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Major Buong’s story is pretty interesting to me. He had balls to try landing a Cessna on a carrier.

The fact that the Midway's Captain didn't hesitate at all to clear the deck for that Cessna speaks volumes about what mattered to him.

I enjoyed the pause for effect after “S-HOL”

Pretty cool to hear about that USS Midway story. I have been on that ship since it is docked in San Diego and is setup as a aircraft carrier museum.

My dad was a navy rescue diver on helicopters. I remember as a kid asking him how they landed helicopters in rough weather. Seemed so simple once he explained it. A life saving device for sure.

That last story was insane and you told it very well. I think it would be a very interesting format for your channel, the telling of incredible stories like that.

Transporting to my ship, I was lowered by cable onto the moving vessel. It was quite a rush.

S-HOLE is the best mnemonic device in existence now and all thanks to you. 😁

I appreciate your longer videos :) nice to listen to while I clean up my room since I'm not really interested in war, but how materiel gets places in the military through transport and engineering is awesome.

this is a topic I have wanted more insight on for a while, thank you Not What You Think team!

that is an awesome story at the end where they portray that life is priceless. fair play to those sailors for ditching the helicopters to save the family

The Bung lee story is much more interesting than just this.. The aircraft that he landed on the Midway, was kept and put at the "National Naval Museum" which it is still at today!

That Cessna landing on aircraft carrier is an amazing story. Thanks for posting

The frigate in very rough sea is the Latouche-Tréville (D646), a French F70 ASW frigate (class Georges Leygues) . The footage are from the film "Océans" by Jacques Perrin, a french actor and director . The Latouche-Tréville has been retired 2 days ago and leaved Brest, saluted by 21 canon shots .

What a legend. Dropped 10 Million worth of helicopters to save 7 lives. Proably didnt even have to think about it.

Much more interesting than expected, absolute stunning footage!

Thanks for mentioning the Royal Canadian Navy's invention of the Bear Trap. What we lack in funding, we tried to make up for with ingenuity. I'm sorry to say that this situation has not improved in recent years. Those serving in the RCN today, at every rank, continue to do outstanding work.

My last job in the Navy before retiring in '99 was rebuilding worn out RAST systems for Navy Cruisers. Very interesting job!

That Cessna landing story is still blowing my mind a bit. I am curious what kind of repercussions there would be today, if a Carrier commander ditched 5-10 SeaHawks off the side of the USS Ford in order to allow an unknown to land on the deck. Seems like that would be something of a career ender?

Been there, done that...........it wasn't fun. Imagine landing 2 MH-53J's on the USS Missouri's helicopter pad that was designed accommodate only 1 H-3. There was no bear trap system and even if there was, we had to land on opposite corners to keep the rotor blades from hitting each other. One main landing gear of each helicopter was right next to the wire at the edge of the deck which meant, the tip tank was hanging out over the water. Me being the flying crew chief at that time, had to go out and place the wheel chocks and safety pins. The inboard side was easy enough but, I had to climb up onto the sponson (main fuel tank), then out onto the gull wing (holds the tip tank) and hanging my head over the side (seeing that the water was very far away) to insert the 12 inch long safety pin. On a later landing, one of the pilots (thankfully not on the helicopter I was assigned to) misjudged his landing and smacked the deck hard enough to blow the seals on all 3 landing gear struts, spilling hydraulic fluid all over the deck.

Good to see a Dutch ship in this video, had the owner to be aboard a ship in a outside of SHOL landing, it was aborted but looked spectacular. I did feel a little sick, luckily sea sickness pills were readily available xD

Mad skills of that Vietnamese pilot. Glad they made room for him and that life was more important to them though it did hurt to see those choppers being dumped into the sea lol

Such a Canadian solution to the problem. “Sir, we can’t land these helicopters on the ships due to rough seas!” “Here, just put this ol reliable bear trap on the deck and run a cable up to the helicopter! Should do the trick!”

