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F-14 Explodes During Supersonic Flyby
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มี.ค. 2021
- On September 20, 1995, a dramatic and bizarre incident occurred over the open ocean. That day, two US Navy Carriers, the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS John Paul Jones, were on their way back to San Diego, California, after supporting American troops during Operation Southern Watch in Iraq.
While conducting a typical training mission in their F-14 Tomcat fighter jet, Pilot Neil "Waylon" Jennings and Radar Interceptor Officer Lt. Buga hoped to liven things up for the crews on deck. Nearing the end of the flight, Jennings brought the aircraft near the John Paul Jones and performed a fly-by at supersonic speed. Suddenly, while wrapped in a shockwave, one of the F-14's engines exploded.
Caught on camera by a sailor from the USS Jones, the blast from the Tomcat astonished everyone. There was no way the pilots could have survived the airplane disintegrating at that speed. But miraculously, they did, even after performing a supersonic ejection, breaking the sound barrier, and ending up 55 miles away.
Both men only suffered minor injuries. They were lucky to be alive to tell the story.
Let's just take a moment to give major props to the guys who designed those ejection seats! Heroes who don't get credit or public accolades, but who have saved many lives over the years.
and then to realize that the F-14s ejection seat is rated for a maximum ejection speed of 450 knots!
NO! Did you not hear? Did he stutter? GAWD did it!
So, each and every pilot ever killed, why, God must have DAYMNED them!
Can I get an 'amen'?
@@MadNotAngry "Did you see what God just did to me maaaaan..????" Good thing those dudes ejected with their mouths closed or the air pressure would have blew out thier fartlockers.
@@DM-qp7do A perforated fartbox is not a desirable condition at all
@@barbaratodd1288 Nope, every time you'd sneeze a blast of air would shoot out.
"space shuttle challenger imitation" that is brutally accurate way to see it.
Except there was no one on challenger.....
Yeah... on the nose... I was sitting in 3rd grade class when Challenger blew... Grew up fast that day...
@@velonicatgmaildotcom I was around 10 months from being born when it happened.
@@Artofficial1986 I watched it live, like I watched the moon landings and I felt physically sick.
@@velonicatgmaildotcom you woulda thought it was nothing more than another cartoon stop telling that story
Jennings call sign after this crash became “Comet”. He was one of my instructors in Kingsville. Nice guy.
Oh those crazy pilots stories! I wonder what it was before I'm guessing but maybe thumper cause he was lucky as a rabbits foot:)
I don't think I ever want that as a callsign :)
Thank you for yourcservice and sacrifice sir
Lol, 'lucky rabbits foot', ask yourself, how much luck did it bring to the rabbit? 😂
@@KumaBean your the kind of guy they call Mr killjoy.
Neil was a close friend of mine. He ultimately was taken from us from Cancer at 55. He was a wonderful God-fearing man and friend. He was also a great musician. Miss him very much.
Thank you for sharing your story. So heartfelt and relatable. 🙏🇨🇦
Prayers for you his family and the rest of his friends.... Amazing story.. 🇺🇸✈️
Thank you for sharing this. It’s comforting knowing he in heaven.
Sorry to hear that, he left us too young.
Thank you for sharing this about Neil.
I cannot believe that he survived this explosion.
Those pilots are such courageous tough men.
Almost as unbelievable as the narration speed is the fact that the F-14 is a 50 year old design.
Yeah I saw somewhere that this year the tomcats are as old as spitfires were when top gun came out
Ha ha!
The F16 is basically 50 years old too
Play it at 0.90 speed. Solves the issue. Or just smoke meth?
@@mast3r-633 No, that's incorrect. When "TOP GUN" came out, back in 1986, the 'Tomcat' (according to the documentary), was introduced in 1970, which of would made it 16 years old (then). 'Spitfires', at the time "TOP GUN" was in the theaters, would be over 40 years old.
Title says F-14: *shows and F-35, F-4, F-15 and then a Super Hornet*
I was perplexed that 90% of the stock footage was 'other' A/C, I couldn't decide if the 1st one was a F-22 or 35. I think they do it for the comments, there is tons of Tomcat footage everywhere.
Just show us a relevant picture and just leave it there while you talk. Do that slowly moving out thing if you need some sort of movement.
