I thoroughly enjoyed this informative video. My only suggestion for improvement is: please leave the captions up on screen longer! It's not that I'm a slow reader, but your photography is so good that I find myself focusing attention sequentially on each of several different items in each scene for study, thus when a caption comes up I don't notice it immediately. When I do notice and begin reading, it's gone before I get through the first line! Pausing and going back is breaking the flow of an otherwise brilliant program!
These texts are stupid in the first place. Why trying to get people, who are watching a video and listening to a voice over and annoying music, to READ anything? Do you think your viewers are 140 IQ fighter pilots only? Get real.
Not all airlines allow this. The distinguish between active duty personnel and retired veterans should be placed in the same category. A lot of Airlines don’t do this. And my question is…..when they ask for Active duty service members to board 1st, would you place military retirees in the same category? Or not..
Brings back memories I served on two aircraft carriers a CVN the USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 and the USS America CV 66 work the flight deck 90% of the time at night what was the final Checker the safe for flight guy I wore the white jersey and you know there's a lot to do prior to getting the aircraft to the catapult I am Army Navy retired 32 years I was a AMS in the Navy
I served on the last Fixed Wing Steam Catapult Carrier HMS Ark Royal as a Tractor Driver (Blue Coat ) pulling / pushing Phantoms / Buccaneers and it was Awesome 76/77.
Core, i’de give my left ear or right ear to have a flight off and on to a US carrier… I have to hand it to the USA - your armed forces are not only the best but spectacular..
The take offs are intense, but even more intense to me is how they are able to snag that cable, of course with the help of the flight deck crew, when landing on the ship. That is what is facinating to me.
Fantastic, really enjoyed this video. Not my usual TH-cam fare, it just popped up on my side bar. The thing that impressed me was seeing all those young people, well trained and highly skilled, taking their work so seriously. Makes a nice change from seeing the no-hopers on the news, off their heads on alcohol or drugs, totally useless to society.
TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAMWORK !!! THE FLIGHT DECK IS EXPERIENCE IS MADE UP OF HIGHLY SKILLED AND INTELLIGENT PERSONNEL ! HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFE TIME DURING FLIGHT OPS ! 9 MONTHS BABY !!!
They didn't look like insane catapult launches just very normal onnes. Did appreciate the information about the bubble, I'd always wondered who activated the catapult.
I'm an old guy who's led a damned interesting life. BUT---after watching this video I have to say that if I had to do it all over again I would have loved working on an American aircraft carrier. What professionalism! What gob-smacking technology! Wow.
you were better off not being on one. they dont show all the shit the greenshirts have to do and how hard and dangerous it is. Saw a video of a guy getting sucked into the inlet of an a-6. he was there then the next second vanished. thankfully he got stuck in the inlet and his crainial came off to fod out the engine otherwise he would have died. the sad thing is he went to captains mast for the mistake.
Went to high school with a Japanese guy. Dean is his name. Hadn't seen until our ten-year reunion. Turns out he was a carrier-based fighter pilot in his younger days. We got to talking about that and he quipped, "Sometimes when I was circling the carrier all I could think was, Tora Tora Tora."
The poster probably doesn't know that the FA-18 takes off with the rudder facing inwards. I guess they mistook it for an air brake and wrote it as an insane launch
I think that the video is “insane” for anyone that watches it that has never been a part of flight deck operations. If you’ve ever worked the deck, of course it’s not going to feel “intense”.
@@torn-_shuttle123 I've never worked on a carrier deck, but after watching some videos and reading, it seems very organized. If anything is insane, it's how much is going on and how well risk is controlled with what they do day in and day out
Got to love U.S. carriers...... Engineer: ...and thus we save on size while increasing flight deck capabilities. Admiral: Then how to do we get the aircraft airborne? Engineer: Simple, sir. We hurl them with catapults. Admiral: Excelle...wait, What? Edit; Imagine joining the military just to be made into a car wash and detail guy for jets. How do you explain that to family, they'll never let you live it down.
@lostinthedesert-hp4bwMy job, Aviation Boatswains Mate Equipment (ABE) was hardworking and I loved every minute of it. It’s one of those rates that breaks you down and rebuilds you back up. It also separates the men from the boys and tests the limits of what you can and can’t handle. I suppose it just depends on what you think is difficult or hard.
