Pitching Deck Carrier Ops

[JanetAirlines]

Great vid, should have left the music out of it. Can't share to group :-(

[kerryworld123]

I was on the Coral Sea on cat 3 and it was WOW!

[kblackav8or]

I'm sure the Prowler guys earned their pay.

[Dougie672]

Cool

[42j]

Nice Video--i been out for 20 years and that video gave me my "sea legs" back lol V-1 / Air Fly-3 and Tractors. USS Forrestal CV-59 & USS America CV-66

[The858Mike]

1:48 good god! it looks like he almost hit the tail on the bow of the ship!

[oicw65]

I had to put it on the deck no matter what the conditions

[AOEVT]

Those conditions are nose gear's worst nightmares. What's the typical amount of go a rounds before fuel becomes an issue after a typical cap; If mid-air re-fueling was unavailable. My Dad was on three tours and he said he remember the same conditions as the video but at night. That would be scary.

[bremenmx]

dude im runnin out of fuel.... shit aint cool

[berrysoftball]

No it looks like the shitty kitty, the painted tail one looks like the golden dragons vfa-195. Watching this makes me the days of working on the flight deck.

[stonercba]

@berrysoftball The Golden Dragons are VFA-192. Please don't confuse the SSHBBSOBWFGD's with Chippy Ho's.

[berrysoftball]

@stonercba You are absolutely correct, my bad. I used to launch both off of the waist on the Indy back in the mid to late 90's.

[ffifer]

that has to be the USS Midway to roll and pitch like that. I served onboard her from 71 to 73 worked on the port cat crew. Naval aviators are the best in the world.  Thanks for the video ... brings back alot of memories.

[5452347]

@ffifer I was thinking the same exact thing, I was on the Midway from 90-92 and those were every day flight ops. I worked on Cat 2 and did some TAD in Arresting gear. Thanks for the memories.

[mcintearj]

@raybieze What sqaudron were you with? Is this the Nimitz CVW 11? If so I was the flight deck Doc Aviation Medicine Technician for ship's medical during this cruise, I remember it very well. It is on the documentary "Carrier". I miss that ship so much.

[rsm2000e]

Great job - loved it- and those guys flying those things - WOW.

[titanium9000]

With a video this good, you don't need music :)

[minskimia]

shut this fucking music off you fuck

[RustyRazor2010]

@minskimia - Amazing how you can hear it with your head up your ass...

[michiganstopcat]

Ive got to ask you how you could see the screws come out of the water when their tucked under the ship quite a ways? Were you hanging off the fantail?

[RunningSwimmingMan]

Nice Video... Brings back memories... That's a Nuke Carrier correct..? I didn't think those Nuke carriers pitched and rolled quite that bad in such a non-typhoon like sea state... That ship is moving like the midway was in a Typhoon (well maybe not quite, but very close...) and if that is a Nuke, it has to have 30 or 40 thousand tons more displacement than cv-41 ever had...

[MrBrojoe96]

No music is better.

[Buggs411]

What carrier was this filmed on? I remember doing an airshow for local nationals on CV-41 while deployed in Japan. Problem was we anchored at sea, and waited for the air wing to fly above us. We bobbed up and down like a fishing bobber. I have never felt the USS Midway move like that before. To this day I still can't figure out why we didn't troll along at 5Knots instead of anchoring?

[robbyperez]

maybe if the carrier hovered while all the planes landed...

[gtc1961]

We had similar conditions on the Independence in the North Atlantic in 1984 but the seas were incredibly high. I don't see the sea state as being too bad in this video so why was the ship pitching and rolling so much? Was the Avgas sloshing around in the voids?

[robbyperez]

I just don't understand why they don't make the runway longer.... or have a net at the end of the run way... or make planes with inflatable stuff so they don't sink... oh heck just use lots of harriers...

[themick12321]

@robbyperez well cuz one ITS A SHIP THE BIGGER THE SHIP THE BIGGER THE TARGET IT IS two cuz the net is for when i damged aircraft cant lower its hook three tht would make them to heavy for take off useing the cats four harriers are good for alot but do the have sonar to pretech the ship from subs or can it pull 8 gs and still be able to fire its missiles my point is every plane on the deck has a job im sure if the navy could get one plane tht could do everything it would

[themick12321]

@robbyperez well cuz one ITS A SHIP THE BIGGER THE SHIP THE BIGGER THE TARGET IT IS two cuz the net is for when i damged aircraft cant lower its hook three tht would make them to heavy for take off useing the cats four harriers are good for alot but do the have sonar to pretech the ship from subs or can it pull 8 gs and still be able to fire its missiles my point is every plane on the deck has a job im sure if the navy could get one plane tht could do everything it would

[PJMastO8]

@robbyperez Could you imagine a RUNWAY afloat, because that's what you'd have to have. There is a net, it's deployed only in emergencies. One could consider the cables on deck a form of net for lack of a better word. Carrier ops are a routine, but dangerous endeavor. However, it means we can move our airport anywhere in the world! BZ to all the pilots, who may not have gotten OK's, but got back to the ship!- A retired "everything" driver.

