Hustlers - Cruise Video 2014/15 C-2A Greyhound COD VRC-30 Providers 

box305 Many thanks!

Hi Rick, I was VR-30 too. I transitioned back to the 9's with VR-1024 (which later became VR-51) when the Det moved permanently to NI. I crewed the CT-39's as well. I was enrolled at San Jose Sate in the Aeronautical program and could not stay with the COD's; in those day the C-1A. Absolutely loved flying the CODs. Best flying I did in the NAV.

Michael Richards Thanks for the complements, and thanks for watching!

PropBroChill17 also, damn fine 'staches' on those aviators! And although everybody loves a fighter pilot, I enjoyed the shit out of watching that break over the quarterdeck. The throttle control on a twin engine bird like that was impressive as well!

Mind the impeccable mustache :D

TehScar Thanks for the feedback and we appreciate that you spend the time to watch what we do!

njchuck1 Cat-shots ruin roller coasters forever!

if everyone only knew the support the cod delivered during the nam war

Not many people strive to be a COD pilot… Did you end up getting your wings Carter?

@@lucidphreak1137 Unfortunately no, life took another route. I ended up in the geospatial intelligence field after college. I ship off to boot camp going into the reserves doing PR-aircrew survival equipmentman

@@lucidphreak1137 not many have the “stach” …

they are for the crew to get out if fact the Navy word for them is ditching hatch SOP if they are going for a swim they get dump a few years ago a E-2 Hawkeye had a cable break on landing and the plane almost when in water it landed back on land with both missing there is a video chip of the accident on you tube

+Austin Nichols Dassault Rafale

Austin Nichols is that a french carrier at 107?

@@everythingisawesomebaby2290 looks like it, I do know french planes land on US carriers too

Yeah it is, they're on the Charles de Gaulle (at 1:05 you can see R91 on the ship, which is for the Charles de Gaulle).

+gtrdline Yes it is, they are changing the speed to land it perfectly

+Carter Groh It's called a power lever!

CODs are the hardest to land on the boat, so adjustments were made constantly. Trim button was tapped more that Courtney Love on a landing.

Jovan Gorgievski Dangerous (feat. Joywave)" by Big Data

PropBroChill17 thank you .

its a prerequisite for all Pilots and Crew members.................LOL

They need them to woo women on shore while their shipmates are still out at sea. :) Let the fighter pilots enjoy their afterburners, these guys had it figured out.

That's why they call us "Dirty Thirty"

No ejection seats & mail call/all shit nothing works without. Logistics mfuckers. Bullets, beans, boots. Try fighinhting yeah I said that without all three of those

Cause we can. In VR-30 (not VRC-30) during 1975 we, the COD Crew, sported full beards. If you had to ware an O2 mask, you couldn't have a beard cause you can't get a good seal. But Mustaches were good as long as you didn't put wax on them. The wax didn't get along with the O2 that well (or maybe I should say, too well.) We had C-1A's then, not C2's and we did not have O2. Thus the full beards. But the C-2's fly higher and have O2 masks for the crew. I also flew the C-9B's and the CT-39's so I had to get rid of the beard but could keep the mustache. And yes, it was traditional for COD crew members to have beards. In fact, it was a prerequisite to have a beard before you could be qualified as an FCPC.

Some Navy pilots are female, and most of those don't have mustaches!

Most!

+HMSDaring1 Not really.

Dylan Defalco Well, it seems that the DoD disagrees, seeing as they seem to be opting for the V-22 Osprey

+HMSDaring1 V-22 isn't a helicopter, and was designed specifically to address the weaknesses of helos, so...

longer range than helicopters, they can also shuttle f18 engines

Helo's can't carry as much for longer distances as we did. Plus, we took Marine Security Forces, Seal teams and most importantly the Dallas Cheerleaders to the boat. So there.

Those "pieces of shit" are the backbone of the navy. Without them nobody would get their mail, plus crucial equipment and personnel wouldnt get delivered to the boat which could bring operations to a complete halt.