Shocking Sight of the Largest Plane to Ever Land on a Aircraft Carrier

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When the order came to start measuring the C-130 Hercules in preparation for an aircraft carrier landing and launch test, engineers at the Naval Air Test Center thought someone must be joking. With a wingspan of 132-feet, few could imagine that the C-130 would be able to operate off of a flight deck only 1,017-feet long and approximately 250-feet wide. But the Department of the United States Navy needed to find out the feasibility of landing large planes on carriers for resource transportation. As U.S. carrier fleets were being deployed around the world to increasingly more remote locations, the existing supply logistics relying on the Grumman C-1 Trader were proving insufficient. Configured for carrier operations, the small twin-engine C-1 had comparatively limited range and payload capacity. To solve the problem, the Navy assembled a team of shocked pilots and engineers to figure out how to land a colossal C-130 on the supercarrier USS Forrestal. Given the considerable uncertainty around the experiment, plans were made to toss the aircraft overboard with a crane should it prove unable to take off again...

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@Randomdumplin 4 жыл бұрын

“Look Ma, no hook” Lmaooo

@gettinglost316 4 жыл бұрын

Oh how I wish that was still on the plane

@koitorob 3 жыл бұрын

Laugh my ass off off off?

@atomichulkster2304 2 жыл бұрын

@@koitorob he must have buns of steel

@craigw1379 4 жыл бұрын

"Two fighter pilots who couldn't even spell propeller". Haha brilliant!

@azisandwich 4 жыл бұрын

5:41

@maxwellclark6992 4 жыл бұрын

F-18 pilots be like, Landing with a hook is challenging C-130 Hold my beer

@MrPoe. 4 жыл бұрын

Whatever works lol

@brevenm958 4 жыл бұрын

"The Naval Air Test Center fingered two fighter pilots.."

@diytwoincollege7079 4 жыл бұрын

Jet pilots dont worry about propellers.

@dogydoo1098 4 жыл бұрын

"Look Maa, No hooks". that cracked me up, Sir.

@TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou 3 жыл бұрын

that one did give me a legit laugh haha

@raderosier1248 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting to watch this since I was aboard the Forrestal for some of these tests. I particularly remember the C-130 landing, stopping, and then taking off again without backing up.

@scottcampbell2836 4 жыл бұрын

We appreciate your service !!

@mathewwinney8036 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty Harry wasn't it... Did you actually see that stuff while on deck? Anyway, my salute to you!

@nolramagemo619 3 жыл бұрын

do they have rocket boosters assist?

@raderosier1248 3 жыл бұрын

@@nolramagemo619 No, there was no assist except for the wind coming over the flight deck.

@raderosier1248 3 жыл бұрын

@@mathewwinney8036 Can't remember if I was on the flight deck (probably not) or just peeking over from a catwalk on the side of the deck. I was a navy photographer.

@Studio23Media 4 жыл бұрын

The pilot was able to stop so quickly by dragging his huge balls of steel behind the plane

@FlyLeah 4 жыл бұрын

The ball friction was more effective than the arrestor wires

@GuyFromTheSouth 3 жыл бұрын

This joke is so old. Its on every video on youtube now.

@codered5431 3 жыл бұрын

Next land c5 galaxy on aircraft carrier

@MrKeserian 3 жыл бұрын

@@codered5431 I know it's a joke, but the reason they even tried this with the C-130 is that she's known for her ridiculous short take off and landing (STOL) capabilities. Even the Electra (civilian version of the C-130) was a favorite of an Alaskan aione because it could get into/out of airfields that other aircraft of the time couldn't even think about.

@jhonyermo 3 жыл бұрын

@@GuyFromTheSouth First time I heard it I stepped in dinosaur shit.

@brycepeterson1969 4 жыл бұрын

Landing C-130s where no C-130 has landed before

@Hidensee 4 жыл бұрын

Some 100m flat ground. C-130: it is free estate.

@johngalt2506 4 жыл бұрын

And that's saying something considering some of the places they've landed!

@GOWvMatchstick 4 жыл бұрын

Mars?

@allangibson8494 4 жыл бұрын

@@Hidensee If you can land a Cessna on it, you can land a C-130 on it...

@gettinglost316 4 жыл бұрын

Should see some of the crazy scenarios they put DHC-4 caribou

@markpaul8178 3 жыл бұрын

Last year my girlfriend and I heard a loud rumble and we both ran outside to see what was happening.A C-130 was refueling two Blackhawk helicopters ,one from each wing.I live in northern middle Tennessee.It was a rare sight and one I will remember.

@DANTHETUBEMAN 2 жыл бұрын

There is a good brake down of the Blackhawk down sht show operation on you tube,, talk about a cluster fux

@keepthefaith9805 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing 🙂

@markpaul8178 2 жыл бұрын

@@keepthefaith9805 Jeff,your are welcome sir.

