I was stationed on two training carriers back in the day in Pensacola. So I love the Blue Angels, but hate the silly music. Like you, I want to hear the engines😊
35 almost 40 years ago, I was a Yellowshirt Director on the Nimitz. Specifically, in Fly 3, which is the fantail section. The planes are different, but I can still read the hand signals!!! Thanks for showing everyone that little-known world, Pail!! GO NAVY!!!
My father was a Petty officer in the hospital section of the nimitz from 82-88….. got of the ship in California just before it headed west to Korea for the 88 Olympics
My uncle was a yellow shirt back in the late 70’s-early 80’s on Nimitz. He had some great stories, especially being onboard when The Final Countdown was filmed
Pail, Thanks for making me CZcams famous! Haha. It was nice to be able to provide the explanation of what we (Shooters) are doing during the launch. I’m still rockin the “stay strapped” patch you gave me after the interview. Take care brotha! Hooyah! Fly Navy! V/R, LT Tony “Shipmate” Longoria
Cheers, Shipmate! Thanks for letting me see your world. I appreciate you guys putting in those long days on the flight deck, so we could get our students qualified. You make it look easy. Merry Christmas.
Wow!! So many moving parts to that operation. I'm retired army, but my hat is off to you navy guys and gals, for doing the job. Many thanks to you, Pail, for taking the time to show us what naval aviation is all about. Growler Jams is one of my favorite CZcams channels, and I hope it continues. Lastly, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas, and I hope you have a fantastic new year.
Ditto to the comments from retired Army and Field Artillery. Fantastic explanation of what each movement is accomplishing and how there is redundancy built in. My salute to the Navy pilots and their roaming airports. We winter on the Alabama Gulf and enjoy Pensacola NAS with lunch at Mustin Officers Club. Navy pilots have to be the best in the world.
@@GrowlerJams Pail, I am following a lot of what is going on, but I am sure I am missing tons. Wish you/they could walk us through a shot or two as it is happening. What is the white toilet plunger looking thing on deck? The hold-back bar? When you went below deck, I could smell it. Thanks.
Pail this was great, I really enjoy being right up in the front row seat of these launches and recoveries, but what tops this all off is you asking the crew questions and having them explain what all it takes for a launch. Thank you, Pail, I know you put a lot into your channel for us to enjoy! Polly
Wow! A fantastic view of what happens on the deck! You know we all missed the “signature move” but really enjoyed this perspective today. Thanks so much, and many thanks to your shipmates for giving us a peek into what goes on to Fly Navy! You folks are the finest! Thanks for watching over us!
Honestly, one of the top three (IMO) most informative video's of yours I've seen. Great job to you and all your shipmates !! Cheers. 😃 and always #FlyNavy ❤
I used to be a Deck Watch Officer on a USCG oceangoing buoy tender. They always conveyed the seriousness of our work by reminding us that the only place on a ship that's more dangerous and complicated than the buoy deck, and with narrower margins for error, is the flight deck of a CVN. This video sure does reinforce that adage. Lots of ways to get maimed or killed. Gotta hand it to y'all for doing some damn tough jobs with professionalism.
Brings back so many memories. I was with HS-15 on the Independence in the late 70's and going and working on aircraft on the flight deck during flight ops was exciting as well as scary as crap. The whole concept of having eyes in the back of your head, came to play here. I remember almost getting rolled down the flight desk after a yellow shirt turned and F-4 exhaust on me. Nothing will wake you up quicker than 2 J-79's blowing you down the deck.
@@leroyjames2825 Worked in the Jet Shop. I got assigned to AIMD for the 1979 Med Cruise. I ran the test cell on the Independence. I still remember one of the engines that we got from civilian maintenance eating itself. But we go the bird back onboard with one of my engines, with a radar dome full of sea water.
@@leroyjames2825 I’m sure Leroy,although I got TAD to the jet shop pretty quick. Nothing beats getting out from under the #3 wire in the bearthing are during flight ops.
Excellent! As a former USAF crew chief, the coordination of all of the different specialists on the flight deck fascinates me. Thanks for the informative video!
I’m 6’6” and was gobsmacked at how high a F15 wing was above the ground. I could walk erect under it. Compare that with a Hornet, had to contort my body into all kinds of shapes to check the main wheel wells. Also how thin the Eagles landing gear was compared to the beefy undercarriage of a F18.
Wow, look at how empty that desk is. Makes it look so much bigger! Fly Navy! The Navy should realize that channels like this not only educate and inform, but they garner a lot of support for the Navy. Those deck crew are awesome folks!
IIRC, this period was after it's mid-life 'crisis' refit and it had no wing(s) on-board, just using it for T-45C real life ops training, and continuing to test after refit, a 'two-fer'. When a full wing is deployed you can't see the forest for the trees! Toured the USS New York (my daughter's ship) and it's helicopter deck is impressive, albeit one tenth the size, when there is nothing on it, it gives a real meaning to 'empty'. Go Navy (USAF Retiree 🙂)
The shooter’s explanation is impressive. He knows his stuff and he talks like he could be the narrator on a training video. I have a feeling shooter’s future is going well beyond the deck of an aircraft carrier.
