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I'm a Navy wife. My husband retired many moons ago, lol. He and his buddy, Donnie Cochran (of Blue Angels fame) went through OCS and flight training together. Love watching you and all you stand for! Have a very safe and blessed flight!
Wow! What I really got a kick out of was the pull up to altitude, rolling to reverse heading and snapping to rock steady level flight. That Super Hornet must be a pilots dream to fly!
Alex... Looks like the Abe Lincoln this time. Nice! Love your endless cross checks, head on a swivel. Never get tired of seeing Angels' Wings, or your precision flying. Please keep your videos coming. NO commentary or music required. Your unedited videos speak volumes... You make all us old retired farts proud. Fly safe brother! :) Randy "C-17A"
I’m leaving A School soon and I’ll be launching and trapping aircraft out in the fleet. I’m always amazed at the incredible skill you pilots have perform this job. I’m absolutely looking forward to working with everyone!
I could watch this all day … please never change the no music no talking style. We love to know how it sounds and looks from your POV. Background music is the most annoying thing ever and thank you for not adding it!
I grew up watching A-4s, A-7s, A-6s, F-4s & F-14s doing training( Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility [AFWTF]) were I live. Felt the bombs dropping. But its cool now to watch on videos what I saw from the distance: take off, wave off or TAG. Thank you for all your sacrifice and endurance. God Bless You All!
As an Army aviator I will say the Navy/Marine aviators are the best. Landing on a postage stamp in the middle of the ocean in heavy weather takes the best.
To all of you on this ship . And to everyone of you American Military personal around the world. In the United States of America some people forgets what are military personnel, does each and every day 24-7 day or night for the people of the United States of America. Some could careless. But their are a few of us appreciate you each and every day. Thanking God for another day and the military for freedom. Salute to you sir. I'm not a veteran but DAMN all of you are BADASS. Thank you men and women. 👏👏👏🇺🇸
This to dentistry! However both make my Pa28a in the mountains feel a bit dull. Just your constant scanning of instruments and all the procedures so interesting thanks for posting.
Your unedited videos are just the best. Raw footage like this really highlights the care and attention you need to have, as well as the insane amount of stuff thats going on at the same time on a carrier deck. Love it, keep it up. Literally ;-)
This is cool. My uncle was a fighter pilot.. in the 80s. He was stationed in Okinawa and ended up in Corpus Christi. When he was LT Commander I still remember getting to check out some of the planes on base. I have pics of me at 12 in the cockpit of a plane on base. I still have his US Navy blue bomber jacket from the 80s..My son wears it now :). Cool video.
ya might want to lower the visor so you avoid getting hit in the eyes with FOD on the cat shot. We always launched visor down, clear visors at night (F14 land). My father used to pull on instruments to ensure they were anchored down. Maintainers may have missed it. (A4/AD land)
You guys are amazing. I wish I had the mental capacity to remember all that you pilots do. Thank you, thank you for the videos. If that was me, I would still be in training and I'm 73. 😁
Keeping it to the deck long after takeoff was interesting. Evading the Cruisers or a tattle tales radar is all that came to mind, but then I remembered at sea the surface search radars would have pinged
CASE 1 departure is Port clearing turn from cat's 3 and 4 and Starboard clearing turn from cats 1 and 2. Turn back to parallel BRC (base recovery course) and fly at 300 kias at 500' to 7 NM from the boat. Clear Mother's airspace, and enjoy your mission.
@@RichterEtrenank oh yah there's that Navy knowledge that made it fun to be a Sailor. This former OS( never stationed on a Carrier)appreciates it much Thanks for taking the time
First time here. That was so cool. I always dreamed of being a fight pilot but life had other plans for me. What was this flight? I notice that you are flying unarmed. Subscribed cause, well I am a guy and this is a fighter.
I toured the "Abe" in Long Beach when she was brand spank'n new, back in 1991. It was more fun than going to Disneyland!! Now she's over 30 years old, and still going strong.
I was a jet jockey from 1974-1979. Brings back good memories. Just curious, though, about no flight gloves and flying with the visor up. My safety officer would be chewing me out for those infractions. Still have my pair of flight gloves with the ubiquitous hole in the right thumb from the trim tab button.
Same with us over here in the RAF. Mainly to protect in case of ejection/bird strikes. But it also saved the life of a mate when a peice of shrapnel came through the side of the aircraft and was stopped by the centre of his clear visor.
Skip Bowman of NR fame? Thanks for posting this. I was nuke subs but I find this stuff very interesting. Ward Carroll, etc. Keep posting these. Good flying shipmate.
My Grandfather taught Aeronautics and Mathematics at Great Lakes Naval Academy ... way back during World War ONE! Airplanes had only been invented a decade earlier. It all had to start somewhere!! 🛩
On a runway you get to taxi, check temps, and control surfaces. Roll into it and if something is wrong shut down. On the carrier it is eject or splash, or both!!! Sharks follow those ships eating the sewage ya know.
Never stop uploading your videos, they are very entertaining and you , Alex 💓 are such a cute, intelligent boy .i send you a hug . You are a very cute boy🤙
Why are the rails empty? If the carrier is out in the open ocean and you are up in an F18 then why are rails empty, just wondering how strike group is protected in the air. Love the videos
How many feet above the surface of the ocean are you flying in this video?. Is this low level of flight something you are required to practice for a certain amount of time each week or month….thank you for your service and time in answering these questions.