And a late model Boeing 777 throttle at 2:43 lol.
Look at all the Variety you get for Your Dollar! Oh, wait...
He also says at the beginning, " 2 US Navy Carriers - Abraham Lincoln And John Paul Jones " ... well, the John Paul Jones was a Destoyer in 1995 ... NOT a US Navy Carrier!
My girl friend is a retired naval aviator on the E-2C Hawkeye. Her last mission was on reconnaissance although she was not the pilot. Sure enough, they experienced mechanical issues over the Arabian Sea and had to ditch at low altitudes. She lost consciousness upon hitting the water, and was then subject to a long recovery period. Lots of respect for the naval aviators as well as all who serve our country.
The ejection seats used in this mishap were Martin-Baker NACES (Navy Aircrew Common Ejection Seat), Navy designation SJU-17. They were tested and qualified from 0/0 to 600KEAS. This seat was also tested up to 50,000 ft from the back seat of an F-4 at China Lake. I know, because I was part of the Navy team that wrote the requirements for this seat, and was intimately involved with qualification testing. These seats are still used in the Navy T-45 aircraft, and also in the F-18E/F. If you look closely in the new Top Gun Maverick movie, you can see the NACES headbox (which contains the parachute) in most of the cockpit views. Too date, this seat has saved well over 100 Naval Aviators lives.
Thank you for sharing and for your work to save these men's lives, I hope you're proud
@2:22 -- GOD DAMN IT THAT'S AN F-35 LIGHTNING
@2:33 -- GOD DAMN IT THAT'S AN F-4 PHANTOM
@2:53 -- GOD DAMN IT THAT'S AN F-15 EAGLE
@2:43 -- Wait is that an airliner??
I thought I was just confused at first when I saw the lightning
They flew a lot of planes , very talented
🤣🤣🤣
That's why people love F14 because it have the abilities to mimics others a/c and use airlines throttle.
@@abdhaiamrialias9794 The first "stealth imitator".
Those men are extremely lucky to be alive and tell their story. I would have immediately played the lottery...
Gamblers fallacy
They already did & won the best possible prize, LIFE.
@@zromo8994 yep. It’s amazing that trope is so common. It shows how people don’t understand statistics or gambling :)
Nah man, that's like the next ten, twenty years of luck all used up at once. I'd wrap myself in bubble wrap and hide in a comfy closet.
@@MeppyMan I get it. I understand the concept and yet if I'm in a casino and see the past 10 spins landed red on a roulette table, I think it's bound to land on black next. Then i give myself a kick in the and remind myself that, not only do I not gamble, but it's still just as likely to hit red again as it is black.
I was the conning officer on USS John Paul Jones (DDG53) that day. Several of us were on the starboard bridge wing in the shot with F14 explosion. The boat crew launched, picked up both pilots and had them back on the ship in about 8 minutes. We spent the next few hours on RHIBs picking up floating fragments from the aircraft. None were bigger than about 4' long. The F14 was helping us with a training exercise.
Was this in 95? I was on the Lincoln during this deployment
I was onboard as well. Starboard side boat deck watching the aircraft approach 180 degrees relative. Both aviators out of the water in less than 10 min. Would have been sooner but the pilot directed the boat crew to pick up his the RIO first. That was a hell of deployment.
So how is it vid says 50 miles away where they were found? 8 min my azz in a boat to get them.
@@wallybraveheart6896 I bet my 30 Year career on it wallybraveheart! We were on the boat deck when the plane erupted in flames next to the ship doing 16 knots on a direct course to where the pilots hit the water. By the time we reached the down pilots, the RHIB was in the water. Don’t underestimate the Navy when the sh!t hits the fan!,,
F-14 was one of the most beautiful planes ever
"55 miles away". Mach I takes ya places you never really expect.
The video is very misleading. The USS John Paul Jones and the jet were 55 nautical miles away from the carrier, Abraham Lincoln.
The pilots were not thrown 55 miles from their aircraft.
@@nates9536 I was going to comment about this. You'd have to be going way faster than Mach 1 to end up 55 miles away. Waaaay faster
@@nates9536 isnt that 101 km? lol
@@2k7u Probably. I'm not google
@@nates9536 lol ok
2:23 Let's randomly insert an F-35 into this video about the F-14, none of these civilians will notice.
