This desk duties would've only lasted until things have cooled off. The royal navy is a large place to work, people get transferred all the time. In 18 months things will have cooled down and he could start his training again.
Great Great footage! Is it possible for me to use and share this footage on my youtube page? I share footage from all kind of activities on our ocean. Cargo ships in the 1960s till now, oil rigs, fishing vessels, etc. Of course full credit will be given to the owner of the footage. Looking forward to your reply. Kind regards. Cheers.
In all seriousness for learning..I can't really tell the wind direction but assuming bow to stern, is having the headsail up bad in that it's unbalanced?..pushing the bow parallel to the waves? Would it not be better to have reefed mainsail up? Thanks.
Even if Watson wasn’t fully trained, he saved the navy $34,430,000(after the insurance payout to the ship and it’s crew). I don’t know the cost to repair the aircraft, but it definitely wasn’t $34 and a half million.
Incredible. It seems hard to keep her on track, but not a splash of water came over and she was not heeling. The older designs prove to be outstanding.
Poor bloke. But good to hear he returned to flying. I hope this 'reprimand' was just paperwork and internally within his squadrun he was celebrated as a hero. And I hope to this day he considers himself one. We all do.
Hahahaha! How embarrassing, poor kid: "...AND HOW MUCH FUEL DID YOU HAVE LEFT?" "I have ...er maybe one minute ...thinks "yeah: one minute's fine" then says it out loud. I bet he had enough fuel to turn back but feared a right royal bollocking because he couldn't work out the radio. "I think I was fairly lucky to land it the way I did" Mate, you dumped it on there like a knackered Cortina in a breaker's yard..
It would have been LESS embarrassment to the Royal Navy if the pilot had just anonymously dropped it into the ocean out of public sight, and signaled the Royal Navy for emergency rescue.
This is really a good story, bottom line is, a $25 million dollar plane saved for the cost of paying only $500k to the ship. Any other plane, except for the F35B would have been lost at sea, and may be a dead pilot.
