Seeing as this video has blown up in recent days and received far more views than I anticipated I wanted to clear a few things up I see in a lot of comments: 1. The deck crew is not “slow.” A carrier operates in cycles. That is scheduled launch times and recovery times. Typically the Hawkeye is the first launch on a cycle. We get lined up on the cat early so that we can launch often down to the second as scheduled. What you can’t see in this video is the conga line of jets lined up behind us as well as in the waist catapults ready to launch approximately every 60 seconds once the cycle begins. You even hear me remark just before launch that they put us into tension about a minute early. 2. The audio takes a significant quality hit between being recorded on an iPhone and then processed into video editing software. It doesn’t sound nearly as bad in the actual helmet speakers. 3. There are numerous radio frequencies intentionally not recorded and excluded from this audio. Often times a crew member is responding on ICS to something they heard on one of the radios making their statement seem strange without context to viewers of this video. If a crew member is expressing their frustration, for example, it is NOT directed at the flight deck crew but rather to radio calls that we hear in our helmets. 4. Keep in mind there are 5 of us in the aircraft. Up front it may seem like we’re giving a running commentary of things that may seem obvious. That’s because they’re not obvious to the three crew members in the aft portion of the aircraft who have little outside visibility (especially when the wings are folded). We give a play-by-play so everyone in the crew is always aware of where we are on the flight deck and how far along in the launch process we are.
I love the running commentary about what the shooter is doing "given' him the salute, he's looking around, he's looking at *something* pressure, he's looking aft, he's looking back at us, he's touched the deck, he's looking forward" and then of course "OH YEAH....REAL GOOD!" I appreciate you keeping the folks in the back informed as my daughter hopes to serve an an E-2 NFO later this year!
I made three cruises on the America, CV 66, 1975 - 1978. Fifty or so of us lived in the “49” compartment, port side right about at the water line well forward. Pretty small space but we were at home. You work 12 hours a day, 7 to 7 and shift from nights to days or vice versa when you leave a port. Long lines for meals, midrats for the guys on nights, short “navy showers”, I loved the food but a lot of guys hated it, I was fortunate to be an enlisted aircrewman in the E2-C as an AT2 so I flew most days/nights. Pretty tough for married guys but being single I loved it. When you’re 21 or 22 you don’t realize what an amazing adventure it is to live and work on an aircraft carrier for seven months at a time, but as the years go by it dawns on you that selling insurance or working in a bank or whatever boring time consuming bill paying occupation you find yourself in is nothing , absolutely nothing, compared to the days of your youth when you sailed the seas and saw the world and worked on amazing airplanes and flew on and off an aircraft carrier hundreds of times and didn’t have a worry in the world.
It's amazing hearing their thought process. When launching from the cat "OK, he's looking aft, and now he's looking back at us". Brilliant stuff. Total respect for these guys.
You are not hearing his thought process. And, he is not doing it for the benefit of TH-cam viewers. He is following standard procedure narrating everything he and the co-pilot are doing, as well as narrating what the deck crew personnel are doing, so the 3 officers in the rear of the aircraft (mission commander, radar officer, and aircraft control officer) know what is going on. Those 3 crew members in the rear can not see the cockpit and only have 3 small windows on the starboard side. There are no windows on the port side because that is where their radar workstations are located. While taxiing on the carrier deck the wings are folded back which completely blocks the 3 windows.
@@jamesf.ryaniii7918 I was a back seater in an S3 Viking and our pilot and COTAC did the same thing so we knew what was happening prior to and right before launch.
Flew the E2 in the 80’s and 90’s. Loved how you now have glass displays up front. I always thought that the cockpit instrumentation of our Hawkeyes were severely lacking. Nice job guys!
Frick’n awesome guys! Thank you and all crew for your service. I am a disabled vet (Army) and I know we have a friendly rivalry, but thank you for everything. I have been out for about 30 years. But I beam with pride for all of my brothers and sisters in the military and love these videos to see how the other half lives!
Bravo Zulu, this was a great look inside the bigeye. I flew a F14A and B but always wondered what it was like in the front seat of this. Thanks to all my Navy brothers for serving with me back in the 1980's. It was great seeing the blue ocean from their cockpit, brought so many memories back.
Yes I am sure it is not a memory your likely to forget though :) Worked on f-4 j79 engines as they transitioned to the f14A was leaving another squadron as they brought in the g.e. "motors" :) as an a.d.!worked everywhere from 6 pack,and doing night traps to a cruise on the indy in launch crew ,take a breather in a.i.m.d.:) my brother was ships company on the Kennedy worked directly for the air boss:) Everyone does work together!! Did work ups on the ranger and nimitz and med i.o. on the america and Indy:) Have worked all manner of crazy dangerous jobs in construction and manufacturing BUT never trusted any group of people more than the people on deck and in my squadrons!! This video shows what a unique aircraft and crew this really is! @ yrs of hot deck time ,never got used to being around e-2's :) Glad you made it through safely Peace Rick Wichita Kansas
@@andrewkuoppala2700 My Rio had the only seat back there. You're one of those gamers and I bet you never did anything for this country but play on your phone and question those that did serve this country.
I love these flying videos of life in the US Navy and especially reading all the comments from veterans and those presently serving, and all the unique stories, humour and banter. Launching and trapping onto a postage stamp "runway" in the ocean earns my utmost respect! Best wishes and blessings to you all from a civilian Kiwi who has flown nothing more than a gaggle of bug smashing Pipers and Cessnas a couple of decades ago. Thank you for your valuable service for our collective freedoms, David. 🛫🛬⚓🎖😀
More of this please! Seeing and hearing how tight the crew is and the checklist run throughs just flow. You all know what you are doing, in the cabin and on the deck. Even a bit of banter in there too. I like it.
35 years ago that would of been a problem , it’s sad because in today’s day in age some pilots literally wear glasses. Eye sight being perfect is no longer a priority. I guess life had other plans for you
@@G.D.goodwill i was the same. It was all I wanted to do growing up. I ended up becoming a chef but 20+ years later and I still think about the job I really wanted.