There was an f-4 proly the c or j version didn’t see an onboard Vulcan I might be wrong tho
I'd say limited stock video of F14s limit things a bit.
F15 too
Never have a clue🙈
How about that car engine taking a drink of Super Tech 10W-30 at 4:33 lol
I was serving on the JPJ when this happened. For clarification, the pilots were not 55 miles away from where they ejected. Our SAR swimmers were there pretty darn fast as they ejected very near the ship. They definitely had some burns on both men when they brought them aboard.
I have a question, was there a panic that the pilots where in the craft when it exploded?
If the ship was as close as JD noted above, the carrier tower likely saw the parachutes soon after the fireball. It's also a testament to how the Driver and RIO were essentially in impeccable condition for ejecting at such a high rate of speed. When you eject at Mach 1, your limbs are usually noodles, broken, dislocated and shredded, and surviving the ejection might just mean drowning in your chute if your arms and legs don't work.
I think he meant 50 miles from the carrier.
Exactly. I was at a loss as to why he said that, other than the fact it was in the copy he read aloud. You could say that the statement itself was 55 miles off the mark.
Waylon's account that he wrote said the same thing, they ejected very near the ship and were picked up very quickly.
Narrator speaks as though he has inhaled 37 cups pf coffee.
It's so annoying.
P F
Yeah, and bacwards.
The pilots ejecting at supersonic speed from a F-14 blowing up:
"Sadly, I died... But I lived!..."
Jus image not being in the jet any major but still chilling at a cool 500 mph while gliding down to the water
One of my favorite lines from that movie
What with the nazi pikachu
@@edwardcardozo8325 xd
@@edwardcardozo8325 You got a problem with Fuhrerchu?
"Let's livin things up around here"
Mission accomplished!
Almost deadened things up around there
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Liven
When you said the pilots survived, I was genuinely shocked, I had to go back and check to make sure I heard right.
I'd bet there's not a lot more people in history who could say they've survived supersonic ejection from a fighter plane, especially at basically sea level. That is just astonishingly lucky.
Just imaging the realisation that you survived at the same time as being in the worst trouble of your life for exploding a Tomcat while playing silly buggers! 😁🤦😳🥺🤯
I doubt that they were actually going supersonic when the ejection seats fired. When a plane breaks up like that, the pieces typically decelerate very quickly. In fact, Waylon reported that when his seat left the cockpit, he didn't feel any kind of windblast at all, it was eerie how calm it all seemed. Going out over 400 knots, limb-flailing injuries of some kind are essentially guaranteed and he didn't have any of that.
My eldest brother worked on a carrier for most of career. He had seen lives end from mishaps and carelessness, as well as mechanical failure. These guys were incredibly lucky. And, being named after Waylon Jennings, you know the guy is cool AF.
OLD WAYLON ..DONT YAW THINK THIS :EJECTION AT SUPSNC:HAS DONE GOT OUT OF HAND!
When I was at NAS PENSI I had the pleasure of meeting Jennings, his callsign had been changed after this incident. He was no longer Waylon... He was COMET after this.
"Permission to do a Challenger impression?"
"Permission denied!"
"Sorry, Goose, but it's time to buzz the tower."
Great balls of fireeeee or ball in this case
Epic
Fun Fact: The Abraham Lincoln was used to help evacuate personal during operation "Operation Fiery Virgil" in order to evacuate 2 US bases during the 1991 Eruption of Mount Pinatubo which left Clark Airbase abandoned by the USAF and handled over to the Philippines in the aftermath of said eruption
This fact was very fun.
@@Mr.SisterFisster I'm indeed filled with fun after that tasty morsel of fact
Your "fact" is second hand story because the details are wrong. The bases weren't abandoned for one, we were told to leave and we left.
@@craftpaint1644 technically yes but i said abandoned. Also yes a second hand. I knew Clarke AFB was evacuated expect for the "Ash Warriors" but never knew there was an operation for the evac
@@craftpaint1644 ...sounds like abandonment to me lol. Considering it's now owned by the Philippines, that's actually kind of a textbook definition of abandoning something lmao.