You do know that because of the thrust gravity in excess of 4 g’s will push the throttle and stick backwards, kicking the engines out of burner and nose to climb through the ninety at the end of launch if the pilot doesn’t have his hands holding them in place. With an excess of over 200 traps, I know what I’m talking about.
82 to 88 VS-41 and VS-33 AZ2 two west pacs and working the flight deck in the beginning was a RUSH and I will never forget it..keep that head going 360 all the time or you just might get blowen down like I did with a F-14 turning to fact and there went by big butt and stopped by the front landing gear of a A-7..
From what's called 'Vulture's Row', I've watched F-4 Phantoms and F-14 Tomcats being launched on the USS Saratoga and the USS John F. Kennedy. I used to love the smell of the burning jet fuel. It reminds of the line from 'Apocalypse Now'. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like victory."
Hi,I’m “Hollywood”from the pukin’dog squadron,Hi I’m “Iceman” the Jolly Rodger Squadron. Hi,I’m “Fawn’from the Cougar Squadron just doesn’t have the same effect. They need to work on that.
I dont get it, where in the video was an Insane laumch of an F-18Hornet, all catapilt launches are ify, but nothing out of the ordinary, I would syggest you use a tad bit of honesty when lableing your videos. Tom
UK developed the Steam catapult angled flight Decks landing light system and the Steam Turbines that drive them and now our Carriers do not use them Crazy.
Wow, that’s crazy and impressive! Even with the UK development, can you personally explain the “steam” process on Flight Deck launching and non-steam A/G recovery?
what exactly does the co-pilot do in times of apt command of the aircraft on the part of the Pilot ? is he.she just a standby in case of grave emergency ?
Is there an F/A-18E mechanic or switch systems expert here? I found some parts that need identified and one looks like a switch panel label that reads “OPPENHEIMER”
"NOW I AM BECOME DEATH, THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS" and "PUSH HERE TO INITIATE ARMAGEDDON" were the prototype labels on those buttons, but after some religious communities objected, the Navy relabeled them "OPPENHEIMER", which pilots understood and which saved engraving costs. As a safety feature, some of the later model buttons have to be held in for three seconds.
Catapults are hardly "insane takeoffs" The first catapult takeoff was way back in 1954. A Grumman S2F-1 Tracker was the aircraft. I remember seeing films of it, so I Googled it. -- USAF Retired
i like how they called it the "gulf of Tonkin incident"...they mean lie not incident. Unless they are calling a blatant lie an incident which it was not an unpleasant or unusual event. Flase flag would be a more apt term.
INSANE??? What is insane about technology and pilot skill? Is TH-cam incentivising use of the word "insane" these days - "everybody" seems to be using it. Not even "Insane" describes the repeated misuse of the word "insane"!
One, It's an USAF jet, Two, its landing gear is not made for it, Three, it doesn't have a launch bar to take off, three, its arresting gear is only made for field arrestments.
Actually the 18 is hands off stick at landing. The computer lands the bird. Their tail hooks knock the nonskid off the deck in a three foot circle. That's how accurate the computer is.
With the magic carpet system they use for landing it is pretty much hands off we actually have to make adjustments so the deck isn't beaten up they hit within about 3 feet unless mechanical or computer problems
17, 18 & 19 year old kids have been recruited into service since World War 1. Young kids or “children” have been serving our country for a long time. I’m hoping that your comment is directed as a joke, considering that these “adolescents” are wanting to do something bigger than themselves.
One time I launched from a carrier drunk and as soon as I attracted to gear I accidentally fired aim 54 Phoenix but luckily didn't have lock on anyone so no one was hurt.
Um, they're not SEALS ... and every one of them DOES take a Physical Fitness test (if that's what you're referring to) semi-annually. Every quarter if they are instructors or work in the field, last time I read about it. If I'm wrong, I'll apologize. We're not "screwed" at all. If you're an American, these vids should give you hope. These folks know what they're doing.
The US Navy didn't even start annual "PE" tests till the mid 80's 84 ish and we did just fine before that. We dont need to run in the event of war, we need to Swim.....