After reading many comments about Hawkeyes. My brother was in RVAW 110 at Maramare in 1976 when I joined. I was in stationed at NTC San Diego for A school so, I was able to visit him and was able to see the E2s for the first time. It was such an awesome thing being in the Navy and later worked as an AT where I made the first Med Cruise on the IKE in 78-79 with VA66.. Those E2s you really had to watch out for on the deck when turning at night because of their props. It was hard to tell where they were since the lower frequency they produce from the props, you could only feal in your chest where high frequencies are very directional which jets prduce. You can hear where the sound is coming from even though you where hearing attenuators. Yes I know the E2 are turbo prop jets but the prop noise is louder. On a dark night you really had to watch the advisor lights (aircraft red flashing lights) all the time even after your eyes adjusted to the dark. It did seam like a long time to launch but there are alot going on all over thst flight deck and it's alot of work to get all those birds off that deck safety and at night it's worse or in bad weather. Just remember it's 24/7 day or night, good or bad weather. I salute anyone who served both officers and enlisted now because I have been there and you know who you are. BZ.
@Frank Rizzo If you were in RVAW 110 in 75, you knew or delta with my brother. He was the PN 1(or 2) Russell for the squadron who handled all your paperwork. He retired in 1990 after doing 20 years.
@@monadking2761 I’m trying to remember the guys I worked with at that time. Russell kinda sounds familiar. Yes I had to have known him. I went to 113 after that and on to Enterprise. My name is Richard Rademaker. Does he have any squadron pictures. Gee, I’d have to look through my old stuff. I have a cruise book from 76-77 WestPac. Simmons was my PN in 113. And you were an A-7 guy.👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
@Frank Rizzo He went by Glenn; Unfortunately, he was killed 5 years ago walking across the street in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he retired from NAS Oceania after 20 years in the Navy. If you like Google Glen Arvid Russell Virginia Beach Virginia. He was a 4.0 Sailer and Sailer of WestPac, Sailer of the , was requested for Presidential Special Services but turned it down because he did not want to wear Fresh Whites every day for the president He was well liked by many.
@@monadking2761 So very sorry to learn of your brothers passing 🙏 I remember him! And you? Retired Navy? Was in for 2 1/2 years, they said I couldn’t adapt to military lifestyle 😮
I was a crew member on the E2B off the Forestall, 1970 -1976 . Great aircraft . Electronics back then was all vacuum tubes . Impossible to maintain in a high shock environment.
First of all, thank you and all your shipmates for your service! As a civilian working for the Navy for almost 40 years I always wanted to go out to work on a carrier at sea just so I could experience a launch. Very cool. It's also nice to see the work we do during overhauls and upkeeps working to keep us all free. My first day at work as a 17 year old kid I was walked on the USS Constellation and have been in awe of our Navy ever since. Thanks again for your service and stay safe out there!!
The conversation they have is hilarious 😂 what a great video and thank you men and women for your service. I'll be praying for your safety and protection
That was awesome! That launch, all the rumble and the thud at the end, and the Hawkeye was flying in smooth air. I would give anything to be able to experience it just once...
Been in the back of a C2 Greyhound cat shot... Same airframe, different mission. It's a real experience. The sudden acceleration is quite the adrenaline booster!
I was a sailor, I also became an ATC few years later. We've all seen carriers, I RASed them, had the chance to even board one in harbour. This was my first look of taxiing on deck, crew location and jobs, including the nicest view/feeling it/like you're in the plane literally catapulted off. I kept watching as you passed an escort, watching the waves... beautiful. Thank you for sharing a tiny piece of what I would call... A dream job. o7
Great video. I'm a retired AF guy who has two COD traps, one on the Nimitz, the other on the Enterprise. Never got a CAT shot though. Departed the Nimitz by helo and went to port on the Big E. Navy, a different slice of life. Good times!
CAVU skies to all aviators! I am always impressed by the competence of service personnel. .....flying PAR GCAs years ago....a good feeling, "Good morning Kilo 54! Nice to have you with us......" Placing your life in the hands of very competent smart people. Never a worry they would fly you into the ground.
I was never able to join or fly for that matter, but vids like this are the closest I'll ever get. The launch off the flight deck sent a chill down my spine and I swear I felt the vertigo from when the plane leaves the deck. Thanks for the video.
This takes me back! I was a ATN2 with VAW 122 (hummagators later to be called steeljaws, now decommissioned) on the USS America in Vietnam. I spent a lot of time in those cockpits fixing their radios. I even had a deck launch on a COD one time, flew into Gitmo to fix a radio antenna. Great video, thanks for the memories.
Can’t tell you how many times I have watched this video. I absolutely love it. The utmost respect and gratitude for what you all do. Hope there will one day be more videos!
GJD. This by far is one of the best Navy Videos I've seen AND one of the funniest. (internal audio after launch) Just watching the Deck Crew going through each motion and job is mind boggling (hey, I'm Army and have a inkling of what each does) before the Hawkeye's flight.
Well done to all my shipmates. Keep the waters safe and secure. This is a great snap of how much work and people it takes to keep the mission going. Much respect.
My dad was a F4 and F14 pilot and he’ll tell you all day long how these guys are the shit. I love these video please keep em coming! I live next to Oceana and work at NIT next to NOB so I see you fly over all day long and I love it. You go right over the tower at the Port. Keep up the good work
Steam gauges? I’ve never heard of that on airplanes. Just old trains. So then is this airplane really old but fixed up with all the modern “toys”? Or are these still being built new? Thanks.
@@andysmith6824 Mr. Philips can give you a better answer, but this is an E-2D, built with the so-called “glass cockpit” of multi-function displays you see here as well as 8 swept blade props, other mods I’m sure, but steam gauges are the old round dials w tic marks & actual moving parts to show changes in whatever. Don’t know if the Navy rebuilt an earlier mark, but I know there are new build E-2Ds in service. Doubtful they updated old airframes to E-2D status-flight ops at sea have to put wear and tear on these birds. Not a pilot, just an airplane nerd.