Absolutely love these. My wife can now go to her quilt meetings and talk intelligently about carrier flight deck ops👍👍👍 I’m ex navy, and never thought I’d get to see anything like this. Thank you for your service
This is so f-ing cool! Even having spent my childhood on an AF base and having served in the AF myself, I never get tired of watching planes takeoff - especially from carriers!! Thanks!!
The coordination and teamwork between all of those elements is phenomenal. The safety systems for checking everything before a launch is also phenomenal. And they make it all happen so quickly in a steady stream of checklist items.
Worked the T45CLS at Kingsville for 18 years. In depth knowledge on the history of the Blue RRHB's. Unique contract with the T45's, enjoyed my 18 year tour. 1991 through 2008.
Was on my 2nd Tour at Kingsville, Dec 81 until May 85, Last of the AK’s, Base Supply, 2701; Retired at Beeville May 91, Settled in Kingsville, Love this Town.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇨🇱❤️
GAWD!!!! I Love that co-ordination of those FD crews.... this was Probably the best looking VIEW of the crews moving around and getting those planes in the air!!! The Training is PARAMOUNT, as is the SAFETY Needed in getting Everybody back home..... Thanks 'Growler Jams' for the posting!! Former OS1 (SW) 84 - 05 onboard FF/FFGs
I just found your channel a couple of months ago. 45 years ago this month I reported to CVN-69 where I worked the #1 proposition plant for the next four years. I never got to see much of your world up top side. Thanks for taking us along. I'm still amazed today, that it worked so well. Man we were young!...
I learn more every day with you. Great video and even better was the "shooter" explanation. My father served on the USS Croatan (CVE-25) back in WW2. If he were around today, he'd love to watch your uploads.
Pail, what an awesome treat it is getting to watch the T-45's launch. Flight deck operations are so mesmerizing because it's such a well oiled machine. Knowing that these guys are training puts an entirely new depth of respect for the instructors. Mind blowing. I know you're usually doing the videoing and I hear your voice talking to the flight deck crew, but by any chance were you the instructor in any of these T-45's that day? Amazing video !!! Thank you!! #FlyNavy ❤ Gotta watch this again!!
Unk if anything has changed, but my son did his T-45 Carrier Quals in Spring 2019, and he said there were no instructors in the jets with the students - (it was a solo thing to pass or fail). He was in Kingsville, TX, and graduated earning his "Wings" in June 2019. He is a Marine Fighter Pilot currently. Love seeing the T45's again!
@daves536 That's wonderful. Such a hard earned and honorable achievement. I know you are proud of him. Pail, is in Kingsville, TX as well. Thank your son for his service, please.
An immense amount of responsibility within the group of guys and gals... Kudos to them all...really great vid and interesting interview/explanation at the end...
Carrier ops is without a doubt one of the most difficult things in all of aviation - teaching others to do it takes incredible skill, patience, and trust. Thanks for posting this Bravo Zulu!
Dude that was awesome! Thank you so much for talking to that shooter & center deck operator. I have watched 100s of carrier videos, and that breakdown was really clear and easy to understand. Thanks so much for sharing all these videos and answering people's questions, you have the best videos on carrier aviation. Also Merry Christmas! I hope you and your family have a wonderful new year.
Plank-owner of the USS GW. Great to see her back in the water training this generation. The flight deck was always full of very purposeful , silent ballet. A world of hand-signals and body language!! Lord, I miss it! (and I was just a white-shoe staff puke; Navy Nurse)
Thanks as always. I can't wait to share this with my 12 yr. old grandson. We love your stuff! I can't buy you a beer, but if you come to my house I'll give you all you can drink! Fly Navy!!!
I remember getting to be out on the flight deck during cat shots and traps on the TR during a dependent's day cruise. It's mind blowing the amount of coordination it takes just for a cat shot. A very well done and informative video, shipmate.
A Marine pilot myself (and Pensacola native) who never had cause to become carrier qualified, I have (all my life) been (not surprised, but) impressed with the number of people and choreography required to get an aircraft into the air from a carrier, and back on deck later. And every launch and recovery gets the same detailed attention! Would LOVE to watch a video where someone, in reasonable detail, describes the duties of each of the dozen people (or so) involved in launch and recovery. I like the forward-looking view of the totally empty deck that tells the pilot, "Once I push the button, it's all yours, all by yourself. You're on your own." Now is that a 'rush' for a pilot, or not?
Each time you show us a video I think it's the very best, but then you come out with another one that's even better! Absolutely amazing what you've been sharing. It's also evident how much time and effort you put into these incredible videos.
