The Nuclear Fishcake, that is one of the most pointless statements. If you consider everything you’ve ever said over the years, you’ll find dozens (if not hundreds) of things that “aged well”. But, you probably don’t have wits to get it.
In my opinion he might be the person who had the best life ever, while being loved by millions. Jezza is the reason why so many engineers become to love engineering. Many of those people made or will make great things.
Just to let you know, this guy isn't the original uploader. Here's the link to the original ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HJswV2vidy4.html
American here, I frankly love it when Clarkson insults us. Been a fan of Top Gear and all of his various endeavors over the years, he strikes me as an equal opportunity hater. The only difference is, with America, one can tell that we live rent free in his very British mind.
@@Strawberry-12. he was significantly more accomplished in his Army career than I was, we're both retired, I did communications for Military Police. He was light Infantry, Ranger, Airborne, Air Assault, CIB with 2 stars.
I was ship's company on the Eisenhower from 93 to 95. I actually was temp active duty cleaning up the living space in the area I slept in and we had some Army soldiers in the area that was my responsibility to clean up around. Always wondered why they smelled because we had showers on board. But I figured they just didn't have time or were too used to being outside all the time and drilling :)
That was from before they drove into a brick Wall in Top Gear. If not quite at 150mph Seen a few old Clarkson docus but didn't know this one. He also seemed to have remarkable access.
They didn't really emphasize this, but when you land on a carrier you land at full power just in case you miss the cable. That cable stops you very quickly at full takeoff speed and power, which is why the landing is such a jolt.
I worked on C-2's as the one Jeremy flew in on. Knew people at VRC-40 - at the time of this filming. Also, the top speed of 30 kias is not accurate, although I am sure that is what he is told. The Truman and especially the Enterprise could do 50 kias. I was there and saw it.
I think he knew the names but he was being furtive and not divulging the name of every ship under his command. Wouldn't be a great idea to list every vessel in a battle group on TV
And he was paid for this, for decades he did the dream job of messing around with fast, unique and regular cars, trucks on tracks, roads and other countries. And that’s before you talk about all the other standalone projects they filmed.
Unless it's a broken arrow...it's gone and they won't look for it, if it contains the remains of a service member they may look for it with non operational resources. The mission comes first.
That is what the plane guard helicopter is for, picking pilots out of the drink. On landing you will not usually just go over unless you pull back on the throttle, you will just bolter and go back into the pattern.
@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 Not exactly as there was a case of an A-4 Skyhawk falling overboard and they never recovered the pilot, plane or the nuclear weapon.
I have a coworker who was a former pilot on a carrier. He along with most his colleagues have lower back and spine issues from thousands of landings over their careers. Hearing loss is the norm in all branches of the military but I have not heard of pilots with cte or brain issues because of flying.
30k a year? I know this was quite a while ago but that sounds minuscule compared to the workload. Footballers get paid multiple times that and don’t do anything near.
Military pay is commonly increased taking inflation into account at regular intervals. I would imagine plugging $30,000 usd into the bls inflation calculator would be an accurate portrayal of the current military pay scale.
You have to remember this video is from 1998, $30k a year back then with food, lodging, uniforms, medical care, 30 days vacation a year and a retirement package wasn't bad back then.
@@Timg1231 Read the comment above!! The benefit package is what matters. Food, lodging, healthcare, 30 days vacation a year, mortgage support after a while ...etc. a private is a level entry job and $21k plus the benefit package makes a minimum $40k.
A) It would sink immediately B) he had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the Navy so there'd never be an aircraft carrier named after him. C) the Navy wouldn't name a ship after a treasonous one-term twice impeached criminally indicted historically unpopular ex-president who actively disrespected and insulted war heroes, veterans, and active duty servicemembers.