@bricefleckenstein9666 2 жыл бұрын

@@markpaul8178 We get C-130s (and C-17s) in and out of the local airport on a near-daily basis. Grant County International used to be an Air Force field, and there seems to be an Air Guard detachment there even now. It was also designated (but never used) as a Shuttle alternate landing field, has a small "boneyard", does flight training, and spent some time as the US flight test field for that prototype Mitsubishi Regional Jet.

@planecrazy3808 4 жыл бұрын

Real Life: The C130 is the biggest plane to ever land in a carrier and holds that record Flight Sim Players: Challenge accepted

@alexblanco9687 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha, does it count if your entire aileron phases through the control tower?

@harrytjokroaminoto9212 3 жыл бұрын

CFG EDIT REEEEEE

@arandomsystemglitch2398 3 жыл бұрын

Xd image people start seeing the biggest plane thats on land landing and taking off from a carrier

@parodoxdoughnut2268 3 жыл бұрын

747 lmao

@noah_dpk 3 жыл бұрын

Just watch any AFP95 video for that one chief.

@LeRoux027 4 жыл бұрын

DOD: I want you to land one of the biggest and heaviest plane on a moving aircraft carrier. Youll have 15 feet of wing clearance, no tail hook and have to put the engines in reverse. Pilot: Anything else? DOD: Do it 19 times.

@silenthunter8254 4 жыл бұрын

Reverse the pitch of the props is standard practice when stopping the hurcs

@Enzoxvx 4 жыл бұрын

@@silenthunter8254 but not in mid air

@puremaga17 4 жыл бұрын

@@Enzoxvx Incorrect. Mike Patey did this in steep dive with his legendary Draco! (Videos here on YT) He needed a steep dive angle and low airspeed so 2 wing-suit skydivers could grab on to each wing. Outcome... Awesome!

@robertrichard6107 4 жыл бұрын

@@silenthunter8254 not while they're still in the air (that's reverse pitch)

@robertrichard6107 4 жыл бұрын

PILOT: Who's gonna sign off my Car Qual?

@gregwiens9146 4 жыл бұрын

The three best history KZfaq Channels (in no particular order): Dark Sky, The History Guy and Mark Felton Productions Q: Why aren't these guys in charge of the History Channel?

@rwcraver 4 жыл бұрын

It's a shame that History Channel ceased to be about History long ago. By the time they went after the 'reality' show genre they had jumped the shark and had no will to do serious shows. History Channel plays on the TV in the break room at work; everytime I see Giorgio Tsoukolas on Ancient Aliens I just want to puke my lunch. I miss the old History and Discovery and Discovery Wings channels.

@The105ODST 4 жыл бұрын

I follow all three of them proudly

@trent_k 4 жыл бұрын

Richard Craver Shows like ‘Dogfight’ were the best

@TNTBoom-gf3er 4 жыл бұрын

Drachinifel is also a good one to follow.

@FiestaAjayi 4 жыл бұрын

100%

@jaxsmith1744 3 жыл бұрын

Classmate of my old mans (USNA 56) and he was a legendary legacy Naval Aviator...Flatley III a true badass......

@vincentdorsey8545 3 жыл бұрын

I flew on 148798 in 1979-80 as a loadmaster when she was back in service with VMGR-252. She was a legend in the squadron. But my favorite was 148896...soft spot in my head and heart. Never underestimate the C-130!

@lesterbeedell9725 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to see the British given credit for the innovations to carriers, the angled flight deck, the steam catapult and the mirror landing equipment, very good!

@dirkusmaximus9268 Жыл бұрын

And the Corsair landing on it !

@Kevan808 4 жыл бұрын

Flew a few times in the C-130. Definitely a work horse for the military 👍

@izaktheron2852 4 жыл бұрын

I've seen a few of them around base, they are beats.

@robertrichard6107 4 жыл бұрын

@Kathleen Shaw T-56 GM Allison's bad

@77.88. 2 жыл бұрын

The 101st Airborne Division was jumping out of C130's at Ft Campbell, Kentucky in 1957, probably one of the very best aircraft at that time, we even jumped out of C119, C123, C47 and the H34 Helicopter some where between 1957 and 1960.

@NicWalker627 4 жыл бұрын

"You can't land that here!!" "Ahahaaaaa. WATCH ME! also, P-R-O-P-E-L-L-E-R"

@maxwellclark6992 4 жыл бұрын

BC Bob go to 5:41

@DARTHMOBIUS 4 жыл бұрын

Army/Airforce: land and take off C130 on a football field. Navy: Hold My Beer.

@compassioncampaigner3297 4 жыл бұрын

Very....very funny

@danielhughes5932 3 жыл бұрын

Football field is smaller that a super carrier flight deck. By about 3 times

@newton18311 3 жыл бұрын

I know this to be true, It was done in Vietnam,

@paprikaa117 3 жыл бұрын

Navy: well watch THIS

@monmonfiasco6391 3 жыл бұрын

Well Army and Airforce Strapped Rocket to Get the C-130 out of the foot ball field ...the Airforce and Navy Demonstration team still using the C-130 Rocket version in Airshow

@BrettonFerguson 4 жыл бұрын

40 knot winds probably helped if they aimed the carrier into the wind. Which I am sure they did. The C-130 could then land 40 knots slower with the same lift produced by the wings. EDIT: The one witness said when it landed the carrier had 40 to 50 knot winds hitting the nose, so yes they were sailing into the wind.