@@timothyosborn1697 being an aviator myself was hard to see but the display on the panel almost center / center left with the blue top and brown bottom is the attitude indicator, to the left of that is the speed, again very hard to see, but if you zero in (focus in) you can see the speed. AGAIN, very hard to see. Start here AGAIN :-) 7:35, you should see the left kinda like a SCROLLBAR moving. Initially starts at 50 KNOTS which is just NO SPEED. I hope this helps, if not, then ask and I will add more. I am so Glad that @Klaus Pallesen made that observation. I will always note this in the future.
As a crew member of CVN 69, I hope you screw tops has a good time onboard God speed to VAW-123 fly safe and we’ll catch you on the next trip across the pond.
Sounds like fun! And it should be enjoyable. Good launch guys, thanks for sharing your innermost convo's in the cockpit. It just let's us see more of what it is like to be there! Reminds me a little of the conversations heard in our comms on my fire truck while on the road. It isn't always friendly for work but it's always a good time. I wish I could recorded them over the years (but without Admin being able to hear them, lol).
I was on board USS America in the North Arabian Sea in 1983. Finished deployment and the first leg home was on an S-3 to Diego Garcia. After 3 months of being at sea, I would have swum to Dodge! Anyway, got in my seat and decided that I would lean forward and look out the window when we got catted off the ship. Boy, what a boot! When we took the cat shot, i was unceremoniously slammed back in my seat! But the cool thing is that as soon as you're off the ship, all is good. No more plastered to the seat. Only launch from a carrier I ever experienced. Went aircrew after that, but on P-3s. No tailhooks for me!
Younger generations do not seem to enjoy the process of the experience. Thank you for posting something I would have never gotten to experience on my own, I appreciate it.
Awesome video! I was in VC5 , Cubi point, Philippines. We flew S2C and A4s. Mostly delivered mail to the carriers and bases in Vietnam. Great experience. I was stationed at DaNang twice, not such a good experience.
If you ever get a chance, watch the PBS miniseries Carrier. After 6+ months at sea, even fast jet jockeys are ready to land at Lemoore and leave CATOBAR ops behind for a while.
There isn't any wind out there too often. The carrier has to get up above 20kts and northwest/southeast racetracks endlessly just to do flight ops. Once in a while the shamal comes down from the Zagros mountains, but with it comes dust and that sweat turns to mud just walking out on the flight deck, catwalks or sponsons. The hangar bay is awful at those times. I always took the O3 as far aft as I could get then down to berthing. I remember the smell of the arrestor gear spaces. Mmmmm, that smell.
@@philipforrest1732 Thank you for your service and comment! My father served aboard CV-65 Enterprise for a few years in the late 1960s. He took a bunch photos during his time which I’ve looked at all my life and been fascinated with carriers since I was a little boy. He worked on the deck and as a photographer also during his time serving. Even have a picture of me as a newborn baby in my mom and dads arms right on the deck of the Enterprise with that big 65 on the side of the island in the background. I was born April 1st 1970 Quonset point naval station North Kingston Rhode island. I always wanted to be a naval aviator. Thank,you for sharing also!
@@FLORIDAROOMJAMSbyRICHARDMACK Thanks! Funny, because I was a Photographer's Mate. I joined the Navy as a "weather guesser" Aerographer's Mate, then had the opportunity to cross-rate to PH after September 11, 2001. By then Navy photo school had moved to Fort Meade, MD and become a part of DINFOS, but your father probably went to NPS down in Pensacola. Even when I was a weather guesser on the boat, I still worked with the PH's and was on the shoot crew, as well as snoopy team. I think I have about 120000 photos from my 8 years in the Navy. Too bad the Enterprise had to be scrapped, but all of the big nuke boats will have to be. The only example of a modern supercarrier is the JFK, in the Philly Navy yard, and she is slated to be scrapped since no organization will take her as a museum. Next most modern and "big" carrier is the Midway, now a museum down in San Diego, but that is it. There are and will be no examples of US super carriers ever made into museums, unfortunately.
@@philipforrest1732 i dont know whats the E-2 minimun airspeed indicated but he was showing 50K before launch.. that could be the carrier doing 30K + 20K headwind.. but again airspeed indicators have a minimun speed and thats often arround 50-60K so 50K indicated doesnt mean they were doing 50K
Gotta love it when TH-cam suggests a great video. Former Grape & trusty Shellback here. It's been a long time since I was on CV-63 (RIP), but I sure miss being on the deck and the chaos in flight deck control. I was fortunate to take a cat shot in a Greyhound into the PI, but that's another story. 🍺🍹Bravo-Zulu on that taxi to the cat.
This is just amazing. I am so proud to have been a Naval Officer, and videos like this help awaken passion in future officers. Just shared this with someone pursuing aviation from an engineering (civilian) standpoint.. maybe she'll think about flying Navy now as well! Thank you for sharing this with us!!
I'm just a regular old private pilot but I'm always on the lookout for the opportunity to encourage someone else to learn to fly. Truly, there is nothing else like it in the world.
You guys and gals rock !! 💪💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Love your videos!! Growing up as a kid, I always wanted to fly ! I Just never created the opportunity. So I fly with you all now when I watch your videos.. Absolutely amazing!! The technology they've come up with since 1957. Thank you for the ride.. Awesome!!!
I miss my days flying S-3's and racing the E-2 to 7 miles on the first cat shots of the cycle. I bet with the new props you guys could have given us a run for our money.
This popped up today, loved watching it. So dearly miss the time I served with VAW-124 on CVN-71. As the shit hot 4.0 sailor I was I actually got to fly the E2C. These are still the best days of my life. BEAR ACE 603 YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!! I still think of the crew that were lost especially Lt Messier and LtJg Forwalder you were not only part of the crew you were my friends. Goggle remembering Bear ACE 603 to read the story. I was on deck that night. 😢
I remember being a plane captain with VS-33 and loved the flight deck of the USS Ranger CV-61 .. loved it.. took a cat shot off of the USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 coming home ..wild ride.
