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.

@wouldntyouliketoknow9891

2 жыл бұрын

Nice video, thanks for posting!

@jefferyhubbard3532

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. thanks for doin this

@icedidi

2 жыл бұрын

Love it

@horaciohernandez598

2 жыл бұрын

Is there footage of them trapping back on board?

@jerseyshoredroneservices225

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@jonathanbair523

7 ай бұрын

That cracked me up... But hey he knows what his one looks like to make sure they get home.

I was part of the E2C design team at Grumman in the 60s

@bobstu69

2 жыл бұрын

Built the Ike......

@Slypto

2 жыл бұрын

The cup holders are too small that's the only flaw

@user-yv3df3md4y

2 жыл бұрын

so cool if true

@zaphrodneybeeblebrox3134

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody did it like Grumman. Thanks for putting out incredible aircraft.

@RagtopDazed

2 жыл бұрын

Remember touring the Calverton factory with John Martinez in the early 80’s. Very cool place.

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.

@jamesf.ryaniii7918

2 жыл бұрын

You are not hearing his thought process. And, he is not doing it for the benefit of KZread 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.

@michaeljohnson4258

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@atlantic_love

Жыл бұрын

You are easily impressed. I hear Jackass the TV show has some cool stuff.

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!

@yafuker6046

Жыл бұрын

Hope she's doing good now. (?)

@agidotexe7167

Жыл бұрын

you ma'am have a badass daughter!

“I know nothing about boats; know what a carrier looks like” cracked me up. Great vid.

@funtimenetwork

2 жыл бұрын

10:03 been waiting all vid for them to say that funny stuff

@robertf3479

2 жыл бұрын

Just confirms something that us 'black shoe' surface guys always knew about airedales. 🤣

@jwchitwood

2 жыл бұрын

"Boats and hoes" she says

@FLYSUBS89

2 жыл бұрын

There are only two types of vessels: subs and targets.

The POV of the acceleration at 7:34 is impressive.

@CptAdhesive

Жыл бұрын

It is indeed "real good"

@rush_17

Жыл бұрын

The sound is insane aswell

@Defirence

10 ай бұрын

That bump at the end scared me lol, but I guess Marines and Navy sailors are used to it.

@juventusventuno9213

9 ай бұрын

I imagine it never gets old. back in the saddle

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.

“That’s a cruiser”, “I don’t know anything about boats, I know what a carrier looks like. “ 😂😂

In all of my KZread watching career, this is the coolest aviation video I've seen. Thank you for sharing!

@zaphrodneybeeblebrox3134

2 жыл бұрын

It WAS pretty awesome! Next best thing to being there.

@krishoberoi4010

2 жыл бұрын

@Steven it was a pretty short career ig of yours ig

@davidmag808

2 жыл бұрын

how much do you make in your watching job?

@benjerman4438

2 жыл бұрын

Steven I appreciate your self-deprecating humor. I'm gonna use that one from now on too 🤣😂🤣

@Idontknow819918

2 жыл бұрын

😂

7:30... the sound of the catapult transmitting through the chassis was wild!

You Hawkeyes never get the “props” you deserve. You guys rock. Thanks for what you do

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.

@dylanford1018

2 жыл бұрын

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

@pistonar

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@awolslaboratory1388

2 жыл бұрын

Color blind here.

@ATLANTICA415

2 жыл бұрын

I, too feel the pain... eyesight issues took so much out of life that today wouldn't have been an issue...

@stevemiller1085

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

"Yeah we got a guy in a yellow jacket doing tai-chi on catapult one..."

@GhostOfDamned

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Real_Claudy_Focan

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like a lady Moves gives good indications about the rythm for "slow" and ultra slow movements

@gtc1961

2 жыл бұрын

I think that was a woman....

@brankoslavglagol89

2 жыл бұрын

@@Real_Claudy_Focan amazing moves full of eroticism 😋

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. 🛫🛬⚓🎖😀

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.