@MikeBaxterABC 4 жыл бұрын

Plus the 10 knot sea speed .. every bit helps! :)

@davidschwartz5127 4 жыл бұрын

All modern aircraft carriers can push 32+ knots of wind across the flight deck even in zero wind conditions with the power of their main propulsion systems alone.

@philb5593 4 жыл бұрын

Aircraft carriers almost always sail into the wind when launching or recovering aircraft

@audigex 4 жыл бұрын

Obviously they aimed into the wind: that’s been true since the very first carriers, it literally goes without saying

@mike_skinner 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately with strong winds you get heavy seas. Landing is tricky if the deck is moving vertically.

@TMJ32 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like I've just been hit with a verbal machine gun

@user-jx4ek6jd7e 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@galaxya7516 3 жыл бұрын

True..

@Jonconji 3 жыл бұрын

I think it’s fine, prolly cuz i talk fast so this seems more natural for me 😂

@gryn1s 3 жыл бұрын

and the comment section was hit by a buch of slow morons

@Yes-ef5sr 3 жыл бұрын

TJ32 kerbal*

@francispitts9440 3 жыл бұрын

Having served in the Marine Corps Air Wing and on a carrier when I first learned about the C-130 landing on a carrier it was surprising. I watched many different types of craft coming in onboard a carrier. It’s pretty remarkable that they did this with a C-130. But it’s an amazing craft and the aviators who fly them are very capable pilots. It’s pretty cool that they did this. I see in the comments that people talk about simulators and I laugh. It’s not the same. Doing amazing things takes courage and ability. Simulators are risk free. The C-130 landed because the pilot had huge balls of steel and the drag alone was what contributed to it stopping in time. Simulators lol.

@ChuckHickl 2 жыл бұрын

Same thing the old guard NASCAR drivers said about iRacing when it became populat amongst the young, up and coming drivers. Now those young guns have taken over the sport partially becuase they don't discount the advantages spending time in a simulator can provide. Definitely not a replacement for IRL experience but an excellent training tool that sholuldn't be "laughed" at.

@No1sonuk 2 жыл бұрын

IIRC, they weren't regular C130 pilots either. I read they couldn't get any air force pilots to do it, so a couple of Navy pilots did conversion training to fly the C130.

@AA-xo9uw 2 жыл бұрын

@@No1sonuk The air force played no role whatsoever even to turn down the assignment. The Navy specifically wanted carrier qual'd pilots. The plane belonged to the Marine Corps but the Marine KC-130 pilots didn't have extensive experience trapping on the boat.

@macs2765 4 жыл бұрын

I died when he said they called the carrier USS Zippo

@ovalteen4404 3 жыл бұрын

I got a vision in my head of a huge hatch opening up on the deck, a striker being flipped, and a large flame shooting into the air.

@TheMrPeteChannel 3 жыл бұрын

I'm the 30th like & ha ha ha.

@NavyCWO 3 жыл бұрын

In July 1967 off the coast of Viet Nam, the Forrestal had a serious fire on the flight deck. 134 sailors died and about 160 were injured. I was a COMSEC operator on Guam copying the radio traffic from the Forrestal. "Zippo" and "forrest fire" are used by some about the fire. Things were really bad when the Forrestal communicated with the USS Repose, a Navy hospital ship in Danang harbor asking how many beds were available. The Repose replied 150; the Forrestal responded “that isn't enough!” That was a terrible day for the Navy. Please forget about the USS Zippo and USS Forrest Fire terms. Navy Chief Warrant Officer (RET).

@whirledpeaz5758 3 жыл бұрын

@@NavyCWO That incident spawned a training video that is required annual training for all carrier sailors. (MM2 nuke USS Eisenhower 86-90)

@gdpanzer7333 3 жыл бұрын

"the largest plane to land on an aircraft carrier" people that landed a boeing 747 on a carrier in microsoft flight sim X: *PATHETIC*

@lucasbixley2325 3 жыл бұрын

C130 is bigger though

@gdpanzer7333 3 жыл бұрын

@@lucasbixley2325 but a boeing 747 is bigger in all regard to length wideness, and height

@peteconrad2077 3 жыл бұрын

@@gdpanzer7333 a 747 also would not be able to stop on a carrier.

@HJ-zn5go 3 жыл бұрын

@@peteconrad2077 yes you can landings starts at 7:10 on video below kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ic10hbiCrMm-nXU.html

@peteconrad2077 3 жыл бұрын

@@HJ-zn5go so you think that’s an accurate representation of what would happen in real life? 😂😂😂 wanna buy a bridge?

