Pitching deck F-18 night landings videos....

[Mr Walleye]

I thought some of you people would enjoy watching these videos.

Wow!


Subject: Pitching deck F-18 night landings



These videos show the ultimate difference between Naval Aviation and any other kind.

Here are two absolutely 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.






Carrier Landing on a pitching deck ( Part 1 )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gGMI8d3vLs



Carrier Landing on a pitching deck ( Part 2 )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0yj70QbBzg&feature=related


Mike

[ananomoly]

Thanks for sharing. That was awesome.  ;)

[Wildcat]

It was awesome.  Thanks.

[NePaSmoKer]

When i lived in Calif i worked on the FA/18. Way back Northrop made these for the Navy and were called F17. The Navy didn't buy them because the gear didn't hold up so Northrop moth balled the 2 planes and Douglas stole the drawings. Needless to say after big law suits it's now called Douglas/Northrop FA/18. Back when they were F17 they were painted gray/blue camo.

My wife spent a week on the USS Constellation watching the flight ops on the FA/18. Pretty cool.  I worked for Northrop for 21 yrs


nepas

[Tenpoint5]

pretty good Mike even the boys liked watching it.

[carnie1]

I've always been amazed with carrier landings, My cousin is a retired air force bgen and he said those ships look like a postage stamp from the air. I've always wondered what the tailhooks are made of and how they are attached cause they must take an awful lot of stress.