landing cap!

Tell me, please, what´s that smoke when you turned to final?

[allensk1]

@mve010776 That 's stack gas from the ship's engines. We were probably the first aboard on this recovery. The F-4's (gas-guzzlers) didn't have the legs of the other aircraft. The ship had just turned into the wind and cranked the engines trying to get 30 knots of wind over the deck.

[rippersrule]

I was not an LSO. But it seems they always had comments even on good solid passes, which is why I couldn't resis the comment. (HOSX) means little high, overshooting start. (CDAR) means little come down at ramp. Which was definitely the way to land on the FID, especially on minimum wind over the deck recoveries. After leaving the FID, which had the shortest ramp to 1 wire distance I went to the JFK, which had the longest. That took a while to get used to.

[allensk1]

@rippersrule Thanks!

[rippersrule]

(HOSX) (CDAR) OK 3

[allensk1]

@rippersrule - I caught a 2 wire, which was my preference... What's the story with (HOSX) (CDAR)?. I trained as LSO on that cruise but have forgotten the abbreviated commentary.

[markmimp]

nice music radio in the aircraft....

[folkiejim]

meatball out at 9 o'clock...looks like an OK, 3 wire.

[waffleperson5678]

OK2

[Craigers22763]

Nice landing!

[imnazhole]

THE FORRESTAL??!! Was this before or after that deadly fire?

[fanofrhymeswithstar]

It's kinda funny how you change the tunes for this awesome vid, not that I mind...Either way this tops all the other carrier landing vids out there!

[jobu88]

No matter how many times I watch stuff like this, I can't believe there are men who do this for a living. Holy Adrenaline, Batman.

[TrueCourse]

Funny... I didn't notice any LSO's on the port side. :S?

[fanofrhymeswithstar]

Look again, they're there! (0:30)

[KevinSun242]

So cool.... F-4 is so awesome

[WarrenG189]

Nice Song. TOP GUN!!!!!!!!!

[allensk]

Sorry, I just changed it to something else... I never did like Top Gun anyway.

[SebastianEngland]

How accurate was TG anyways? I was in the US Navy for two years NAS North Island, but with S-3 crowd.....

[switchbladefights82]

What was the LSO for this one?

[allensk]

OK2

[Kobeydurham]

Top gun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Falkirion]

God bless the F-4. One of the greatest fighters of all time

[XSAPaladin]

it had no close range guns, it was a death sentence to pilots

[Falkirion]

I had no idea about the lack of a cannon. Still a good aircraft though considering its kill ratio in combat.

[sb2729]

Actually one model of the F-4 had 4 20mm cannons on the wings. You could probably find out about it somewhere on the web.

[Kaefermicha]

The F-4E and F-4F had an internal gun, but the F-4E came rather late int the Vietnam war. Some idiot stated in the early 1960s that no gun would be needed with all those Sidewinders and Sparrows onboard. It was soon discovered that guns are still needed, so they first got inaccurate gunpods, and later a real gun on the F-4. The F-4 is still used by Germany until 2012 (with AMRAAM missiles), and some other countries will use it even beyond that date. So this legend will soldier on for many years.

[maxwelbr]

So...you DO like big fat girls? Gross.

[wambulance]

can someone tell me what a canopy jettison is?

[effemess]

During an ejection the first event in the ejection sequence is for the canopy to be jettisoned, other things are happening in the cock-pit like the legs being restrained etc.

[wambulance]

so the handle blows off the canopy and the rope blows the set off?

[XxTabasc0xX]

Next time, click the "more" button. Canopy Jettison *Handle*

[wambulance]

well no duh what does it when pulled?

[teiladay]

to "jettison" anything is to basically "send it away"; to jettison the canopy simply means to blow it away from the airframe.  To "jettison" fuel would simply mean to dump fuel, etc., etc..

[wambulance]

thanks alot

[fightningduck]

wow

[xxgodofyouxx12]

o.O that pilot ... got skillz! =p

[VirginiaGuySlims]

Thank you again for the posting. I realized that I'd failed to compliment you on the controlled crash. I learned how to fly years ago but, never how to touch down a 25 ton jet on a carrier. It DOES make a diffenence and many of us like it. Well, anyway, if you've been a Phantom pilot, there are people who WOULD like to meet you and just hear about your plane and your experiences. I was in submarines. Some stories but, I kill everyone I tell them to. Just kidding.