@johntaylor-lo8qx 4 жыл бұрын

Man this channel just gets better and better !!! I would have thought anyone was joking if they told me this. Gr8 work as always !!!

@charminbaer2323 3 жыл бұрын

Proud to say I worked on and flew on that KC-130F during my first enlistment and got to see it retire.

@SDPPPodcast Жыл бұрын

I worked on the flightdeck, absolutely insane to imagine a Hercules could land on the deck. Especially with no hook.

@EagleMitch 4 жыл бұрын

8:51 - "For it's first landing it weighed 85,000lbs." For it's second landing it weighed 84,999 lbs because the pilot cleaned out his shorts...

@bernieweber4663 3 жыл бұрын

I guess if the pilot dumped it overboard.

@AA-xo9uw 2 жыл бұрын

Max landing weight was 121,000 pounds.

@Soildus 4 жыл бұрын

Thats crazy. The pilots had to be even more crazy. Great video!

@tattrie17 4 жыл бұрын

It's not that big of a deal honestly. The pilots train first, iron out the problems, then do it for real. They calculate and fly by the numbers. If they don't like something they abort and go around, etc. But yeah it's still pretty sketchy!

@udontneedtoknow6816 4 жыл бұрын

Wow..... As a Navy vet (AM3 VAW 116) that was on the flight deck crew. I can tell you that am in awe of this. A c130 with no hook! Those were some of the greatest naval aviators to ever live.

@1953Johnnyp 3 жыл бұрын

By the time this got declassified, I was in the Air Force (Early 70's). The Commander held a monthly meeting and usually showed a short info film prior to his "talk". He told us not to laugh when we saw the film. People started chuckling as we watched the C-130 approach the carrier. It then landed on the carrier. After that, you could have heard a pin drop in the room. The base I was stationed at was Little Rock AFB. It was a huge C-130 base. I did avionics repair on the C-130's and didn't think you could do that! It wasn't exactly empty either. I love watching this historic event. It's no wonder the pilot got the Air Medal for this! (Should have got it with brass balls clusters)

@AA-xo9uw 2 жыл бұрын

"It's no wonder the pilot got the Air Medal for this!" Flatley was awarded the DFC. Stovall and Brennan were awarded Air Medals. Sieve was eventually awarded an Air Medal in 2004.

@briancooper4959 4 жыл бұрын

Every once in a while, someone needs a pilot to do something absolutely insane. Amazingly enough, not only do such pilots exist, they often succeed!

@understandingautism1389 4 жыл бұрын

I love this channel and I love history thanks for all the hard work!!

@americanpatriot2422 2 жыл бұрын

My Father served on the USS Forrestal during his two tours in Vietnam. He was there when they had the big fire. Outstanding video and presentation.

@user-kq8et4kw4b Жыл бұрын

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@Jonconji 3 жыл бұрын

“Look ma, no hook” That shit was too good 😂😂😂

@stompyrobutts 4 жыл бұрын

8:39 Put the propellers in reverse pitch while still 10-15ft in the air Ballls balls ballls of steeeeeeeeelllll.

@jayhansen5609 4 жыл бұрын

Not possible

@timhoovermusicman 4 жыл бұрын

@BC Bob yes,your mother...

@suzukirider9030 3 жыл бұрын

@@THEoriginaljmelford So the Hercs with 3-bladed props had a SHORTER takeoff roll than the ones with 4 blades? How come?

@bingosunnoon9341 3 жыл бұрын

They were joking. Impossible to select beta in that condition

@DANTHETUBEMAN 2 жыл бұрын

C130 pilot, you can't do that,, fighter pilot, touchdown.

@garypulliam3740 4 жыл бұрын

5:27 As far as not being able to find a C-130 crew to land on the deck ... B.S.!. The Navy never intended for pilots with no carrier landing experience to pilot this experiment. They specified carrier qualified pilots from the beginning, as only makes sense. Hence, fighter pilots with multiple hundreds of carrier landings under their belts.

@andrewtaylor940 3 жыл бұрын

The trick was they needed carrier pilots with experience in larger multi engine planes. It was an odd mix. I think their selection metric was probably more “number of successful carrier landings” than anything else. It was easier to teach a fighter pilot to fly a C-130 than it was to teach a C-130 pilot to land on a carrier. The Herc is legendarily easy to fly, whereas Carrier landings remain the hardest, most harrowing task in aviation.

@Phildo8 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the “Dark” family of channels! Mainly Dark Docs & Dark Skies bc 90% of what they post are historic military documentaries and that’s what I love especially the period starting with WW2 & up to the mid-late 80’s when they did all sorts of crazy tests and instead of doing those tests on a computer like they would today they couldn’t back then so these actually had to be carried out and like this 1 here regularly ended up with a successful test and the people involved going down in history! It’s crazy at 7:33 to see the Forrestal’s deck 100% cleared. It’s almost like it was going back out for her sea fairing trials. I’m curious if sometime in the future we will ever a see a time when the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy gets an opportunity at a carrier landing & take off? I would imagine that would have to be a new carrier built specifically around the C-5 to accompany her wingspan along with a new launching and arresting system to both push her big ass off the deck and catch her when she touches down!

