Navy Carrier Mishaps training film

Pilots that are proficient at carrier operations, have my complete respect. They are the best in the world in my opinion. I’ve been a pilot for 30yrs and this is the equivalent of me landing my twin Baron in the trunk of my wife’s Camry, while she’s headed to a sale ! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

We were always told that the F4 is proof that with a big enough engine a brick will fly

I flew all models of the A7 except for the Air Force's A7D. The first A7's were introduce into the fleet in mid-1966. I deployed in an A7A squadron aboard the USS Oriskany (CVA-34). I had landed both reciprocating and jet A/C . It was a generally a very stable A/C. The Oriskany was a very tough ship to land aboard in rough weather due to the "nose" down attitude which caused the fantail to move horizontally as well as the normal pitch and roll experienced on other carriers. It is great to see the training film - brought back lots of memories (mostly good).

“The film quality is not outstanding”, that’s the understatement of the century.

The A-7s here are from VA-125, my squadron from 70-73. I was an AMH3 assigned to either the Air Frames shop or the flight line troubleshooters. I like troubleshooters the best but on land. I hated being a final checker on the cat. Exciting but too dangerous.

I worked on the A-7D back in 1977 with the 198th. TFW as a acft. electrician. I enjoyed watching the A-7's in their camouflage scheme.

This video brought back memories. I was a IC2 working on the Meatball system back in the 70's. We had a station in the Air Tower as well as we changed the glide slope for each aircraft. I had a great time on the USS Independence. Our TV cameras in the flight deck did not like the pounding they took. They were similar to the cameras at TV stations from the 60's. Pilots were some great fly'ers.

Off Topic here but during my 5 years on the Enterprise.. we had many "Airshows" for guests on our ship. The first time I watched one.... all the planes and copters flew by doing their thing, (like F-14s flying by at much faster than sound and making a sharp turn at our bow). But the one plane that blew me away.. The E2C Hawkeye.. hmmm plane with radar dish on top comes flying by... kinda plain jane... turns and starts going straight up.. and I mean straight up like a rocket.. but not fast.. I am thinking .. hmm not bad.. that is a lot of horsepower... but.... gee.. is this guy ever leveling out??? Hmm.. surely now.. .MY GOD how much extra HP does it have... to my amazement... they pilots kept going in a flat out straight climb till the disappeared into the very, very high clouds.. HOLY CRAP! Absolutely Amazing! My Airdale friends told me the E2C Hawkeyes have the same Turbo Prop Engines as the very large P3 Orions. Hats off to the Hawkeyes, this Nuke has loved them ever since.

I watched the whole film. Now I know how to land my ultra light on my bass boat. All kidding aside. Everyone who had anything to do with that are amazing human beings.

There was a story I heard about the HMCS Bonaventure, a Canadian CV. The story goes that a Grumman Tracker was taking off but either the steam catapult failed or the engines on the aircraft did and the Tracker stalled and fell into the water ahead of the Bonny. The pilot and co-pilot managed to escape but the Bonny ran them over and they bounced along under the hull until they reached the propellers. The Pilot saw the props and quickly ducked into a ball and managed to miss the blades, the co-pilot didn't and had his legs chopped off. Both pilot and co-pilot survived. Again this is just a story an old sailor told me at a Naval Museum in BC.

I worked “ gear” on the Midway from 73-75 . We had one “two block” with an A -6 and luckily the cable did not snap . Freaked me out though . Later I transferred to the Constellation , which was in Bremerton going through overhaul . By the time we went back to sea I was promoted and moved into the division office . I never went back on deck or in the gear operation compartments . Was discharged and never looked back .

Been there, done that. Green shirt. V2, A/G...CV-43. Lifetime ago for sure!

Did this in the Navy in 1968. quite a pucker-factor involved- The first time you do it is the first time you do it

The sluff had some hellacious gear!!!

In an era of high-bypass turbofans, it is surprising how much black exhaust is emitted from turbojets like the old J57 used in the Vought F-8 Crusader.

I remember at ABH-A school we saw all the flight deck awareness videos and the one that really scared the shit out of me was the "snapback" vids where the arresting wire breaks. You could see the guy's topple in half as they were cut in half by the wire. Or the leg fly off to the side. This was scary thaughts also the "ramp strikes" where the jet is too low and crashes into the "round down" at the aft of the angle. They don't call it the most dangerous work space in the world for nothing! Smooth sailing to all my AB brothers and sisters!! "Flight quarters, flight quarters!!

A very interesting and informative video,thanks, the narrator was totally right when he said the quality wasn’t very good, but still good watching.

Love the suspenseful music!

Incredible collection of mishaps in this video. Thanks

My brother Arthur was on the Big-E with VA-66 in the early '60's. At the time they had A4D Skyhawks..