Abandon
transitive verb
1a: to give up to the control or influence of another person or agent;
1b: to give up with the intent of never again claiming a right or interest in;
(from Merriam Webster)
...in other words, being told to leave, leaving, and then not coming back is the very definition of abandoning something. th-cam.com/video/Zmvt7yFTtt8/w-d-xo.html
The Stinkin Lincoln was my home for many days, weeks, months. I miss going to sea. Thank you for the video!
I LOVE the Tomcat, one of my favorite combat planes along the F-16 and the A-10. I think its the variable wing and iconic profile, even more iconic than the F-15. Honestly this plane did deserve a movie.
A4 Skyhawk does it for me….i love to imagine if the allies had a full squadron of those in ww2
At 206 - “In the late 90’s, the Navy and the USAF were transitioning to the F-14B”, Dark Footage, you might want to inform the USAF they operated F-14s as that’s a new one on them.... and us too! Facts let you down as always.
His actual knowledge of the aircraft is garbage. I hate the use of the wrong a/c footage
@Happy Dog He's got wiki. Isn't that enough? Sadly I don't believe he actually knows that these are not all shots of Toms.
Most of the footage is of F-15s. Too bad that is a twin-engine, FIXED wing fighter aircraft that is considerably smaller.
@@ryankennard6626 most of these aren’t of either f14’s or f15’s it’s kinda just hodgepodge of jets
The random stock footage is annoying. F-35, F-4, F-15, the flight deck of an airliner (!), someone pouring oil into a car engine...
When did the John Paul Jones become a carrier?
Yes. It's a confusing inaccurate video
About 2 minutes before the F-14 became a USAF fighter.
A few things wrong with the video...people often mistake crossing the sound barrier as the visible cloud around the aircraft.
The momentary fog around the aircraft is called a vapor cone, and it is caused by condensed water molecules over the wings and the fuselage of the aircraft in high speed, but it doesn't necessarily have to be near the speed of sound. All you need is moisture, which is why you see these when planes are flying over the water or in cloudy days.
I was thinking he meant USS John C Stennis (CVN-74), but this event happened in September of 1995, and Johnny Reb wouldn't be commissioned until December that year.
Some people do not understand that the navy and Marines have their own aircraft.
You need to make a correction. The USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) is a Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer NOT a Aircraft Carrier.
Humans: Survive emergency ejection at supersonic speeds
Also humans: Dies from small falls and Whiplash at bicycle speeds....
Is that Whiplash or do you mean an ass-whooping? Lol. Look out for Stone Cold Steve Austin...
The “USS John Paul Jones” is a Destroyer (DDG)
Yeah DDG-53
yep I caught that too. USS john paul jones.. a "US CARRIER".. 😁
Yep that's what I thought to.
thank you!!!, The JPJ escorted my ship Coral Sea during Vietnam, they stayed with us through a typhoon, tough ship....
Misinformation delivered at a reading speed of mach 1...
I was in both the Air Force and Army during my career. I've always been a ground guy. Things like this are why. Things like this happen, yes. But being 19yo, at war with a long range fighter group (F-111), and being tasked to do search and recovery after two separate crashes on practice runs - was challenging mentality. Pilots will tell you that if you have to crash over land or over sea, they would choose land. You don't really get to survive either but over land at least, generally, something can be brought back. Chaplin's and upper command will tell you there's a huge difference for the ones bearing that burden. I read the caption to this and in no way did i think there were survivors. So when he said "God was looking out for us." No truer words could be spoken. It was nice surprise knowing they survived.
Thank you,
Dark!
Great video you made!
This guy talks faster than I can listen,
He's got a supersonic Gob.
Bro was talking as fast as the plane was flying 💀😂 I could barely keep up.
I think he's desperate for a poo.
This happened right at the end of my mother's Navy career. I had always thought that they died. I hope they bought a lotto ticket afterwards. They're touched.
Buying a lottery ticket would be crazy at that point. They probably used up their lifetime allotment of luck surviving that.
@@the_omg3242 lol nah. They're cats after all. They've got a few lives left.😂😂👍
The footage from 2:24 on is a F-35 (didn’t exist at the time), an F-4, the cockpit of an airliner, and an F-15. That’s like telling about Corvettes while showing a Ferrari, an Oldsmobile, a Lincoln Towncar, and a Pontiac! Different eras and completely different frames.