@turbine6338 4 жыл бұрын

Scatter the deck, Im landing my gird. Just one word for when this happened "Amazing"

@norgepalm7315 4 жыл бұрын

Same line I tell all my women

@joekalipso 4 жыл бұрын

'Look Ma, no hook!' Classic.

@Sangrell 4 жыл бұрын

This blew my mind in so many ways I can't even count them.... Thank you for your work on this! Absolutely fascinating! No arresting hook?!?!?! Just incredible....

@safetyfirstintexas 2 жыл бұрын

No steam catapult. Even more.

@kiereluurs1243 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, pitching reversely while landing, taking without assisting rockets. All unexpected. Impressive operation, must have been fun to fly it.

@Knot_Sean 4 жыл бұрын

C-130: “Was I a good plane?” Death: “I was told you were the thiccest”

@Otokichi786 4 жыл бұрын

This tale has me thinking of "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo." (Except, back then, B-25 bombers were lifted onto the aircraft carrier flight deck, "bombed up," then took off into History.)

@robertrichard6107 4 жыл бұрын

We brought OV-10 Broncos over Atlantic for PG ops. Launched them off 'Super Kitty Hawk Class' to fly on thru Europe. They kinda looked like B-25's taking off and disappearing over the ocean.(No catapult)

@Comanchee0689 4 жыл бұрын

Are you referring to the Doolittle Raid?

@Arya-ov3ke 4 жыл бұрын

The b25 dont land, they took off

@charliebrown6161 3 жыл бұрын

If you liked 30 seconds over Toyoko, read Dog Fight over Toyoko.

@Otokichi786 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliebrown6161 Who/what's this "Toyoko"?

@Gaetano.94 4 жыл бұрын

Dark Skies and Dark Docs are my favourite channels :D

@williamturns341 Жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation about test landing and taking off of a C-130 by pilots with plenty of pride, integrity, and guts.

@greatgandalf5233 4 жыл бұрын

Hats off to the pilots of the KC-130.

@eligebrown8998 4 жыл бұрын

I cant spell P R O P E L L E R BUT YOU CANT LAND A BIG ASS PLANE ON A CARRIER LIKE I CAN.

@seavpal 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, that shows what a great plane the C-130 is, applause for the crew(s) that managed such feats.

@motorTranz 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning! Thank you!

@williamjavier1653 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing story. Talk about bravery, all my respect to the flight crew and the pilots. The back story at the end was icing on the cake plus the picture of the airframe in storage. Proud to be a war veteran and an American, our country IS the most powerful and free place in the entire planet all because of the men and women who live within it.

@garyhaber333 3 жыл бұрын

I served with the Forrestal carrier group back in 85-93. We unrepped her many times between 85-90, during the Libya campaign, and during desert storm. Great memories.

@Luke..luke..luke.. 4 жыл бұрын

My dad was a herc pilot. ♥️♥️♥️. Cracking video!

@paulm1690 4 жыл бұрын

Luke Molyneux Your dad was my boat boo

@Dev-In-Denver123 4 жыл бұрын

Mine too! Actually was an F-16 instructor for over 20 years but cross-trained in a few other aircraft including the C-130 the last few years of his career. Retired just last year!

@jimcottee8909 4 жыл бұрын

@@Dev-In-Denver123 My old man was the CO of 36 Squadron in the late sixties, flying his Hercs back & forth to Vietnam. Before that he was a chief Test Pilot on all the jets of the day.

@Dev-In-Denver123 4 жыл бұрын

@@jimcottee8909 That's awesome. Test piloting jets in 60's especially was an important job. "Do these things work? Idk, send him up and we'll find out!" Haha, that's awesome for your father though, being a test pilot is hard and challenging and you have to be smart to convey things to the engineers.

@royjackson9576 4 жыл бұрын

The pilot, James H. Flatley, was the skipper of an F-4 Phantom squadron later in his career. The squadron was VF-31. I was assigned to that squadron and Commander (at the time) Flatley was my skipper. One hell of a fine officer, one hell of a fine man!

@AA-xo9uw 2 жыл бұрын

Still sharp as a tack too. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z8yifZWHnbK4dac.html

@mikeesquivel4131 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! One of the best Dark Skies videos.

@parapsychologist5402 4 жыл бұрын

USS "Forest-fire" as they say in the Navy.

@MickeyD2012 4 жыл бұрын

I can't stop ROFL.

@SpaztasticTV 4 жыл бұрын

John McCain started one of them.

@springbloom5940 4 жыл бұрын

USS Zippo My dad witnessed this landing and was onboard when a fire burned below decks for 9 days, reaching the compartment next to the magazine; which housed, among other things, a contingent of Mk 7 bombs.