What an amazing video. Very informative. You can't possibly watch this one time and take in everything that is going on. I really enjoyed the interview. Thanks for all that you do in putting together these videos. Ive said it before and i will say it again, your videos should be mandatory viewing for all family members of naval aviators in training to let these family members know that the safety of their loved ones is in extremely capable hands. Thanks again Pail, as always FLY NAVY.
That was very cool. We watched the crew perform the launch procedures several times. And then it's explained exactly what they're doing and the reason behind the body language and hand signals.
Amazing! I loved watching the launches, Loved the interview with the launch controllers and was left wanting more with the trip into the carrier. I know most stuff on the carrier can't be shown but I find it very interesting.
Wow! My Son just finished Primary at NAS Corpus Christi a week or so ago. Was selected for E-2 Hawkeyes! Will class up sometime in January to fly the T-44 then this jet the T-45’s for his carrier qualifications. Pretty thrilling to see exactly what he will be doing so Thank You!
Been watching your stuff for a while now and find all of your work fascinating. So proud of my Son Nate for all of his hard work. What a great video to see what he will be doing very soon 🙂
This is amazing, thank you! I grew up in Pensacola and always saw them flying around with orange tips. I knew it was training. I always wanted to be a pilot but was not blessed with perfect vision, just the straight A's all through school. I did end up becoming a private pilot and do own my own small plane but this is just amazing. Thank you for this, I still wonder what my life would have been if I had perfect vision to attend the academy or whatever. Awesome!
Thanks for the video Pail. I am a CVN73 Plankowner, helping build her at Newport News Shipbuilding. I was shift test engineer for the #1 reactor plant and took her critical for the first time. I also sailed with her on sea trials where we experienced a dead short in the voltage regulator upstream of the output breaker on an 8 MW ship service turbine generator. That is an exciting event that starts with arcing and sparking, a huge fireball, and ends when all the metal in the copper cables burns away. The instantaneous load on the turbine bent the rotor and we spent months cutting through the side of the ship and the armor belt to replace it. Those ships are sports cars!
I worked with a Ret. CPO Aircraft Mech at the FAA where he told me about his life aboard carriers. I'm a USAF Ret CMST, who had the great fortune of working within a lot of USAF flying units, an FAA Certified Private Pilot and Aviation Maintenace Technician. Love your videos...
It's simply amazing what they accomplish on that flight deck and it's all a daily routine for them. The amount of training, technology and discipline behind it all is staggering!
And to think this is just CQ when the ops are 10% of what happens on a normal fly day or night during deployment or workups with a deck full of turning and taxing aircraft.
Reminds me of when I spent a weekend on board HMS Illustrious when Harrier pilots were qualifying for carrier ops. Sitting next to one at breakfast in the Officers mess I asked how she was feeling. She gagged and ran out to throw up! Massive respect to all concerned, and great video as ever.
Sure brings back some memories. I was stationed at NAS Kingsville in VT-22 from 1970- 1972. When i first got there we had F9 Cougers then switched to the TA-4J Skyhawks. I was a Jet Engine Mechanic (ADJ). I was able to go to the boat (Lexington) as part of the maintenace trouble shooters during Carrier Quals. Thanks for posting a very detailed and in depth video of what it takes to launch a jet from the deck of a carrier.
Amazing demonstration of the incredible training and professionalism of every single specialist. I wouldn't want to be doing any of these jobs in the freezing cold at night. Thanks for sharing Pail!
Hard not to focus on how dangerous the flight deck is-- about a thousand ways to bite it. But everyone is focused and professional. Thrilling to watch the coordination and dedication to task! Thank you for your service, Pail.
Outstanding! Sincere thanks for taking the time to film and share. As someone who works with hand signals, this was fascinating to watch: it's a beautiful thing to have a slick team, operating in complete silence. Fly navy!
That as a fantastic explanation of the whole launch sequence. Having that choreographed "dance" explained to launch an aircraft made it all so much clearer.
I never was able to Fly Navy (US Army '71-'74) and so I sure do appreciate your amazing videos showing how it's done. Greatest respect to the men and women for what they do.
Have just watched this on TV via CZcams, Absolutely brilliant. Gives a whole different perspective. Your videos just get better and better. Many thanks Pail. Excellent !
I’m a retired Army Blackhawk SP/IE as well, and I appreciate the choreography on deck. I landed on the Iwo Jima, America, and several USCG ships, and it wasn’t a challenge because of the awesome crews on deck. Stay safe
Make it your goal. Visualize what you need to do to accomplish the tasks necessary to reach your goal and most importantly do the work required to obtain that goal. When I was stationed at NAS Whiting Field, where primary flight training occurs, there’s a sign above the line shack that says “Through the doors pass the world best aviators” No truer words were ever spoken.
@robertplant5062 Thank you for your amazing story, I don't live in the US but someday I hope to become a US citizen so I could become a naval aviator like I said, I won't ever give up on my dreams no matter how hard it is, thank you yet again.