Now imagine that video footage of Corvettes that can be used is rare and how silly you'd look for blaming someone for using footage of various cars driving
But hey, you clicked on it. Isn't this what TH-cam is all about? I'm giving this video a thumbs down. The least I can do to protest this kind of crap.
Not to mention somebody pouring oil into a car engine, when they're talking about jet fighters....
- Historic space launch documentaries & old scify movies did it all the time.
> Showing maybe an Atlas on the launch pad & a Thor or even a V-2 or other rockets in flight. Used to annoy me every time.
It's just stock footage used as a filler, it's common in a lot of his videos. They usually relate in some way to what is being spoken, so I can forgive it - furthermore, the F-35 clip demonstrates what an aircraft looks like when certain parts of it are supersonic.
0:45 "There is NO WAY the pilots could survive..."
0:48 "But ..they did...with minor injuries"
So, there was then, and still is now, at least ONE WAY that pilots can not only survive such incidents, but come away from them relatively unharmed !
- Hardly, the Challenger's external tank held 250 tons of highly volatile liquid hydrogen & oxygen. The F-14 blast would be a mere firecracker in comparison.
C'mon bro... In the first minute of the story, while explaining the maneuver the Tomcat would perform, you show footage from an F-35, an F4 Phantom, the cockpit of a Boeing 737, the fly-over of an Israeli F-15D....
99% of viewers don’t know the difference so he doesn’t need to master his military knowledge. Im here for the story tbh.
@@ZxRiGxZ Most of his viewers are exactly this. We all love military stuff. That's why we watch channels that tell these kinds of stories. Otherwise we'd be watching tiktok videos.
Also, at the very beginning he said two carriers, the Lincoln and the John Paul Jones. The JPJ is a destroyer, DDG-53.
@@peterhineinlegen4672 later on in the video, the Jones was also called a cruiser.
I was about to reply the same thing, than saw you already did it. They'll throw any aircraft up trying to dramatize the video. As if there isn't a lot of F-14 footage to choose from. That's one reason I rarely watch these videos.
It didn't explode. Doc and Marty just made it back to the future!
Mister Fusion just got a promotion: to Master of the Universe.
Fighter Jet Speed: 600 knots
Narrarators voice speed: 1450 knots
It amazes me that the Tomcat is 50 years old and could still hold its own today in combat
That was our fear, at least. We destroyed all we had left so that Iran would never be able to find spare parts.
Brilliant videos bro but some clips are confusing as you’re showing F35 and F4 when talking about the F14 and commercial cockpit controls etc. Sorry to criticise (hopefully help) but apart from this your research is amazing.
That's okay, they also got confused than an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer is a carrier.
Actually almost nothing in the video is accurate.
And an F15
@@timgosling6189 Yeah, they showed someone putting oil in a car engine when they were talking about oil being the cause of failure in a jet fighter....SMH...
Check out Ward Carroll's channel he was a REO in the F-14 can't get a better source of information about the F-14 on TH-cam.
I remember seeing this video years ago with no details so I am amazed to hear they both lived! Thanks for explaining what happened.
For someone who has made as many TH-cam documentaries as this guy you'd think he would have actually learned enough by now to not make so many mistakes with stock footage and narration
The USS John Paul Jones is an aircraft carrier? Really? You’re apparently the only people in the world who know that little gem of knowledge.
Glad they survived! They were very lucky! They say nothing you do in an airplane is dangerous until you do it near the ground. When you're doing it near the ground at mach 1, it's exponentially dangerous.
By the way, did anyone play the game of "how many Dark Footage clips are of the wrong aircraft?" This one was a real winner! 0:30 F-35, 2:24 F-35, 2:33 F-4, 2:52 F-15, 3:25 FA-18.
You forgot the airliner cockpit
Having worked in the aviation industry and have served in the military, I can say without reservation that the men weren't "lucky" to be survived.
Millions of man hours over decades of research and development lead to the technology and engineering that saved the lives of these two aircrew. Highly refined training standards, plans, systems and procedures on the part of the naval officers and crews lead to the speedy rescue and recovery of the aircrew.
