F/A-18 Hornet carrier crash at night
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i was born in 1996.......that time i was 9 months old...
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I am very happy when I see the pilots eject! It's mean that they may be Okay!
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rampstrike
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hit the back of the boat.
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Ordieman - with all due respect, this is a Hornet rampstrike on the USS Lincoln on Dec 4, 1996. Look at the date on the platt tape. The deck was 30 up/30 down and wind was up to 40+ if I recall correctly (vs 28 kts on an ideal night). I watched it from my cockpit still turning at the base of the Crow's Nest. The best thing that happened that night was our pilot survived the crash. As an LSO, we watched thousands of passes, but its amazing how fast one can go bad.....
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The video is below average to say the least, to short. it could have been a Cessna 172 and you wouldnt know the difference from this video.
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Bahahahaha. That's what it gets for replacing the F-14!
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This is an F-14, not an F-18
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Hey all still reviewing this and found more videos of this F-18 crash one a home vidoe and the other from approach cameras both labled under name f 18 ramp strike so please all you wanna be experts putting out your two cents do your homework first like I did and know what you are talking about. Once again thanks for hearing my own two cents
AO1 "BIFF" Jansen
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Alot of comments about what type it was. Those that said F-14 sorry you are wrong. I was there for that F-14 crash and found the video of that crash. you can view it on youtube search "f14crash" This video isnt the greatest and is cut short but does show 1 ejection and wreckage did go off the angledeck A/C 105 wreck stayed onboard ,,, haha well most of it the front cockpit slid off the angledeck as the pilot and rio ejected. just my 2 cents
AO1 (AW) Jansen retired USN
See what happens when you text while carrier landing? Sheesh!
wanageeska 2 years ago 15
Sucks to be that guy, but atleast I saw him punch out. Amazing the pilot was still able to reach the handles after an impact like that.
Kopihucky 3 years ago 3