" FLIGHT DECK " 1964 AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT CVA-42 DOCUMENTARY 26814
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The "Dupont Show of the Week" was an anthology program that ran from 1961 to 1964, often featuring significant Hollywood stars and comedians. The programs also featured the occasional documentary, including this non-fiction film entitled "Flight Deck". Produced and directed by A Wasserman, the hour-long program from 1964 offered an inside look at the operations of the USS Franklin D Roosevelt (CVA-42) aircraft carrier. The fourth Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the United States Navy is depicted recovering McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawks, Vought F-8 Crusaders, and McDonnell FH Phantoms. PLEASE NOTE: This is part two of a two part show; we do not have part one available at this time. (TRT: 28:40)
Film begins in progress. Men of a catapult crew remove helmets and climb into a cabin to smoke cigarettes on a break (0:08). Aerial photography of a McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. Refueling to clarinet music. A load is jettisoned to the ocean below (0:42). Skyhawks fly in formation. Approaching the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Narration: “The 9a.m. launch of 22 planes was almost over…” (2:38). Flight controllers on headsets and radios. Deck crews stand by to recover the aircraft (3:15). Preparing for a tailhook, four steel cables are spread across the carrier’s flight deck. A plane approaches and makes a successful high-speed landing. Taxiing and marshalling jets. A Landing Signal Officer (LSO) speaks on a telephone, guiding the pilot of a Vought F-8 Crusader. An approaching aircraft shows its extended tailhook (4:12). With the pull of a lever, cables are stretched taut across the deck. Men shield their faces from a heat blast as an aircraft lands closeby (6:09). A #3 target cable retracts after a landing. A #2 cable follows, retracting swiftly (7:15). Closeup on a tailhook during a #1 tailhook during a rough landing. A McDonnell FH Phantom makes a hard landing and blows out a tire (8:30). A damaged cable is inspected and replaced following the incident (9:25). A low pass during an aborted landing while the cables are sorted out. Recovery resumes with a landing seen from within the flight control tower (10:02). A young man in glasses listens intently on a headset, while models representing the planes are positioned around a table (11:03). After the recovery, the Landing Signal Officer reviews the pilot’s performances. A pan across the men of flight deck control (11:35). An elevator lifts fighter jets to and from the deck (12:16). Planes enter a hangar. A zoom in on a jet engine (12:41). Catapult crews prepare for a new series of launches. A fighter jet, deck crew, and the carrier’s conning tower in silhouette (13:37). Flight controllers speak on radios, watching a Carrier Controlled Approach (CCA) radar display (15:02). A bird’s eye view of the carrier. A plot for positioning of the planes is rearranged (16:02). At night, a plane misses the wires, a “bolter” (17:35). Walking through a corridor inside the carrier. Red lighting for low visibility. A sleepless crew of young men and their personalized helmets (18:16). Flight marshaller’s light cones direct deck traffic during a launch and recovery(19:13). A “ready room” and gathered pilots. One young pilot who made a poor approach has not returned (19:43). The LSO preps for another attempt. Sparks fly in the darkness. The wires are missed (20:14). After another miss, tensions mount (21:18). CCA efforts continue. They direct the final pilot to increase power and lower altitude. A successful night landing in low light (22:31). The pilot deplanes (23:45). Another midnight recovery of 16 planes begins. “One of the planes would not be coming back” (24:35). Daylight brings a medical helicopter with the body of a pilot, which is carried on a stretcher (24:46). A chaplain delivers a memorial service following the tragedy. A prayer for Robert Abraham Kamarov (24:44). Somber music and men standing on the deck in the wind (27:05). Closing credits: “Flight Deck, Produced and Directed by Al Wasserman; Written by Al Wasserman; Photographed by Robin Still, Michael B. Clark; Film Edited by John Teeple, Martin Sheppard; Music Composed by George Kleinsinger” (27:28).
The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) was laid down in 1981, launched in 1984, and commissioned in 1986. Its cost is estimated at 4.5 billion dollars. Its maiden deployment was in the Mediterranean sea, likely the shooting location for this film.
