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That second F9F the straight wing one is bad

Yeah

UwU

How did you comment 12 min before the vid got published?

I found that so sad. That cameraman was probably a civilian, with no expectation of not coming back alive…

In the name of science this accident proved us that the cameraman isn’t as immortal as we thought

I believe that the cameramen are enlisted sailors. Every landing is recorded for training or investigating mishaps. On modern ships, there’s a room with a panoramic window on the island where the camera operator can pivot to follow the aircraft. On the Ford class the cameraman has been replaced with an automated camera system.

@@Big5ocks The US Military does have combat cameramen.

Only cameraman I ever heard of that died. They're usually invulnerable and survive anything. 😜

Cameramen*

why? 🗿 xD

They don’t die, they’re just rehired from Heaven.

@cod paid actor camera man

Yes there last words were "should we run?" "No we do-" A random guess not actual

I know I’m not being nuanced but you’d think the most powerful/best equipped/experienced navy in the world wouldn’t have these problems anymore

@@haydnw869 It's a very complex high tempo environment. I don't think there can ever be perfect safety. You can be doing everything perfectly when the ship takes a roll and stuff trades paint.

@@haydnw869 Be glad it doesn't happen more often lol

@@michaelmappin4425 yeah that’s why I’m looking forward to ai assisted landings, now yes at first it’s not going to be perfect or even reliable but if you lose an aircraft with a human pilot you lose millions of dollars and years of pilot experience, if you lose an aircraft with an AI pilot you still lose millions of dollars but all the experience is saved

@@haydnw869 You should see the others, the Russian carrier Admiral Kuznetsov regularly catches fire, breaks down, emits cancerous fumes and last time I heard, the floating drydock that was carrying the carrier sank in shallow water causing a massive crane to fall onto the ship leaving a 19 metre hole on the flight deck.

This should have come up on the news, that's quite a story! I have the whole Atlantic in front of me, as I live in Lisbon. What type of aircraft was it? If it was some single engine Cessna she was capable of doing about 70 knots IAS on Final. If the Carrier was making close to 30, no wonder her approach seemed so slow... Do you remember the Carrier involved, and the year? Did the aircraft eventually flew away from the flight deck, or was offloaded disassembled?

​@@duartesimoes508 I am afraid it is a dated memory. Yes, it was a light aircraft. Im unsure of what model holds what, but a Cessna would be in that class if it could hold a small family. It was about... 1970? 71? Ah, no. '80, '81. Some time around there. It was the USS America. The Pig. CV66. Home port at Norfolk, VA. I do not think the aircraft would have been allowed to fly off. Never even considered it. No way to take that chance. Once we held it it was not going to fly off again from our decks. Too dangerous. No training or experience. No appropriate tie down points. No cats capable of not ripping it to pieces. Some of the smaller aircraft we had were several times heavier than that craft and they often went airborne sideways. All we needed was to find the news not that we rescued them, but killed them. No. Stuff the thing in the hanger and lift it down nice and gently with a crane once we hit dock. Move it to the runway with no problem. They can take off in familiar circumstance. There is quite a lot that happens at sea you dont hear about. Best air show you will ever see. Imagine the aircraft coming in at mach speeds, the pressure bubble rippling, the blast hitting, ripping your clothes from the impact of sonic boom. Imagine looking up at the mast and seeing the colors struck, the Jolly Roger raised in its place. You look over the fleet with the Big Eyes and find the Jolly Roger being raised all around. Imagine running the Gauntlet, the rows hammering you with cut fire hoses, crawling across the non-skid decks on bloody knees, meeting Lord Poseidon and wife... the queen, and their baby, the fattest guy on the ship who wants your damn attention. Imagine swimming through garbage to escape the events and what rags are left of your clothing hosed down with salt water as you strip the worthless things away and throw the rags over the side. Imagine the Russians looking at a fully armed nuclear armada under the Jolly Roger, denying any allegiance to any nation and consider the answer before congress when asked if any US flagged Navy ship has ever practiced hazing. No. Never. Imagine a drunk sailor in Sicily being an obnoxious jackass in a drug store protected by mafia muscle. Imagine the sailor in the hospital, its two more days before we hear they think he will survive the beating. Imagine the frustration as the admiralty finds only a justice system owned and operated with no chance of finding justice. Imagine the Admiral telling the captain "Take care of it". Imagine the captain telling the XO "Take care of it". Imagine the XO telling the division officer "Take care of it". Imagine the Division Officer turning to the sailors shipmates and telling the crew "Take care of it". Imagine that store slowly filling with sailors. Finally just one old woman left and a very young boy of perhaps four years old. Imagine a sailor "Please, Per Favore. Grazie Nonna. Come, come, please", as he opens the door, gesturing for the last of the innocent to leave, the police on the corner, eyes opening wide at seeing the care afforded grandmother as the door closed behind them. The blinds closed, the door locked as the sailor looks out to see the Police on the corner, a grin as huge as a Cheshire Cat covering his face looking you in the eye. He stands now between the grandmother who speaks to another officer and the door, blocking the innocent from what he sees is about to unfold. The police there arent allowed to interfere with with family business. Imagine we had business to discuss with the family, and found their messenger. It would be days before they learned if the heavies would live. The heavies and the owner were thrown through the front windows when rag dolls, the shelves stripped. The store burnt to ground. The crew stepping out and strolled calmly away in all directions. Sirens in the distance. The police pull the heavies and the owner away from the flaming building. Imagine spending the rest of the week in that town, unable to purchase a meal, buy a drink. Its all on the house. No money needed the rest of the week. They hate the mob. The local gangs disappeared back into their holes, afraid to come out again till the fleet left. The heavies disappeared to make sure there was no more "misunderstandings". Crime plummets to zero. The entire city becomes one vast party. Imagine some bean counter back in an office some place deciding this guy owes payment for the rescue. Wonder how many millions that would be worth? We were happy to help. They were glad to find us. Again and again. Maybe I'll tell you about the Red Brigade some time. Hell, how was I to know that thats what the sign said. Roso, must be Red... something something Vino..WINE! Free wine! At the Roso something community party? A Block Party with FREE WINE! Yah... got it! Saw the signs all the way there. The Gut. It wasnt till I heard the speaker that I understood. There under the giant red sign, in a large square packed shoulder to shoulder with locals. Something familiar about the cadence, the manner of speech. I heard that before. I heard that... HITLER! HE spoke like that at his huge public gatherings! I stopped, grabbed by buddy. The sign now made sense: Free wine with the Communist Party and the Red Brigade (They had a hobby of blowing Americans kneecaps off at the time)! The guy at the podium now pointing at us and screaming American! American! Leaving was... interesting. Kind of like tunneling, ya know? As we tore around the corner back at the docks it seems they heard the riot behind us. READY! First row of marines kneels. AIM! Weapons aimed. Second row stands behind, weapons aimed The officer about to shout fire as we raise our ID cards, cutting through the passage in the ranks at a full run and the riot turns the corner behind us... and immediately melts into a hundred random guys wandering this way or that minding their own business as soon as they see the arsenal they are facing. An officer whose every detail screamed he is not an officer of the US Navy was so happy to see us, and sat down with a very large book of photos to see if we recognized anybody at the party. The United States Navy. Many hate us. Many more absolutely love us. A LOT you dont hear about. I simply cannot begin to explain.