Luck had nothing to do with it. Good old fashioned hard work and dedication saved these men.
Also...2:02 - the "USAF" never flew F-14 Tomcats. These were a navy plane. Not Air Force.
Again the credibility of this channel must be called into question.
Facts.
"There's no way the pilots could have survived, although they did..."
WTF Just happened?
The pilot unfortunately, lost his battle against cancer in 2017 (Neil Waylon Jennings R.I.P)
I always thought it would be badass if in addition to the USS John Paul Jones, we had the USS Jimmy Page, USS Robert Plant, and USS John Bonham. Especially if they were 4 ships in a fleet.
Yes I know who the original JPJ was... but it would still be really cool.
The John Paul Jones the ship was actually named after was way more bad ass than any rock star , I have yet begun to fight !!!
I vote the next 4 carriers be named after AC/DC.
That would definitely rock! :)
That idea would go over like a lead balloon...
I'd like to vote for USS Boaty McShipbottom
"Waylon Jennings"...Old guys like me get the rebel reference.
Lol, i thought the name sounded familiar
Gotta love the new TH-cam feature that shows what part of the video is watched by most people, so you can skip the *endless* fluff and get to the interesting bit
New drinking game... drink each time they show something that isn't an F-14 while talking about an F-14
This accident right here changed the F-14s forever. Pilots were banned from Flying in after burner for an extended period of time, and no more Cat launches in Burner mode.
I get the no extended afterburner rule, but why no cat launches with burner?
@@phantomaviator1318 don't want to risk an exploding engine on the flight deck?
The a model needed burners on the cat, the b and d had enough power that mil was enough
Not sure who Josh is but if you didn't have zone 5 on your P&W's your Tomcat fell in the water. We used to take F-14's to hi-power to get a quick defuel, 25-30 min at zone 5 and you can go thru 15k of JP-5.
@@bender7565 my first West Pack in 97 was one of the F-14s last cruises. I watched F-14s cat launch for 6 months, not once did they ever go into Afterburner.
They ended up 55 miles away?!?!?! Damn!
Right! Thats crazy
Easy: the speed of sound at sea level is about 767 miles per hours, which is 12.7833 miles per minute. If you do your math, it would take 4.3 minutes to land 55 miles.....away....if you stay supersonic......while strapped to your ejection seat!. Translation? Absolutely 100% unadulterated Bovine Organic Matter!!!. The pilots engine failed, generating that massive flames. They did NOT eject immediately.......the aircraft decelerated rapidly. Only after reducing power (the Tomcat has 2 engines) and speed (subsonic), they could not control the Tomcat, they had no other option but to egress. 55 miles away? Of course, they stayed aboard the Tomcat that far out until they could no longer control it. The only way to 100% confirm this mishap is to obtain the OFFICIAL mishap report from the U.S. Navy. I’d call it fake! Thumbs down until we have a link to the official report.
@@uwekonnigsstaddt524 The Tomcat was 55 miles away from the carrier when it flew by the _John Paul Jones,_ a destroyer that it had just simulated a cruise missile attack on. The F-14 disintegrated in mid air and the pieces and the aircrew decelerated rapidly and fell into the ocean, not far away from the destroyer.
It's okay, I was confused as well until I looked it up, it wasn't very clear.
From what I've found, they were 55 miles away from their carrier when it happened by the other ship. They certainly didn't eject and fly or drift or float 55 miles before being rescued. I guess something got misread during this video's production.
I am about 50 miles away from two major cities in either direction, and it takes me 1 hour without traffic, and up to 1 hour 45 minutes with traffic to get there. My brain honestly can't process flying off and ending up that far away in nothing but a chair with parachutes.
Just guessing, maybe a bird got sucked into the engine. “Talk to me, Goose!”
Was my first thought as to such too.
at +Mach speeds you don't get 'sucked' into an engine, an engine passes through you with dire consequences.
I'd get the word "lucky" tattooed on my ass, if I survived that f-14 explosion.
Unbelievable! Their guardian angels must've been flying with them!!!
Lookup footage of ejection seat testing. It's no joke.
mommas were praying very hard
I mean Waylon Jennings had a great career singing songs after this, dam that guy could do it all.......