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That is the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt ... CV-42 (Midway class)
thank you for your service.
@@marctronixx you've got some pubes stuck in your teeth
the deck number kinda gives it away.
Yeah, that’s what I thought. Teddy R. Is nuclear.
Yeah, I was a little confused on the title since I was original crew on TR back in 1987! 😂
My Dad was in VA-12 during this cruise and is featured in profile at 23:00. He's 94 now going on 95! I wasn't born until the next year. Love you Dad!
God bless your father
This was the FDR CVA 42. My home for 3 years
thank you for your service.
You might have served along side my grandfather. He served from 1961-early 1970s, he worked in ordinance and was often called Frenchie
Thank you for your service
I was on for the west pac cruise 1966.@@madsinaportal7781
USS Roosevelt (CVN-71) was commissioned in 1986, so if this film is from 1964, which I don't doubt based on the aircraft depicted, it's obviously a different ship. Roosevelt went on her first cruise in 1988 with F-14 Tomcats embarked from Carrier Air Wing 8.
Its the FDR
Holly shit time travel
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN REVENGE!
@@USNretCPO oh come on now, don't spoil it for everyone.
It's CVA-42, Franklin D. Roosevelt, sistership to Midway and Coral Sea-
You really do have to give praise to the flight deck crews, and those who are in the hangar deck keeping the aircraft fit and ready to fly, I spent 24 years as groundcrew in the RAF and most of the time we had huge areas of concrete to park and service our aircraft, these guys and now gals have a fraction of the space per aircraft that we had and they still made it look easy, but knowing the dangers of operating aircraft, especially at night, in poor weather and when your fatigued the personnel who conduct these deck operations deserve a huge amount of praise. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴🇺🇦
I felt really sorry for the Lt (JG) doing his first night landing, he would have known the eyes of everyone concerned would have been on him, but at least he got it down safely in the end.
RIP the OPs officer Cmdr Komarov who lost his life, doing what he loved and believed in.
thank you for your service.
@@marctronixx Thank you, very much appreciated.
Didn't know this film existed until 2015 and a member of NTWS sent a copy to me he also restored any movie film anybody had with the intentions of preserving such film. What a wonderful thing to do. I'm very appreciative for his great service for all to see . My hand salute to him.
Good video. My dad was on the Bon Homme Richard CVA 31 during the Far East Cruise 1964. Captain Morrison (son Jim Morrison of the Doors) was captain. I had a chance to go aboard the carrier while in San Diego. I had just graduated from 9th grade.
My brother served on the USS Saratoga from 1974-78. It was a Forrestal Class carrier. Non-nuclear. My brother was what they called a "Turd chaser". Plumbers mate! Spent many a day in the Mediterranean. He was below deck one night, and a pilot was killed yet the ship was so BIG, they had to read about it in the paper they published. 5,500 guys on board. The ships directory was like a phone book. They would often have to warn off Russian vessels that got too close. The ship was scrapped in 2019.
I was on the Saratoga 87-90. Found out cleaning the overhead in a space for inspection that the phantom shitter was not a myth. Someone had taken a shit and placed it on top of some cable runs.
I was on board Roosevelt (Franklin D Roosevelt CVA-42) in 1964 when this film was made. In fact I was on the Foc'sle during the memorial service. Did you see the black smoke in several scenes? That is courtesy of "my men" in B Division.
My grandfather served on the Franklin D. Roosevelt as well. He was serving at the same time this was filmed
I was an RD on USS Adriot MSO 509 supporting Rosie during a landing exercise in the Northern Aegean. We lost one man in a storm enroute. Wish I knew the exact location of the exercise. The Russians hardly ever came too far into the Med from their Black Sea port, but there were a couple of Destroyers that hung around watching the exercise.
My grandfather served on the USS Franklin D Roosevelt from 1961 to the early 1970s, he went by the nickname "Frenchie"
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA-42, not USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71.
