C-2A Greyhound COD FS Charles de Gaulle Trap and Catapult Shot VRC-30 Providers
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- Опубліковано 8 бер 2015
- This video shows the break, approach, arrested landing, and catapult shot of a US Navy C-2A Greyhound from VRC-30 DET 1 onboard the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91). It is a rare opportunity/occurrence for US and French Naval Aviators to operate off the decks of their counterpart aircraft carriers. VRC-30 utilizes the C-2A Greyhound to provide logistical support to aircraft carriers at sea (including the French from time to time). For more insight into the C-2 community, check out: • In COD We Trust - C-2A...
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I did 4 years on this ship, from 1999 to 2003. I saw f-18 and this beautiful C-2. American people are great designer of plane, for sur👍😄
Very cool that the American and French navies work together like this.
Indeed but the French also bought their own c-2’s and e-2’s
@@blades4741 France just bought the E-2.
The French hate us.
Vive la France! They helped us create our great nation.
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Actually we saved theirs.
That is the best sounding aircraft on the planet. I could listen to those engines all day.
Imagine the relief for a french/US pilot in distress somewhere over seas, to know that you can land on a friendly french/american ship easily if your own ship is too far..! Bonus, you'll get a nice dinner and make lot of friends!
Unfortunately, British chose another design. STOBAR. Not possible for these planes to land on these ships.
I don't know if all American pilots are qualified to land on a ship as small as the Charles de Gaulle (42000 tons compared to the 100000 ton behemoths of the US Navy), but yes it's always a possibility ;)
@@tanguygodeau7106 It doesn't matter that much. The pilot is aiming for the wires area. So that's pretty much the same area size.
@@JoJo-vm8vk I'm not sure it's all the same size, especially in width. Plus, the Charles de Gaulle only has three wires, not like the 4 wires the US carrier pilots are used to. That, for sure, changes something.
I imagine that US pilots don't take too much time to officially qualify though on the CDG
@@brunodn9702 The British carriers are STOVL I think. No arresting gear.
Love how the launch officer _bows_ in response to the pilot’s salute ... very French!
The launch officer in the middle (white sleeves yellow vest) saluted during the cat shot, too....
In 1995, I was lucky to get a seat on board a C-2A for a landing on and catapult shot off the USS Kitty Hawk near the coast of San Diego. Amazing experience.
Jack Lizmi No one who has experienced a cat/trap is likely to forget!
Did you say Wheee....during the launch?
I was the CO of the C-2 squadron in San Diego in 1995. I wonder if I fly you out to the Kitty Hawk...
@@lnomolas3427 Ha. Probably. Do you still have the PAX sheet and weight and balance form?
@@jacklizmi Haha. Not a chance. You must have gone out on a Distinguished Visitor (DV) flight. Great idea - get regular citizens out to the ship and see their Navy at work.
The US Greyhound give us good support during one operation...The French Aeronavale need for long time they own Greyhounds, but no credits available for this...recession, regression...
Nice. Thanks for posting...first cockpit view of a U.S. aircraft landing and shooting from a foreign carrier I've seen. And in a Grumman bird even better!
R91 looks more like the size of carrier I flew to in the 70's. We would land on the 27 Charlies, the CV-34 USS Oriskany, which was the smallest carrier in the Navy at the time. And we would deck launch (without the catapult) to save ware and tear on the old C-1A COD.
Scary landing speed! When looking videos taken from the deck it doesn't look really fast. But here it seems to be approaching so fast and so high, untill it finally stops a few meters from the edge, it feels like they won't make it...
Thank you very much for sharing the vid ;-)
If you though that was fast you should see cockpit footage from something like an F-4 or an F-8... the C-2 comes in at relative walking pace :P
That's how I left the USS George Washington (CVN-73) back in 1998 for the last time that was the best ride ever we landed in Bahrain
Wow, you can see why the Charles de Gaulle needed to have its angled deck extended to operate with E-2C Hawkeyes. Even with the addition, there's really not a lot of room left to taxi after the C-2 (which is a development of the E-2) comes to a stop. Great video!
Thanks for the well done videos. I flew the C-1's a few decades ago, so I appreciate the memories.
kentom1 My pleasure; thanks for watching and we will have more in the future. Thanks for laying the ground work for an awesome community!
Une collaboration incroyable merci !
That's how I boarded the USS Forrestal in 1968. The beginning of the next four years. Thanks for the video.
That is just beautiful.
The French Navy is damn good. They need another carrier for sure.
Every country should have at least 100 carriers.
Yes they certainly do
Derpster debatable
the US should sell their Nimitz classes to the French and British as they build more Ford classes
Those countries could never afford to operate those huge (and old) carriers.
the camera angle makes it seem so much smoother than it really would be
Holy crap it must take balls of steels to land such a big hunk of a metal on such a small ship. I guess it is no worse than what A-3 Skywarrior aviators had to deal with landing that hunking beast on an Essex-class carrier.
ironroad Thanks...and yeah, the only guys who probably had a tighter fit were the guys who flew the 'whale' haha!
