As a pilot I'm amazed by the skill of Naval Aviators. To land on such a small runway under those conditions is little short of magic, yet they routinely pull it off. Kudos!
I've heard that Air Force pilots land on airfields that resemble the stationary Bonneville Salt Flats. Naval Aviators land on Popsicle sticks that are pitching, rolling & yawing in the middle of the Atlantic.
Any pilot can take off and land a plane on a !0,000 foot runway. Only a US Navy pilot can do it on an aircraft carrier only a few hundred feet long on a deck that is tossing and turning with the waves at night!!! Don't you forget it.
@@davidsanders1991 And targeting a specific cable of the 3 or 4 landing cables they get (like 2nd cable). That blows my mind that they can nail that specific cable
My Dad was one of these brave,incredibly skilled souls. He logged over 18,000 flight hours and over 900 arrested landings. He passed in 2008 and lived life with fierce patriotism ,love of God,country,and family. Fly forever,Dad. I love you.
I used to be a jet mechanic onboard the Carl Vinson and it was a sight to see those pilots take off and land on the ship especially at night. Awesome job to be a part of the crew. 12 hour work days.
That goes double shit for me. Im 71 today, but Ive never gotten the bug out of my system (since I was 11). Unfortunately, my eyes were never good enough. Fuck ! =)
Lived next door to a USMC Major, who was an F18 pilot at MCAS Miramar in San Diego. He was the real deal. Wish he could run a few sorties over Portland and Seattle.
Tremendous skill and courage of these pilots is amazing to see. I also salute the air crews that keep them safe and flying. Bird farm sailor, USS Independence CVA 62.
The absolute coolest. So much respect to our naval aviators- particularly those that work off of aircraft carriers. I so badly wanted to be a fighter pilot as a kid, and ended up as a jazz musician. Go figure.
I love footage at these elevations. To see the curvature of the Earth so dramatically does some serious things to my brain.. Crazy good. Put things in perspective.
I LOVED THIS!! I was like scared stupid watching the landing from the pilot's viewpoint, but, other than that ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY!! Thanks to all the people and all their effort that provided this for my viewing. Most of all, THANKS TO ALL OF YA'LL for keeping us safe!!!
My working day was quite exciting as well. A new color printer arrived, I got a free coffee from the machine, and there was a small altercation in the car park at home time. Yikes! What do these guys do when they retire/leave? How do they cope living in the humdrum world the rest of us live in?
+Sign in Here You may not know it, but you have asked a profound question. i retired from the Navy thirty years ago, and not a day goes by that I don't want to drop everything and go back to sea on a carrier...one of six ships I rode in my twenty-four years. The men are gone, the ships are gone, and I am almost gone.
+Paul Edstock This comment went sad pretty quick. Thanks for your service! I am currently serving in a squadron as an aviation structural mechanic attached to the USS John C. Stennis!
+Sign in Here, I'll tell you what, they end up with a pretty goddamned high threshold of amusement. I've never met an ex jet jockey who didn't miss it like a bastard. Even us civvy guys are generally quite disgruntled when forced to hang it up at 60 - 65 depending on the country and airline.
+Paul Edstock Hi Paul, I did 28 years, 3 wars, 118 combat missions, sadly enough, I came back "broken". Like you, I would go back if I could in a heart beat - I lost 23 friends/shipmates in my years of flying to accidents and war. I miss all the people from the young recruits to the commanding officers who supported me (and the Navy mission), they are/were great. Peace be with you Paul, Ciao, L
+scheusselmensch Hi, I agree with you but many were burned out or died. When I went through, 1980, a career Naval Aviator who flew 20 years to retirement, would have a 20% chance of dying in a crash mostly at the carrier or training and that was in the peace time! One pilot out of five in the jet pipeline would not make it to retirement! Those were the statistics that we were told at AOCS in Pensacola. But we were young then, and "bad things" only happen to the "other guy"! That is the way it was. Take care, Ciao, L
+UK Aviation Movies Not really. Watch the takeoff. The pilot does nothing (hangs on) until airborne, at which point he simply flies the airplane. Now watch the landing. He aims for a point on the deck (no different than a pilot aiming for the end of a runway) and lets the arresting cables do the rest. The real challenge (a tough one) is in remaining calm (knowing there's little room for error) and not overreacting to the situation at the moment.