The narrator remarked that it takes 17 seconds to retract the arresting wire and ideally the next plane lands about 10 seconds later. I remember that on my first cruise after flight school and follow on transition into fleet S-2Es (we were an ASW squadron), that CAG (commander, air group) had a target we were to work toward of a 30 second interval. It took us a couple of days before we got it to 29 seconds and he was satisfied. That 30 seconds had stuck in my memory from 1967. It's a point of pride and training, but also necessary to enable the ship to be able to alter course if necessary, something that is not normally done while recovering aircraft.
Having served aboard CVA-42 "the Rosie" What memories...I made the 74-75 Med Cruise. VF-84 F-4B. AT3 working in AIMD WC-640 (ECM Shop) Also made a couple cruises on USS Nimitz CVN-68 VF-41 F-14 as AT1 also ECM Shop. In between NAS Oceana as ECM Instructor at NATC 1007 and 1014.
KUDOs to ALL US Navy Sailors... Enjoy your time in service
IT only happens once...
Same here 74-75 Terrible storm on the crossing V1 director
@@pauleyplay Still a few of us left. Do you remember ATC Bondgren? WC-640? AT1 Ben Bell, AT2 Lumston, same shop? I was as green as they came then. The Chief spent hundreds of hours teaching me the art of TV repair and of course the game of Hearts.
The boat was damaged severely on the crossing.
I have many great memories of that cruise.
I did 8-1/2 years active
My brother, AT2 Ken Brown died in service in 1979 at Oceana, VA. Took the air out of my sails and after that I made my last cruise. I was sent around the world to the Nimitz to assist WC640 reassemble special ECM pods for the Iran debacle. Around the world in 80 days. For an East Coast sailor is was a great last experience. 7 days Japan, 10 days the PI then to Diego Garcia, then shipped aboard the USS Kilauea AE-26 ammunition ship 8 days north to the Indian Ocean to be choppered to the Nimitz flight deck.
The Nimitz then took the west route passing the Cape of good Hope then back to Norfolk.
What a ride...
@@mgold4685 Ah yes Back when we were young ! I was up on the flight deck from the time I boarded ship. Had the time of my life. Should have stayed in. What we know now !! Nice to know a few of us still going strong.
Paul, My wife and I live in the Panhandle of Texas now. Completely off-grid on 20 acres of land with a 20 mile view. A 25Kw solar system provides all our energy needs. We just had our first new barn built last week. Been here six years and retirement means we do what we want when we want and how we want to do it. 50 years as an Electronics Technician has served me well as a career.
Thanks to 4-1/2 years of Navy training, day for day, while serving. My time could not have been spent better. I had passed the Chiefs exam with a time in service waiver and was considering a future path as an officer when my life changed.
I have always recommended the US Navy to anyone desiring to take the military road. In 1972 my lottery number was 53. It was not a forced decision because of the draft. My family history was US Navy and it was tradition. My father, 91 last April retired as an AE1 Reservist. I was born in the Patuxant River Naval Air Station hospital.
It appears to be a Midway class carrier. It’s not Theodore Roosevelt, which didn’t exist then. FDR, maybe.
Yep…FDR. I was on Rosie’s last cruise before she was scrapped.
@@jimbower9268 thank you for your service.
Was a great ship. Was my first deployment at sea and first trip to the Med. We also lost a blade off of one of our screws and had to return to bayone N.J. to dry dock .for repairs.
I worked flight deck for VA-15 on the FDR, served 68-72. Seemed big to me at the time, but it's dwarfed by the modern carriers of today. Our berthing compartment was forward, near the chain locker. Lot's of noise. Even after all this time I can still remember where things were and how to get around. Lot's of bruised knees.
Some of the most dangerous work there is for everyone involved.
Especially at night , in the rain or best of all, in the arctic circle during winter.
I served on 3 aircraft carriers CVA- 19, CVA-31 & CVN-70
Thanks for your service to our great nation.
Its USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) !
