wags Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 This is very unnerving, landing with deck pitching 30 feet, at night, low on fuel. Incredible. Turn on your sound and go full screen. I guarantee this will definitely hold your attention. These videos show the difference between Naval Aviation and any other kind. The links below are two outstanding videos about F-18 carrier operations aboard the USS Nimitz during weather that causes a severely pitching deck, which you can see in the videos. It's more dangerous than most combat missions and the tension in the pilots and crew is very apparent. Watch Part 1 first. Great videos Carrier - Landing on a Pitching Deck Pt. 1 YouTube - PBS: Carrier - Landing on a Pitching Deck Pt. 1 Carrier - Landing on a Pitching Deck Pt. 2 YouTube - PBS: Carrier - Landing on a Pitching Deck Pt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 We did this 2 days ago Wags. Great stuff though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wags Posted April 12, 2010 Author Share Posted April 12, 2010 Must be blind Sorry Slarti.... simply didn't see it until you brought to my attention. Now it sticks out like the proverbial... please accept my apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Doesn't matter much Wags, it's an amazing video... I would love to see the whole doco though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 No problem Wags, just pointing it out. Bugger it - I just noticed that it's on every weekday at 16:30 on channel 610 (National Geographic). I just set my IQ to record them all (via the web from here at work. How cool is that technology?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtrewin Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 these men and women are best of best great stuff wags:thumb_up: ive seen this on national geo few times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Gotta love it... those ground crews must be bloody good! It would be a very exciting workplace... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 The whole ten episodes are available in full on youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaiwCcWcIq8 is the link to the first epsiode!:thumb_up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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