I thoroughly enjoyed this informative video. My only suggestion for improvement is: please leave the captions up on screen longer! It's not that I'm a slow reader, but your photography is so good that I find myself focusing attention sequentially on each of several different items in each scene for study, thus when a caption comes up I don't notice it immediately. When I do notice and begin reading, it's gone before I get through the first line! Pausing and going back is breaking the flow of an otherwise brilliant program!
Change your "Playback Speed" to slower than "1.0"
These texts are stupid in the first place. Why trying to get people, who are watching a video and listening to a voice over and annoying music, to READ anything? Do you think your viewers are 140 IQ fighter pilots only? Get real.
I totally agree👍
very inaccurate video and not worth the time.
I can now understand why at all airports in the USA, they let the service men and woman board first. That is both respect and classy.
Not all airlines allow this. The distinguish between active duty personnel and retired veterans should be placed in the same category.
A lot of Airlines don’t do this. And my question is…..when they ask for Active duty service members to board 1st, would you place military retirees in the same category? Or not..
Those pilots are amazing! But, the deck crew and jet maintenance dedicated are equally as impressive! None of them are short of heroes !
Brings back memories I served on two aircraft carriers a CVN the USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 and the USS America CV 66 work the flight deck 90% of the time at night what was the final Checker the safe for flight guy I wore the white jersey and you know there's a lot to do prior to getting the aircraft to the catapult I am Army Navy retired 32 years I was a AMS in the Navy
Hero - for doing your job well?????
That's as overstated as the "insane" of the video poster!
Where was the insane catapult takeoff? The only insane part of this is the headline writer who just wants to keep making money.
Thanks out immediately!
I’ve noticed many times when posters make these kinds of comments usually means it’s a bullshit video.
After reading your comment I turn the video off before watching. Thank you for helping me save 16 minutes of my life.
Report his ass for misleading! I know I am!
I was thinking along the same lines.....
My son was an AirBoss ! Incredible stories ! Kudos to our AWESOME NAVY !
I served on the last Fixed Wing Steam Catapult Carrier HMS Ark Royal as a Tractor Driver (Blue Coat ) pulling / pushing Phantoms / Buccaneers and it was Awesome 76/77.
What was the insane catapult takeoff????
Exactly. This is a notmal thing on carriers and it goes on round the clock and for years. And what makes it work is ALL of the personnel involved.
Isn't it totally irritating - the repeated misuse of the word -"insane" - so beloved by video posters, desperate to get views?
Core, i’de give my left ear or right ear to have a flight off and on to a US carrier… I have to hand it to the USA - your armed forces are not only the best but spectacular..
The take offs are intense, but even more intense to me is how they are able to snag that cable, of course with the help of the flight deck crew, when landing on the ship.
That is what is facinating to me.
After 20 years working on that Fly Deck as Plane Captain, Trouble Shooter, Mech and Fly deck Controller... I'm definitely going to miss it!!
God bless navy aviators and their support crews!!!
Fantastic, really enjoyed this video. Not my usual TH-cam fare, it just popped up on my side bar. The thing that impressed me was seeing all those young people, well trained and highly skilled, taking their work so seriously. Makes a nice change from seeing the no-hopers on the news, off their heads on alcohol or drugs, totally useless to society.
what greats skills from deck crew !! i love your videos
TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAMWORK !!! THE FLIGHT DECK IS EXPERIENCE IS MADE UP OF HIGHLY SKILLED AND INTELLIGENT PERSONNEL ! HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFE TIME DURING FLIGHT OPS ! 9 MONTHS BABY !!!
Absolutely breathtaking and inspiring cooperative expertise on deck. High tech, high risk, and high competency. REAL MEN. America! Thank you.
US NAVAL & AIR-FORCE AVIATORS ARE SO DAMN IMPRESSIVE!!!
I guess you forgot the Marine Corps side by side with the Navy
They didn't look like insane catapult launches just very normal onnes.
Did appreciate the information about the bubble, I'd always wondered who activated the catapult.
I'm an old guy who's led a damned interesting life. BUT---after watching this video I have to say that if I had to do it all over again I would have loved working on an American aircraft carrier. What professionalism! What gob-smacking technology! Wow.
you were better off not being on one. they dont show all the shit the greenshirts have to do and how hard and dangerous it is.