I just found your channel recently, thanks so much for posting these amazing vids. I shared them with my father who is a retired Naval Aviator who served actively from 1971-81 with another 17 years in the reserves. He was an instructor at NAS Pensacola from 1973-76, did 4 years flying tankers out of RAF Mildenhall in England, then went back to NAS Pensacola for his final year, and spent most of his time in the reserves as the XO and later CO of a reserve detachment based at NAS Glenview and later Great Lakes NS (attached to the USS Eisenhower for his 2weeks/year heh). He's 74 now and unable to fly anymore at all unfortunately, so I send him aviation videos whenever I can and he loves your stuff! He loves especially how much bigger the Nimitz-class ships are than the USS Lexington was, and how much nicer the E/A-18s and T-45s are than the old T-2s and prop-driven T-28s he flew primarily was when he was an instructor in the 70s. He also says you have the "right attitude" in making your maneuvers/procedures and then you top it off with "so that we look good". He certainly thinks you make the Navy look good, so keep it up and know you're helping this Navy-brat keep his old man happy and sane. Thanks again, Pail!
That was fascinating Pail. Would love you to do a voice over of a couple of the launches explaining all the hand signals etc and what the two blokes are doing near to and just aft of the wing tips. Thanks for a really great video.
Dear Pail, thank you so much and big thanks to the crewmates. That was awesome to see and i very much enjoyed that interview. Damned interesting and so much responsibility to make „Fly Navy“ work. Big respect to the crewmembers on the deck and thank you for this video once again. 🖖🏻
That was an amazing video of a perspective that is not shown much, if at all. That deck is huge and the amount of activity going on simultaneously is impressive. Those T-45s come in FAST from this angle!
Which ship was that? During WW2, there was an Army Transport that was named the George Washington. The USS Washington in WW2 was a North Carolina class battleship BB-56 that was named after the state of Washington.
@@glynncrook9211 it was the Army Transport, yes!! I always was closest liked the stories better from my other grandfather who was a gunner in the Army and flew on the b-24 Liberator
I once had the honor of working with a former Yellow Shirt he was outstanding in his ability to learn his duties he left our aerospace tasks for career in medicine God Bless our US Navy
All those nice crisp, clean jerseys and float coats are a little bit suspicious! I was an ABH, Crash and Salvage V-1 div, back in the early 90's and CQ's were some of the longest days for us. Reveille was around 0630 and we weren't showered and back in our racks until after midnight the next morning. Great videos! I love seeing things from different view points.
So beautiful. Like watching a ballet with all the choreographed movements. So well done. The camera angle makes one realize how big the deck really is.
Wow, I just cannot get over the size of that flight deck. I'm an old dungaree sailor from a few years ago, I was on the Oriskany during Vietnam and the Coral Sea in the Med both small compared to this. Our Navy has come a long way. Thanks Jams
Loved watching the flight deck operations. I’m not going to lie though.. I equally was interested in seeing the walk off and inside the carrier. I would love to see more of that if you can swing it. It gives us a glance into the normal life and shows us what it all looks like off of the flight deck. There are tons of videos of action on the deck but not many show behind the scenes in a non-scripted way. I’m sure many others here would love it!
No stupid music, no stupid cuts every 30 secs, just pure action with real sounds. Thank you !
Cheers!
Glad there is no music so we can hear the engine love the way it sounds
I thankfully second that!
Amen bro!
I was stationed on two training carriers back in the day in Pensacola. So I love the Blue Angels, but hate the silly music. Like you, I want to hear the engines😊
35 almost 40 years ago, I was a Yellowshirt Director on the Nimitz. Specifically, in Fly 3, which is the fantail section. The planes are different, but I can still read the hand signals!!! Thanks for showing everyone that little-known world, Pail!! GO NAVY!!!
My father was a Petty officer in the hospital section of the nimitz from 82-88….. got of the ship in California just before it headed west to Korea for the 88 Olympics
My uncle was a yellow shirt back in the late 70’s-early 80’s on Nimitz. He had some great stories, especially being onboard when The Final Countdown was filmed
Pail,
Thanks for making me CZcams famous! Haha. It was nice to be able to provide the explanation of what we (Shooters) are doing during the launch. I’m still rockin the “stay strapped” patch you gave me after the interview. Take care brotha! Hooyah! Fly Navy!
V/R,
LT Tony “Shipmate” Longoria
Cheers, Shipmate! Thanks for letting me see your world. I appreciate you guys putting in those long days on the flight deck, so we could get our students qualified. You make it look easy.
Merry Christmas.
Tony, we're so proud and grateful for what you do to help keep us safe. The training shows. You know your stuff. God bless!
Wow!! So many moving parts to that operation. I'm retired army, but my hat is off to you navy guys and gals, for doing the job. Many thanks to you, Pail, for taking the time to show us what naval aviation is all about. Growler Jams is one of my favorite CZcams channels, and I hope it continues. Lastly, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas, and I hope you have a fantastic new year.
