F/A-18 Super Hornets conduct flight operations onboard U.S. Navy's newest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). Click here to Subscribe USA Military Channel: www.youtube.co...
My uncle Jack flew the F4 phantom in Vietnam, he didn't talk about it much, I was a young kid, but I was very proud of him and my relatives who fought in WW1,WW2, Korea, I'm grateful to all who served and those who serve now, my freedoms are because of them.🙏🇺🇸
But, alas, your loss-of-freedoms and decent into totalitarian servitude is because of the Democrat Party. Alzheimer's Joe and Co. have made America into a one-party political state.
@@raymondclark1785 One of my first thoughts was; how are they controlling than strong a magnetic field from causing personnel health issues somewhere down the road.
That flight deck has to be the most dangerous job ever. My ship was CVN-70 and my bunk was directly under where the catapult ends. SLAM,SLAM,SLAM, all night long. After about two months I got accustomed to it.
Not only do they take a crowded military airfield and stick it in the middle of the ocean, but they measure all the distances on the runways in hundreds of feet rather than thousands of feet. These boys and girls are on a whole 'nother wavelength. :D
It's so strange not to see a big plume of steam coming out of the launch rail of the catapults like you see with the older steam catapults on the Enterprise and the Nimitz-class carriers.
If you think the steam cats were interesting, you should have received a hydraulic cat shot. We used the phrase that they would cage your eyeballs. Zero to flying speed in 60 feet. (60 feet of acceleration, 60 feet of coast and 60 feet of braking). It was a wild ride, but hard on the aircraft and crew. I think the last carrier with hydraulic cats was the USS Randolph which was retired in 1968. Our air group then got the USS Yorktown when she made the trip from the Pacific to the Atlantic. We loved the "softer" steam cats and the air conditioned quarters (both officer and crew) on our summer Caribbean cruises.
Looks like a far smoother acceleration too. No droop upon leaving the deck at all. I came to watch this video to reinforce something I already knew. Donald John Trump is an abject idiot.
@runs with sharpobjects this system is so cool, if I'm not mistaken there's no friction, no heat to speak of, no wearable parts, it's just copper bars with electrical current going through it. This is essentially the same system amusement parks use on the demon drop to stop the falling car full of people before it hits the ground.
@@jerkyturkey007 Would love to get a good lesson into what are the materials and how the hell this system works!? How does a magnetic field actually push the launcher down the rail? That part is not understandable. At least with steam, one understood that you used its pressure to push it along and that was adjustable to get the amount of force and longevity. But a magnetic force? Would be great to get an understanding of how it works.
@@RayBecker It means a lot to me and my son. My son is 38 and we appreciate those who have given their service so that we may be free - You are awesome.
the electro magnetic launcher is woderful to take off the plane simpler than the steam. Take off & landing practice of the figthers is perfect in the gerald ford aircraft carriers .thanks for your posting the surprising scene.
@@railroad9000 I better hurry, time is running out, I retired over 20 years ago. I still feel I can be useful on a ship, maybe a cook or even a bomb loader operator.
