E-2C Hawkeye Night Carrier Landing
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2014
- Night carrier arrested landing. Well, almost night. A "pinky" good deal for my last night trap with the squadron. With comms and captions. And plat camera from about a mile. Pilot in the left seat is pilot at the controls (and wearing the camera). Pilot in the right seat is handling checklists, radio calls, and coordination with the CIC crew.
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I was an enlisted aircrewman radar operator in E2-Cs, VAW 124, 1974 through 1978 aboard the USS America. I had 222 traps, double centurion. No question Navy pilots are incredible. Many of the flights I was on were at night, often in very bad weather and they always got us back safe and sound. Once on a daytime flight we had to shut down an engine (chip light) over the Med near Crete and we landed with one engine, no chance for a bolter if the XO missed a wire. He didn’t. Another night late, windy, rainy, nasty, our pilot, Lt. xxxxx had several bolters in a row, at least three. No in flight refueling for the E2, too far from any bingo opportunity, it was either land or ditch (gulp!) He finally brought us home safely. I remember when we got back to the ready room he could barely hold his cigarette in his shaking hand. Don’t misinterpret, he was a true professional and brought a very large plane safely back on the pitching deck in terrible weather with five guys on board. The E2 is normally launched first, stays up for a double cycle (about 4 hours) and traps last. Great airplane, great pilots, great fun.
Thank you for your service Sir. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Salute from an RC-135 zoomie.
Great stories. There is nothing like the adrenaline of flying at night. I can tell you miss it. Thank you for your service sir.
Awesome info
Sir, do you remember the name of the XO who landed with one engine in the Med? (My dad was a Hawkeye pilot at that time and lost an engine in the Med due to one of the prop blades flying off, resulting in torquing off the remaining prop assembly, and cutting electrical and hydraulic lines across the top of the fuselage).
Why did I watch this and I felt like I was in the cockpit with those guys and I was happy that we made it aboard. Lol
Because the video was from the perspective of the cockpit??????
Not as happy as they were.
Night carrier landings are the truest test whether you can function smoothly and precisely despite the stress of the moment. On an overcast night you lose the ability to gauge whether your wings are level since there is no visible horizon. This causes difficulty maintaining centerline alignment. Testing done on Navy pilots with Holter monitors that measure stress found that pilots experience higher stress levels making night traps than they do in combat.
The E-2 is very challenging as the 80' wing span and slow approach speed makes the aircraft very susceptible to dropping below the glide path as it enters the low pressure area immediately behind the ship. Over controlling this tendency sets you up for a bolter (overfly the wires and have to come around and try it again.) Under controlling sets you up for a ramp strike.
I landed 4 different aircraft types on the "boat" and taught students to make their first carrier landings as a Landing Signal Officer (LSO). The E-2 was the last aircraft I flew in the fleet. A great honor!
1 potato, 2 potato, lights are off!
Awesome, brings back a lot of memories, used to fly E2C Hawkeyes... VAW-121 the Griffins aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower... back in the day was involved in both Operation Eagle Claw and Operation Urgent Fury!
I was with VAW-121 on Ike, 77-80. Made Ike's first med cruise.
Thank you for your service, gentlemen.
My stepfather was an air traffic controller in the Navy for 30 years.
@@christenn32 I'll 2nd that !
@@vicbuisset5586@Moogy Fried I was AIMD for the final cruise onboard Coral Sea working RADCOM benches for VAW-127. After the cruise we sent one of our benches to the Ike and I wound up TAD over there for about 2 months. 2 completely different worlds going from USS Coral Sea, a midway class to the Ike.
I'm Air Force all the way, but I do admire what the Navy pilots do as routine. Good job!
Aviators. Naval Aviators.
Navy pilots are something different
Pink landings count as night landings...get them when you can. Great job! Hard plane to land with such a large wing span. E-2 pilots are bad to the bone. Thanks for posting it
@Capt_ CJ zdx o. .
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C2 Hawkeye. Wingspan 18 feet 3.75 inches
@@TXARNGarmy100 its 90 feet
Think they call those landings 'duskers' in the Royal Navy: used as a work up to full night ops.
Glad we got you guys on our side.