😂
The day the music didn't die
not to mention... who put Led's John Paul Jones in 2nd command
@@justndd9717 '2nd in command'. Russkie much?
*_"WTF! they ejected while in a sonic boom, that's insane!"_* and survived, that's even more insane!
Once again you interspersed images of F 35, F4 and F 15 in amongst the dialogue on the F 14 accident which really is poor editing-also the aircraft was well below Mach 1 apparently. You need to improve!
USS John Paul Jones is not an aircraft carrier, it is a guided missile destroyer.
Also, the USAF never operated the Tomcat
I was just about to post the SAME THING. The USS John Paul Jones is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer... clearly not a carrier.
We call that a Yeet ejection... I also love how like non of the background Stock footage is of an F14 xD
I served on USS John Paul Jones 1996-1998. JPJ is a Destroyer, not a carrier. HUGE difference!
And, it’s not “USS Jones”, it’s USS John Paul Jones.
"two US Navy carriers..." "the USS John Paul Jones.." Yeah... I don't see *anything* wrong with this!
I was just wondering if there's also a USS Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Bonham :)
They said carriers, not aircraft carriers... I guess they meant seamen carriers ?
I heard that too. The DDG-53 USS John Paul Jones has a helipad...so if a helicopter is on board, *technically* its sort of an aircraft carrier...but as far as designation...no, it's a destroyer. I do like this guy's channels, but some of his facts are occasionally cringeworthy.
@@dmanduff9108 agreed
Strange for us Europeans to hear someone say 'God was looking out for us', and it's probably strange for Americans to learn that God is hardly ever mentioned in Europe.
God bless the queen. I hear that all the time.
"there was no way they could have survived..." LOL is that what they told aspiring F14 pilots?
A report I read was that the F14 exploded only a 1/2 mile away. But they landed 55 miles away in the sea. All from 550 feet above sea level. I can't imagine being thrown that far & still survive. And the pilot said all time had stopped. What a F'n trip
I was a Navy jet engine mechanic working the test cell crew. I have crawled around on many jet engines in my day checking for leaks including the F-14, F-4, A-6, A-7.
Dark Docs & That Chapter both uploaded on the same day
Sweet 👌
So did Donkey Porn Live. Oh....
"Remember when I told you that your ego is writing checks your body can't cash. You think I was just trying to impress you with a clever turn of phrase?"
You mean 'cheques'?
@@brimkathstampex2306 it’s how it’s spelled in the U.S.
Your BODY can’t cash.
@@Nick-wn1xw Its fixed
Yeap that's incredible. Thanks for this video. I'm an A&P mechanic for 26 years.
For anyone else looking for it, the actual footage of the incident is at 4:14
Very interesting. Would you mind creating more content about Swedish airplanes please. Love your content
Next on ( dark footage) airplane runs on Swedish meatballs. 😁
Good call man - I'd love to hear some SAAB stories !
Saab Viggen especially! What a beautiful aircraft! I built the Airfix 1/72 scale kit as a kid & have been fascinated by it ever since!
@@Aengus42 ohhhhh yes indeed, there's something about Swedish aircraft design that is so striking and innovative 👍🍻
@@adamfrazer5150 Yep, with the Viggen it's like it started out design as a swing wing airframe until someone saw the before & after swing shapes superimposed over one another & thought... Hang on! Weight saving & aerodynamics all in one fell swoop!
DDG-53 USS John Paul Jones is NOT a Cruiser, she's a Destroyer. Please do your research more thoroughly and get someone to proof read your scripts to ensure you are delivering the correct information.
Even worse, at the start of the video he called the John Paul Jones a carrier.
At least he didn't call both ships battleships.
In 1979 I roomed with a guy from the USS Kennedy, which was in dry dock. He had a picture of an F-16 breaking the sound barrier at about 100 ft. above sea level. When the aircraft was inspected after the flight, they found cracks in the air frame. It was believed to be from the returning shock wave off the water adding to the normal stresses of a flight of that nature. Supposedly the CO stopped all low level high speed passes after that. I saw the picture, you could see the water being displaced right under the aircraft asa she went by.
Man, lucky is putting it mildly. Max ejection speed for survival is estimated less than 450 knots.
