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F18 - Wild Carrier Landing

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Uploaded by on Jun 9, 2006

Video of a F18 almost crashing while landing in a carrier.

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  • type in "ski crashes" in the youtube search and click the video with stars in the title to be shocked!

  • Anybody can land on a carrier with a tailhook. But a carrier trap with your wingtip missle rail? Totally wicked hardcore. Go navy!

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  • Hey at least the crew can be happy the arresting cable was awesome.

  • @Robbob9933 I agree, most are very well controlled, thats why i still prefer to call them landings, granting credit to these most skillful pilots. Surely sometimes there are slip-ups - i understand what you mean.

  • @RohitOnUTube1 All carrier landings are crashes. Some are just more controlled than others.

  • Better than I could do.....

  • this happened on the uss john f kennedy 1997 work ups

  • Almost crashing!?!?!?  it is a CRASH !!

  • @kulcousy no he's saying right for lineup as in go right

  • he should have ignored the "right for lineup" I'd say

  • @Anubis78250 Carrier aviators can't just "abort" (called a waveoff) their pass. One of the rules to live by is never take your own waveoff.

    If you listen closely he gets a "right for lineup" call at the ramp which is why his right wing dipped so the pilot actually did everything he was supposed to except his correction was just too much.

  • @EMS8643 Looks like he was sliding a little right then corrected left, either over-corrected, or caught a wind gust at just the wrong time.

    When the aircraft hits the deck the right wingtip touches down at the same time as the right gear, because the pilot rolled to far right trying to correct for the sudden gust/overcorrection.

    As soon as he caught what appeared to be a gust from the right side of the aircraft he "should" have aborted, but we're talking a split second reaction.

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