[VirginiaGuySlims]

I just cannot stop watching this. It's just WAY too cool. How I wish I could've been part of that. I'd have made a VERY good pilot but, it just wasn't in the cards for me.

[VirginiaGuySlims]

Awesome!!!!! VERY well done!!!!! Nice music, per the TOP GUN. The Phantom will be missed. Fortunately, Tamiya makes a VERY nice kit I just got - 1/32 scale - it's big and will be a nice addition. Being a submariner, I always liked Naval Aviation - regret I wasn't a part of it but, wouldn't trade my time in subs for anything. However, I have always had a first passion for airplanes.  Again, VERY nicely done!! Long live the Phantom!! And, her sister and successor, the TomCat. Rob

[seizetheweakened]

impressive

[tophatter94]

I didn't know the Forrestal was even operational in 1968. I thought that the Zuni rocket incident crippled it until 1971.

[allensk]

This was the first cruise out of Norfolk shipyard after the repairs. That old beast would shake and rattle on a night with no wind, when the boss was trying to get 30 knots over the flight deck.

[RiiNG911]

hey r u a jet pilot?

[grunzergrz]

Does anybody know the name of that song?

[veribor123]

That Song is from the Movie called Top Gun with Tom Cruise.

[nolifemerc]

top gun lol

[Mr5Minutes]

Awesome vid!! Thanks for posting it. I took a tour of the USS Hornet (CV12) in the San Fran bay area not too long ago... Aircraft carriers are SO DAMN COOL.

[EikC]

Is it possible to just turn around like that and score such a landing? In all the ones I've seen and from what I know from navy procedure, they need to line up with the carrier from at least 10 miles away before they initiate a landing... This video really confuses what I know about carrier landings. Someone please enlighten me.

[Merlin161]

I don't know where you got the "ten mile line-up naval procedure" from, but you've just seen how a carrier landing works in real life; so really the question that you've asked has already been answered. From what I've seen as a guest, the pilots fly past on a course parallel to and starboard of the ship and then break left and circle around to land. Allensk, the guy who made this trap, can shed a better light on this.

[banknyank]

it was tight pattern, but as long as your on a stabalized approach, it works

[fminich]

Daytime, good visibility, and a high-enough ceiling mean that VFR-like procedures can be used; no 10 mile straight-away for that.

Nitetime or poor visibility or low ceiling mean IFR-like procedures, and there is a long straight-away.

[ccoraxfan]

For the two who rudely demand to hear the engine sound, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but likely there was no sound because Super 8 movie cameras back in '68 didn't do sound.

[Merlin161]

Old School technology is like prehistoric history to the playstation generation. Now is it me or are kids these days more demanding/spoilt?

[NOSMOJEFF]

Super 8 movie camera?..but where is the flickering of the film frames? Just asking that's all.

[ccoraxfan]

A proper transfer from film to video uses duplicate frames to avoid flicker. Apparently he used a better method than just aiming a video camera at the projector screen.

[ccoraxfan]

Spongy cement.  LOL! :D

[falcon5112911]

Darien331: there is a hook on the en ofthe plane that the pilot hooks on to the ship to slow it down. not spongey cement.

[ERAUPA44]

They stop quickly because of a hook and cable.

[Darien331]

is the runway made with some kind of spongy(for lack of a better word) cement? how do you stopp so quickly?

[mikew172]

There are arrestor wires that run across the deck.  The aircraft has a tailhook and the pilot has to catch one of the wires with the hook. Pilots have to throttle up as they touchdown in case they miss the wires and have to go around for another go.

[redbaroniii]

If you think this is great, check out the longer version on youtube named "Allen Bombs Viequez" I am in it too. (notice how us Attack pilots try to take some of the Glory from the fighters.)

[FuzzersFilms]

you got this from top gun

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[Merlin161]

This is awesome footage! You were flying a real jet back then unlinke the flyin computers that they have now:) Thank you for sharing this with all of us!

[datroof18]

You ARE The MAN! I crash land in my dreams! How the heck do you land like that for real? Unbelievable. Where do we find such men? Thanks for keeping us all safe.

[allensk]

Hi Salt - thanks for your kind words. The ball drops in the last few frames causing me to catch the two wire instead of the preferred 3 wire. I never minded a two wire however; it gives the pilot three chances to snag a wire, and nobody likes to bolter. To be avoided is a landing the LSO calls "Taxi to 1 wire". Those were fun days.

