Whale casting her shadow over the wavy ocean... These classix R the a/c when the USN found herself in a jet-capable relative comfort zone, just beautiful 💜.

Egbert, this film was made in 1955. I served aboard Hanna in 1970-71. There were A-3’s aboard then & they had no problems taking off or landing.

USS Ranger is CV-61. CV-16 is USS Lexington. This footage is shot aboard USS Hancock CVA-19. Keep up the great work.

Good catch!

Great video.

This can`t be from 1955, Hancock didn`t have an angled deck then. This is more like 1960.

Ha...I knew you were just testing me.

War thunder videos lead to this being recommended to me. noice.

Yikes, mirror on the right side..challenging....

Saw several A-3s getting punched off around 1:25 but, sure as hell, didn't see them land! Wonder how tose whales got on board in the first place; they probably had to be hoisted and I don't think they had too many carrier deployments before they were restricted to land-based ops only?? And any pilot who would even attempt an arrested landing in an A-3 would deserve hazardous duty pay, before his court-martial!

The sound of a ships radar.