@cheswic

Жыл бұрын

I was in 110 in 75 Cdr. Kuhn spelling?

@monadking2761

Жыл бұрын

@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.

@cheswic

Жыл бұрын

@@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.👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

@monadking2761

Жыл бұрын

@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.

@cheswic

Жыл бұрын

@@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 😮

So this is how they recorded the half life 1 soldier voices

@daniels-mo9ol

2 жыл бұрын

Was scrolling for this comment

@bay0r

2 жыл бұрын

i came to upvote this comment

"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.

Having the audio makes all the difference... Nicely done GLD!

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.

@wichitarick

2 жыл бұрын

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

10 ай бұрын

You were a Rio you didn't fly

@briancclevenger

10 ай бұрын

@@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.

@andrewkuoppala3925

10 ай бұрын

@@briancclevenger im a 747 captain ex vf-11 and I hate people that claim to be pilots

@andrewkuoppala3925

10 ай бұрын

red ripper.

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!

@peterkennedy4010

2 жыл бұрын

Roger - Good to see you on this. You were a good one!

@louissanderson719

Жыл бұрын

Yep. The Hawkeye’s instrumentation was so bad, that the FAA wouldn’t sign off on it

@remaguire

Жыл бұрын

Something about E-2s that I always liked. They just seem like one of those aircraft that can't wait to be airborne!

@CorePathway

Жыл бұрын

How would the ejection sequence work with that big ol’ radome?

@choppertimberland139

4 ай бұрын

​@@CorePathwaylast one in, first one out

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!

@gunsmoke6230

2 жыл бұрын

God bless thank you for your service and sacrifice ! 🇺🇸🙏🏻⚓️

@graymikep64

2 жыл бұрын

Love it

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

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!

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.

@CorePathway

Жыл бұрын

Salty!

"Oh yeah! Real good."

@diabl2master

2 жыл бұрын

Video game sounds

@joaoaraujo8081

2 жыл бұрын

Nice “boost”..,

@JenkinoJenkins

2 жыл бұрын

Few jobs make you say this daily with as much enthusiasm. I wish I became a pilot.

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!!

@fightingfalconfan

Жыл бұрын

The Connie was my dads ship back in the late 70s till 81. He handled all the vert reps they did. then store keeper.

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.

Sound designers: "You can make amazing stuff with FM synthesis" Me when I get my hands on a FM synthesizer: 6:53

@TheOneTrueSpLiT

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Man I love DX7s (showing my age now).

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.

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.

legend has it, the pilot is still adjusting that rearview mirror.

@Skyprince27

2 жыл бұрын

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?

@ghaffarnouredine3473

2 жыл бұрын

She is woman

@Skyprince27

2 жыл бұрын

@@ghaffarnouredine3473 Sorry I missed that! #GoHer

@wyskass861

2 жыл бұрын

@@ghaffarnouredine3473 Well that explains the mirror thing then.

Wow what a freaking adrenaline rush-just the coordination between ground crews n aviators is way beyond impressive-thanks for you do!

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.

@andrewkuoppala3925

10 ай бұрын

vf-11 usss forestal

The chaos turning to pure serenity as you clear the deck must be a wonderful experience.

Recently saw this at an airshow. It was much more agile that I would have expected. Nice aircraft.

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...

@lairdcummings9092

2 жыл бұрын

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!

Thank you for your service! Army here 86 to 92. Great video.

This is an amazing video! Love hearing the communications and plane! What an amazing experience

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!

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 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.

Outstanding from an old VA-37 Bull Troubleshooter from the 80s love what you guys do.

It’s funny to seethe speed gauge going up like crazy til 120-140 when they leave the deck

@bobbycv64

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@spearmaj4035

2 жыл бұрын

So coooool

@timothyosborn1697

2 жыл бұрын

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!

@bobbycv64

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Flipping awesome. High level of communication and teamwork to get it in the sky.