[PJMastO8]

@robbyperez Could you imagine a RUNWAY afloat, because that's what you'd have to have. There is a net, it's deployed only in emergencies. One could consider the cables on deck a form of net for lack of a better word. Carrier ops are a routine, but dangerous endeavor. However, it means we can move our airport anywhere in the world! BZ to all the pilots, who may not have gotten OK's, but got back to the ship!- A retired "everything" driver.

[gtc1961]

@robbyperez because A) the the ship would be too big and expensive, B) there is a "net", a barricade, when they need it, C) inflatable stuff on planes is not feasible (helicopters do have emergency floats though), D) harriers are not as good as these planes...and, just to throw a shot in , these planes aren't as good as Tomcats.

[gtc1961]

Wow, the Med was never that bad....I guess once you get the carrier rockin' it kind of keeps on going. Can't understand why the navy now allows so many people on the flight deck during recivery, especially in dangerous areas. No one was ever allowed that far aft on the flight deck on my ship during recovery operations unless they were in a catwalk.

[drguffey]

What carrier?

[mebgone24]

ah i miss those days on the carrier. =-(

[italianbroker1]

hardest thing in the world you have to fly in so that it looks like your going to hit the back of the ship but it lowers and you land on the deck and catch the cable...

[coolsax64]

How about not covering up the real sound with this crap.

[Ralroost]

I probably would have smacked into the rear of the ship when it pitched up. Does that ever happen to real pilots?

[superzig311]

@Ralroost Yes, it's called a ramp stike...you can search it here and find a few videos.

[ericuskian]

That has to be some of the most gawd awful music you could have scored this too.

[raybieze]

@ericuskian Youtube made me change it. I didn't feel like putting a lot of effort into finding something good.

[Csabika30NY]

I had no clue what the author of a "Flight History" book meant by saying: "Each B-25 had to lift off just as the pitching deck swung up toward the crest of a wave". I never thought that on water these decks are moving so much, I never had to land on water, this seems like landing on a moving postage stamp.

[Tarten46]

To the clown down below talking smack on U.S. Naval aviators. The best thing about french pilots is you allways know where the bad guy is. Behind them. Cheeky cheese eating surender monkey.

[MadTarnsman]

I worked the deck on the old Oriskany CV 34 during a Westpac in 76'-'77 as a troubleshooter for VA-153, an A7 A/B outfit. I've never been able to forget those days on the roof.....the crashes....the guys we lost.

[bobbycv64]

MadTarnsman, you are a hero to me, just like the rest of our family who have served.

I was on CV64 Constellation 77-81 and remember hating those days, leaving the Navy, we all miss the life. I saw the special, where they sank the "MIGHTY O", I Know this must hurt.

Bottom LIne: George Washington was right, "you don't know HONOR until you have done your DUTY". Hang in there Brother, we have a common bond, HONOR, DUTY, COUNTRY. You and I have served the USA, the Greatest Country Ever.

[Avenger4201]

Scariest landing or takeoff ever is off a pitching deck or landing on one.

[vf74tomcat]

In the end he still caught the 3 wire! Nice job! I miss those days, was a troubleshooter in VF-74 way back in the late 80s.

[kayakutah]

@vf74tomcat

These guys, the troubleshooters, grapes, yellowshirts etc. are the guys who should really get the kudos. They are the power behind getting every aircraft airborne under trying circumstances, rain, snow, pitching decks at night with jetblast pushing them to the scuppers and then they get 10 minutes of rest on a pile of tiedown chains during 16 hour days.

Good job!

[vf74tomcat]

@kayakutah As a former Tomcat troubleshooter let me say thanks for the compliment. I loved working on the roof and would do it all over again if given the chance.

[kingneptune117]

what do you fly?

[kayakutah]

@kingneptune117

Don't know who the question is for...if me:

(trained in T-28/T-2/TA-4) RF-8G/F-8J (VFP-63), F-14A (VF-114), A-4E and F-16N (VF-126), A-4F (VFC-13, Reserves)...737/757/767. 