Cheers!
Ditto to the comments from retired Army and Field Artillery. Fantastic explanation of what each movement is accomplishing and how there is redundancy built in. My salute to the Navy pilots and their roaming airports. We winter on the Alabama Gulf and enjoy Pensacola NAS with lunch at Mustin Officers Club. Navy pilots have to be the best in the world.
@@GrowlerJams Pail, I am following a lot of what is going on, but I am sure I am missing tons. Wish you/they could walk us through a shot or two as it is happening. What is the white toilet plunger looking thing on deck? The hold-back bar? When you went below deck, I could smell it. Thanks.
@@GrowlerJams I never realized you launched and recovered at the same time.
Oh yeah! That’s what I’m talking about about!
Our finest!! Thank you all for your service 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Britain's finest you mean!
Pail this was great, I really enjoy being right up in the front row seat of these launches and recoveries, but what tops this all off is you asking the crew questions and having them explain what all it takes for a launch. Thank you, Pail, I know you put a lot into your channel for us to enjoy! Polly
Glad you enjoyed it!
The interview was great and really shows how much responsibility is on these crewmen handling this high intensity job.
Something me as a lay person never knew, very intense for sure!@@klauskervin2586
@klauskervin2586 So true. It also showed the redundancy built into each step. What a great job by everyone. I loved this video!
Wow! A fantastic view of what happens on the deck! You know we all missed the “signature move” but really enjoyed this perspective today. Thanks so much, and many thanks to your shipmates for giving us a peek into what goes on to Fly Navy! You folks are the finest! Thanks for watching over us!
Honestly, one of the top three (IMO) most informative video's of yours I've seen. Great job to you and all your shipmates !! Cheers. 😃 and always #FlyNavy ❤
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I used to be a Deck Watch Officer on a USCG oceangoing buoy tender. They always conveyed the seriousness of our work by reminding us that the only place on a ship that's more dangerous and complicated than the buoy deck, and with narrower margins for error, is the flight deck of a CVN.
This video sure does reinforce that adage. Lots of ways to get maimed or killed. Gotta hand it to y'all for doing some damn tough jobs with professionalism.
Brings back so many memories. I was with HS-15 on the Independence in the late 70's and going and working on aircraft on the flight deck during flight ops was exciting as well as scary as crap. The whole concept of having eyes in the back of your head, came to play here. I remember almost getting rolled down the flight desk after a yellow shirt turned and F-4 exhaust on me. Nothing will wake you up quicker than 2 J-79's blowing you down the deck.
Truth.
Whoa, I was in HS-15 (RED LIONS) during that time period 1977- 1980, also. We must know each other. Small world.
@@leroyjames2825 Worked in the Jet Shop. I got assigned to AIMD for the 1979 Med Cruise. I ran the test cell on the Independence. I still remember one of the engines that we got from civilian maintenance eating itself. But we go the bird back onboard with one of my engines, with a radar dome full of sea water.
@@leroyjames2825 I’m sure Leroy,although I got TAD to the jet shop pretty quick. Nothing beats getting out from under the #3 wire in the bearthing are during flight ops.
Excellent! As a former USAF crew chief, the coordination of all of the different specialists on the flight deck fascinates me. Thanks for the informative video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m 6’6” and was gobsmacked at how high a F15 wing was above the ground. I could walk erect under it. Compare that with a Hornet, had to contort my body into all kinds of shapes to check the main wheel wells. Also how thin the Eagles landing gear was compared to the beefy undercarriage of a F18.
Wow, look at how empty that desk is. Makes it look so much bigger! Fly Navy! The Navy should realize that channels like this not only educate and inform, but they garner a lot of support for the Navy. Those deck crew are awesome folks!
What makes you think they don't?
IIRC, this period was after it's mid-life 'crisis' refit and it had no wing(s) on-board, just using it for T-45C real life ops training, and continuing to test after refit, a 'two-fer'. When a full wing is deployed you can't see the forest for the trees! Toured the USS New York (my daughter's ship) and it's helicopter deck is impressive, albeit one tenth the size, when there is nothing on it, it gives a real meaning to 'empty'. Go Navy (USAF Retiree 🙂)
All I can think to say is thank you my fellow vets 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Well choreographed !!
That last part with the Shooter explaining things and the walk from flight deck to belowdecks was awesome.
The shooter’s explanation is impressive. He knows his stuff and he talks like he could be the narrator on a training video. I have a feeling shooter’s future is going well beyond the deck of an aircraft carrier.
Thank you, to all who have served. I watch these and other military videos with great pride!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Absolutely love these. My wife can now go to her quilt meetings and talk intelligently about carrier flight deck ops👍👍👍
I’m ex navy, and never thought I’d get to see anything like this.