Saw a video of a guy getting sucked into the inlet of an a-6. he was there then the next second vanished. thankfully he got stuck in the inlet and his crainial came off to fod out the engine otherwise he would have died. the sad thing is he went to captains mast for the mistake.
Miss watching airops from the 10 level of the USS HANCOCK CVA 19
Recruiting video in disguise. Oh well. Can't deny it looks challenging and rewarding.
Every launch from a carrier is insane. I think it's 0 to 120 in 2 seconds.
Very well produced. Love this stuff. God bless these young men and women. KUDOS to the photography.
Went to high school with a Japanese guy. Dean is his name. Hadn't seen until our ten-year reunion. Turns out he was a carrier-based fighter pilot in his younger days. We got to talking about that and he quipped, "Sometimes when I was circling the carrier all I could think was, Tora Tora Tora."
Scary
Huh Mexican Food , he wanted tacos? Or tequila?
Great film!
The poster probably doesn't know that the FA-18 takes off with the rudder facing inwards. I guess they mistook it for an air brake and wrote it as an insane launch
Not sure where the insane Catapult takeoff comes into this video.
I think that the video is “insane” for anyone that watches it that has never been a part of flight deck operations.
If you’ve ever worked the deck, of course it’s not going to feel “intense”.
@@torn-_shuttle123 I've never worked on a carrier deck, but after watching some videos and reading, it seems very organized. If anything is insane, it's how much is going on and how well risk is controlled with what they do day in and day out
Got to love U.S. carriers......
Engineer: ...and thus we save on size while increasing flight deck capabilities.
Admiral: Then how to do we get the aircraft airborne?
Engineer: Simple, sir. We hurl them with catapults.
Admiral: Excelle...wait, What?
Edit; Imagine joining the military just to be made into a car wash and detail guy for jets. How do you explain that to family, they'll never let you live it down.
@lostinthedesert-hp4bw Yeah, but being an engineer on a destroyer or a loader in a tank just sound so much better, heh.
@lostinthedesert-hp4bwMy job, Aviation Boatswains Mate Equipment (ABE) was hardworking and I loved every minute of it. It’s one of those rates that breaks you down and rebuilds you back up. It also separates the men from the boys and tests the limits of what you can and can’t handle. I suppose it just depends on what you think is difficult or hard.
NAVY PILOTS ARE THE BEST !!!
Of all the F-35s I like the looks of the F-35C the best.
Wow, the attention the stealth fighters get is immpressive
Stop using the word insane....that's normal for Navy pilots.🇺🇲👍
You do know that those "insane catapult takeoffs" are hands off, right?
You do know that because of the thrust gravity in excess of 4 g’s will push the throttle and stick backwards, kicking the engines out of burner and nose to climb through the ninety at the end of launch if the pilot doesn’t have his hands holding them in place. With an excess of over 200 traps, I know what I’m talking about.
@@larrymcgill5508 FlightSim is awesome.
16minute video, I'm not watching this for 5-20 secs of "Insane Catapult Takeoff"
Our Old MAG-11 VMFA-314 Victor Whiskey Black Knights deployed several times with them.
I wanted there but got MAG 31
My old man worked on a carrier... If I had the eyes I was dying to be a fighter pilot...
Pro tip. The speed of the carrier isn't controlled from bridge.
82 to 88 VS-41 and VS-33 AZ2 two west pacs and working the flight deck in the beginning was a RUSH and I will never forget it..keep that head going 360 all the time or you just might get blowen down like I did with a F-14 turning to fact and there went by big butt and stopped by the front landing gear of a A-7..
From what's called 'Vulture's Row', I've watched F-4 Phantoms and F-14 Tomcats being launched on the USS Saratoga and the USS John F. Kennedy. I used to love the smell of the burning jet fuel. It reminds of the line from 'Apocalypse Now'. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like victory."
I too was on the Super Sara! Stood plenty of watches on the Crow's Nest!
I would guess any launch or landing on a pitching, rain and wind swept deck could be called insane. Even on a calm day it would still be insane.
Looks so simple, unbelievably complex!
Been there done that and have a Centurion patch earned an EKA-3B aboard USS AMERICA to prove it.