[kayakutah]

Did they rig MOVLAS?

[raybieze]

@kayakutah

MOVLAS was rigged for 2 weeks straight. OKs and no count bolters for all my friends!!!

[bmwnasher]

Brain surgeons of the sky the best in the world

[raybieze]

@bmwnasher

Fortunately we are allowed to miss now and then. Thanks though!

[bmwnasher]

@raybieze Watched some other videos landing at night on a pitching deck just magic to watch ..The US carrier fleet is one of the seven wonders of the world

[CrazeKillen]

@bmwnasher wouldnt say best in the world, but these pilots are extrmely skilled yes. :)

[bmwnasher]

@CrazeKillen If you could name another country with 10 supercarriers and better pilots i would be very grateful ..ps the UK does not have any carrier based planes anymore

[CrazeKillen]

@bmwnasher america has alot of stuff, dont get me worng, but the french, the brits and the germans are all supirior aviators. i mean.. its like comparing gold.. to a gold with a spec of lint on it .. both are outstanding but air to air.. nothing comes close to the french airforce :P there planes may not be the ebst, but their skill is unbelievable.

[bobbycv64]

@CrazeKillen

So correct :-)

British: Aircraft Carriers - they did everything - aircraft carriers, catapults, arresting gear, etc. - fact they were the first on carriers, no one else. BTW RADAR ;-)

Germany: Aircraft and Rocketry - absolutely genius - to bad there was an idiot running that country.

USA: the airplane at Kitty Hawk :-) Not the ship, how many countries have been ON THE MOON.

What is really weird - the transcontinental railroad 1869 - the landing on the moon 1969. 100 years

[authommo]

Amazing video. Thanks very much.

[dcooke1989]

i don't think a UAV can do that.

[zsifk]

Landing doesn't seem to difficult, it's the stopping that a bit of a bother :-)

[navyguardf18]

0:35 is lucky he didn't smack his stabilizers off the deck.

[iFloppyy]

drifting @ 0:49 ?

[ibnfe2]

I was in VFA-195 (same sqdn as the Hornet with the tail flash on the left) on the USS Midway... man, I remember those days. This is pretty mild, actually, The Midway was really bad after they installed blisters on her hull to counteract all of the deck enlargements and modifications she had gone through.

[KEEPitGREEN4201]

i would have love to see some tomcats in this vid they were ten times harder to land then the super bug because of the huge weight diffrence

[KEEPitGREEN4201]

US NAVY AVIATORS best of the best what russian pilot can land on a carrier in waters like that NONE..

[grympinski]

what a lose of public money

[QuadLogic126]

@grympinski You must be French.

[johns0075]

All naval aviators deserve all the reputation that is given to them and the some.

[GGRILEY]

This is an amazing video! Cudos Raybieze! All my respect to those in the military! Please keep them coming

[RioMo23]

Hahahaha!  Bolter... Bolter... Bolter!

[pilotjanmanpeterpan]

FREAKING COW

[spacestevie2]

I remember a story during the hint for the Bismarck in WWII. Launching Swordfish torpedo planes from the HMS Ark Royal which was pitching 50 feet up and down through the waves. How they got those guys off and back is got to be one of the more interesting miracles of the War.

[1969LEO1969]

woooooo..... some days getting on the ground is tough. Can't imagine if it was moving too. Mad respect to the Naval aviators. Who lands an airplane on a boat? 8)

[vmipiper]

Bolter bitches....

[johnTconover]

Wow, I never realised a carrier would move so much... I'd hate to be trying to land at night like this... 5 stars

[LiveAndLetDie222]

I hope that one day im one of those pilots =] landing on the deck in an F/A-18

[MultiWingman]

там где ты поставил видео с МиГ-28, так я тебе скажу что такого самолета в реальности нет... а там на видео показан Ф-5... знающие люди с тебя дебила смеются:))))

[DuffusAndDuffy]

imagine doing that at night in alaska during a storm like that...

[themick12321]

@DuffusAndDuffy they cant i think if they deck is pichting more than 30 or 35 degress they stop flight ops.its for the pertection of the pilots and all the peple and equitment on deck but the navy al ways trys to streer clear of any weather if they can.

[gtc1961]

@themick12321 you can't stop flight ops if there are planes in the air!

[Ishag69]

@DuffusAndDuffy Normally, in that case, theyd fly over the carrier and eject.