Yes, in WW II, B-25 Mitchell bombers of the USAAF {United States Army Air Force} launched from the carrier Hornet. The B-25 was classified as a medium bomber. This was in 1942, and the Doolittle Raiders attacked Japan.
As a flight surgeon, I was shot off the pointy end of the Big E six times back in 1975. A fellow flight surgeon described a cat shot perfectly - a curious combination of an orgasm and an auto accident! So true! As others have commented, I would give anything to go back on a carrier just for a week.
Just thinking about carrier pilots at Midway and other sea battles of WWII; they not only had all the risks of crashing on a bad approach (in aircraft fueled by high octane aviation gasoline, not the relative less dangerous kerosene based jet fuel of modern fighters), or being shot down by enemy fire, they had to fly hundreds of miles over trackless ocean, with no modern high precision electronic navigation aids like GPS, and NO AERIAL REFUELING. That's courage like I can't even conceive. Thanks to all service personnel for the sacrifices you make for all of us here at home.
Yes , WW2 naval aviators had balls of cold blasted steel , but make no mistake about , brass balls will make a mess out of the enemy too ! Fly Navy Fly Marines
Outstanding video man !! To me the hardest part would be learning to land aboard ship. Having to go full throttle on touchdown would take a lot of discipline for sure, but has to be done in the event of a missed wire. Hats off to these guys.
The skills of those pilots are just amazing. It's already looking impressive on daylight on calm waters. Those guys have to be able to take off and land on every condition so imagine how it can be at night on a rough sea? You must have to have steel nerves to remain calm and focused, able to adapt to every condition to get the job done.This is not a job for everybody. What those guys do is just incredible.
Makes me want to go and see the United States Navy or Air Force office here in my hometown of Sioux Falls, SD. Not to join but just to visit and see what airmen look like.
Some of my best memories were being in the smoke pit in the middle of the night listening to the afterburners going during preflight checks with the waves crashing and the moon lighting the ocean. EW2, CVN-74 2006-2011
I never knew that aviators keep their hands off the stick on a cat shot. Makes sense now that I've seen it here, but it's something I never thought of before this.Great video, thanks for posting it!
No, it has been standard for a long time. They trim the aircraft for launch and just hold on. The throttle has a friction lock to prevent it from moving.
I'm crying out loud: Stall, Stall, Stall! You are too slow, you're splashing down like a stone! ...and then I was realizing that is was kind of a Harrier or something.
+LCdrDerrick First I payed attention to plane heading, it wasn't on the correct usual path for landing: this realises to me that it was an Harrier (it's easy for me, in Italy we have only this kind of carried plane), who do a "helycopter" approach. The same of Bell-Boeing V22 Osprey, right?
OMG! WOW that was an Incredible Video...thank you....these pilots are the ELITE...its one thing to fly a cessna 172 for a few lessons but landing a Fighter on a floating carrier- especially one that the deck always is not straight and goes up and down...that is skill and experience....thank you for that....I love flying...
My dad is a pilot and is flying F-18 Super Hornet and it's really cool to watch him fly low and wave to me and flys by our house and I go out side and see him it's pretty cool to have a dad that flys F-18 Super Hornets but it can be very stressful because almost every month he has to go on the ship the longest he has been on the ship was a year and It was very hard he missed my birthday But there was some happy things he got me some cool stuff I got Skype him I got to email him and ect
Your dad is awesome. Glad we have people like him that will stand up to protect us all! Make sure you give him a big hug when he gets back from the ship cause I'm sure he misses you and the rest of your family. Tell him that an Army vet told him to stay safe.
