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S&A - Aircraft Carrier Approach and Landing at Night

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Uploaded by on Mar 31, 2008

Footage from the movie Speed&Angels where you see 2 pilots landing on a aircraft carrier by night for the first time.

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  • @Rijelthelovefool but they both went on to fly hornets or so i'm led to believe, better to have flown it for a year than not it all. Great movie by the way, both Jay and Megan are very inspirational people.

  • Love how she only got to fly it for what 1 year? not including training

  • Rio looks hot when she speaks "600..700.." under the breathing mask !

  • @burner12 Burner sorry , I have been away from Youtube for a while and missed your question. The VVI shows the pilot how fast the aircraft is climbing or falling per minute.The number that the RIO is calling out is the descent rate of about 700 feet per minute. So at 700 feet per minute, you are falling about 12 feet per second. This allows for a firm landing so the gear absorbs alot of the energy and speed. At 750 feet oer minute or higher there is a risk of gear damage / collapse.

  • Who knew that the tip of the spear was a woman.

  • I noted that stuff at the beginned that the US Navy are the on air force in the world that land on carriers at night. Not completley true. The British Royal Navy do it also just in the Harrier in VSTOL mode and not full free flight.

  • Megan (chic pilot) acts more manly than that tan dude, I really wonder how guys like that become navy pilots.

  • @faabound So that exactly means what in basic terms if you don't mind?

  • With the angle of the landing area, it seems that every landing on an aircraft carrier is a crosswind landing. Is that right? Navy guys?

  • @faabound Thanks for clearing that up. I would think that if their airspeed is right and their approach angle is right, that their vertical speed is going to be right. However, I watch vertical speed as much as the ILS indicators when I flight sim. The proper vertical speed is going to have you riding a rail down the ILS.

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