Thank you guys for doing what you do,,so I can do what I am doing. My 56 years on this planet is possible because of people like you!!! Bravo men and women of our great country service people,, bravo!!👍👍👍🤗🙂
I thought it was funny how when they were on deck the conversation was professional but once they got in the air it started sounding like truckers on the CB
I worked on one of many versions of the E2C radar, in 1983-1984. My colleagues at GE AESD Utica NY told me about earlier systems that were used in the 1960's, and there must have been huge advancements since my brief involvement. It is amazing that the airframe is still active today.
Thank you for your service, and the vital service you provide to your air groups! Your job might not get to be as flashy as the ones firing missiles or dropping bombs on the bad guys, but you give them directions, and advanced warning of anything that they might face! Salute to you and your fellow crews!
Seeing as this video has blown up in recent days and received far more views than I anticipated I wanted to clear a few things up I see in a lot of comments:
1. The deck crew is not “slow.” A carrier operates in cycles. That is scheduled launch times and recovery times. Typically the Hawkeye is the first launch on a cycle. We get lined up on the cat early so that we can launch often down to the second as scheduled. What you can’t see in this video is the conga line of jets lined up behind us as well as in the waist catapults ready to launch approximately every 60 seconds once the cycle begins. You even hear me remark just before launch that they put us into tension about a minute early.
2. The audio takes a significant quality hit between being recorded on an iPhone and then processed into video editing software. It doesn’t sound nearly as bad in the actual helmet speakers.
3. There are numerous radio frequencies intentionally not recorded and excluded from this audio. Often times a crew member is responding on ICS to something they heard on one of the radios making their statement seem strange without context to viewers of this video. If a crew member is expressing their frustration, for example, it is NOT directed at the flight deck crew but rather to radio calls that we hear in our helmets.
4. Keep in mind there are 5 of us in the aircraft. Up front it may seem like we’re giving a running commentary of things that may seem obvious. That’s because they’re not obvious to the three crew members in the aft portion of the aircraft who have little outside visibility (especially when the wings are folded). We give a play-by-play so everyone in the crew is always aware of where we are on the flight deck and how far along in the launch process we are.
Nice video, thanks for posting!
Awesome. thanks for doin this
Love it
Is there footage of them trapping back on board?
That's great information to have and I appreciate you making this comment. I'm still wondering though, what were you guys grumpy about?
“I don’t know anything about boats. I just know what a carrier looks like.” A Navy man who keeps it simple and focussed.
That cracked me up... But hey he knows what his one looks like to make sure they get home.
I love the running commentary about what the shooter is doing "given' him the salute, he's looking around, he's looking at *something* pressure, he's looking aft, he's looking back at us, he's touched the deck, he's looking forward" and then of course "OH YEAH....REAL GOOD!" I appreciate you keeping the folks in the back informed as my daughter hopes to serve an an E-2 NFO later this year!
Hope she's doing good now. (?)
you ma'am have a badass daughter!
I made three cruises on the America, CV 66, 1975 - 1978. Fifty or so of us lived in the “49” compartment, port side right about at the water line well forward. Pretty small space but we were at home. You work 12 hours a day, 7 to 7 and shift from nights to days or vice versa when you leave a port. Long lines for meals, midrats for the guys on nights, short “navy showers”, I loved the food but a lot of guys hated it, I was fortunate to be an enlisted aircrewman in the E2-C as an AT2 so I flew most days/nights. Pretty tough for married guys but being single I loved it. When you’re 21 or 22 you don’t realize what an amazing adventure it is to live and work on an aircraft carrier for seven months at a time, but as the years go by it dawns on you that selling insurance or working in a bank or whatever boring time consuming bill paying occupation you find yourself in is nothing , absolutely nothing, compared to the days of your youth when you sailed the seas and saw the world and worked on amazing airplanes and flew on and off an aircraft carrier hundreds of times and didn’t have a worry in the world.
I was part of the E2C design team at Grumman in the 60s
Built the Ike......
The cup holders are too small that's the only flaw
so cool if true
Nobody did it like Grumman. Thanks for putting out incredible aircraft.
Remember touring the Calverton factory with John Martinez in the early 80’s. Very cool place.
In all of my TH-cam watching career, this is the coolest aviation video I've seen. Thank you for sharing!
It WAS pretty awesome! Next best thing to being there.
@Steven it was a pretty short career ig of yours ig
how much do you make in your watching job?
Steven I appreciate your self-deprecating humor. I'm gonna use that one from now on too 🤣😂🤣
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It's amazing hearing their thought process. When launching from the cat "OK, he's looking aft, and now he's looking back at us". Brilliant stuff. Total respect for these guys.
You are not hearing his thought process. And, he is not doing it for the benefit of TH-cam viewers. He is following standard procedure narrating everything he and the co-pilot are doing, as well as narrating what the deck crew personnel are doing, so the 3 officers in the rear of the aircraft (mission commander, radar officer, and aircraft control officer) know what is going on. Those 3 crew members in the rear can not see the cockpit and only have 3 small windows on the starboard side. There are no windows on the port side because that is where their radar workstations are located. While taxiing on the carrier deck the wings are folded back which completely blocks the 3 windows.
@@jamesf.ryaniii7918 I was a back seater in an S3 Viking and our pilot and COTAC did the same thing so we knew what was happening prior to and right before launch.
You are easily impressed. I hear Jackass the TV show has some cool stuff.
7:30... the sound of the catapult transmitting through the chassis was wild!
“I know nothing about boats; know what a carrier looks like” cracked me up. Great vid.
10:03 been waiting all vid for them to say that funny stuff
Just confirms something that us 'black shoe' surface guys always knew about airedales. 🤣
"Boats and hoes" she says
There are only two types of vessels: subs and targets.