GJD Thanks for your explanation of the launch schedule. Those of us who are civilians appreciate it! Safe flights! Thanks for your service.🎖

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

7:35 “Oh yeah! Real Good!” Lol. Badasses

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).

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 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.

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

Very cool. I’m sure that launch never gets old. Cheers

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!

That was the best launch video I've seen. Really awesome to watch. Love it. Keep them coming! Good job!

You guys crushed it! Thank you for your service and posting!

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.

@graymikep64

2 жыл бұрын

Wow

The Hawkeye is a cool plane, first time I've seen a video of one taking off from a carrier. Thanks for sharing !

Thanks for sharing an utterly unique and interesting thing we wouldn’t normally see in our lives. Regards from New Zealand.

Fantastic- one of the most interesting video footage I have watched- very impressive 👍🇬🇧

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.

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.

Thank you for the clarification on the audio and the procedures.Thank you for a fascinating interesting video

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.

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.

"Oh yeah, real good" I rewatched the part over and over lol. Dope!

My brother David was a mechanic on the E-2 Hawkeye stationed at Miramar during the late 80's till about 1994. Cool vid...

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.

@seantaggart7382

2 жыл бұрын

HEY! I would do it I just am prevented due to my adhd and autism

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.

@DougHanchard

2 жыл бұрын

The S-3 was one hell of a platform.

@philipforrest1732

2 жыл бұрын

The hoovers were amazing.

@macyoung9205

2 жыл бұрын

I loved the sound of those Hoover turnups.

@silvirhunter3607

2 жыл бұрын

Viking, correct?

@WarHoover

2 жыл бұрын

@@silvirhunter3607 Yes, the S-3 Viking

I was Navy airman at NAS OCEANA in the 60s love this video..Thanks Guys...fly safe...

WOW! Phantastic Video. I was working as Technical Planer at Eurowings, when this Airline was operating ATR 42/72. Could visit the cockpit during take off and landing. Was before 9/11. Nothing to this take-off. Thank you.

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

One of the best roof videos I've seen. I used to love hearing that prop pitch change when then the E2C's were on the cat.

The sound of the props actually make me sleepy. I love that sound!

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. 😢

@michaelmappin4425

Жыл бұрын

TR 1993. My third ship and deployment

The Hawkeye guys were always so chilled!

Cool, thanks for bringing us on board, I enjoyed the ride.😁🤣😍😍😍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏

Gotta love it when KZread 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.

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.

@andysmith6824

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@brinsonharris9816

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@stevehendon4076

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like you need to explain your joke 🤣🤣😎

@stevehendon4076

2 жыл бұрын

@@brinsonharris9816 wasn't replying to your comment. If I had of been then it would have had your name before.😊😎

@brinsonharris9816

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevehendon4076 Fair enough-my bad. Joke must have been so little I missed it.

Man, that’s insane. You go from standing still to airborne in like .5 seconds. That’s quite a ride. Nice job 👍🏻

@jamesrobertson9597

2 жыл бұрын

I think the ACO said the cat shot knocked her mike down below her chin.

@av8bvma513

2 жыл бұрын

Four point five seconds. Zero to 130 knots 07:33

Thanks for sharing and Thank You for your Service !!

As retired Army I always love watching videos from the Navy and Air Force. Gives me a great view into the life of what it would of been like to choose that career path instead of the Army. (and a dream of what it would of been like not getting blown up lol) We may make jokes about each other but we all do it in good humor as we know we each play a part in the greater picture of the military as a whole. Can recall many times where the Air Force has either helped us out or saved out asses. So thanks for sharing!

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 !!!

I worked at North Island on E2's in the 70's. Proud I did my part on this beautiful aircraft.

Man! That catapult launching experience has got to be one serious kick in the pants!!😮👍

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!!

@lancemurray7107

Жыл бұрын

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.