Neymar Jr Consider grading papers as a teacher or teacher's aide, but don't grade how the the young man writes and expresses his love and admiration for his dad. More over, his dad would probably beam, with pride, from ear to ear to know and see these thoughts from his son. This youngster's got character and a good heart. Maybe you might ask him to send you some.
I remember wanting to be a Marine Aviator. It was my dream in the mid to late 90's. Sadly for me puberty hit and I grew to tall 6ft 6 in and my recruiter told me it was a no go (did he lie, I dunno but probably), so I decided to join the infantry instead in 2001. These pilots have my respect. The professionalism, and accuracy I got as a squad leader from these pilots not only saved my ass and my squads ass in Iraq it most certainly saved civilian lives. Though now I am only a Veteran I am finally a pilot, be it a civilian pilot but as long as I am in the sky I'm okay. Also if any Marine F-18 pilot reads this who was deployed (maybe out of Al Assad air base) with the call sign of "Reaper" I can't remember the number that was associated with that call sign. Thank you for your well placed 500lb bomb in the SMC 89N 57E grid in Iraq. You saved our asses in December 2005.
Those catapults need so much power to account for the extra weight from the humongous balls the pilots have to have...taking off is one thing...but landing on that moving target in the sea....hats off to those dudes!
hawaiidispenser Not weird at all. A very normal reaction to the whole awesome concept of flight at insane speeds. A wish we have in common along with millions of people who missed their chance.
As a pilot I'm amazed by the skill of Naval Aviators. To land on such a small runway under those conditions is little short of magic, yet they routinely pull it off. Kudos!
Paul M that we are the best
I've heard that Air Force pilots land on airfields that resemble the stationary Bonneville Salt Flats. Naval Aviators land on Popsicle sticks that are pitching, rolling & yawing in the middle of the Atlantic.
Controlled CRASH!!!
Any pilot can take off and land a plane on a !0,000 foot runway. Only a US Navy pilot can do it on an aircraft carrier only a few hundred feet long on a deck that is tossing and turning with the waves at night!!! Don't you forget it.
@@davidsanders1991 And targeting a specific cable of the 3 or 4 landing cables they get (like 2nd cable). That blows my mind that they can nail that specific cable
My Dad was one of these brave,incredibly skilled souls. He logged over 18,000 flight hours and over 900 arrested landings. He passed in 2008 and lived life with fierce patriotism ,love of God,country,and family. Fly forever,Dad. I love you.
Why did they keep letting him get in the airplane if they had to arrest him every time he landed? [Kidding]
Thank god for your father and the brave men and women like him who serve to keep us free. May he Rest In Peace.
@@jkmorgan1975 Thanks so much for your kind words...God Bless you and your Family always...
Mine too. My dad was CO of VA94.
@Zahrina Duke Thank you for the kind words...He was the best,and I'm thankful to be his son. L L A P
That salute right before takeoff is absolute pure awesomeness.
Wonderful video, I love how there is just the natural sound of the engine rather than some annoying music
All I wanted to hear is the sound of natural environments and for this case, jets. Made me feel like it's just another day.
This is music
I used to be a jet mechanic onboard the Carl Vinson and it was a sight to see those pilots take off and land on the ship especially at night. Awesome job to be a part of the crew. 12 hour work days.
repairman99 I’m curious... do the pilots do this everyday? Or just a couple of days and theory/everyday duties on deck?
Working on an Air Force base my whole adult life it’s one thing seeing those guys take off and land. But these guys definitely get my respect
These guys are the real top guns they are badass PERIOD !! The best in the world, that's why we're NO.1
I can't say THANKS enough, for NOT adding some shit soundtrack to this vid! There's a lot of us who totally love jet noise!
Yea and I'm one of 'em. Stop by anytime.
Yea, bring your jet noise sound track and a six pack... we'll have a party!
YES!
what jonesy97 said !
Yeah! Gotta love that vacuum cleaner noise!
That Harrier landing was my fave. Badass...and the engine sounded exactly like my Gran's old Kirby vacuum. Made me smile
at 4:49, thats a bad ass view, and seeing your buddy flying at your wing.. gives me goosebumps! Thanks to all those that serve!! MERICA!!!