Comptines
@@propbrochill1772, how about Doolittle and his men with the Mitchells?
Granted, we know it can be done now, but at the time... I'm sure that the flight deck of the Hornet looked rather small.
@@tarnishedknight730, Those B-25s were loaded on the Hornet and they took off from it. Great feat in and of itself by those heroes, for sure, on (off:) that era flat top... Have you seen the footage of a C-130 test landings and take offs on the Forrestal? They apparently were considering that option before going to the C2A for COD ops...
@@truck57us C-130? No, no I haven't see that.
At first, when I saw the ship, I said to myself, "That thing looks kinda small." After the landing, I realised just how much smaller it is than an American carrier. It seems to me to be about the size of one of those escort carriers that can only use VTOLs and helicopters, but with a little bit added on the port side for the angled deck.
That was cool.
Thank you for this.
Another well done video!
Really cool video! And HD to boot!! Thanks for posting. Don't get to see much Navy stuff being 150 miles north of NYC on the Hudson River!
Nice video -- looked like a great landing.
Amazing view!
Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful!
That was awesome!
Much love to France from the US 🇺🇸❤️🇫🇷
just awesome !! :-P
A beautifully executed CASE I
If the Navy decide to switch for the V-22 for COD I hope they will sell their C-2 to the Marine Nationale.
Lack of credits... But yeah we could definitely do with 2 or 3 of those
Cool video
From my perspective. Love to see the Yellow Shirts at work.
I'm really disappointed the carrier crew aren't wearing striped shirts.
Now I'm on board R91 CDG. Cool
pretty neat seeing a us navy crew operate on French carrier.
Smooth...
Naval A/C, respect!
Dude that's bad ass! Didn't know you guys cross trained like that, but makes perfect sense. Must be wild seeing a French flag on the island during approach then Typhoons all over the deck!
Raphael, not typhoon I think?
These are Dassault Rafale M, not typhoon 😉
I made one launch and one recovery when I was on the USS America CV-66. When your coming into land,it doesn't look big enough to land on.
That is just fucking wild!
Классный пилот!
Yellow dog are so good too
A few differences from US. 4 guys in the port catwalk? The Airboss would be going nuts!!!
Красавцы!
Interessante.
Can somebody explain to me why the C-2 make such a short final? they pass over then circle around and only line up fairly close to the end of the glide slope. why not extend the reverse leg and have a longer final?
WoW! friends
@2:39 the Cat Grip...
That's a huge plane to land on a carrier 0_o
Did you have American LSOs for the trap?
Every country must be need a aircraft carrier.not all of it
Was probably like landing on an old CVA carrier!
I wonder if these guys ever land on Brazil's carrier Sao Paulo? A C-2 is a big ass bird for any carrier, but I bet it's extra challenging to land one on a smaller carrier than a Nimitz class.
french carrier is a little bit smaller than a Nimitz class^^
Fun fact, the Sao polo is a former french aircraft carrier, the "Clémenceau"
Wow. Very similar to US carriers.
There are only two countries in the entire world that operated Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carriers. That’s The United States with 12 CVN’s and France with 1.
The CVN Fleet has 12 Carriers. 11 on active duty. And one in the final stages of Construction. The Carrier fleet consists of 10 Nimitz Class Carriers and 2 Gerald R. Ford
Do you think its easier or harder to land the C-2 on the carrier compared to the F18E and Fs
+flandersrobby C-2 are larger, slower than a F/A-18 Hornet, so it maybe harder to land, even with calm winds.
+Captain Dagdo +flandersrobby I have never flown a fly-by wire jet behind the boat so I can't comment, but the COD is definitely the most challenging plane I've ever flown in all regimes of flight. It is a pig, simply put - but she gets the job done!
Do they still paint on abuse on planes from a different carrier?
French Skittles are always brighter.
Pilot after landing should have opened window and asked: pardon me, but would you happen to have Grey popoun?
Does the Greyhound have ejection seats for the pilots in case of a mishap on takeoff from the carrier ?
Jacobs_Rifles nope
No ejection seats you crawl out a hatch above your head.
Pourquoi l helico de secours n est pas en vol au cas ou?
Je croyais que c etait systematique
chester bennington il y a plusieurs hélico sur le charles de gaulle , mais oui c'est automatique , à chaque catapultage ou appontage il y a un hélicoptère en vol.
Looks about the size of the USS Midway
"Call le ball..."
Joe Chuckles oui
French ship very quick full astern.
It was OK. 😎
Case 1 pattern
it looked like a 3 wire
does anyone know what that object is at 1:14-1:17
That would be a large boat.
Ah, boats is boats, right?
show
Ze pilot. 'E make it look....'ow you say.....eeeeeeeezy!
Land as required. Stay for the cuisine......................
I fly Cessnas. He was going too fast............... I kept saying, Slow Down !!!
Sacré bléu, another french american landing. Wi wi
I wonder if they served "freedom fries" to the american crew?
I don't know why americans call fries "french fries". It's not even french! it's from belgium. In France they call it "frite" (fries) and laugh every time american make joke about France and fries.