bad weather landing

[johndaltrocanto]

By the amount of glorious mustache one could think this was filmed in the 80’s

[paulkirkland]

I never tire of watching the American navy's carrier operations. Taking into account all the possible permutations of weather conditions, the pitching of the deck, often at night and maybe the pilot very fatigued, it is aviation on the limit. Hugely impressive, Yanks. :)

[charlielila]

Here’s what’s happened….the flight deck was initially blocked by plane taxiing or slow getting away from landing zone.
The next Hornet called in on the radio but was still in the clouds so the LSOs ( Landing Signal Officer) reminded pilot to turn on bright landing light. The LSO spotted the light and gave pilot some corrections in the last seconds “ power, Power!” The pilot touched down early or short but still caught the arresting wire. Pilots always go to Full Power upon touchdown hence All of the spray. The deck was Fouled or blocked by that plane that landed, hence the repetition of calls by the LSO looking backwards and arms held high acknowledging this. The arresting wire got stuck being retracted back into position, that’s why the Motor Cart and others went to pull out the kink so to speak. The LSO graded the landing by telling the guy hunched over as he wrote down the plane ID # 500 and the summary of the landing- “ High Start, Drifted left, over corrected n descended too low”. Thats why LSO stated “Power”

[saulsheldon]

The best carrier video I've seen by a mile, the sounds of the LSO and his team, the tannoy announcements, the wind and rain, you get a real sense of what it's like to be there, and of the effort and skill to perform carrier air ops. Thanks for posting!

[AR-scorp]

I am not American but still feeling so proud of these men. The pilots, the ground crew are simply amazing.

[goobytron]

Stuff most of us never get to see. Thanks for posting this video raw with all the sounds and noise. I’ve watched plenty of carrier landing videos, this one really illustrates how dangerous it is and how many skilled people it takes to bring an aircraft back aboard. Also I never realized how fast you’re still going and how hard you hit the deck.

[simflier]

LSOs exposed to the weather, while safely bringing pilots aboard. Bravo! You guys are amazing!

[tedtimmis]

Great to see the professionalism not just of the pilots but also the landing crew.

[jonnyj.]

Holy shit, that was amazing. Its crazy how much abuse carrier aircraft go through, and even crazier that older planes like the f4 landed in similar weather situations without any of the automatic throttle/fly by wire helping out. Those guys were badass.

Also, man I REALLY, REALLY hope dcs can one day get to this level of weather simulation. Its been a long held dream of mine that weather in games eventually gets to this level. Maybe one day :D

[fastdak]

Former carrier flight deck crewman. Still miss days like this. Whole crew comes together. What a show one can put on when time calls

[excatholicatheist]

Army vet here. Hat off to my Navy brothers and sisters. This is tough and dangerous work

[d.j.stachniak]

Just goes to show why everyone in the Navy deserves every penny they make (not enough) and deserves every ounce of our respect!

[stevebroadbent]

OMG that's why naval aircraft are built so tough and why LSOs are such an integral part of the deal.
And I thought getting it back on the ground after an ILS cloud break

[Paul-kwog]

The most dangerous flying ever undertaken for the pilot and the ground crew. You have to take your hat off to everyone involved in this mad stuff.

[jonmajarucon]

I cant even imagine what that pilot was going through. Incredible display of organization, poise, courage teamwork and professionalism. God bless our boys.

[compassghost]

The algorithm brought me here, and this was amazing to watch.

[FN_FAL__ever]

All weather, day or night, naval aviators are absolutely the best.

[callsignslick]

Most of the time I couldn't believe I was getting paid to fly. Sometimes they couldn't have paid me enough ... like on days like this.

[Name-psfx]

This was a beautiful 3 minute clip....no idea what each man's role was, the one guy was bellowing enthusiastically, two guys are holding some kind of "nail gun" device...and the wind and rain are doing what they do best!

Thanks USN for your fantastic service!

[iliasantonopoulos]

An intense video, capturing a non Hollywood version of real life on a carrier. Where stuff is also the heroes. Not only the pilots. Thank you!