No one: Pilot: BEEPITY BOOP BOOP

Quite possibly my most favorite aviation Vid now! This was awesome!

Hoping there’s more content to come! This is pretty cool

Holy sheet! That is nuts. Half the time I was like: 'Whut are they saying?' I like when the guy says: 'What is so f!@#ing hard about this? We've been doing it for months!' Haha!

Gotta love those high tech rearview mirrors that never need adjusting.

Thank you for your service young man

Never thought an E-2 would ever have a need to use reverse thrust on the carrier, in order to back out of a parking spot. Pretty cool stuff!

@williamvaine8713

2 жыл бұрын

They use to love backing us into the Hummer-hole every chance they got.

@jadefalcon001

2 жыл бұрын

I loved the gag about the back-up beeper.

@jimdavis1939

2 жыл бұрын

@@yt45204 The Panavia Tornado has them as well.

@yxeaviationphotog

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamvaine8713 Now that would have been cool to see.

Congratulations skilled Navy pilots. Short and accurate takeoff.👏👏

Awesome insight as to how it's done Thnx for the insight Mission Accomplished

I remember being catapulted off the USS Forrestal, in an E-2, when I left the Med cruise for the Enterprise in California! That was an experience for someone working in main propulsion.

Prior Service. Civilian Technician. Two Cat launches in the 90's on C2 COD's (Carrier On-board Delivery). For those that don't know, this is a cargo aircraft that can land on and take off from aircraft carriers. It's the same aircraft as the E-2 but without the radar and stuff inside. First launch. Sitting on the catapult. So ... ships power had killed the computer I was supposed to work on - and I spent 77 hours that week trying to fix it (first day being 26 hours long ...) I couldn't fix it but I did get really sick. So ... I'm sick as a dog with a head cold and buzzing along with all the Actifed in me so I don't get a sinus block ... sitting back in the tooth paste tube (no view ports) with my Mickey Mouse gear on and all strapped in. Pilot rev's up the starboard engine a few times and then starts reving up the port engine ... and he revs it up ... and he revs it up ... and he revs it up ... and he revs it up ... And I'm thinking - "He doesn't like the sound of that port engine." So they shut the engines down and (I guess) the crew chief comes back and says: "Pilot doesn't like the sound of the port engine. They're going to open it up and take a look." So we sit there, facing aft, staring at the back of the metal head rest of the seat in front of us. After a while, crew chief comes back: "OK. We figured out what's wrong and we're trying to see if they've got a part." And we sit there on the catapult waiting ... After a while the crew chief comes back. "OK. They found the part." And we sit there ... and after a while the crew chief comes back. "OK. We're not going to fix it now. We've got another aircraft - but it doesn't have any seats in it. We're going to take the seats out of this one and put them in that one. So - report back to the (forget the name of the little room we checked in at for our ride) at 1300." So we all disembark form the aircraft and turn in our Mickey Mouse gear at the little room and then go cool our heels somewhere on the the ship until it's time to report back to the little room. They re-issue our Mickey Mouse gear, we board the other aircraft and I'm sitting there all strapped in and I go to use this Vick's Inhale to try and keep my sinuses open (so I don't get a sinus block). And I drop it. A brief mental image of my little plastic Vicks Inhaler shooting to the back of the aircraft when we launch and I undo my belts, bend over, grab it and put the belts back on ... I had time ... if I didn't - better the plastic tube than me shoots to the back of the plane ... Pilot revs up starboard engine. Pilot revs up port engine. A short wait - and we launch. Sensation was - something had a hold of us and we were going where it was sending us. Aircraft climbs out, turns for home and we sit in the tooth paste tube, listening to the engines drone. Aircraft begins to maneuver some. Lands. We disembark, turn in our Mickey Mouse gear and ... there's no ride to the main gate and no taxi's this far onto the base ... So I pick up my crap and start to walk. Someone came along, gave me a ride to the front gate - I got a taxi home and ... spent the next 3 days in bed sick. Being Prior Service - none of this surprised me in the least. Just another day in the military. .