@kingofbeers5673 4 жыл бұрын

@@MickeyD2012 It was called the "Forest fire" because of the terrible accident that occurred during the launch of an Alpha strike off the coast of Vietnam. An airman using a starter cart cooked off a missile that slammed into an A-1 that was fully loaded with fuel, 500 pound bombs, and a pilot. The resulting explosions and fire killed over 60 crewmen and badly wounded over 300 more.

@robertthomas5906 4 жыл бұрын

@@SpaztasticTV The guy that had no business being a pilot in the first place.

@coramendoza7144 3 жыл бұрын

Remarkable feat by a well-trained experience pilot.

@h-leath6339 Жыл бұрын

That is nuts! I had to watch the landing footage several times as I couldn't believe how short that stop was.

@UnusualAttitudes 4 жыл бұрын

Wow- that was a great video! As a Navy C-130 FE, I knew they landed a Herc on the Forrestal, but didn’t know how many times they did it successfully. That’s awesome- great job!

@FayeHunter 4 жыл бұрын

Okay at 9:00 i really thought we were gonna transition in to some Carpenter Brut for a minute there

@Staghound 4 жыл бұрын

ahh a fellow person of culture

@Tom-nx6ev 4 жыл бұрын

oml lol

@majorborngusfluunduch8694 4 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for the drop. The drop never came.

@BlindMansRevenge2002 4 жыл бұрын

Man, those guys flew the hell out of that thing!

@sprout5199 4 жыл бұрын

The pilots name is James H. Flatley III, he is the son of James H. Flatley Jr. How do I know this? Twice, I was his driver for the Change of Command ceremony for the USS Flatley (FFG-21) the ship named for his father, the ship I served on as an ET from 1987 to 1991. I didn't know about this back then, and since becoming a pilot myself, I wish I did. He was very nice, sitting in front with me, while his mom and wife sat in the back, cruising down the pier, headlights on, two stars flying on the hood. Actually asked for me the second time around. And since all of you are watching/reading this, look up VADM Flatley and see what he did during his Naval career. USS Flatley (FFG-21), The Flatdog, Have Courage, Call Sign NJHF. Still serving after 40 years in the Turkish Navy as TCG Gemlik (F 492) . ET2 Spowart (ret) AKA Sprout

@kleiton__ 3 жыл бұрын

"Look ma! No hook!" Is fucking great, absolutely floored me for a good minute

@CA-bc4hq 4 жыл бұрын

“USS Zippo“ haha

@DRPowell 4 жыл бұрын

CA 88 - My Master Chief overheard me say that. I never said it again... until he left the ship! (CV-59, 87-92)

@loddude5706 4 жыл бұрын

"OK people, this job needs some 'can do', who's got the most 'deal-with-it' cards?"

@Redbikemaster 4 жыл бұрын

My dad was Com/Nav on the C130 for 17 years. It'll always have a place in my heart. It's the Leatherman of the military.

@babakbandpey 4 жыл бұрын

Your voice makes a plane landing as exciting as a ufo landing. Your narration technique is marvelous.

@jorgejefferson8251 4 жыл бұрын

"The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli. I got about fifty feet out and suddenly the great beast appeared before me, i tell you it was ten stories high if it was a foot".

@wockyslush3038 4 жыл бұрын

My dad actually met the pilot who landed that C-130

@combinededgeforging1726 4 жыл бұрын

no one asked

@roberthill3207 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet

@man-iv6wi 4 жыл бұрын

@@combinededgeforging1726 chill man

@andreworiez8920 4 жыл бұрын

You kidding? One of my Civil Air Patrol officers was the Load Master!!

@thegman0317 4 жыл бұрын

Why people get so butthurt from this lmao

@blockcarrier1548 3 жыл бұрын

I have crawled around that plane before behind the museum maintenance facility at NAS Pensacola. I was volunteering at museum maintenance while waiting to be "classed up" for aircrew training. Had no idea what it had done when I walked up to it. Ended up a KC-130J Loadmaster, so maybe that was the "moment" for me.

@ftswarbill 4 жыл бұрын

Great watch. Thanks for posting it.

@tacitblue1973 4 жыл бұрын

The U-2 had some carrier time as well, which is more impressive. It wasn't designed for rough landings at all.

@BERRYcompany 4 жыл бұрын

I would def watch that documentary on how engineers solved multiple issues and how the tests went.

@Armadauzbekistan 4 жыл бұрын

U-2 can land to the carrier? WHAT

@tacitblue1973 4 жыл бұрын

@@Armadauzbekistan www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2018-featured-story-archive/project-whale-tale-u-2-flights-off-aircraft-carriers.html#:~:text=The%20U-2%20was%20designed,“Kelly”%20Johnson%20of%20Lockheed.

@michaelleblanc6070 4 жыл бұрын

@@tacitblue1973 It was speculated, not really achieved.