Major Buang’s story made me cry

I worked for a engineering company that built Australian bear traps never got to see them operate always wondered how it actually looked on the ships

Go Canada! Also, helicopters are just amazing!

I was in the Navy for 10 years. The helo @0:21 is the SH2G sea sprite. One on the aircraft I worked on. I was on 2 frigates and can tell you from personal experience that landing can get pretty hairy even in calm seas. This is the first time I've ever heard of something called a "bear trap". Didn't have them. We had 2 guys (one of which was me) run out and chain them down as fast as possible.

I swear, Navy helicopter pilots got to have the hugest fucking balls.

I spent 2yrs on a carrier then 3yrs on an FF. Watching our helo land on the FF in rough seas and weather was something. Makes carrier landings appear easy.

I was a Marine company commander during the evacuation of Saigon in April 1975. We were embarked on the LPD Denver. There was a continuous flow of South Vietnamese helicopters landing on our ship. As soon as the people were off, we pushed it overboard while the next helicopters was attempting to land. They were also ditching along side our ship. I lost count of the number of helicopters we pushed into the sea but we ended up with several thousand refugees on our ship alone. The Navy took them all to Subic Bay, The Philippines where we spent time setting up a refugee camp in an area known as the Upper MAU Camp. The scene looked like D-Day 1944 with ships as far as you could see from horizon to horizon. Russian recon planes were overflying us several times a day. It was an amazing operation.

I’m happy to see this great Canadian contributions being recognize as it should! And there was a bunch of Royal Canadian Navy footage in this clip. It made me proud 🤓🫡🇨🇦⚓️

Canada never ceases to amaze me how proud I am. Canada rocks!

8:45 That guy's ribcage is definitely not in one piece after that.

I was on HMCS Vancouver and watched more than a few Seakings land on the flight deck during rough seas.

Such a heart warming story at the end. I'm glad the captain of the carrier saw through the monetary value of those helicopters and ordered them to be pushed overboard to allow the family in their cessna to be saved. Military hardware can be replaced. A whole family cannot. Good job Captain!

One afternoon I had the watch in CIC while we had the helo up doing ASW ops. The pilot requested we set flight quarters early. When I asked why he replied he had a "bladder over pressure light". The helo comms were piped onto the bridge and the Officer of the Deck only heard "over pressure light" and set emergency flight quarters before I could speak to him. The Supply Officer was the Landing Signals Officer and happened to be in ship's refrigerated stores. He had to race up 4 decks. He was not happy with the OOD when he found out why.

Proud that my country(Canada) invented the beartrap

We had a guy injured in a snow storm around Svalbard. The helicopter hovered over over our ship. And then picked up casper. He is still alive. Thank you to all rescuers.

I was actuality wondering what that circular mesh was for on the flight deck of warships, thanks for educating me

The captain is like I DON,T CARE HOW MUCH THAT CHOPPER COST I WANT THAT PLANE TO LAND PRONTO

The Canadian navy has never had an accident with the bear trap that caused a helicopter crash. In the 50s, the only ships that could safely handle helicopters were cruisers and aircraft carriers, The Canadian navy wanted to fly off of frigates.

Damn this is an excellent video. It's not only informative, but there's tons of uncommon video clips in it too. Thanks for your efforts man.

Worked with a PO1 who was on the trials for the bear trap. Told me stories of them getting called out whenever seas were rough to trial landings. Another guy I worked with told me about a scary situation during one of the landings where he was hooking up the anti static cable and the ship bucked and his head got wrapped up in the cable, only thing saved him was his helmet.

The guy at middle right in 8:45 almost fall off

Damn that dude had ONE chance to save his family and bloodline

Me seeing you using the NH90 in this video makes me smile. I just finished school and I am now waiting for the job application for NH90 pilot to open up again which will be at the end of 2022. Keep up the great content!

Genuinely mind-blown by this, wow. Great video, this is historical content I thought I’d never be exposed to, thanks.