Flew the E2 in the 80’s and 90’s. Loved how you now have glass displays up front. I always thought that the cockpit instrumentation of our Hawkeyes were severely lacking. Nice job guys!
Roger - Good to see you on this. You were a good one!
Yep. The Hawkeye’s instrumentation was so bad, that the FAA wouldn’t sign off on it
Something about E-2s that I always liked. They just seem like one of those aircraft that can't wait to be airborne!
How would the ejection sequence work with that big ol’ radome?
@@CorePathwaylast one in, first one out
The POV of the acceleration at 7:34 is impressive.
It is indeed "real good"
The sound is insane aswell
That bump at the end scared me lol, but I guess Marines and Navy sailors are used to it.
I imagine it never gets old. back in the saddle
Having the audio makes all the difference... Nicely done GLD!
“That’s a cruiser”, “I don’t know anything about boats, I know what a carrier looks like. “ 😂😂
Frick’n awesome guys! Thank you and all crew for your service. I am a disabled vet (Army) and I know we have a friendly rivalry, but thank you for everything. I have been out for about 30 years. But I beam with pride for all of my brothers and sisters in the military and love these videos to see how the other half lives!
God bless thank you for your service and sacrifice ! 🇺🇸🙏🏻⚓️
Love it
Bravo Zulu, this was a great look inside the bigeye. I flew a F14A and B but always wondered what it was like in the front seat of this. Thanks to all my Navy brothers for serving with me back in the 1980's. It was great seeing the blue ocean from their cockpit, brought so many memories back.
Yes I am sure it is not a memory your likely to forget though :) Worked on f-4 j79 engines as they transitioned to the f14A was leaving another squadron as they brought in the g.e. "motors" :) as an a.d.!worked everywhere from 6 pack,and doing night traps to a cruise on the indy in launch crew ,take a breather in a.i.m.d.:) my brother was ships company on the Kennedy worked directly for the air boss:) Everyone does work together!! Did work ups on the ranger and nimitz and med i.o. on the america and Indy:) Have worked all manner of crazy dangerous jobs in construction and manufacturing BUT never trusted any group of people more than the people on deck and in my squadrons!!
This video shows what a unique aircraft and crew this really is! @ yrs of hot deck time ,never got used to being around e-2's :) Glad you made it through safely Peace Rick Wichita Kansas
You were a Rio you didn't fly
@@andrewkuoppala2700 My Rio had the only seat back there. You're one of those gamers and I bet you never did anything for this country but play on your phone and question those that did serve this country.
@@briancclevenger im a 747 captain ex vf-11 and I hate people that claim to be pilots
red ripper.
I love these flying videos of life in the US Navy and especially reading all the comments from veterans and those presently serving, and all the unique stories, humour and banter.
Launching and trapping onto a postage stamp "runway" in the ocean earns my utmost respect! Best wishes and blessings to you all from a civilian Kiwi who has flown nothing more than a gaggle of bug smashing Pipers and Cessnas a couple of decades ago. Thank you for your valuable service for our collective freedoms, David. 🛫🛬⚓🎖😀
More of this please! Seeing and hearing how tight the crew is and the checklist run throughs just flow. You all know what you are doing, in the cabin and on the deck. Even a bit of banter in there too. I like it.
Salty!
I always wanted to be a Navy pilot but the recruiter told me my eyesight wasn’t good enough.
35 years later I’m still upset.
35 years ago that would of been a problem , it’s sad because in today’s day in age some pilots literally wear glasses. Eye sight being perfect is no longer a priority. I guess life had other plans for you
I feel that so hard. Wearing glasses in 1982 meant never being a pilot in the military. I'm still a bit upset about that too.
Color blind here.
I, too feel the pain... eyesight issues took so much out of life that today wouldn't have been an issue...
@@G.D.goodwill i was the same. It was all I wanted to do growing up. I ended up becoming a chef but 20+ years later and I still think about the job I really wanted.
After reading many comments about Hawkeyes. My brother was in RVAW 110 at Maramare in 1976 when I joined. I was in stationed at NTC San Diego for A school so, I was able to visit him and was able to see the E2s for the first time. It was such an awesome thing being in the Navy and later worked as an AT where I made the first Med Cruise on the IKE in 78-79 with VA66..
Those E2s you really had to watch out for on the deck when turning at night because of their props. It was hard to tell where they were since the lower frequency they produce from the props, you could only feal in your chest where high frequencies are very directional which jets prduce. You can hear where the sound is coming from even though you where hearing attenuators. Yes I know the E2 are turbo prop jets but the prop noise is louder.
On a dark night you really had to watch the advisor lights (aircraft red flashing lights) all the time even after your eyes adjusted to the dark.
It did seam like a long time to launch but there are alot going on all over thst flight deck and it's alot of work to get all those birds off that deck safety and at night it's worse or in bad weather. Just remember it's 24/7 day or night, good or bad weather.
I salute anyone who served both officers and enlisted now because I have been there and you know who you are. BZ.
I was in 110 in 75 Cdr. Kuhn spelling?
@Frank Rizzo If you were in RVAW 110 in 75, you knew or delta with my brother. He was the PN 1(or 2) Russell for the squadron who handled all your paperwork. He retired in 1990 after doing 20 years.
@@monadking2761 I’m trying to remember the guys I worked with at that time. Russell kinda sounds familiar. Yes I had to have known him. I went to 113 after that and on to Enterprise. My name is Richard Rademaker. Does he have any squadron pictures. Gee, I’d have to look through my old stuff. I have a cruise book from 76-77 WestPac. Simmons was my PN in 113.
And you were an A-7 guy.👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
@Frank Rizzo
He went by Glenn; Unfortunately, he was killed 5 years ago walking across the street in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he retired from NAS Oceania after 20 years in the Navy. If you like Google Glen Arvid Russell Virginia Beach Virginia.