Thank you for your service
This is so f-ing cool! Even having spent my childhood on an AF base and having served in the AF myself, I never get tired of watching planes takeoff - especially from carriers!! Thanks!!
Cheers!
The coordination and teamwork between all of those elements is phenomenal. The safety systems for checking everything before a launch is also phenomenal. And they make it all happen so quickly in a steady stream of checklist items.
Worked the T45CLS at Kingsville for 18 years. In depth knowledge on the history of the
Blue RRHB's. Unique contract with the T45's, enjoyed my 18 year tour. 1991 through 2008.
I was in VT-21 from.81-85. Loved Kingsville.
Was on my 2nd Tour at Kingsville, Dec 81 until May 85, Last of the AK’s, Base Supply, 2701; Retired at Beeville May 91, Settled in Kingsville, Love this Town.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇨🇱❤️
GAWD!!!!
I Love that co-ordination of those FD crews.... this was Probably the best looking VIEW of the crews moving around and getting those planes in the air!!!
The Training is PARAMOUNT, as is the SAFETY Needed in getting Everybody back home.....
Thanks 'Growler Jams' for the posting!!
Former OS1 (SW)
84 - 05
onboard FF/FFGs
Cheers!
I just found your channel a couple of months ago. 45 years ago this month I reported to CVN-69 where I worked the #1 proposition plant for the next four years. I never got to see much of your world up top side. Thanks for taking us along. I'm still amazed today, that it worked so well. Man we were young!...
I learn more every day with you. Great video and even better was the "shooter" explanation. My father served on the USS Croatan (CVE-25) back in WW2. If he were around today, he'd love to watch your uploads.
I have been retired for over 12 years now, and watching this video brings back so many memories of work-up cycles and deployments.
TYFYS.
Pail, what an awesome treat it is getting to watch the T-45's launch. Flight deck operations are so mesmerizing because it's such a well oiled machine. Knowing that these guys are training puts an entirely new depth of respect for the instructors. Mind blowing.
I know you're usually doing the videoing and I hear your voice talking to the flight deck crew, but by any chance were you the instructor in any of these T-45's that day?
Amazing video !!! Thank you!!
#FlyNavy ❤ Gotta watch this again!!
No, I wasn’t instructing that day. I was just working admin issues for the students.
Unk if anything has changed, but my son did his T-45 Carrier Quals in Spring 2019, and he said there were no instructors in the jets with the students - (it was a solo thing to pass or fail). He was in Kingsville, TX, and graduated earning his "Wings" in June 2019. He is a Marine Fighter Pilot currently. Love seeing the T45's again!
@daves536 That's wonderful. Such a hard earned and honorable achievement. I know you are proud of him. Pail, is in Kingsville, TX as well. Thank your son for his service, please.
An immense amount of responsibility within the group of guys and gals... Kudos to them all...really great vid and interesting interview/explanation at the end...
This was fun to watch as always. Great watching students learning their craft. Merry Christmas to you Pail and all your shipmates. Fly Navy.
Carrier ops is without a doubt one of the most difficult things in all of aviation - teaching others to do it takes incredible skill, patience, and trust. Thanks for posting this Bravo Zulu!
I can't think of anything that's easier than this.
I agree, your never in a crosswind, and you never have to flare.
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You got four fucking wires, how could you miss?
Right @@filiphoffmann6582 ? I mean you have four wires, how could you possibly miss?
Dude that was awesome! Thank you so much for talking to that shooter & center deck operator. I have watched 100s of carrier videos, and that breakdown was really clear and easy to understand. Thanks so much for sharing all these videos and answering people's questions, you have the best videos on carrier aviation. Also Merry Christmas! I hope you and your family have a wonderful new year.
Merry Christmas!
Plank-owner of the USS GW. Great to see her back in the water training this generation. The flight deck was always full of very purposeful , silent ballet. A world of hand-signals and body language!! Lord, I miss it! (and I was just a white-shoe staff puke; Navy Nurse)
Thanks as always. I can't wait to share this with my 12 yr. old grandson. We love your stuff! I can't buy you a beer, but if you come to my house I'll give you all you can drink! Fly Navy!!!
Being an army guy i only have a rough understanding of launching and recovering so the little 2 minute chat at the end was very educational.
Naval Aviation carrier Qualification has got to be a amazing achievement for these T-45 pilots and for their dedication and commitment
Great to hear from the sailors conducting deck operations. Love seeing their professionalism. Thanks for your service.
Flight ops on a carrier is serious business…US Navy is at the top of that pyramid! From a Marine, lots of respect to our Navy brethren! Hooo-rah!
Dang. Amazing!!! I'm learning so much. What a beautiful dance; the teamwork, coordination, communication. Absolutely amazing!
I remember getting to be out on the flight deck during cat shots and traps on the TR during a dependent's day cruise. It's mind blowing the amount of coordination it takes just for a cat shot. A very well done and informative video, shipmate.
