27 June 2010, 07:02
China Fleet Sailor"Lap around the boat;" Naval aviator in training records his CQ w/wearable camcorder
http://vholdr.com/video/lap-around-boatCool video, although the pilot may get a talking-to from TRACOM for making it in the first place.
quote:
Originally posted by tsibindi:
What? No Nomex gloves?
I noticed that also, I always wore my gloves, how can you grab anything hot or burning without them?
28 June 2010, 01:01
China Fleet SailorJust one of the reasons I figured the young man needs to get a talking-to.
28 June 2010, 03:20
JudgeGI think I had a whopping 150 hours the first time I "hit the boat", solo, of course. Heck, it was the first time I'd ever been on a carrier.
A video wouldn't have worked in my airplane. The suction from my butt would have pulled it off my helmet.
28 June 2010, 08:08
A7drvrGloves are optional around the boat because they're slippery as snot when wet (leather palms). If you have to eject you want to be able to operate the parachute fittings when you hit the water.
28 June 2010, 21:24
China Fleet Sailorquote:
Originally posted by A7drvr:
Gloves are optional around the boat because they're slippery as snot when wet (leather palms). If you have to eject you want to be able to operate the parachute fittings when you hit the water.
Wouldn't you want to operate the parachute fittings before you hit the water?
28 June 2010, 22:40
surestrikequote:
Originally posted by China Fleet Sailor:
Wouldn't you want to operate the parachute fittings before you hit the water?
No he's talking about disconnecting from your harness once in the water so you don't drown. The chute opens automatically after an eject.
29 June 2010, 04:59
China Fleet SailorI'm a little rusty. I never was in a paid flight status. But I had my NATOPs quals and could work the AWG-9.
But that was a long time ago.
04 July 2010, 19:25
D Humbargerquote:
A video wouldn't have worked in my airplane. The suction from my butt would have pulled it off my helmet
LOL!
Judge I was a photographer & worked PLAT, USS America while in the Token Gulf (72/73).
(pilot landing aid television) for you none Navy types.
I really respected you pilots & during those night landings everyone on the flightdecks asshole was puckering not just the pilots. Especially in rough seas. Lots of memories there!.
04 July 2010, 21:09
onefunzr2A Tomcat not a Vigilante, but I still didn't hear the 'grunt' when the cat fired.
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The catapult fires. The weight on my chest forces me to grunt. I strain my neck as I try to pull my head off the rest; if I succeed, I will eject. Seventy thousand pounds of airplane is accelerating to 170 mph. As the "Vigi" clears the deck, 3,000 pounds of hydraulic pressure in the nose gear extend the Oleo strut hard enough to vibrate the nose and make the instrument panel a blur (barely noticed in the daytime, this could create moments of confused terror at night). I can now lean forward, reach with my left hand to raise the landing-gear lever and pull the throttles back from afterburner to military power. I keep low, turn starboard away from the carrier, accelerate, then climb and look around for my F-4 Phantom escort.
Pilots, ship's captains...sometimes they're hard-headed.
VIDEO31 July 2011, 09:51
Todd Williamsquote:
Originally posted by f224:
quote:
Originally posted by tsibindi:
What? No Nomex gloves?
I noticed that also, I always wore my gloves, how can you grab anything hot or burning without them?
I never wore my gloves around the boat.