And yes God was looking out for you . You had Angels protecting you and your back seater.
*NO FATALITIES 🤯*
I was just about to type,””It just wasn’t their time,”” when he said “GOD was looking out for us that day!” Truly amazing!!!
One of those rare 'hey ya'll watch this' moments where nobody dies.
Supersonic goes boom
Wrap drive technology: you can still wait till you improve your primitive technology! 🤖
That was hectic. That ejection pull must of been pure sense reaction.
Or automatic
Muscle memory
Space shuttle Challenger imitation was kinda funny how he said it.
AS USUAL, DARK DOCS DESTROYS ITS OWN CREDIBILITY: JOHN PAUL JONES IS A SMALL DESTROYER, NOT A CAPITAL SHIP AND CERTAINLY NOT A CARRIER. FOR THE REVENUE IT GENERATES THEY COULD AFFORD TO PAY AN EDITOR.
Wow I’ve just learnt that someone has ejected at Mach and survived till now I thought no one had yet, but you learn something new everyday
An SR71 RSO survived a mach 3 breakup at 70,000 feet.
Why do you keep using F22 and F15 footage? It's not like there's a shortage of F14 footage out there.
F-35 too.
Thank you to all our service people on our great Independence Day for our great country. You all' I mean everyone of you are my hero! From the cooks to the Navy Seals , I am so thankful for everyone of you, and I pray for you to stay safe. Happy 4th to all Patriots.
The pilots got a HELL of a story.... lol
I can't keep watching this. The use of an F-22 and a F-4 pretending to be an F-14 is so wrong. DF - you use the right plane images.
Can I just point out that the USS John Paul Jones is not a US Navy carrier as stated in the desc and in the video
4:16 you're welcome
2:04 "The Navy and the USAF were transitioning to the F-14B"
Quite a surprise to hear the USAF was flying the F-14. I was flying USAF fighters until the early Nineties, and certainly had never heard of any F-14s in that branch of the armed forces.
I remember seeing that clip years ago. Always wondered what happened to the pilots, and even if it was real. Thanks for the video.
Those pilots better win the lottery with that luck!
That is indeed a very strange, and tragic event
Tragic event implies loss of life, this was not tragic. It was however strange and miraculous
Hey gman can you tell valve to make half life 3 ?
@@grummanf14tomcat40 I wish I could but there busy making Dota card games
@@g-man7731 why cant they make a good half life game again
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this guy when speaking:
“wereconductingatrainingmissionintheirF-14s”
The pilots survived because the ejection almost certainly was NOT at supersonic speed.
1) The video said they leveled off at almost 600 knots. The speed of sound at sea level is 667 knots.
2) At 2:49 it is reported they were doing a 6g pullup when they heard a bang. That means if the aircraft weighed 50,000 pounds at the time it would behave as if it weighed 300,000 pounds. Losing an engine under those conditions would cause a rapid deceleration.
3) Even if they were supersonic when the aircraft started tumbling out of control as Lt. Buga reported, it would have violently decelerated. Given the time it took to make the decision to eject, then to actually get out of what was left of the plane, they would have been traveling much slower than they were at the start.
“In the late 90s, the Navy and the USAF would transition to the F-14B...”
The Tomcat was only flown by the Navy. The Air Force used the F-15.
That's a fact. 👍
I felt like stating this but here it is, I have seen a picture of a Tomcat with U.S Air Force but I guess it was just a display
@@SkyGuy-gr2zc Perhaps it was an early trial model tested by the USAF, or was kept at their experimental testing sites. Maybe there is a fascinating story behind it.
@@swivelhips586 Going to comment in case someone pops up to tell that story. I don't think they made an Air Force Tomcat. Although I believe they wanted one jet to serve both, but the requirements split quickly. Maybe someone lost a bet in a bar, had to paint a Tomcat and put it on display. I like to watch F-14's and F15's duke it out theoretically in DCS. Checkout "Growling Sidewinder." Fantastic dogfights.
@@pgtmr2713 It seems historically they mostly or almost totally used different models.
Even the USMC were the only ones to use the Harriers.
Really enjoyed this video
Could you speed up the delivery a bit?
Too bad Maverick wasn't as good as Waylon or Goose would be with us today! RIP Goose!