@user-qr2gd7me6c

2 жыл бұрын

You'd have been in a sh*t-load of trouble over those over-the-counter meds on a Navy flight. What year was this ? The flight surgeon should have given you a "no fly" chit.

@BobSmith-dk8nw

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-qr2gd7me6c This would have been in 1994 And ... how would you know I was just a passenger - I had nothing to do with any flight surgeon" ?Ha! Ha! Ha ! KZread is all confused. It 's entering words spelled left to right but doing it from the right margin Once I post it, it aligns it all to the left margin but if I go to edit it - it starts entering text from the right margin again .. and it's putting all the punctuation marks on the left end of the sentence boy is it confused. I assume that's because your Handle is written in Arabic .

@jdd1979

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-qr2gd7me6c passengers with cold meds don’t ground flights…

@tjh6558

2 жыл бұрын

Why do I believe this story, especially the part where instead of just fixing the aircraft, they make you guys get out and wait until they move the seats from your old bird to the new one?

@BobSmith-dk8nw

2 жыл бұрын

@@tjh6558 It seems - that their first intention was to just open up the engine - right there on the catapult - with us inside - and fix it. But ... for whatever reason ... such as (just speculating) they might have wanted to use that catapult - they didn't. For anyone who's ever been in the military or worked with them this is just a normal day on the job. Things don't work the way they are supposed to - and they deal with it. When I was in the Marines in 1971, doing base security in California (my contribution to the Vietnam War) I was driving patrol trucks. These were old, beat to shit navy pick up trucks and they all had something wrong with them. One night I came on watch - and the guy I was relieving informed me that you couldn't put the truck in reverse using the gear shift. What you had to do - was to open the hood - and shift the transmission with the gear shift linkage there - while the engine was running - using a board he had to hold in the clutch. I'm like "OK." So ... what I did ... was try not to need to put the truck in reverse - but if I had to - I did what he said and 4 hours later I was relieved and I told the next guy how to do it. You know what SNAFU stands for - right? With this story in mind ... The way we got a new patrol truck - (so the story goes) was - the Navy CO of the base would get a new truck. His truck would go to the Navy XO - his to the Marine CO, his to the Marine XO, his to the Officer of the Day, his to the Sargent of the Guard - and the Sargent of the Guard's vehicle would become a patrol truck. So - that had happened and we had a nearly new patrol truck. I got to drive it once and it was great! The *_HEATER_* worked (!!!!!!!!), the radio worked (this was a military radio), it had one of these little search lights you could use to look at things in the dark - and that worked. It even had a little red light on top of the truck that would spin around - just like a real cop car(!!!!!). So ... there was this guy ... and ... he was driving that truck ... and ... he wanted to see how high it would bounce if he drove it over the rail road tracks at 70mph ... I don't know how high it bounced but it rolled four times out into the middle of a field. This stupid son of a bitch had wrecked *_OUR_* new patrol truck. We all wanted to kill him. So - he got busted to private ... which given how stupid he was wasn't much of a drop - and had to pay for the truck out of his E1's salary (this meant he would not be leaving the Marine Corps until he had paid for that truck). But that didn't help us one damn bit. All the equipment in the military is constantly being beat to hell and the guys that use it ... have to fix it or put up with what's broken until someone more capable can fix it. There's almost ALWAYS something broken - it's just a question of if the thing that is broken is bad enough to take the machine off line. If it isn't ... they just keep on using it with that thing ... and what ever else is fucked up - broken. So - when you Thank Someone for their Service - THIS - is the kind of thing you are thanking them for. .

"Oh yeah, real good"( as in good cat )... classic! That's in the manual BTW. I could watch and listen to ops all day.

Hey Bud...this is such a GREAT VID! These teams deserve so more credit than they get!!!