OK, that settles it. I'm going to become a carrier-based fighter pilot. Oh, wait, I'm 64. Shit.
jamesbachreeves I hear you buddy. I’m 48. Still shit :(
That goes double shit for me. Im 71 today, but Ive never gotten the bug out of my system (since I was 11). Unfortunately, my eyes were never good enough. Fuck ! =)
jamesbachreeves All military pilots are important, but landing on a big boat in choppy seas and at night is the ultimate rush.
jamesbachreeves hahahahahah
jamesbachreeves I'm 70. To borrow from the movie Fargo, "Shit, fuck, shit, fuck, shit!":)
Lived next door to a USMC Major, who was an F18 pilot at MCAS Miramar in San Diego. He was the real deal. Wish he could run a few sorties over Portland and Seattle.
My son is a major in the USMC stationed at Quantico. Glad he doesn't do this. I worry as it is when he disappears for months at a time
Tremendous skill and courage of these pilots is amazing to see. I also salute the air crews that keep them safe and flying. Bird farm sailor, USS Independence CVA 62.
Thank you for serving .
Thank you for your service, shipmate! I was on the Indy twice: first time as ship's company and the second as part of VA-176.
My dad served on the Independence.
These guys have nerves of steel. All that training and sacrifice. I salute them.
Wow,nerve racking to watch landing in cockpit vid mode!!! You pilots...nerves of steel !! Thanks to all of you !!!!
Stay safe Navy and Marines, and thank you.
Cockpit footage of pilots as they takeoff and land aboard aircraft carriers at sea.
+Gung Ho Vids Very Nice! Thanks for sharing with us! :)
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So much respect for these Navy aviators bid them all Godspeed.
These videos never get old...
The absolute coolest. So much respect to our naval aviators- particularly those that work off of aircraft carriers. I so badly wanted to be a fighter pilot as a kid, and ended up as a jazz musician. Go figure.
I love footage at these elevations. To see the curvature of the Earth so dramatically does some serious things to my brain.. Crazy good. Put things in perspective.
I LOVED THIS!! I was like scared stupid watching the landing from the pilot's viewpoint, but, other than that ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY!! Thanks to all the people and all their effort that provided this for my viewing. Most of all, THANKS TO ALL OF YA'LL for keeping us safe!!!
oh hell yeah, it had a harrier landing as well. Old skool stuff there!
Butter. These guys are smooth!
World class and thanks for what you do to protect our safety.
The part where he did the fly by and looked back and his boy was right there. Gotta be such a good feeling. That was bad ass.
My working day was quite exciting as well. A new color printer arrived, I got a free coffee from the machine, and there was a small altercation in the car park at home time. Yikes! What do these guys do when they retire/leave? How do they cope living in the humdrum world the rest of us live in?
+Sign in Here You may not know it, but you have asked a profound question. i retired from the Navy thirty years ago, and not a day goes by that I don't want to drop everything and go back to sea on a carrier...one of six ships I rode in my twenty-four years. The men are gone, the ships are gone, and I am almost gone.
+Paul Edstock This comment went sad pretty quick. Thanks for your service! I am currently serving in a squadron as an aviation structural mechanic attached to the USS John C. Stennis!
+Sign in Here, I'll tell you what, they end up with a pretty goddamned high threshold of amusement. I've never met an ex jet jockey who didn't miss it like a bastard. Even us civvy guys are generally quite disgruntled when forced to hang it up at 60 - 65 depending on the country and airline.
+Paul Edstock Hi Paul, I did 28 years, 3 wars, 118 combat missions, sadly enough, I came back "broken". Like you, I would go back if I could in a heart beat - I lost 23 friends/shipmates in my years of flying to accidents and war. I miss all the people from the young recruits to the commanding officers who supported me (and the Navy mission), they are/were great. Peace be with you Paul, Ciao, L
+scheusselmensch Hi, I agree with you but many were burned out or died. When I went through, 1980, a career Naval Aviator who flew 20 years to retirement, would have a 20% chance of dying in a crash mostly at the carrier or training and that was in the peace time! One pilot out of five in the jet pipeline would not make it to retirement! Those were the statistics that we were told at AOCS in Pensacola. But we were young then, and "bad things" only happen to the "other guy"! That is the way it was. Take care, Ciao, L
There's not much I've seen or heard of that's more badass than someone landing a fighter jet on a moving aircraft carrier.