Great video. My father Cmdr Brook flew the first E2 out to the KittyHawk back in the 60's. Very accomplished aviator. Between Korean War and VN had over 600 carrier landings.
Spent 20+ a couple of days in the navy -- 4 years of carrier service -- and these pilots STILL amaze me. I was a blackshoe but as a twiget I got more than my share of topside views and I still marvel at what these guys and gals can do. No other country even comes close to doing the stuff these folks do (and we did) every day. Now with the tech we have and these aircrew allowing us to see what they do with these new cameras or gopros or whatever .... it's even more amazing. Thanks, sir or madam, for posting these for us.
Professionals at work - cool video! Love the Hawkeye - eye of the fleet!
Sounds like Deuce in the right seat! Thank you for posting! Fun for the kids and I to watch.
hugely impressive, making it sound like a walk in the park.
COOL! Love to watch all of this; also EXTREMELY proud of all of our military men and women! Forever grateful, my heroes.
He absolutely nailed it.Right between the cross-hairs.Nice job!
Thanks for posting this great video! I've never landed on or been on an aircraft carrier, but I would think that landing would be considered textbook perfect.
Being a Radar Operator on these was a blast. I sure miss it!!
Great CRM. Well done gents.
My Dad had a handful of night landings on the Cowpens (CVL-25); June '43 - August '44, flying an Avenger. I CAN'T even...
Mad props to the whole crew!
Haha "Props"
I love the PLAT, i can't get enough of that stuff.
Damn I love this kind of stuff! Thank you for the upload!
What a fantastic video! They are so cool and professional.
Outstanding. Extremely impressive pilots!
That;...was something else! I'm not sure if I would want a ride in a spare seat though 😏. Great stuff guys!
Awesome vid. Felt ‘SEAT’ real and doesn’t get any better WITHOUT flying it..
Nice job. Did this many times in an A4. Nights are the best. Sweaty hands and all.
There are lots of launch videos. This is the first landing I've seen from the cockpit view. Thanks.
Dark is dark my man....Love it. :)
That was pretty! Nice job, Bluetail!
I stood on the Eagles Nest on TR 71 many nights watching night ops. Balls of concrete. Nerves of steel. Especially the first carried quals of a deployment. Lots of rust to shake off and many new pilots just getting blooded for the first time. Doing it in daylight is hard enough, but at night with a moving ship and winds? Like I said, balls of concrete.
i was very anxious watching this, i cant imagine doing it. i had an uncle that was a WWII fighter pilot in the Pacific he flew off the USS LEXINGTON. he talked a little about carrier takeoff and landings.
Darn good job. An extended member of the family here flew the C2 for 8 years, stepped out of that right into a seat with FedX
Good for him/her!
I love this. Prog Phlyer 1977-1981. USMC HMM-163 We had polaroid cameras!
WOW! Balls of steel. Great landing.
Only one word! Fantastic....
That was nice. Pros at work.
Totally professional. Respect.
There's nothing like hitting the traps in an C-2/E-2 truly the best carrier pilots in the game because the pilot is doing all the work NO FLY BY WIRE COMPUTER TO HELP. All stick, rudders, and powerlevers. FLY NAVY
Thanks for yours services ladys and gentlemen, kool thanks BigAl California.
I haven't worked the deck in 9 years. I still have nightmares that I can't find my yellow wands and the sun's way gone.
what do the yellow wands do?
@@edwin3928ohd aircraft taxi directions at night. During the day we only use our hands.
I'll sleep a little more snug tonight. Thank Yall, again and again.
Beautiful landing!
These guys are amazing
My first squadron was with E-2's at NAS Miramar '76-'80. I was Plane Captain the whole time, loved it.
Those props are far more dangerous than pure jets, best have your brain turned on around them.
113 Miramar 75-77🇺🇸
VAW 110 Miramar, 85-89. Go Firebirds!
These pilots make it look so easy , threading a needle in the dark . Nice job
Damn clean landing, rite there!
Wow! I’m a ex AF ramp guy and I’m always fascinated at the Navy Flyers because of their unique abilities. If I’m ever reborn I’m going to Navy Flight school🙏🙏👍🏻
Greatn pilots make great landings....
