SH-2F Seasprite landings 

Thanks for posting... was Combat Camera Group Det. to HSL-32 (FF-1095 Truett) in '76 when we went up into the Arctic to welcome the USSR's brand new, first ever full sized Aircraft Carrier, "Kiev".

Al Ashley taught many men how to plant a Seaprite on a deck

My fav SH-2 video on RU-vid to date. LAMPS Mk 1, Plank Holder here, 1971 check in to HC-5, NAS Imperial Beach. AW Rate Plank Holder (acoustic) 1968, VP P-2 @ Whidbey Is. Three tries to complete Rescue Swim School, at age 33 with a beer gut & just out of Alcohol Rehab, NS Long Beach. HSL-31 needed my Jezebel Skills that bad. Bounced on many a Pacific DE, DLG & DLG(N), to train ST's on Acoustic Analysis. Made USS Sterret DLG-31/33 West Pac 1973, as Sr. Air Crew Man. We deployed HSL-31, than were assigned to HSL-33, while on deployment. I was LSE when TD-13, lost an engine on lift off & crashed. Crew of 3 escaped, as the bird sank. Pilot: LT Gana (former HAL-1 pilot in country Vietnam attack), Co-Pilot: Ltjg Miller. Air Crewman: AW3(A/C) Dennis Lubchuck. Lost bird in transit from CONUS to P.I. but the Det. departing Westpac left us their bird, so we had to finish our March - Sept. Cruise.

Miss those old birds. great video. HSL-32, det. 5 , 86-90.... med. cruise,Unitas xxx....

I joined the Navy in Dec. 1969. Went to Millington and took AMH. I ended up in Lakehurst with HC-4 when they converted to LAMPS on the H-2 after a sting in Gitmo NAS... Became HSL-32. Great memories. Detached on the USS El Paso and the USS Mt. Whitney. Got out in 1973. Like I said. Great memories. Thanks!

Awesome.. we operated the SH-2G with our RNZN 👍🇳🇿

Wonderful video! Thanks for posting --HSL-34 Greenchecker (Unitas 32, 34)

HSL-32 Det 6 Remembering the times in the early 90's with JJ and Bobo. Hanging out with Eddie, Henry Joe Fatlap, Spencer, Rogers, Simpler, Keith and of course Mac, Willie and Dirk. Good times - Smitty

HSL-32, 1982-85. Det 2(?) Persian Gulf, Det 6 North Atlantic, etc... still love that a/c. Thanks for posting!

I was First Crew on tail number 747 at NASL OMD. We had three “C” models attached to us for SAR duty and training. Think we got the first one in late 68 and they were still onboard when I was Discharged in late 71. Great helos

There is a good possibility that I was the LSE for these landings.

Being in HSL-32 Det 1 aboard the USS Scott was some of the most memorable times I had in the Navy!!! John Reynolds, USN Ret. PS: Any word on LCDR Chuck "Charlie Yankee" Young?

@hannah18322000 Thanks for the backup. That was my landing. Just saw this on youtube today for the first time....

@hannah18322000-- not sure where your comment comes from -- with the wind 10 degrees to port at 20 kts, the right seat pilot is the preferred one to make the landing -- the right seat takes port winds -- the left seat takes starboard winds. Not much burble over the deck -- especially on the Spruance/Kidd class destroyers. The bumping around you see in the video is from a younger pilot -- probably around 300-400 hours -- if I remember correctly, he got his 100th landing on this short cruise. The second approach isn't easier -- you can see me flying cocked into the wind the whole way in -- much easier to bring it in with the wind down YOUR lineup line -- but the wind in this case was at my 10 o'clock. The tailwheel on the lineup and the radome over the spot are more the result of about 1000 more hours and probably 200 more landings!! You can also see the difference in experience in the time spent over the flight deck -- first one lingers -- and bounces around a little before bringing it down -- and he starts down from a higher height. I crossed the deck much lower -- got to my spot -- and came down quickly and fluidly. Another sign of experience around the deck. These ships didn't have much challenge -- except the exhaust of the gas turbine at the port/aft end of the flight deck -- if they didn't secure it prior, it could be a wild ride...

HSL-33 Dets 2 and 7!

My old squadron, boy did I hate flight ops on the USS Pharis and the TC Hart

HSL-35 Det 9. '91-'93

HSL-30 80-84 Norfolk .Got lucky and never floated.

HSL-37

HSL-32 89-92; Det 9 med cruise '91....

HSL-37; Det 4; USS Brewton; Wespac '76. Awesome. Imagine landing in thick fog and the boat (frigate) is bouncing like a cork. I was the LSE. Scarry shit. I survived the P.I.

Hookey Tukes were nice birds - too bad they got such a bad rep with the A's & B's.

Why no markings on this helo?

hsl 84. reserves, uss lewis b puller drug ops.love boat cruise compared to wes pac vaw113. great little a- c😉oops, ' helo'.