Simply stunning. The skill of these guys, got to be one of most difficult and skilful jobs out there.
+UK Aviation Movies
Not really. Watch the takeoff. The pilot does nothing (hangs on) until airborne, at which point he simply flies the airplane. Now watch the landing. He aims for a point on the deck (no different than a pilot aiming for the end of a runway) and lets the arresting cables do the rest. The real challenge (a tough one) is in remaining calm (knowing there's little room for error) and not overreacting to the situation at the moment.
+Thel 'Vadam I am on track to being one of those guys. Plan to do 20yrs at least
I plan on being a USN Pilot. Hopefully I am able to fly the F18 Advanced Super Hornet. I plan to go to the US Naval Academy.
can USAF pilots deploy from carriers?
Yes, in WW II, B-25 Mitchell bombers of the USAAF {United States Army Air Force} launched from the carrier Hornet. The B-25 was classified as a medium bomber. This was in 1942, and the Doolittle Raiders attacked Japan.
Man this is so cool . I swear I get like a little kid watching these things take off and land . Awesome !!
Thanks for uploading 👍 What a blast! 👍
As a flight surgeon, I was shot off the pointy end of the Big E six times back in 1975. A fellow flight surgeon described a cat shot perfectly - a curious combination of an orgasm and an auto accident! So true! As others have commented, I would give anything to go back on a carrier just for a week.
That feeling when the deck disappears must be so satisfying,
Our men and women in uniform are amazing. Love these videos.
Just thinking about carrier pilots at Midway and other sea battles of WWII; they not only had all the risks of crashing on a bad approach (in aircraft fueled by high octane aviation gasoline, not the relative less dangerous kerosene based jet fuel of modern fighters), or being shot down by enemy fire, they had to fly hundreds of miles over trackless ocean, with no modern high precision electronic navigation aids like GPS, and NO AERIAL REFUELING. That's courage like I can't even conceive. Thanks to all service personnel for the sacrifices you make for all of us here at home.
Yes , WW2 naval aviators had balls of cold blasted steel , but make no mistake about , brass balls will make a mess out of the enemy too !
Fly Navy
Fly Marines
Yes I wonder how it was to fly a mission that you know it all could go wrong
Awesome footage of the Harrier taking off & landing.
Brilliant video. Thanks.
Loved the Harrier moment!
Total Respect for our Fighting Forces..
The free world owes you and your predecessor's our lives.
Proud of the guts of these guys. Land on ship that is moving. I'm enamored
Outstanding video man !! To me the hardest part would be learning to land aboard ship. Having to go full throttle on touchdown would take a lot of discipline for sure, but has to be done in the event of a missed wire. Hats off to these guys.
Increadible what these guys do ! - all of them. The Carrier crew to the pilots - simply amazing
The skills of those pilots are just amazing. It's already looking impressive on daylight on calm waters. Those guys have to be able to take off and land on every condition so imagine how it can be at night on a rough sea? You must have to have steel nerves to remain calm and focused, able to adapt to every condition to get the job done.This is not a job for everybody. What those guys do is just incredible.
theses guys are born with the right stuff its a gift to do this
I miss flying the Tomcat! I saw my old ship, CVN-65, USS Enterprise, in this video. Great memories!
Out of all the military aircraft I have seen, the f-14 tomcat is my favorite.
Nothing but pure professionalism!
Someday this is gonna be me, I’ve already got my private pilots license, and I’m majoring in military aviation.
Great cockpit views, 2:05-2:06 thanks for sharing.