He was a 4.0 Sailer and Sailer of WestPac, Sailer of the , was requested for Presidential Special Services but turned it down because he did not want to wear Fresh Whites every day for the president He was well liked by many.
@@monadking2761 So very sorry to learn of your brothers passing 🙏 I remember him! And you? Retired Navy? Was in for 2 1/2 years, they said I couldn’t adapt to military lifestyle 😮
You Hawkeyes never get the “props” you deserve. You guys rock. Thanks for what you do
"Yeah we got a guy in a yellow jacket doing tai-chi on catapult one..."
Lmao
Looks like a lady
Moves gives good indications about the rythm for "slow" and ultra slow movements
I think that was a woman....
@@Real_Claudy_Focan amazing moves full of eroticism 😋
"Oh yeah! Real good."
Video game sounds
Nice “boost”..,
Few jobs make you say this daily with as much enthusiasm. I wish I became a pilot.
I was a crew member on the E2B off the Forestall, 1970 -1976 . Great aircraft . Electronics back then was all vacuum tubes . Impossible to maintain in a high shock environment.
First of all, thank you and all your shipmates for your service! As a civilian working for the Navy for almost 40 years I always wanted to go out to work on a carrier at sea just so I could experience a launch. Very cool. It's also nice to see the work we do during overhauls and upkeeps working to keep us all free.
My first day at work as a 17 year old kid I was walked on the USS Constellation and have been in awe of our Navy ever since.
Thanks again for your service and stay safe out there!!
The Connie was my dads ship back in the late 70s till 81. He handled all the vert reps they did. then store keeper.
"I don't know anything about boats. I know what a carrier looks like." At least the guy knows what's important at the end of the day.
The conversation they have is hilarious 😂 what a great video and thank you men and women for your service. I'll be praying for your safety and protection
Thank you, and any vet who reads this, for your service. And thanks for sharing a bit of it with us.
Sounds like a fun crew, every once in a while you get the party wrecker for an AC.
That was awesome! That launch, all the rumble and the thud at the end, and the Hawkeye was flying in smooth air. I would give anything to be able to experience it just once...
Been in the back of a C2 Greyhound cat shot... Same airframe, different mission.
It's a real experience. The sudden acceleration is quite the adrenaline booster!
I was a sailor, I also became an ATC few years later. We've all seen carriers, I RASed them, had the chance to even board one in harbour. This was my first look of taxiing on deck, crew location and jobs, including the nicest view/feeling it/like you're in the plane literally catapulted off. I kept watching as you passed an escort, watching the waves... beautiful.
Thank you for sharing a tiny piece of what I would call... A dream job.
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Dude, if the mirror isn’t right by the tenth adjustment, it’s never gonna be right.
So this is how they recorded the half life 1 soldier voices
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Great video. I'm a retired AF guy who has two COD traps, one on the Nimitz, the other on the Enterprise. Never got a CAT shot though. Departed the Nimitz by helo and went to port on the Big E. Navy, a different slice of life. Good times!
CAVU skies to all aviators! I am always impressed by the competence of service personnel. .....flying PAR GCAs years ago....a good feeling, "Good morning Kilo 54! Nice to have you with us......" Placing your life in the hands of very competent smart people. Never a worry they would fly you into the ground.
I was never able to join or fly for that matter, but vids like this are the closest I'll ever get. The launch off the flight deck sent a chill down my spine and I swear I felt the vertigo from when the plane leaves the deck. Thanks for the video.
7:35 “Oh yeah! Real Good!” Lol. Badasses
legend has it, the pilot is still adjusting that rearview mirror.
Yes it was bothering me just before they takeoff I was thinking to myself shit he hasn’t readjusted the rearview mirror and over 45 seconds what’s up?
She is woman
@@ghaffarnouredine3473
Sorry I missed that! #GoHer
@@ghaffarnouredine3473 Well that explains the mirror thing then.
This takes me back! I was a ATN2 with VAW 122 (hummagators later to be called steeljaws, now decommissioned) on the USS America in Vietnam. I spent a lot of time in those cockpits fixing their radios. I even had a deck launch on a COD one time, flew into Gitmo to fix a radio antenna. Great video, thanks for the memories.
vf-11 usss forestal
Sound designers: "You can make amazing stuff with FM synthesis"
Me when I get my hands on a FM synthesizer: 6:53
🤣🤣🤣 Man I love DX7s (showing my age now).
Wow what a freaking adrenaline rush-just the coordination between ground crews n aviators is way beyond impressive-thanks for you do!
I worked at North Island on E2's in the 70's. Proud I did my part on this beautiful aircraft.
Can’t tell you how many times I have watched this video. I absolutely love it. The utmost respect and gratitude for what you all do. Hope there will one day be more videos!
GJD. This by far is one of the best Navy Videos I've seen AND one of the funniest. (internal audio after launch) Just watching the Deck Crew going through each motion and job is mind boggling (hey, I'm Army and have a inkling of what each does) before the Hawkeye's flight.
Wow
Well done to all my shipmates. Keep the waters safe and secure. This is a great snap of how much work and people it takes to keep the mission going. Much respect.
My dad was a F4 and F14 pilot and he’ll tell you all day long how these guys are the shit. I love these video please keep em coming!
I live next to Oceana and work at NIT next to NOB so I see you fly over all day long and I love it. You go right over the tower at the Port. Keep up the good work
Recently saw this at an airshow. It was much more agile that I would have expected. Nice aircraft.
Thank you for posting. The instrumentation has improved substantially since the days when I flew the E-2C. We were all steam gauges back then.
Steam gauges? I’ve never heard of that on airplanes. Just old trains. So then is this airplane really old but fixed up with all the modern “toys”? Or are these still being built new? Thanks.
@@andysmith6824 Mr. Philips can give you a better answer, but this is an E-2D, built with the so-called “glass cockpit” of multi-function displays you see here as well as 8 swept blade props, other mods I’m sure, but steam gauges are the old round dials w tic marks & actual moving parts to show changes in whatever. Don’t know if the Navy rebuilt an earlier mark, but I know there are new build E-2Ds in service. Doubtful they updated old airframes to E-2D status-flight ops at sea have to put wear and tear on these birds. Not a pilot, just an airplane nerd.