Very informative video. I was never deployed on a small ship in the US Navy. I was on the USS Carl Vinson CVN-70. On a standard fixed wing carrier, our helicopters did not have any specific system for landing. They just landed on the deck, and were then tied down by the deck crew. The advantage of a carrier is that they pitch, and roll slower, and fewer degrees than the small ships. There was one time when I was aboard ship that a helicopter, an SH3 Sea King, suffered rotor damage, and loss of collective control after the rotor ingested the rescue cable. Surprisingly the cable broke rather than shearing the rotor off the aircraft. The pilot was able to descend, and hover over the deck using throttle, I presume, but did not have the ability to land due to the fact that the engines respond too slowly to power input to allow a safe landing. After hovering for a very long time, while a plan was devised, deck crew rigged a block and tackle to the deck, and then a crewman was sent up on the deck crane to attach the cable to the belly hook on the helicopter, and a pair of aircraft tugs were used to pull the helicopter down to the deck where it was then tied to the deck in the normal manner. I am sure that the flight crew had to change their skivvies afterwards. I can not imagine the skill, and concentration they exhibited hovering that damaged aircraft so precisely for what I believe was well over an hour. I doubt that any of this was in an emergency procedures book. It t feels like the sort of thing that a Chief Petty Officer would come up with. I am glad that I was there to witness this incident, and it's safe conclusion. It is gratifying to know that even in a procedure centric institution such as the US military, there is still room given to let human ingenuity and quick thinking solve the problem.

Never knew about that bit at the end, will have to do more research into the end of the vietnam war.

the casual humor with a pause after it is so good like s-hol

"Steve what the hell, you broke the damn landing gear?!?" "Garry, I said I would land it, have we or have we not landed?"

We had no bear-trap/harpoon in my frigate's deck. Our helo (SH2) just had good crews that knew how to operate in heavy weather in the North Atlantic.

I was aware Canadians used the bear trap and invented it. But this is the first time I've actually fully seen one. It's actually a bit more complex than I thought

Great video, loved the historical references

Nothing more fun than helicopter ops on a cargo ship.

Amazing to learn about yet another Canadian innovation!

I love your videos

1:09-1:18 I love how that Phalanx is constantly staring right at that Eurocopter like "Buddy, make one wrong move and I'll saw you in half." XD

Wow… I learned several things from this video. Thank you.

that last one was a tear jerker. Glad that major and his family made it out alive.

Another fascinating and very informative video. Although I've heard the story of the Vietnamese pilot before, even as a Brit the action of the US Midway's captain brought tears to my eyes. That's what you call looking after your friends.

I'm a USN vet.. Never saw a bear trap and I was on an oiler that flew helos everyday in every condition for vert reps

Great problem, simple answer. Beautiful.

Amazing skill and bravery, hats off to these brave men and women who never know when or how things will go from one day to the next , but they are always ready and normally trained , if not trained they improvise !. Very skilled valuable people, much respect and untold amounts of credit, I could not imagine being on a vessel during some of these scenes let alone trying to land a helio on one !. Impressive stuff!. Even with the newer technology still very impressive !.

This channel never ceases to amaze me. Amazing work 👏

1:34 you have no idea how happy I am to hear you mention us.

ships, storms, helicopters and drama (landing). KZfaq if you're paying attention, that's how you hook me every time. What a vid, good job!

I had a lot of questions, since I was a kid, seeing people dropping the helos off from the carrier. I was thinking that it was a movement of embarrassment, through the end of war. But now, all my questions took a very strong answer.

my dad was a navy lynx pilot for the dutch royal navy. they used a net and a hook. it was way more easy.

Fascinating history. Thank you!

Probably the best channel on KZfaq.

I’m confused by that last story. Why didn’t they just have the helicopters take-off and hover nearby for a moment then re-land after the Cessna did? If the note said he had an hour then that would seem to me to be more than enough time to get pilots (and even a splash of fuel if needed) into those birds for just a few minutes of flight.