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I was on Rosie from 74/77. 12 boilers 4 engines. Boiler repair shop.you had to be there med. Cruise 6 months
I remember seeing this on TV back in the 1960s, don’t remember the exact year but I remember the story of the pilot who died in the film. He gave his life to keep us safe, as well as many others be it in war or peacetime.
We lost a few people and aircraft on each cruise I was on .. the Med, not Nam .. but it was still very dangerous duty. Cold cat shots, accidents on the fantail with approaching aircraft, those sucked down intakes and walked through props didn't make out so well. And then there are the pilots who never returned.
How apprppriate the USS FDR was designated CVA-42. FDR was president in that fateful year of 1942 with so much carrier action with the Doolittle Raid, Coral Sea, Midway, and around the Solomons.
Wouldn't be more appropriate to give pennant number 42 to any sistership USS Midway (CVB-41) or USS Coral Sea (CVB-43)? In fact CVB-42 scheduled name was Coral Sea, but Truman decided to rename the then to be launched ship after Roosevelt 's passing in 1945.
@@diegoferreiro9478 Well, yeah I could see that ss well. But then again a name for just one battle of that year would be of somewhat limiting scope. My comment was just a spur of the moment thought. Upon giving it more thought a more proper name might be something along the lins of USS 1942 or perhaps USS Carrier Battles of 1942 etc. 1942 was a tough slugfest of a year for the Navy. I cant recall for sure but I think 4 or 5 US carriers went to the bottom that year.
Those A-3s certainly had a distinctive sound. On our 83-83 West Pac on Enterprise we had 2 of them during the heart of the cruise. Presumably used as an intelligence/reconnaissance role seeing we were playing cat and mouse with the Soviets. They sounded haunting to me. LOL
I was there for an A-3 cold cat shot .. went straight in and the ship ran it over. There wee a few guys on it deadheading it back home. Sadly, they never made it.
When I saw 1964 and cvn-71 in the same title, I lmao !! How does one publish a video without fact checking? Wow!
I did multiple OREs, work-ups and cruises on the "Indy" CV-62(INDEPENDENCE). When I got out in '84,CVN-71 was still under construction lol. No way in hell would it be operating in 1964.
In the vid it was nice to see my squadron (vf-14 tophatters) flying the f-4 phantom 2s. When I was in, we had just recently transitioned from phantoms to tomcats.
As a flight deck troubleshooter,
I still remember at least 2 occasions film crews recorded our flight ops on the flight deck. I think rumor was 1 crew made a documentary of us and other crew needed stock footage for the movie industry . I'm not sure.
Anyway I'm always searching out all flight deck vids.
Last year I stumbled upon a channel of Ward Carroll . Turns out he was an f-14 RIO in my sister squadron, vf-32( swordsmen ).
For anyone interested in anything about tomcats, naval aviation or aircraft carriers, I highly recommend his channel.
I've never met him but enjoyed many of his interesting vids.
Someone needs to get their facts straight, I served o the Franklin d. Rosevelt cva 42 in the 1970s and the aircraft are f4 phantoms, e1b Willie fuds, a5 vigilantes, f8,crusader, and a4 Skyhawks. I was in fighter squadron 84. 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
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We had VF-84 on the Nimitz Tomcat form. It was there last deployment with the Nimitz. 1987.
VF84 .. Jolly Rogers! You guys as well as VF-41 Black Aces were the F4's on board my cruises (I was VA-15).
My DD screened Rosie in the Med during our 1969-70 deployment. As I recall, we were tasked more than once to search an area where an A-4 had crashed. It was hazy and there was no horizon, the speculation was that vertigo was the culprit. We never found a body, just crushed wing tanks and an empty helmet.
thank you for your service.
the empty helmet floats?
I was there, probably saw your ship tailing us. My brother was a Radioman on DD-843 long before my time in, but I saw that one a few times following us. Also out there following us were the "fishing trawlers" with all the antennas .. Russians.
I was starting to feel nervous for 402 but he caught it.