@@scinanisern9845 Thank you so much for your reply Sir! 😃

Indeed!

But it’s Not What You Think!

I loath the smell of pancakes in the morning and have to endure it from my neighbor, day after day! It doesn't kill me, but makes me sick! 😨

@@duartesimoes508 I get nauseous from that smell, too. Not sure why.

The eggs, maybe. The most horrible stench I ever felt was from one single rotten egg. It fell on the floor liberating the Devil inside that attacked me like a rotten corpse, and I threw out instantly. Then I chain-smoked some five cigarettes and took more than one hour to recover. Eggs have proteins, so it's very much like flesh decaying. Beware!

Comparing playing a video game to actual carrier ops is demeaning to these awesome, actual, aviators and deck crew.

@@richardpark3054 it’s a joke bro…

@@A-Warthog-cc1wmSorry, friend, I guess I'm being over-sensitive. As a vet with dead friends & colleagues, I didn't laugh. I will try to be less judgemental. Thanks. No harm intended.

@@richardpark3054 nah it’s all good man, I can see how you can get offended man. I thank you for your service and I send your colleagues my regards

@@A-Warthog-cc1wm Thank you. Peace on Earth.

Legend has it that he's still in the air.

Yeah, he could use a Transponder! 😀

That second jump was like some Zion Williamson bounce

When your adrenaline is pumping and you are I fear for your life, you will doing incredible things. Where he was, had he not jumped the wire twice, he would have lost his legs.

What happened to the stool?

@@nursestoyland It passed.

@@grizwoldphantasia5005 rip

@@nursestoyland It was flushed as all stool should.

That piece of video is here on KZfaq somewhere. I've seen it.

That guy had the adrenaline vertical. He was waaaay up.

Our F-14 lost it's tail hook and went to full-power(FULL burner), but the RIO pulled the ejection handles. The aircrew survived but we lost the jet. We stopped in Bahrain about a week later and they bought all the enlisted people beer(s).

it not that bad, could been much worse

@@vipvip-tf9rw but the camera man never dies

What an ignominious end to TWO Rhinos! And to the Air Boss' career!

Are they though? the page is titled "not what you think" but like the last 10 videos they've posted were exactly what I thought

He is quite amusing. I love the slick subtlety of some of the jokes.

Welcome onboard!

Thanks, and glad you enjoyed it!

So funny forgot to laugh

What the hell you mean dude ? Several videos were as dramatic as the thumbnail, watch these one : 0:35 1:52 3:17 . Stop being a salty little bunny, the video and editing was perfect.

I also liked the up close and personal view of how a catapult launch was done. I spent more than 5 years on the USS Midway and never figured out how it was done.

@@richinoregon for sure, the new opening sequence is incredible. Not only does it give a more detailed look at launching aircraft but it's also a great callback to the original opening sequence of the first movie.

Thanks very much! Hope you enjoyed the vid 😃

Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed the video :-)

We lost an F-14 because the tail hook broke off. I had just gone below deck - I only heard the arresting gear pistons go about half-way through is full cycle, heard several metallic thuds, people yelling, ship turning hard, and me pushing everybody down out of the catwalk hatch close to the crane back inside. Yes...danger, unsafe, only for brave people. No sissies allowed.

Hehe glad to hear it, because this … What?! We’re you expecting to hear something? 🤓