Looks like you need to explain your joke 🤣🤣😎
@@brinsonharris9816 wasn't replying to your comment. If I had of been then it would have had your name before.😊😎
@@stevehendon4076 Fair enough-my bad. Joke must have been so little I missed it.
As a former EA-3B crewmember this brought back lots of memories. I sat 3rd seat (facing aft behind the pilot) a lot of the cats. Much fun had by all.
Gotta love those high tech rearview mirrors that never need adjusting.
Flipping awesome. High level of communication and teamwork to get it in the sky.
It’s funny to seethe speed gauge going up like crazy til 120-140 when they leave the deck
thank you for pointing out, missed that, also looked at the time 7:35 - 7:38 (3 sec catshot) slightly slower than a Fighter because of the airframe.
So coooool
Where are you seeing the airspeed? I've watched this video a few times and I'm not able to see what you're mentioning.
Thanks!
@@timothyosborn1697 being an aviator myself was hard to see but the display on the panel almost center / center left with the blue top and brown bottom is the attitude indicator, to the left of that is the speed, again very hard to see, but if you zero in (focus in) you can see the speed. AGAIN, very hard to see. Start here AGAIN :-) 7:35, you should see the left kinda like a SCROLLBAR moving. Initially starts at 50 KNOTS which is just NO SPEED. I hope this helps, if not, then ask and I will add more. I am so Glad that @Klaus Pallesen made that observation. I will always note this in the future.
These pilots are true air cowboys. Talk about a rollercoaster launch.👍
"Oh yeah, real good" I rewatched the part over and over lol. Dope!
The chaos turning to pure serenity as you clear the deck must be a wonderful experience.
As a crew member of CVN 69, I hope you screw tops has a good time onboard God speed to VAW-123 fly safe and we’ll catch you on the next trip across the pond.
Sounds like fun! And it should be enjoyable. Good launch guys, thanks for sharing your innermost convo's in the cockpit. It just let's us see more of what it is like to be there!
Reminds me a little of the conversations heard in our comms on my fire truck while on the road. It isn't always friendly for work but it's always a good time. I wish I could recorded them over the years (but without Admin being able to hear them, lol).
This is an amazing video! Love hearing the communications and plane! What an amazing experience
I was on board USS America in the North Arabian Sea in 1983. Finished deployment and the first leg home was on an S-3 to Diego Garcia. After 3 months of being at sea, I would have swum to Dodge! Anyway, got in my seat and decided that I would lean forward and look out the window when we got catted off the ship. Boy, what a boot! When we took the cat shot, i was unceremoniously slammed back in my seat! But the cool thing is that as soon as you're off the ship, all is good. No more plastered to the seat. Only launch from a carrier I ever experienced. Went aircrew after that, but on P-3s. No tailhooks for me!
Very cool. I’m sure that launch never gets old. Cheers
Man, that’s insane. You go from standing still to airborne in like .5 seconds. That’s quite a ride. Nice job 👍🏻
I think the ACO said the cat shot knocked her mike down below her chin.
Four point five seconds. Zero to 130 knots 07:33
One second you sitting still and the next you’re in the air lol awesome ❤❤
I used to love sitting on the fantail watching you guys take off. CVN 69
Younger generations do not seem to enjoy the process of the experience. Thank you for posting something I would have never gotten to experience on my own, I appreciate it.
HEY!
I would do it
I just am prevented due to my adhd and autism
You guys crushed it! Thank you for your service and posting!
My cousin is a Hawkeye pilot, currently on a carrier somewhere. It's great to see this video and get a glimpse of what his workdays look like.
I’m so glad the algorithm has brought us all together once again...this is cool.....I wonder how cool these guys mustaches are
Awesome video! I was in VC5 , Cubi point, Philippines. We flew S2C and A4s. Mostly delivered mail to the carriers and bases in Vietnam. Great experience. I was stationed at DaNang twice, not such a good experience.
GJD Thanks for your explanation of the launch schedule. Those of us who are civilians appreciate it! Safe flights! Thanks for your service.🎖
My brother David was a mechanic on the E-2 Hawkeye stationed at Miramar during the late 80's till about 1994. Cool vid...
Thank you for your service! Army here 86 to 92. Great video.
Fantastic- one of the most interesting video footage I have watched- very impressive 👍🇬🇧
Must make it hard to go home to “home” life. This does beat mowing the lawn!!
If you ever get a chance, watch the PBS miniseries Carrier. After 6+ months at sea, even fast jet jockeys are ready to land at Lemoore and leave CATOBAR ops behind for a while.
But in the end...they are very happy to be home and mow the yard
Outstanding from an old VA-37 Bull Troubleshooter from the 80s love what you guys do.
The Hawkeye is a cool plane, first time I've seen a video of one taking off from a carrier. Thanks for sharing !
My god all of the anticipation before the cat shot made me yell with delight when the launch finally occurred. Brilliantly done. I loved it
I want to be the guy who says “Shit man there ain’t no wind out here”
There isn't any wind out there too often. The carrier has to get up above 20kts and northwest/southeast racetracks endlessly just to do flight ops. Once in a while the shamal comes down from the Zagros mountains, but with it comes dust and that sweat turns to mud just walking out on the flight deck, catwalks or sponsons. The hangar bay is awful at those times. I always took the O3 as far aft as I could get then down to berthing. I remember the smell of the arrestor gear spaces. Mmmmm, that smell.
@@philipforrest1732 Thank you for your service and comment! My father served aboard CV-65 Enterprise for a few years in the late 1960s. He took a bunch photos during his time which I’ve looked at all my life and been fascinated with carriers since I was a little boy. He worked on the deck and as a photographer also during his time serving. Even have a picture of me as a newborn baby in my mom and dads arms right on the deck of the Enterprise with that big 65 on the side of the island in the background. I was born April 1st 1970 Quonset point naval station North Kingston Rhode island. I always wanted to be a naval aviator. Thank,you for sharing also!