Half a dozen on the America (VS28), one on the Ike (VS24), and double Centurion on the Nimitz (VS24).
Can ANY MILITARY, ANYWHERE, EQUAL the professionalism and efficiency of ours in the USA???
British forces used to but now im not so sure
China is pretty close to replicating exactly what we do. I really hate to say it, but in a year or two, they’ll beat and destroy us in our own game.
Wo ist denn der Wahnsinnige Start ??????
I would try to become a jet pilot if I were younger...
How can I block authors who falsify the headlines
They all looked like regular catapult takeoffs?!?! Or am I missing something ?!?!?!?
As much as I like seeing the old days this information should be kept out of the social media
It's called a teaser.😂
It's amazing on deck how many of them wear glasses.
They are F-18As not F-18s made by Northrop….just like F-35B on carriers.
....F. 16, F. 18, quels superbes machines de Guerre !!
Hey, I wore one of those red shirts! IYAOYAS!
Good on ya ordie.
Me too! AOC ret
Hi,I’m “Hollywood”from the pukin’dog squadron,Hi I’m “Iceman” the Jolly Rodger Squadron. Hi,I’m “Fawn’from the Cougar Squadron just doesn’t have the same effect. They need to work on that.
空母からの発艦はいつ見てもシビレマスね！
シューターの皆さんもカッコイイ！
Wonderful pilot...One fable
You show landings on CVN 78. That is the USS Ford. IT DOES NOT USE STEAM TO LAUNCH AIRCRAFT! The Ford uses an electro magnetic system.
Insane takeoff!!! WHERE?????????????
To a civilian that’s not military, it’s “Insane.”
Nothing insane here...I was stationed aboard an aircraft carrier and watched hundreds of take-offs and landings just like this...
I dont get it, where in the video was an Insane laumch of an F-18Hornet, all catapilt launches are ify, but nothing out of the ordinary, I would syggest you use a tad bit of honesty when lableing your videos. Tom
We could do without the "music" but hey, great video
UK developed the Steam catapult angled flight Decks landing light system and the Steam Turbines that drive them and now our Carriers do not use them Crazy.
But those Harriers are impressive. And very LOUD. They used to fly into NAS Cecil Field in Jacksonville, FL when the British carriers were in town.
Wow, that’s crazy and impressive! Even with the UK development, can you personally explain the “steam” process on Flight Deck launching and non-steam A/G recovery?
Thats so Awesome.
Crew of this bird from Spokane WA.❤❤❤😂
what exactly does the co-pilot do in times of apt command of the aircraft on the part of the Pilot ? is he.she just a standby in case of grave emergency ?
Not insane…just going to work like we all did.
Just imagine, you jump into a frozen ice hole to recover an explosive torpedo. You gotta love diving ……..to be a diver.😢
Don't see many people playing with their cell phones do you?
Were still waiting
What are you waiting for?
Is there an F/A-18E mechanic or switch systems expert here? I found some parts that need identified and one looks like a switch panel label that reads “OPPENHEIMER”
"NOW I AM BECOME DEATH, THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS" and "PUSH HERE TO INITIATE ARMAGEDDON" were the prototype labels on those buttons, but after some religious communities objected, the Navy relabeled them "OPPENHEIMER", which pilots understood and which saved engraving costs. As a safety feature, some of the later model buttons have to be held in for three seconds.
@@Twowheeltuesday Look just above the spout for the ice dispenser, just to the left of the Sprite/Pepsi toggle switch.
Catapults are hardly "insane takeoffs" The first catapult takeoff was way back in 1954. A Grumman S2F-1 Tracker was the aircraft. I remember seeing films of it, so I Googled it. -- USAF Retired
The launches and recoveries are routine most of the time…not insane.
What's the deal with both rudders in opposite directions?
"Insane" includes everyday take off and landings now?
This is normal skill for carrier pilots...
i like how they called it the "gulf of Tonkin incident"...they mean lie not incident. Unless they are calling a blatant lie an incident which it was not an unpleasant or unusual event. Flase flag would be a more apt term.
@lostinthedesert-hp4bw not "political beliefs" young child, it's known fact. 🤡
I made the 1st cruise with the F-18 hornstes
I was there. CV-64 1985 Westpac. I was in VFA-113 Stingers.