Vídeo excelente! O piloto vietnamita tem cunhão viu!? Pousar um Cesna num área tão pequena... Parabéns pela coragem 👏🏻

Alright, this turned amazing pretty fast.

Loved this

You didn't mention that the Lynx Aircraft, in addition to the Harpoon deck lock system, also has the ability to achieve negative pitch collective control, meaning that the rotors are able to push the Aircraft down on to the deck in certain rough weather situations. The ability to swivel the aircraft on the spot is very useful for both take offs and landings where the ship can't change course to suit wind across deck conditions, and when weapons are loaded and you don't want to point them straight at the hanger. Unfortunately it means the main wheels have to be manually moved to the fore and aft position before the aircraft can be moved on deck as only the nosewheel has the ability to move under hydraulic power. It's called Toeing-in or Toeing-out the wheels and it is done by using a long metal pole (known as a Toeing-out bar, not to be confused with a Towing bar, lol) with a right angle fitting at the end which slides in to the wheel's axle. There is a spring loaded pin that has to be pulled down in order for the wheels to move and it seats when the wheel is at the correct angle. The Aircraft also have manual and automatically controlled wheel locks on all four wheels. The pilot can release them in order to spin. The deck crew can also work them at the wheels when ranging the Aircraft on deck. I worked maintenance and flight deck operations on the Lynx Mk3, Mk3S and Mk8 variants in the Royal Navy during the 90's.

I’m surprised they couldn’t just have pilots take-off from the carrier, land the Cessna, then land the helicopters again. Props to the captain/crew for helping him any way that they could though.

Your videos are always so fascinating and well done. Thanks for puttin the effort in brother!

Good stuff! Thanks

My mom said that its very hard to land it in rough seas very hard and she almost died that day

I was in Kiel this week and there I saw one of the modern german subs cruising down the firth. That got me interested to learn more about these subs. Could you make s video covering them? The whole thing in general or anything special in more detail?

WOW this is MINDBLOWING

this video was epic.. ngl

The cable trap seems like an unsuccessful attempt to hoist the ship and hold it for ransom.

You fucking Canadians are awesome! Much love from the US

Wow the "drop note" was incredible one. It shows how much human beings are willing to go the distance to save fellow human beings

Awesome. Just awesome. Thank you!!

I’m a brand new heli pilot. Bear trap or not, landing on a pitching and rolling surface with all the turbulence and all kinds of crazy aerodynamics occurring, will never be an easy task. If you have any doubt, go take a helicopter lesson on a completely calm day and see what it feels like to hover in perfect conditions 😉

Omg a lovely story, maybe that separates American navy from others, doing something because it is the right thing to do. But I would love to think all serious navies would do the same

These are some great video clips. I’ve never seen video of a helicopter pilot jumping out of his aircraft into the water to ditch it. Also never heard about the Cessna landing in a carrier! Would love to hear an update on the Buang family. Great stuff!

Surprisingly wholesome!. awesome vid

Every time I see one of your videos I'm like "meh, I'm not really all that big into military exploits and war" and then halfway through I'm always like "damn, this is actually really cool." The engineering and problem solving that goes into these things is fascinating stuff. I've never regretted watching any of your videos. It's all great, keep it up. Of course once I go back to the main page, youtube's algorithm is like "HEY, I HEARD YOU LIKE GUNS N SHIT" and I have to spend the next month being inundated with 'suggested videos" featuring annoying tacticool gear advertisements, war exploits, and angry, belligerent southerners shooting ballistic gel models of Hillary Clinton while they give ridiculous, Gallagher-style speeches about self defense and constitutional rights.

well detailed

Best thing i saw in a while, great catch.

wow i cant believe how moved i am by seeing them dump hueys for humans, and the cesna landing on a carrier was literally the cherry on top

Awesome episode!

Love this channel always learning something new

Such a good video, very informative and then surprisingly emotional :)

Lots of informations! Thanks.