Absolutely amazing what these pilots, flight crew and deck crew do to get these planes on and off the off the deck of a rolling ship
Sweet stuff. I didn't realize hand off the stick until off the carrier! The Harrier approach thrown in threw me.
wow - the catch is surprisingly smooth. I love this video - thank you!
Godspeed to all who protect us. Respect for what you do. 🇺🇸
Y'know what? Thanks for not putting shite metal music over this, it really was a great video without it!
It's nice to have friends in high places. That harrier landing is awesome.
Just imagine all the training that they went through. Incredible!
these dudes are like world class athletes! Cheers
Amazing talent always look up to and amazed by pilots
Love how he salutes before he’s catapulted off the deck. .
This has to be an incredible adrenaline rush for these pilots. They make it look so easy.
Like any skill, you dont practice until you can do it right, you practice until it is boring.
4:45 Amazing shot, it’s super cinematographic. Kudos
I do miss working on the fa-18c , I was a jet engine mechanic in the navy from 88 to 92
Scallen .. YOU men deserve the greatest of respect and admiration. Without you those very highly skilled pilots would remain in the hangar.
Salute to the young men and women that keep those aircraft in the air. The day in and day out stresses and grind is real!!
a fantastic job these pilots do, but also the brilliant people who work in the background to make this possible
fighter jets and their pilots are some of the most incredible things.... I couldn't imagine being that badass
Nice bit of video! I've often wondered what a carrier take-off/landing might be like, this is a nice bit of insight to that world.
Well done!
Agreed Thanks
Makes me want to go and see the United States Navy or Air Force office here in my hometown of Sioux Falls, SD. Not to join but just to visit and see what airmen look like.
Awesome! Thank you for posting!
Some of my best memories were being in the smoke pit in the middle of the night listening to the afterburners going during preflight checks with the waves crashing and the moon lighting the ocean. EW2, CVN-74 2006-2011
+achigurh88 You just wrote an epic line to a great book. You should follow up... great comment.
+Gung Ho Vids Thanks... Were you a Navy MN by chance? Going off your avatar.
My avatar has nothing to do with my service. I picked it because I think it's cool... But I was in th USN... submariner. got my Dolphins too.
Wonderful footage of the Big E and her air wing. Thank you!
That was Fook'n awesome! Thanks for the ride.
4:50 I actually yelled "Ohhhhh!" That was awesome.
I never knew that aviators keep their hands off the stick on a cat shot. Makes sense now that I've seen it here, but it's something I never thought of before this.Great video, thanks for posting it!
No, it has been standard for a long time. They trim the aircraft for launch and just hold on. The throttle has a friction lock to prevent it from moving.
I'm crying out loud: Stall, Stall, Stall! You are too slow, you're splashing down like a stone! ...and then I was realizing that is was kind of a Harrier or something.
+LCdrDerrick You must be a pilot... yes it's a Harrier. Funny, thanks for the comment.
+LCdrDerrick the canopy gives it off, doesn't it?
+LCdrDerrick First I payed attention to plane heading, it wasn't on the correct usual path for landing: this realises to me that it was an Harrier (it's easy for me, in Italy we have only this kind of carried plane), who do a "helycopter" approach. The same of Bell-Boeing V22 Osprey, right?
I thought "Jesus! That must be one hell of a headwind!"
I was thinking to myself "what the shit a 180kt headwind?"
That was wild,, and awesome. Thanks for posting.
thank you all for serving we are proud
Loved every second! Thanks!
Notice the eyes are "on the ball" on final through catching the wire. Bad ass F-18 guys with an excellent ALS...3 wire ... ery tine. Way cool video!
I dont care what you guys say!! These are the best Pilots in the world!! -THANK YOU---Simply Amazing!!! at what you do....
God bless all our military!
OMG! WOW that was an Incredible Video...thank you....these pilots are the ELITE...its one thing to fly a cessna 172 for a few lessons but landing a Fighter on a floating carrier- especially one that the deck always is not straight and goes up and down...that is skill and experience....thank you for that....I love flying...
