I've watched this a billion times. The music is mesmerising, Great to see big old RN carriers catapulting jet aircraft and retrieving them with arrester wires.
Worked the Eagle from its firest commish Nov 1951...flight deck for 2 commisssions., First commish straight deck..piston a/c (Sea Hornets..Firefly, Skyraiders.. and jet Attackers.).. then came the first angle deck and Seahawks, Venoms, Wyverns, Gannets... No earmuffs for noise!. (whats that you sai.d.cant hear you..shout a bit louder 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Happy days...
I never tire of this video. Perfect. Love who i am but i would trade a few years to have been on that flight deck with a yellow tabard. RIP Hermes. The most underrated carrier
quite an impressive video. well done. the music matches the video perfectly. can you imagine the din of those engines doing a touch and go? wow. lots of thrust needed to lift a sea vixen back into the air like that.
As soon as a new Cold War aviation video showed up in my suggestions I almost rammed my thumb through the screen to get here. I was also praying you didn’t cram obnoxious music in. Music for this sort of material usually ruins the video but this suits the operations perfectly.
Not "what he went through" me lad (sounds like it was a bit of a drudge). He was part of the mighty Fleet Air Arm and had every right to be proud of what he did.
Probably at least a single destroyer assigned to each carrier.. alot of the other auxiliary ships accompanying a carrier on a major deployment would be supply at sea logistical vessels.
@@michaeljohn2826 HMS Eagle had the last battleship in the RN as a plane guard when the Daring (destrlyer) had a problem when on plane guard and went for a repair job...and there on the port quarter was Vanguard....
@@alexanderfoster3628 this was 1960,during Hermes first commission ,in fact you see her first captain, captain Tibbuts in the video. The other carrier is Ark Royal, Eagle being in dry dock at Devonport undergoing a five year reconstruction at this time. (March '59 to March '64).
speaking of carrier ops the rationale behind Royal Navy's shift from CATOBAR aircraft carriers to STOVL eludes the very purpose of a carrier strike group . . . why . . .
STOVL is cheaper but also allows the launch and recovery of aircraft in graeter sea states. It also proved that it can work, as seen in the Falklands conflict. Japan, USMC, Spain, Italy are al STOVL countries, not a bad group to be able to interop with.
I've watched this a billion times. The music is mesmerising, Great to see big old RN carriers catapulting jet aircraft and retrieving them with arrester wires.
and British made jets. its actually impressive for 1960s. I love this video
Hermes ! Hardly big ol carrier !
Best light carrier ever built!
Obviously 1960to1964 period from aircraft types
Worked the Eagle from its firest commish Nov 1951...flight deck for 2 commisssions., First commish straight deck..piston a/c (Sea Hornets..Firefly, Skyraiders.. and jet Attackers.).. then came the first angle deck and Seahawks, Venoms, Wyverns, Gannets... No earmuffs for noise!. (whats that you sai.d.cant hear you..shout a bit louder 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Happy days...
hi ross i keep looking 4 my dad he was fleet air arm leading arm mostly on gannets ,, no 1 ever shows below deck
Make Britain Great Again.
The composer of the scores, Vangelis has passed away aged 79 today 19/05/22.
Rest in peace
Thank you was not aware of his passing
This music is from 1984’s ‘The Bounty’.
I never tire of this video. Perfect. Love who i am but i would trade a few years to have been on that flight deck with a yellow tabard. RIP Hermes. The most underrated carrier
Thanks for re-uploading this! It is a great compilation of film clips and music. Much appreciated!
Been there, done that on the old Ark('64-'66)
quite an impressive video. well done. the music matches the video perfectly. can you imagine the din of those engines doing a touch and go? wow. lots of thrust needed to lift a sea vixen back into the air like that.
I was serving at this very time on this flight deck on 804 Squadron, air frames and engine fitter
This must have been when we still had a Navy. Getting smaller but not quite yet extinct.
Rule Britannia.
As soon as a new Cold War aviation video showed up in my suggestions I almost rammed my thumb through the screen to get here. I was also praying you didn’t cram obnoxious music in. Music for this sort of material usually ruins the video but this suits the operations perfectly.
Great video. The music for this perfect.
Bet they had jam Roly and custard in the evening mess hall.
Don't miss the Skyraider at 8.40
Thanks for this 👍
Can I use some parts of this video for an edit?
No problem :)
@@alexanderfoster3628 thank you
Can someone list the aircraft featured esp. the propeller driven?
Sea vixen twin boom, scimitar ,Gannet aew
probably a Fairey Gannet
This is what my grandpa went through
Not "what he went through" me lad (sounds like it was a bit of a drudge). He was part of the mighty Fleet Air Arm and had every right to be proud of what he did.
What’s the game of the second song?
Conquest of Paradise by Vangelis
Fantastic!
A long time ago....
how many ships would protect the carriers
Probably at least a single destroyer assigned to each carrier.. alot of the other auxiliary ships accompanying a carrier on a major deployment would be supply at sea logistical vessels.
@@michaeljohn2826 HMS Eagle had the last battleship in the RN as a plane guard when the Daring (destrlyer) had a problem when on plane guard and went for a repair job...and there on the port quarter was Vanguard....
Which ships were these?
Ark Royal or possibly Eagle
@@alexanderfoster3628 Very cool. Thanks.
@@alexanderfoster3628 this was 1960,during Hermes first commission ,in fact you see her first captain, captain Tibbuts in the video. The other carrier is Ark Royal, Eagle being in dry dock at Devonport undergoing a five year reconstruction at this time. (March '59 to March '64).
@@davidbirt8486 Thank you, I stand corrected :)
@@alexanderfoster3628 This video's on You tube in it's original form, entitled look at life,though I prefer it with this sound track.
speaking of carrier ops the rationale behind Royal Navy's shift from CATOBAR aircraft carriers to STOVL eludes the very purpose of a carrier strike group . . . why . . .
STOVL is cheaper but also allows the launch and recovery of aircraft in graeter sea states. It also proved that it can work, as seen in the Falklands conflict. Japan, USMC, Spain, Italy are al STOVL countries, not a bad group to be able to interop with.
Fantastic video. Now saved to watch again and again.