A Marine pilot myself (and Pensacola native) who never had cause to become carrier qualified, I have (all my life) been (not surprised, but) impressed with the number of people and choreography required to get an aircraft into the air from a carrier, and back on deck later. And every launch and recovery gets the same detailed attention! Would LOVE to watch a video where someone, in reasonable detail, describes the duties of each of the dozen people (or so) involved in launch and recovery. I like the forward-looking view of the totally empty deck that tells the pilot, "Once I push the button, it's all yours, all by yourself. You're on your own." Now is that a 'rush' for a pilot, or not?
Sure is!
Each time you show us a video I think it's the very best, but then you come out with another one that's even better! Absolutely amazing what you've been sharing. It's also evident how much time and effort you put into these incredible videos.
Could watch this all day long. Navy is the best. Only naval personnel can orchestrate this dance. What a rush to marshall aircraft.
What an amazing video. Very informative. You can't possibly watch this one time and take in everything that is going on. I really enjoyed the interview. Thanks for all that you do in putting together these videos. Ive said it before and i will say it again, your videos should be mandatory viewing for all family members of naval aviators in training to let these family members know that the safety of their loved ones is in extremely capable hands. Thanks again Pail, as always FLY NAVY.
Thank God for the men and women in the US military. Truly a magnificent machine.
Love this “behind the scene,”, thank you and all of them!
That was very cool. We watched the crew perform the launch procedures several times. And then it's explained exactly what they're doing and the reason behind the body language and hand signals.
You rock Pail! Thanks for the inside look!
Navy tin can veteran here. So glad you good guys are on our side!
Amazing! I loved watching the launches, Loved the interview with the launch controllers and was left wanting more
with the trip into the carrier. I know most stuff on the carrier can't be shown but I find it very interesting.
Best cat launch video I've ever seen. Feels like I was there. No edited in drama, music, useless commentary. Thanks for taking the time to post this !
So cool to see the immense work and choreografie to just do ONE Task. Hats up for everyone.
Wow! My Son just finished Primary at NAS Corpus Christi a week or so ago. Was selected for E-2 Hawkeyes! Will class up sometime in January to fly the T-44 then this jet the T-45’s for his carrier qualifications. Pretty thrilling to see exactly what he will be doing so Thank You!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Been watching your stuff for a while now and find all of your work fascinating. So proud of my Son Nate for all of his hard work. What a great video to see what he will be doing very soon 🙂
This video is the perfect example of all the cogs working together to create success, a true teamwork environment. Cheers for a great video!!!
so many intricates parts to this complex puzzle! amazing to see alongside the flight deck view!Thank you for all your services and sharing!
This is amazing, thank you! I grew up in Pensacola and always saw them flying around with orange tips. I knew it was training. I always wanted to be a pilot but was not blessed with perfect vision, just the straight A's all through school. I did end up becoming a private pilot and do own my own small plane but this is just amazing. Thank you for this, I still wonder what my life would have been if I had perfect vision to attend the academy or whatever. Awesome!
Thanks for the video Pail. I am a CVN73 Plankowner, helping build her at Newport News Shipbuilding. I was shift test engineer for the #1 reactor plant and took her critical for the first time. I also sailed with her on sea trials where we experienced a dead short in the voltage regulator upstream of the output breaker on an 8 MW ship service turbine generator. That is an exciting event that starts with arcing and sparking, a huge fireball, and ends when all the metal in the copper cables burns away. The instantaneous load on the turbine bent the rotor and we spent months cutting through the side of the ship and the armor belt to replace it. Those ships are sports cars!
Glad she is back to sea.
I worked with a Ret. CPO Aircraft Mech at the FAA where he told me about his life aboard carriers. I'm a USAF Ret CMST, who had the great fortune of working within a lot of USAF flying units, an FAA Certified Private Pilot and Aviation Maintenace Technician. Love your videos...
Oh my God! Pure Ballet! Insane how many moving parts are around in coordination just for a take off! Thank you so much for sharing!
It's simply amazing what they accomplish on that flight deck and it's all a daily routine for them. The amount of training, technology and discipline behind it all is staggering!
And to think this is just CQ when the ops are 10% of what happens on a normal fly day or night during deployment or workups with a deck full of turning and taxing aircraft.
Reminds me of when I spent a weekend on board HMS Illustrious when Harrier pilots were qualifying for carrier ops. Sitting next to one at breakfast in the Officers mess I asked how she was feeling. She gagged and ran out to throw up! Massive respect to all concerned, and great video as ever.
Sure brings back some memories. I was stationed at NAS Kingsville in VT-22 from 1970- 1972. When i first got there we had F9 Cougers then switched to the TA-4J Skyhawks. I was a Jet Engine Mechanic (ADJ). I was able to go to the boat (Lexington) as part of the maintenace trouble shooters during Carrier Quals. Thanks for posting a very detailed and in depth video of what it takes to launch a jet from the deck of a carrier.