I bet he was questioning his decision not to join the air force after that night.
NOT the Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)! This is the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), a Midway Class carrier.
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Some of the videos we watched in ABH training after boot camp were a bit graphic. They were black and white but watching what a parting arresting gear wire does to someone on the wrong side of the foul line is eye opening.
@@braininavatnow9197 HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
We've got stackgas, a different era. Classic 💜.
Yeah, that was a clue right there! I worked on the flight deck of the USS Coral Sea 1960/64 and inhaled a ton of stack gas and particles. This was a very good film, who cared about which carrier was actually depicted in each scene. The fact was that there were several shots which were of the actual Teddy R!
@@roneagle8038 thank you for your service.
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB/CVA/CV-42)
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That would be CV-42 FRANKLIN Roosevelt
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Fair Winds and Following Seas, Commander Robert A. Kamarov, USN.
It was really cool seeing the Skyhawks, Phantoms and the lone SPAD with it's wings folded on the flight deck.
In Avengers Steve Rogers tells Banner on the Deck of the flying carrier thing how it felt familiar not strange. I did the 82-83 west pac in Enterprise. Having watched lots of videos and documentaries on carriers from WWII era up to modern times. The technology of planes and ships have advanced radically. From the York Town Class, Midway, Essex Nimitz and now Ford class. Not to mention Enterprise -CVN 65 and Kennedy CVN 67 both the only ships or their own class. There is a familiar spirit and atmosphere common across them all. I think you could take someone who works the flight deck out of any time in history and plop them in any another and they would feel a sense of awe, excitement and quickly feel right at home. At least I would
I served with VF-24 in Vietnam 1967, 1968 & 1969. Home port N.A.S MIRAMAR CALIFORNIA
10:00 Boys were really cutting it close with waving off that Whale.
F-8E Crusaders from VF-11. Crusaders and Phantoms part of the same CVW, you know it's gotta be the early 60s for sure.
And the super old Hawkeye. Was that an E-1?
Check out another film " READY ON ARRIVAL " was made aboard the USS INDEPENDENCE CVA-62 in 1965 which was the first East coast carrier to go to VIETNAM. I was on that one too.
Wrong Roosevelt. The Teddy wasn't launched till 1984 and commissioned in 86. This is the Franklin D Roosevelt, Midway class.
The one Tom Cruise saved the world from, right.
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I am curious has any plane cpt. has ever walked himself off the deck and into water, while spotting his aircraft?
Catwalks probably saved him if he did.
F in the chat for the homie who caught a 1-Wire with the TV camera rolling.....
The opening scene with the romantic music for the exchange of fluids for refueling is a direct copy from Dr. Strangelove opening scene.
Awesome! 👍
Did we know more about the incident who cause the crash of the plane that didn't return at the end?
During my time in, we never returned with all the crew members we left with. People always died.
if this short film takes place in 1964,how could an aircraft carrier that hasn't even had its keel laid down some 20 years later be in a film in 1964?somebody needs to get their facts straight.
It's the Franklin Roosevelt.
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I liked the Phantom "stabbing" the basket (2:10).....lol. Careful you don't rip the probe off.
I have to admit I've done that a on occasion.
WHY IS EVERYBODY SMOKING INSIDE? Don't they know what they are doing is deadly dangerous? Smoking can kill you!!!!
That's nothing .. we'd take naps on skids of 250 pounders.
Does anyone remember the brass plates on the Rosie way below decks indicating the USS Coral Sea ships name? I was told the Roosevelt was originally designated the Coral Sea until it was changed due to the death of President Roosevelt April 12, 1945.
I never saw it, but you are correct .. On April 29, 1945, seventeen days after President Roosevelt's death, Eleanor Roosevelt attended the christening of the new Midway -class aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt (CVB/CVA-42). Originally named the USS Coral Sea , the ship was renamed the USS Franklin D.
@@Nozmo_King_NJ I spent many hours on the forward sponson on the starboad side 20 feet above the surface wondering when the cruise would end
Timothy a . . . . Jack Webb is a really good guess; not sure it is, though. I can't quite place the voice.
