“CarQuals - 1970” | 8mm Cockpit Views Navy TF-9 Carrier Qualifications USS Lexington

EP-2 “Carquals - 1970 | F-9 x-Country to ELP” is the 2nd 8mm reel and contains footage from about May-June 1970 as judged from the log books. There is no voice to go with it. A large part of it was shot between May 18- 26, 1970 during FCL qualifications presumably at Kingsville, and at sea on the USS Lexington (CVT-16) likely somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico. There are 10 flights logged on those dates totaling 29 FCLs (May 18-25), 6 traps & cat shots, 2 T&G and 1 “Bolter” (May 26). The 8mm you see is completely uncut by me, this is how it came off the reel as edited by my father - “Mad Duck”
Cobra explains the land-based practice “Field Carrier Landing” system (FCL) that we see first, and then all the carrier operations we see in the second half. He has some great reactions, “feedback” for some of the pilots, and a great story about landing an experimental plane on a carrier when he was at the Navy Test Pilot School in Pax River.
“well… ya gotta land on the carrier, if you can’t land on the carrier, you’re not gonna make it” - S. "Cobra" Queen
Music
“I Don't Want To Do This Without You” - Late Night Feeler
“Staircase” - Umphrey's McGee
“Eternal Garden” - Daniel Henig
“Fairy Meeting” - Emily A. Sprague
“I Don't Want To Do This Without You” - Late Night Feeler
“High” - JPB
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[@brentkincaid4364]

So cool to get context behind those videos! And you start to appreciate how freakin’ hard it would be to land on a moving target!

[@6ZeroAlpha]

agree, I was like a kid in a candy store listing to Cdr Queen, soaking it in and trying to put myself in his shoes. that's what separates the navy from the AF - "you gotta land back on the boat!"

[@jkaposi]

Great video. Would love a copy without the 'Box', carrier vet here, Aussie navy 1976-1982.

[@6ZeroAlpha]

thanks for stopping by, watching and your service. all my footage is copyrighted via this channel and not for any other use. I hope you can understand.

[@V2catapults]

16 is USS Lexington out of Pensacola

[@6ZeroAlpha]

thank you!