Amasing What a courage of
These Pilots Salute all you
To have this military technology and to have the power to change the course of humanity's history has no fiscal price tag.
That's right..Ice..man... ...I am dangerous...
Goose, I think its time for a fly by.
what a view from the office !!! beats any company corner office
Getting those hooks to catch onto those lines must takes some amazing skills
Skill, practice, and a computer telling you what to do in case you forget.
@@andrewt.5567 there is no computer telling you about it. Its all training and routine. You never forget a Sequence.
As a shipboard sailor, I am most impressed and awestruck by the skill and view pilots have when landing on an aircraft carrier.
top gun - mighty wings.
'nuff said
Thank you! For all you do. U.S.A.!
My dad is a pilot and is flying F-18 Super Hornet and it's really cool to watch him fly low and wave to me and flys by our house and I go out side and see him it's pretty cool to have a dad that flys F-18 Super Hornets but it can be very stressful because almost every month he has to go on the ship the longest he has been on the ship was a year and It was very hard he missed my birthday But there was some happy things he got me some cool stuff I got Skype him I got to email him and ect
Morgan_Kelly_Is_Bi_ Gain That's cool and everything but that was just one giant sentence.
Obviously, hes a kid . Dont pick on him.
Neymar Jr -- Why are you picking on a kid?
Your dad is awesome. Glad we have people like him that will stand up to protect us all! Make sure you give him a big hug when he gets back from the ship cause I'm sure he misses you and the rest of your family. Tell him that an Army vet told him to stay safe.
Neymar Jr Consider grading papers as a teacher or teacher's aide, but don't grade how the the young man writes and expresses his love and admiration for his dad. More over, his dad would probably beam, with pride, from ear to ear to know and see these thoughts from his son. This youngster's got character and a good heart. Maybe you might ask him to send you some.
I remember wanting to be a Marine Aviator. It was my dream in the mid to late 90's. Sadly for me puberty hit and I grew to tall 6ft 6 in and my recruiter told me it was a no go (did he lie, I dunno but probably), so I decided to join the infantry instead in 2001. These pilots have my respect. The professionalism, and accuracy I got as a squad leader from these pilots not only saved my ass and my squads ass in Iraq it most certainly saved civilian lives. Though now I am only a Veteran I am finally a pilot, be it a civilian pilot but as long as I am in the sky I'm okay. Also if any Marine F-18 pilot reads this who was deployed (maybe out of Al Assad air base) with the call sign of "Reaper" I can't remember the number that was associated with that call sign. Thank you for your well placed 500lb bomb in the SMC 89N 57E grid in Iraq. You saved our asses in December 2005.
Those catapults need so much power to account for the extra weight from the humongous balls the pilots have to have...taking off is one thing...but landing on that moving target in the sea....hats off to those dudes!
mcpaplus and imagine to top that off NIGHT TIME carrier landing, bring another pair of undys! Lol
night time in shitty weather and a pitching deck and bingo fuel!!
I got so much respect for these guy's
omg those guys are awesome!
Thank you for sharing these videos gung ho!
2:32 This will sound weird but... there's something about the awesome colors of his helmet that makes me wish I had been a fighter pilot.
hawaiidispenser Not weird at all. A very normal reaction to the whole awesome concept of flight at insane speeds. A wish we have in common along with millions of people who missed their chance.
hawaiidispenser I'm on my journey to become one now
Mills117
Good man! Remember: We are all trespassers in the sky. Be alert and watch for traffic. Good Luck to you.
Mills117 Good luck and bring back some awesome footage!
Good luck and just bring yourself back.
That was pretty awesome!!!
I have liked and subscribed!!!
"Landing a jet on a ship", when you write down like this, it seems as crazy as it seems in the video..
These carrier pilots are rock stars!
You Guys are AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4:45 is the coolest clip i've ever seen in my life
salute to pilots...
That's what our taxes pay for, hell yeah that's what's up.
CVN65 was the USS Enterprise. She was a magnificent warship.. featured in TopGun... and she was fast.
That is so impressive how the flight deck crew handle the jets