:-)
From Brussels, with Love...
That was great thanks!
Beautiful. 👏👏👏👏👏
Awesome, I am sure these pilots are the cream of the crop.
I love that calm almost cowboy speak they use.
No nonsense, professional communications. Some levity only after a safe trap.
Oh how neat, I was onboard that big ol girl at this time! So awesome!
this is the stuff I love to see
That was cool. Thanks for sharing.
VAW-121. My dad used to work with those guys. Really cook seeing one of the planes he worked on in this video
What time period and what's his name, I was also in VAW-121 during the Iranian crisis?
Dark is dark my man! Awesome.
Bet that was a big "OK" underlined there. No adjustments from paddles at all!
Shannon Linquist, It was like he was on rails from the start, all the way to trap.
U.S. NAVY PILOTS, BRAVO ALPHA!
Naval Aviators > Pilots !!
Great skills - i have trouble parking my car in daylight let alone do that stuff at twilight at such speeds.
Enjoyed the video! I got 85 traps on the Eisenhower in an E-2 back in 1998. Miss the flying but don't miss being on the boat! You were probably chasing centerline because the ship was in a turn. So annoying when they do that...
what are you talking about? CVs dont turn when planes are inbound
You never flew the E-2.
@@robertkoon I stand corrected but I was under the impression carriers do not turn while birds are on final....hence the need for getting the planes on deck as fast as possible, so the "boat does not drive on a predictable course for too long" - also....having the deck turn on a night (or any type, for that matter) trap just seems crazy to me, as if it isnt hard enough already :D
Holy crap. Impressive.
Great job gang!! 💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Very nice pass!
When you see these landing from the outside, it seems to easy and smooth...but from the cockpit it's a whole different story.
amazing !!!!
Extra points for landing in twilight... coffee time.
Yep, they managed to avoid all the vampires. V well done, imo.
This. Is. BADASS.
Retired OSC(SW). Memories of days with the Liberty Bells onboard Midway.
Watched the glideslope indicator light to the ball, nice corrections.
The best pilot of the world
Pure skill.
Crack'd me up the way that Aviator called the ball.
nice landing slick
Oh my…..!!!!! Amazing!!!!!
Is there anything more dramatic in military aviation than the Americans and their carriers ? Great video.
Yup
The French landing the same aircraft on a carrier half the size of the US ones.
@@jetaddicted the deck size is the same almost and they get like half the flying time for even fewer aircraft and even slower launch and recovery revolutions america has more capacity more quality due to years of doing just this while other nations still used straight deck de have more speed and better knowledge and procedure
Landing full power on a Postage Stamp.. Respect.
No doubt pilot skills and the great engineering of machine and the rest of the systems but one should not forget the folks who designed the greatest training regime for the Navy pilots.
This is like trying to land on a football field thats MOVING out in the ocean!
“Ring clenching”
“Rrrroger”
“ on shorts final”
“Check shorts”
“Shorts brown”
“Copy”
“Call the ball”
“Balls clenching”
“Rrrroger”
TOUCHDOWN
crowd goes wild!
Wow that carrier came up fast.
highly skilled
Very Nice!
Awesome
Damn those last 10 seconds, i would have pissed my pants
Awesome!!! I love it...makes me want to re-enlist!!!
Good to c both engines running.
Dark is dark.. yes sir.
Nice!
piece of cake !
Impressive! :)
Go NAVY!!!
That was a clinic!
TOOOOO COOOOL.
Too cool
Pinky Recovery all the way, but hey it counts as a night pass. Nice pass !!!
Buddy of mine was on Hue City, the Ship on Plane Guard for the trap.
I served with VAW-121 back in the mid-90's. Is that painting still on the wall as soon as you enter the hanger (towards left in the hallway)? That was my squadron mate (Dizon) that commissioned that piece. He was a line-rat at the time. I had served under Commander Carl M. June. Those were the days...
+Isaiah Coffey Not sure, they move the squadrons around so that you're never in the same hangar for longer than about two years. They preserved the murals in most of them though!
these guys have some balls ..
Land an airplane on a moving landing strip, and at night !! Where do they find these people !?!?!?
USA