INSANE???
What is insane about technology and pilot skill?
Is TH-cam incentivising use of the word "insane" these days - "everybody" seems to be using it.
Not even "Insane" describes the repeated misuse of the word "insane"!
Okaaaay I'm thinking that I'm gonna see a folded wing launch like the phantom or an unassisted launch. This is all norm.
Do one about why the f22 can't land on a ship
One, It's an USAF jet, Two, its landing gear is not made for it, Three, it doesn't have a launch bar to take off, three, its arresting gear is only made for field arrestments.
What is the connection between pulling a torpedo through a hole in the ice and an f-18 carrier launch?
It gets the video past the 10-minute line. Otherwise - the liar doesn't get paid.
What’s so insane
Aren’t they trained for this every day occurrence
witness to more than a thousand carrier launches.....and this is an example of professional competence....
Thank to all the ladies and gentlemen that contributed to keeping America and its allies safe 👍🏽🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Why do half of the people in this video look like they couldn't pass a PRT?
Because the Navy adjusted their BCA requirements. In lament terms, they’ve gotten soft. No pun intended.
So a perfectly ordinary, perfectly boring launch from an aircraft carrier + overly dramatic music?
Actually the 18 is hands off stick at landing. The computer lands the bird. Their tail hooks knock the nonskid off the deck in a three foot circle. That's how accurate the computer is.
Maybe in the Sim world, these are flown to the deck by skilled aviators, I know as I flew in the Navy!!!
They are flown off the deck with your hands on the towel racks. They are flown onto the deck by Naval Aviators
It is the opposite of your description. Hands on controls for landing, hands off controls for take off.
With the magic carpet system they use for landing it is pretty much hands off we actually have to make adjustments so the deck isn't beaten up they hit within about 3 feet unless mechanical or computer problems
@@JimmieBrown-sg8fq yep, sounds like you were aircrew?
I've just realised how old I am watching children at war. 😂
17, 18 & 19 year old kids have been recruited into service since World War 1. Young kids or “children” have been serving our country for a long time. I’m hoping that your comment is directed as a joke, considering that these “adolescents” are wanting to do something bigger than themselves.
Team diving is the only way to dive…
The English have an Enterprise?
Not one of those jets ever helped America win a war.
What was the last “war” that the US was a part of?
@@torn-_shuttle123 You don’t know? Do you ever read newspapers, or history books?
One time I launched from a carrier drunk and as soon as I attracted to gear I accidentally fired aim 54 Phoenix but luckily didn't have lock on anyone so no one was hurt.
Bovine excrement!
@@jerrywilliford6840 Steve was high when he typed that -- VERY high.
Shame
Addicts shouldn’t comment here. There’s other forums for that sort of stuff. Just putting it out there…
Voice-over might get you more clicks.
I wonder if the pilot could use all the carrier lenght t, could he , take off without the catapult ? ? ?🤔
No, not current jets. In WW2, with smaller propeller planes, they did not use catapults.
@@robertewalt7789 They would get airborn at 65 knots. . . .😆
Dove è tutta questa follia???
Sembra tutta una normalità
You'd be insane NOT catapulting from that deck. You'd drown, no questions about that. Please skip stupid words like insane, next time.
Need i say "IMPRESSIVE".
We are so more advanced that the Chinese navel. They still have not worked out a quick functioning takeoff system
Give it time….
We are so screwed. Half of them cant pass the PE test.
Um, they're not SEALS ... and every one of them DOES take a Physical Fitness test (if that's what you're referring to) semi-annually. Every quarter if they are instructors or work in the field, last time I read about it. If I'm wrong, I'll apologize. We're not "screwed" at all. If you're an American, these vids should give you hope. These folks know what they're doing.
The US Navy didn't even start annual "PE" tests till the mid 80's 84 ish and we did just fine before that. We dont need to run in the event of war, we need to Swim.....
Why does it take ten years to build a carrier?
@lostinthedesert-hp4bw that’s what I thought
@lostinthedesert-hp4bw they do have a big lobby on k street
They are made for it. ??
🙏🏼
I did not like this video. I agree, where's the insane launch?