@@FLORIDAROOMJAMSbyRICHARDMACK Thanks! Funny, because I was a Photographer's Mate. I joined the Navy as a "weather guesser" Aerographer's Mate, then had the opportunity to cross-rate to PH after September 11, 2001. By then Navy photo school had moved to Fort Meade, MD and become a part of DINFOS, but your father probably went to NPS down in Pensacola. Even when I was a weather guesser on the boat, I still worked with the PH's and was on the shoot crew, as well as snoopy team. I think I have about 120000 photos from my 8 years in the Navy.
Too bad the Enterprise had to be scrapped, but all of the big nuke boats will have to be. The only example of a modern supercarrier is the JFK, in the Philly Navy yard, and she is slated to be scrapped since no organization will take her as a museum. Next most modern and "big" carrier is the Midway, now a museum down in San Diego, but that is it. There are and will be no examples of US super carriers ever made into museums, unfortunately.
@@philipforrest1732 X-AG2 here. 1973-1977, Nimitz plankowner. Also spent my first year at NSGA-FGGM out of A-school Lakehurst.
@@philipforrest1732 i dont know whats the E-2 minimun airspeed indicated but he was showing 50K before launch.. that could be the carrier doing 30K + 20K headwind.. but again airspeed indicators have a minimun speed and thats often arround 50-60K so 50K indicated doesnt mean they were doing 50K
Gotta love it when TH-cam suggests a great video. Former Grape & trusty Shellback here. It's been a long time since I was on CV-63 (RIP), but I sure miss being on the deck and the chaos in flight deck control. I was fortunate to take a cat shot in a Greyhound into the PI, but that's another story. 🍺🍹Bravo-Zulu on that taxi to the cat.
The sound of the props actually make me sleepy. I love that sound!
This is just amazing. I am so proud to have been a Naval Officer, and videos like this help awaken passion in future officers. Just shared this with someone pursuing aviation from an engineering (civilian) standpoint.. maybe she'll think about flying Navy now as well! Thank you for sharing this with us!!
I'm just a regular old private pilot but I'm always on the lookout for the opportunity to encourage someone else to learn to fly.
Truly, there is nothing else like it in the world.
Congratulations skilled Navy pilots. Short and accurate takeoff.👏👏
You guys and gals rock !! 💪💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Love your videos!!
Growing up as a kid, I always wanted to fly !
I Just never created the opportunity. So I fly with you all now when I watch your videos..
Absolutely amazing!! The technology they've come up with since 1957.
Thank you for the ride.. Awesome!!!
Thanks for sharing an utterly unique and interesting thing we wouldn’t normally see in our lives. Regards from New Zealand.
I miss my days flying S-3's and racing the E-2 to 7 miles on the first cat shots of the cycle. I bet with the new props you guys could have given us a run for our money.
The S-3 was one hell of a platform.
The hoovers were amazing.
I loved the sound of those Hoover turnups.
Viking, correct?
@@silvirhunter3607 Yes, the S-3 Viking
This popped up today, loved watching it. So dearly miss the time I served with VAW-124 on CVN-71. As the shit hot 4.0 sailor I was I actually got to fly the E2C. These are still the best days of my life. BEAR ACE 603 YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!! I still think of the crew that were lost especially Lt Messier and LtJg Forwalder you were not only part of the crew you were my friends. Goggle remembering Bear ACE 603 to read the story. I was on deck that night. 😢
TR 1993. My third ship and deployment
That was the best launch video I've seen. Really awesome to watch. Love it. Keep them coming! Good job!
Just another day in the office for these aircrews. So cool! GO NAVY!!!!!!!!!
This may be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen
I remember being a plane captain with VS-33 and loved the flight deck of the USS Ranger CV-61 .. loved it.. took a cat shot off of the USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 coming home ..wild ride.
The Hawkeye guys were always so chilled!
Thank you guys for doing what you do,,so I can do what I am doing. My 56 years on this planet is possible because of people like you!!! Bravo men and women of our great country service people,, bravo!!👍👍👍🤗🙂
Awesome 👏 takeoff 🛫 and video 👍
7:20 "I like it in the rear" damned sailors...hehe
Oh Yah! Real Good!
I thought it was funny how when they were on deck the conversation was professional but once they got in the air it started sounding like truckers on the CB
7:35 best part!
Oh, yeah!!
@@d.heller7038 real good
It’s the only Part worth watching. Otherwise the video is quite mundane
mmmmm i don't know th-cam.com/video/L0oRHxi-tHw/w-d-xo.html is leading for me
@@gary-ju5ox you must have the attention span of a goldfish, the rest of the video is ASMR
I worked on one of many versions of the E2C radar, in 1983-1984. My colleagues at GE AESD Utica NY told me about earlier systems that were used in the 1960's, and there must have been huge advancements since my brief involvement. It is amazing that the airframe is still active today.
Thank you for the clarification on the audio and the procedures.Thank you for a fascinating interesting video
"Oh yeah, real good"( as in good cat )... classic! That's in the manual BTW. I could watch and listen to ops all day.
Thank you for your service, and the vital service you provide to your air groups! Your job might not get to be as flashy as the ones firing missiles or dropping bombs on the bad guys, but you give them directions, and advanced warning of anything that they might face! Salute to you and your fellow crews!
I never get tired of watching this. You guys are seriously too cool
Эти ребята крутые до тех пор, пока с российским СУ не встречаются. А дальше у этих ребят говно начинает по ляжкам течь
The yellow deck crew that guides the plane into the catapult making those hand gestures is so satisftying haha.
I was aboard the USS CORAL SEA CV-43 WESTPAC 79-80. I wish You and ALL of You Fair Winds and Following Seas. GOD BLESS, SEMPER FI !!!