No doubt Jack Webb!
I was 2 months from being a plank owner on board the Theodore Roosevelt cvn 71 in 1987 was stationed on it during desert storm in 91 this is not the Roosevelt I remember.
Brad husbyn. Lol 😆
Narrator is NBC’s Frank McGee.
13:51 Is that scene the original inspiration for the Intro of "Top Gun"?
God bless the fallen pilot ❤
Do you suppose the young JG might here about this particular trap for a day or two?
Yes, that's not the Teddy Roosevelt CVN -71, not back in 64!!
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This film was taken aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA-42, not CVN-71.
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I didn't catch the name of the Commander who was killed in the mishap? Sad incident.
Respectfully, I believe that historical accuracy will garner more support for your channel. Not realizing USS TR had not even been yet conceptualized in 1964 and confusing her with the proud and seasoned USS FDR makes your efforts appear to be produced by middle schools students with little or no knowledge of naval history. While your mistakes may in fact have been made out of innocent naivete it nonetheless is an affront to those who have and continue to serve on these and other ships. Do better and let the results increase subscribers.
Nicely put
lol im guessing this channel is mostly run by bots that pull free video from chamber and slap adds on it. your complaining to a robot that doesnt know what english is
@@vevenaneathna Wow! That's some guess! What I've heard to be based on SWAG: Scientific Wild A$$ Guess.💩😏
@@JGW845 lol theyre actually taking over youtube... look up anything about the us military news for example and it will be a robot that just reads a script thats stolen off of a website somewhere. usually same music. they struggle to say dates correctly which is how u can pick up on some of the better text to voice ones
This was a simple mistake made by a high school student who is doing write-ups for us. Mistakes like this happen when you are working every day to published thousands of orphaned films -- many of them highly endangered. That's why we have close to half a million subscribers!
Why has most of the commentators got their knickers in a knot, so the carrier was given the wrong name in the title, but if where periscope films found the film to save for posterity, for yours, and my entertainment and interest, had given the film a wrong label then how were they supposed to know, unless of course they had a crystal ball or the time to do major research just to make sure it was the CVN that they believed it to be, come on people, it isn’t the end of the world.
Periscope is a stock footage house and so should have the description correct. It is the business. (Was with Grinberg for 20 years)
Alan that crystal ball is called the internet. Simply entering CVN-71 in search box or Roosevelt carrier would have revealed correct name and ship number.
That’s the FDR, CV42, sister ship to the Midway CV41 and Coral Sea CV 43.
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB/CVA/CV-42)
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Where does the Ramp Monster live. At the ramp. Waiting to snag its prey.
I'd be interested in the comments of any Naval Aviators that had flown on and off a Midway Class carrier and then off of a Forrestal Class or newer as to what the difference in size made (especially on recoveries).
My dad was an A-4 pilot on both Midway (Vietnam cruise) and Forrestal (post-fire Med cruise). He said it was definitely a bit more relaxing on the bigger boat.
A bit. 😉
I served on the TR and this can't be her. Wasn't commissioned yet
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This CVA-42 the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The deck crew must of been doing a few weeks of overtime 🤣
Whale is inbound, every body stand well behind the foul line.
The narrator sounds like Johnny Carson.
I thought the same thing
Hellooo, wake up whoever posted this: this is not the carrier Teddy Roosevelt which is our current one of Nimitz-class nuclear carriers (CVN-71). So this must be CV-42 Franklin D Roosevelt!