[waffleperson5678]

jeez! And I thought landing on a carrier was hard enough! This is just crazy!!!

Awesome!! :)

[Nickshark1982]

Fuck me! That has got to hard to land on. Pilots are amazing :)

[f18esuperhornet13]

1:27 geeze

[barkon]

Jeebus! As if landing on a carrier deck at all wasn't hard enough. It was sick when the stern rose at 1:18; I can only imagine what that looked like from the cockpit.

Kudos.

[Hornet85]

I'm surprise how such a huge ship like the carrier can move that much.

[cypris2002]

oh yea it does some times i used to stand on the bow and look aft not only you saw how bad it pitched but you could feel your self being lifted

[nic777morrey]

well you have to be old enough to solo, in gliding you have to be fourteen to solo so you can get it at fourteen, sixteen to get the actual license. but for private pilot's license you need to be sixteen

[nic777morrey]

I take it your a navy pilot... you pretty much have my dream job im fifteen and want to know how did you do it? I've already got my student pilot license but i've got a ways...

[blackhawkfin]

You think its hard landing on a matchbox, but try landing on a g'damn matchbox swinging up and down in waves that high. Respect

[thestignl]

respect for these guys. Its so dificult and dangerous to land a plane (especially planes like the F/A-18 hornet).

Respect from Holland

[Bdude129]

Just more proof that Navy pilots are the best in the world... Good job guys.

[Griplund]

Well done on getting there. Must have gotten those beer goggles off ya :)

[wtfidknoob]

poor guy he needs more practice

[hunsakerb]

Are you F'ing me? Try landing on a deck with 40 ft swings. Go play Nintedo Top Gun and "practice."

[swizzle92]

shit must be seriously difficult to land a jet on a carrier when it's like that!

[jaidrofire]

first you see your gona crash in the back of the ship, then your too high, that sucks

[Squirrel9901]

holy crap!

[athayuth]

Song's name please. Thanks

[GiGaBYteAT]

I was wondering the same thing... What is the song's name but i've found it.. :)

Finger Eleven - Paralyzed

[athayuth]

Thank you very much sir. :)

[GiGaBYteAT]

You're welcome... :)

[timmy3822]

A lot of the time you see carrier landings in calm sea's with 2 wire catches. This vid makes it clear how hard it is to land on carriers, I take my hat off to carrier pilots... you guys are really talented! I found it hard enough learning to land a Cessna 150 in a nasty crosswind lol, I can't imagine trying to do that AND have the runway move around in front of me... must play your ILS up the mad.

[mommyluvsnatalie]

Thank ya'll for everything ya'll do for this nation. Ya'll are awesome. Does the entire plane vibrate when you start the engines?

[IMCOMKoreaRegion]

I just did my first COD landing and launch from the USS Stennis - very cool... and the sailors on the flight deck were among the most professional military personnel I have ever seen in action - thanks for all that you do for our Nation!

[pilot1979]

check out :46 - :50. Looks like that hornet is falling out of the sky, but just the illusion from the pitching deck.

[Fshifty]

this is the hawk

[usnschultz]

I think CAF blew the tire out on that landing remember, it was him and dirty that were the only ones that could land that day...

[FroggyOne2]

Served on the USS America. Hospital Corpsman with CVW-1 and VA-34.

[rumpastumpa]

why were they all overshooting

[Cirux321]

Pitching deck. Makes landing much, MUCH harder. At one instant you are looking directly at stern hull plating and the next instant the deck drops and it seems to disappear completely. Imagine a runway moving up and down by as much as 20 to 30 feet. It would be like driving down a road and having the pavement raise up all of sudden then drop from underneath you. Pitching deck ops are crazy and often they have to launch a tanker to refuel the aircraft that keeps bolting or missing completely.

[bwilliam1978]

I was onboard this ship from 97-01 as an aircraft director. The flight deck is a SUPER dangerous place to work, but it had its fun moments as well.

[adonist7]

Would be such a cool job to work on the decks on one of those aircraft carriers!

[cypris2002]

i served on the USS coral sea as a ABE on cat-2 it is a cool job but very dangerous specially night ops and very long hours but we had fun

[drott5]

Hats off to those guys. Must be crap when you know you've GOT to trap, 'cause there's NO WHERE else to land. Navy pilots. I feel a hell of alot better when I fly commercially and I've been able to find out that the guy used to be a Navy pilot.

[MomOfSailorOnUSSKH]

the guy on the right on 01:10 looks like my son..............lol

[MomOfSailorOnUSSKH]

Cool my son may have been on deck then.