@abkolman474 4 жыл бұрын

one landed on the kitty hawk 69 70@@Armadauzbekistan

@austinbernie818 4 жыл бұрын

MORE UPLOADS I WANT MOREEEEE

@deanbuss1678 3 жыл бұрын

That is really cool! I am neither an anchor cranker, or a pilot, but seeing this old footage makes me proud to be an American !🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@osmanrubio2507 6 ай бұрын

Flatly retired as a rear admiral and this weekend is his 90 th birthday, still going strong

@TheKilo0123 4 жыл бұрын

as a young marine, i flew as aircrew on 798, with VMGR-352... it was a great plane...

@dr.threatening8622 4 жыл бұрын

I got to turm wrenches on her in 120 from 02-05, same goes for 247 ( after she was a super F, with NVIS and flight station armor). We took F models to Iraq. God Bless, Raider

@HectorDomino. 4 жыл бұрын

Also, the Ballsiest man ever land on an Aircraft Carrier.

@derf5045 4 жыл бұрын

I mean... Really strong breaks and realy strong reverse thruster + ropes on the cariers... It was obviously gonna work Also remember that an aircraft carier is also moving

@joeschnoor4170 4 жыл бұрын

@@derf5045 they didn't use the ropes as it doesn't have an arresting hook

@johnmurrell3175 3 жыл бұрын

I think the person who landed a Mosquito without an arrestor hook on a much smaller English carrier during WW2. It may have been Commander Winkie Brown but that needs to be checked. See kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mp94ndGWlbWlZKs.html for Winkie Brown describing his landing

@AA-xo9uw 2 жыл бұрын

@@derf5045 All four arresting wires were removed.

@f4cphantom2 4 жыл бұрын

Love and appreciate these short documentaries.

@AkPacerPilot 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! What a cool bit of history!!!

@uum6 3 жыл бұрын

Air Force engineers be like, "Huurr huurrrrr... Big prop plane go BRRRRTTTTTT"

@macharper8214 4 жыл бұрын

The US military consists of some of the most amazing bastards on this Earth. There seems to be nothing they cant do.

@larrylobster9107 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, the US military cannot remove the current liar & thief, tRump.

@johnklumpp7901 4 жыл бұрын

Yet I doubt that they have ever attempted to test landings on carriers with the jet aircraft's undercarriage NOT lowered - repeatedly - as the Royal Navy have performed successfully during the early jet era!

@ianandjohnandmaniandreni9323 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnklumpp7901 Practicing crash landings is nuts. But doing it when you can skid too far and drown? Now that's a whole different level of mental altogether😂

@honkhonk8009 3 жыл бұрын

@@larrylobster9107 Trump was the reason the US military completely bodied ISIS while Obama was too busy protecting the US and himselves image while trump just fucking moabed them and allowed the military to shoot through civillian shields.

@honkhonk8009 3 жыл бұрын

@@jellomaster5629 We did lmfao. The entire point of the war was for the flex to dissuade other countries from joining the USSR. The US had no front lines and went only for kill count

@rb67mustang 4 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! An amazing video and an amazing use of a C130 and an aircraft carrier. I would have never thought it was possible unless this video was made and shared.

@larryramsey6090 3 жыл бұрын

Present Arms!! Proving that naval aviators are the best. Truly wings of gold!!

@hoplitecenturion9441 4 жыл бұрын

Shiiit that was crazy, these guys really lay their lifes on the line.

@MAB-nj8wf 4 жыл бұрын

Getting an A-3 on and off the deck, still seems like an amazing thing. Basically a miniature version of a 737...

@walterbrown8694 4 жыл бұрын

The North American Aviation RA-5 was in extensive use in photo-recon det. service with carriers of TF-77 on "YANKEE STATION" during Vietnam war. Large "Bird" - don't remember wingspan, but comparable in size to A3. Heavy & fast too.

@bobmarlowe3390 3 жыл бұрын

@@walterbrown8694, wingspan on the RA-5 was 53 ft. A-3's was 72'6".

@sincin9935 4 жыл бұрын

Outstanding!

@adamskikijowski9139 3 жыл бұрын

Phenominal,I'm gobsmacked.

@bartfoster1311 4 жыл бұрын

When I saw the first part of the title I knew it had to be a C-130

@BadAssEngineering 3 жыл бұрын

"After some notable Fires aboard the ship, the USS Forrestal also gained the nicknames 'Forest Fire' and USS 'ZIPPO' " LOOOOOOOOOOOL

@curtisdowling3773 3 жыл бұрын

That is truly awesome!!!

@SlingstoneGiantKiller 3 жыл бұрын

I've always heard such great things about the C-130. This video tends to confirm what a great aircraft it is. All credit to the crew, but you have to respect the aircraft that has this kind of flexibility.

@GalacticCoast 4 жыл бұрын

Such an awesome airframe. I was honored to hitch a ride on the Blue Angels' C-130 Fat Albert before the Wings Over Houston Airshow about 10 or so years ago. They put on a great show for us and we even briefly experienced Zero-G and they did a really aggressively angled short-field landing (which was part of the demo for the airshow also). Definitely was regretting attending a Tequila Tasting the night before although I kept it together (barely).