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This is USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt CVA 42
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"Best thing you'll ever do with your clothes on"!... or "... Just like the first time you make love with a woman... except it's better..." I am not sure it was ... that good - may be it was me or perhaps I had a very good wife but it was not easy. I remember my first qual number "Juliet-47". It is during those some of those traps or landings where you earned all your flight pay - in one "bad day at the office". It was like going through your finals every single time. In my times, in all honesty (i.e. at the club), nearly half our guys would not go back at sea once their obligation was over. It was hard life, with a 23% "loss (i.e. death)" rate in the Jet community - over a 20 year career - and that was in "Peace time" (Naval Safety Center datat, 1980), Great video, nice memories, thank you to PericscopeFilm for preserving these parts of our history - Ciao, L
🇺🇸 I know they were different size and design carriers in 1964, but those arresting wires are so close together vs. today’s carriers. Is that a function of carrier size and aircraft design of today where there’s more space ?
Multiple reasons. The flight deck on a Midway Class carrier was 979 feet while the nuclear carriers now in service have flight decks of almost 1100 feet in length. While today we have technology that allows an aircraft to trap without the pilot touching the controls, in 1964 it was all pilot skill and help from the LSO's. Because today's technology makes traps more precise there are now four arresting cables instead of the five used at the time of this film. Technology notwithstanding and unseen unless you are on the flight deck, the ship is rolling and pitching up and down with the seaway. While FBW systems can react almost instantly to this flying the ball back in day often meant "chasing a bouncing ball." Low fuel and a pitching deck at night is a nightmare scenario!
04:27 > - there's a nearly new F4 (B I'm thinking?) landing right next to an A1 Skyraider . . . . - and to think in one form or another they'd serve over the skies of Vietnam for the next 10 years or thereabouts. And yet in that same time the USN & USAF would be flying both F111s and A6s. How technology in the fleet changed so rapidly (and just as much with TAC).
F-8s and F-4s in the same airwing on a "big deck" carrer. By the mid-60s most of the F-8s, except for the RF-8s, were assigned to Essex-class carriers.
Yes, that was f-4b. Vf-14( tophatters)
"Imagine if punishment for catching the #1 wire was cleaning the head."
🇺🇸 At 25:32 did they put the pilot’s body in the plane or in a pod under the wing ?
The casket would have been loaded into the interior of C-1A, via the port (left) side hatch. The accident took place near Bermuda.
Where was Tilly?
I think they meant the FDR, CVA-42
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Haven't you seen "The Final Countdown"? TR went back to 1964 during her maiden deployment in 1989. I know because I was there.
CVA-42
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1964 it was the FDR, not the Teddy Roosevelt.
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This is the Franklin Roosevelt CV42 not Theodore Roosevelt! Cool though!
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Get the name of the ship right, please.
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Wrong Roosevelt...this ship is CV-42, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt....not CVN-71, Theodore Roosevelt.
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Not TR….Coral Sea maybe….but definitely not TR.
In 1964 there was only 1 CVN, It was USS Enterprise CVN-65. Get your facts correct! This wasn't it.
There was no CVN-71 in 1964 you hockey pucks!
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correct but dont criticise.
hi my usa in 1961 in usa get T28 for GVP fight north vietnam in the T28 very too solow is go fight laos in vietnam fight go up too solow
I really wish you wouldn't ruin these with your logo and silly counter. It's not as if you own these, they are public domain.
Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.
In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous UA-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do.
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I think the narrator is Jack Webb of Dragnet fame
CV-42 **NOT** CVN-71
Thanks this is now corrected.
Not CVN- 71
Thanks this is now corrected.
oopsie
Turn the music off please 🙏
Naval Aviation is an unforgiving profession. Underway air operations; i.e., launch and recovery, is perhaps, the most dangerous of dangerous professions in the US military.
FDR not TR
Thanks this is now corrected.
Too much Roosevelts! Own guilty.
You want people to support you on Patreon and you cant' even get your facts straight. No thanks.
Thanks this is now corrected. And yes we have dozens of supporters on Patreon, helping us save films like this one and share them with the world. Some people are grateful for what we do.
Stupid music in background makes it unwatchable
The film was MADE in 1964, some 60 YEARS AGO (with the music already in it). Don't you think you are a little late with your complant? Most of us are greatful this the film is even AROUND TO BE WATCHED, thanks to Periscope Films, who had NOTHING to do with film production, the Navy did
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