[IdunCareLesSn00b]

YOU STUPID #^%$ PUT THE ENGINE SOUND!!

[allensk]

You don't really hear the engine from inside the cockpit...

[hammerogod]

4 wire.

[allensk]

OK 2 wire as I recall. You can see the ball drop every so slightly as I am over the fantail. Thanks for your comment.

[knakworst12]

god damm that mucsis suck i wanna hear the enginge wanker

[DeskFlyer]

Awesome video.

[zorrom46]

now i am sure i dont have what it takes to be a pilot, let alone a navy fighter pilot. these guys are no less than flying angels.

[docspec123456]

One of the best carrier landing clips I have seen until now.

[redbaroniii]

I flew off the forrestal during the 1968 med cruse, over 100 traps on that great ship. "A4s forever"

[gnxnational]

Did you serve With John Mccain? Thanx for your service! Were you on board during the disaster? I know Mccain was on deck in his plane.

[allensk]

McCain was in VF-74 and I was in the sister squadron VF-11. He made the West Pac cruise and was shot down; I cruised the Med after the Forrestal (we called it the Forrestfire) came out of repairs in Norfolk, VA. I had a much better time of it, you can be sure of that. Thanks for your kind words!

[sunliner59]

Not to confuse things, but McCain was an A-4 driver. That would have put him in either VA-46 or VA-72 at the time. I'm pretty sure he was a "Clansman."

[saybya]

I hate McCain.

[redbaroniii]

Through his best efforts he almost sank the ship, what will his best efforts do if he is president?

[Merlin161]

Umm...what are you talking about?

[allensk]

Hi Shipmate! VF-11, the World Famous Red Rippers here. What was your squadron? We had some really great liberty on that cruise. Man! Remember that?

[redbaroniii]

I was it VA-15 Valions, 198 carrier traps on the same cruise you made. I Crashed an A-4 on a cat shot during the work up cruise off of Cuba, then lost one in the drink south of Malta. After the cruse VA-15 converted to A-7's. Lots of great times. Check out Skyhawk . org.

[TIMMAXJETT]

allensk, thanks so much for the video. Brilliant work. My Dad flew Sea Furies in Korea, was shot down 90 miles behind enemy lines, was trapped in aircraft for a couple of hours rescued by the Americans. We was paralysed in one leg but went back to front line service. (They put a peddle in the aircraft that allowed him to push and pull with his good leg.) Retired as a Captain.

[dedmouse]

I flew on and off the FID (Forrestal)in the late 70's in an E2-B over in the med...great boat.

[bat21bravo]

I would love to have been alive in that time period as a pilot. Phantoms Phorever!!! Too bad the Forrestal is going to be sunk as an artificial reef in the non-too-distant future:( so we're really looking at some good history here!

[ServerMechanic]

Great vid. I only wish that I would ever get a chance to ride in a fighter. I would give one of my fingers to ride in one. Seriously.

[Soupdragon1964]

Great piece of footage, much better than the music! I think one of the biggest military blunders our (British) government ever made was to scrap the fast jet carrier fleet. Thanks for posting.

[bat21bravo]

Yeah that was a blunder! You guys must have felt it during the Falklands. In Australia we were stupid to get rid of our fast jet flattop, and its A-4 Skyhawks, in the 1980's, selling it as scrap to the Chinese who studied it for years before finally scrapping the thing.

[slrman]

Great trap! Know who was the pilot?

[allensk]

Me.

[treblinkalodge]

Carrier landings were never easy. Flying the 767 is easy. Pays more as well.

Holocaust Bill.

[Foxmc999]

what that music ?!

[boshuda666]

Top Gun Anthem by Stevie Stevens and Harold Faltemeyer from Top Gun a GOOD movie =P

[playallnite]

I wanna hear those J-79's ! ! !

[honkyjesus]

Awesome video, had to chuckle at the music.

[PostGame]

Cool vidio.But always remember. TOP GUN is one of the worst movies ever.

[clevelandstever]

was that a 3-wire?

[allensk]

OK 2 wire.

[allensk]

Two wire. Look at the ball: it drops in the last few frames.

[Celephais]

Great video!

[allensk]

Thanks. When life seems like "a pathless wood" I pump up the volume and remember the good old days. It cheers me up.

[patton303]

That's a great vid!!

The F-4 will be missed eh?