@ExUSSailor 4 жыл бұрын

Is there anything the venerable ol' trash hauler CAN'T do?

@baylinkdashyt 4 жыл бұрын

"No." And don't let a Spectre driver hear you call it that. :-)

@michaelmixon2479 2 жыл бұрын

Truly incredible!

@drumjedi5301 4 жыл бұрын

My dad served on the Forrestal at the tail end of Vietnam. Great history!

@Steeyuv 4 жыл бұрын

It’s one thing to land on an empty deck as a test, but imagine 20 F4s clustered each side...

@nickcorkery7663 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that's one reason why it didn't get put into regular operation.

@bepbep7418 2 жыл бұрын

This was a "Can it be done, if we need to" test.

@FPVREVIEWS 4 жыл бұрын

Just because the plane is large, does not mean that it's landing or takeoff distance would be any different than a smaller plane... I'm pretty sure that the people put in charge of the task didn't doubt if it could be done and just set about figuring out the details and optimizations needed.

@VercenGetorix525 4 жыл бұрын

Considering no C-130 crews wanted to be a part of the tests, I think it's safe to there was doubt. But maybe those uneducated navy pilots (I'm being sarcastic) were afraid some terrible accident might occur n they didnt wanna risk it. The current record for largest and heaviest plane landed on a carrier happened during these tests. That's pretty impressive considering it happened over 40 years ago. Maybe you're saying that some people had complete faith that it was possible to land a c-130 on a carrier though. If that is what you're saying, I think itd be worth thinking about how much money and time would go into just planning something like this. Not to mention that actually implementing it into regular operations would mean that those in charge would have to be nearly 100% certain that nothing would go wrong in the future either. Not trying to sound like I'm smart or that youre thought is dumb or anything like that. Just saying that I think you might be underestimating how complicated a monotonous task like resupplying a carrier can be

@kusikumpel 4 жыл бұрын

The weight of the plane does play a role in the required distance to land or take off, the more weight you have to accelerate the more energy is needed, the same goes for landing/stopping. Of course you have bigger engines and larger brakes on a larger plane, but the power to weight ratio is way higher on a fighter jet than a cargo plane.

@jeffmurdock7954 4 жыл бұрын

@@kusikumpel absolutely. Which is why , after the first successful landings, they kept increasing the weight.

@SomeDumUsrName 4 жыл бұрын

You're right. Depends on many other things: Thrust to weight ratio; wing surface area to weight ratio; and many other things. So, a larger aircraft with all the SAME ratios as the smaller plane will indeed make landing and takeoff runs that are proportionately larger than the smaller aircraft.

@StarGazelle 4 жыл бұрын

Can a 747 land on carrier then?

@armenio1947 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, excellent work. Thank you so much for sharing.

@fritzk3627 3 жыл бұрын

What a great video! Good job!!!!

@frankdracman3096 4 жыл бұрын

Is there nothing the " Big Green Trash Machine" ,said fondly, can't do?

@dougc190 4 жыл бұрын

@Alan Robinson that's not entirely true. I can't remember if this KZfaq channel or another one did it, but during the planning of rescuing the hostages from Iran a modified some some for vertical landings and takeoffs it's pretty interesting

@frisos8850 4 жыл бұрын

@@dougc190 Just strap vertical missiles on it))))

@AA-xo9uw 2 жыл бұрын

@@dougc190 Operation Credible Sport which didn't go well during testing. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLl2ncuI3JqofqM.html

@ApothecaryTerry 4 жыл бұрын

Feels like the number of ads on these "Dark" channel videos is increasing exponentially...

@RaoulThomas007 4 жыл бұрын

Herc’s drink a lot of fuel!

@ApothecaryTerry 4 жыл бұрын

@@RaoulThomas007 True, but the guy telling us about them doesn't...hopefully...although we've never seen his face. Perhaps he's a robot who drinks fossil fuels? Either way, the ads are a little OTT considering the length of videos- I'm comparing to other vaguely similar channels I watch like Mark Felton, Curious Droid, Zepherus, Mustard, etc. Not expecting everyone to be like Drachinifel and have 0 ads while seemingly putting more work into his channel than anyone...crazy man (and a legend).

@MikeJones-ev1yn 3 жыл бұрын

Totally awesome!! 😊👍

@terryrussel3369 4 жыл бұрын

I remember Ol' Zippy. Heard the horror stories from a photographer's mate assigned to that investigation. Spent one shore duty at VC-3 NAS North Island in the early 1970's which were providing target drones for training and fleet operations. Our two C-130A's were equipped as airborne launch platforms. MQM and BQM pilotless R.C. models that could exceed the sound barrier. The old girls were quirky in their old age. Our assistant maintenance officer was forever looking for parts at the bone yard. He told us the story about putting JATO on a Hercules and was a witness to these carrier operations.