Amazing demonstration of the incredible training and professionalism of every single specialist. I wouldn't want to be doing any of these jobs in the freezing cold at night. Thanks for sharing Pail!
Hard not to focus on how dangerous the flight deck is-- about a thousand ways to bite it. But everyone is focused and professional. Thrilling to watch the coordination and dedication to task! Thank you for your service, Pail.
Cheers!
Just the best! Thanks so much for making this and your other videos, Pail.
Really great video. Loved the interview at the end. So much responsibility and so calmly done. You're all great!
You still have earned your beer, even if its just figurative.. Good job Señor Pail
Cheers!
Outstanding! Sincere thanks for taking the time to film and share.
As someone who works with hand signals, this was fascinating to watch: it's a beautiful thing to have a slick team, operating in complete silence.
Fly navy!
That as a fantastic explanation of the whole launch sequence. Having that choreographed "dance" explained to launch an aircraft made it all so much clearer.
I never was able to Fly Navy (US Army '71-'74) and so I sure do appreciate your amazing videos showing how it's done. Greatest respect to the men and women for what they do.
Those Sailors are absolutely amazing. They really work hard and as a team. Amazing work my Brothers and Sisters.
Honestly one of your very best vids. I could watch Fly, Shooter and the rest of them for hours.
Have just watched this on TV via CZcams, Absolutely brilliant. Gives a whole different perspective. Your videos just get better and better. Many thanks Pail. Excellent !
Cheers!!
This is so relaxing to watch...thank you.
I can watch these videos ALL Day. Thanks for allowing Us to watch !!!
Awesome stuff. Thank you and thank you for your service. I was Army 101st Airborne early 70’s.
That was great Pail. That is a lot to keep in balance. Thanks to you and all you work with. See ya on the next signature move. 🤘🏻
Cheers!
Amazing Jam, Pail. Loved the conversation with the Shooter explaining everything. Unlike most cameras, its not as simple as 'point and shoot."
I’m a retired Army Blackhawk SP/IE as well, and I appreciate the choreography on deck. I landed on the Iwo Jima, America, and several USCG ships, and it wasn’t a challenge because of the awesome crews on deck. Stay safe
Can't wait to become a naval aviator someday, its a long way but it will be worthwhile! Thanks for this amazing clip, love it!
Go for your dreams! GO NAVY AIR!!
Make it your goal. Visualize what you need to do to accomplish the tasks necessary to reach your goal and most importantly do the work required to obtain that goal. When I was stationed at NAS Whiting Field, where primary flight training occurs, there’s a sign above the line shack that says “Through the doors pass the world best aviators” No truer words were ever spoken.
@robertplant5062 Thank you for your amazing story, I don't live in the US but someday I hope to become a US citizen so I could become a naval aviator like I said, I won't ever give up on my dreams no matter how hard it is, thank you yet again.
@mjproebstle Thank you very much! Like they always say, FLY NAVY! Haha, it never gets old, does it?
I just found your channel recently, thanks so much for posting these amazing vids. I shared them with my father who is a retired Naval Aviator who served actively from 1971-81 with another 17 years in the reserves. He was an instructor at NAS Pensacola from 1973-76, did 4 years flying tankers out of RAF Mildenhall in England, then went back to NAS Pensacola for his final year, and spent most of his time in the reserves as the XO and later CO of a reserve detachment based at NAS Glenview and later Great Lakes NS (attached to the USS Eisenhower for his 2weeks/year heh).
He's 74 now and unable to fly anymore at all unfortunately, so I send him aviation videos whenever I can and he loves your stuff! He loves especially how much bigger the Nimitz-class ships are than the USS Lexington was, and how much nicer the E/A-18s and T-45s are than the old T-2s and prop-driven T-28s he flew primarily was when he was an instructor in the 70s.
He also says you have the "right attitude" in making your maneuvers/procedures and then you top it off with "so that we look good". He certainly thinks you make the Navy look good, so keep it up and know you're helping this Navy-brat keep his old man happy and sane. Thanks again, Pail!
Wow. Welcome aboard to you and your dad. Cheers!
I didn't realize all the intricate parts that the Shooter pointed out. Really amazed and admire what goes on for a launch. Awesome video Pail!
That was fascinating Pail. Would love you to do a voice over of a couple of the launches explaining all the hand signals etc and what the two blokes are doing near to and just aft of the wing tips. Thanks for a really great video.
Will do.
Thank you.
Centre deck operator has the best seat in the house - literally. What a view of those jets launching!
Nice jam 🫡
Dear Pail, thank you so much and big thanks to the crewmates. That was awesome to see and i very much enjoyed that interview. Damned interesting and so much responsibility to make „Fly Navy“ work. Big respect to the crewmembers on the deck and thank you for this video once again. 🖖🏻
That was an amazing video of a perspective that is not shown much, if at all. That deck is huge and the amount of activity going on simultaneously is impressive. Those T-45s come in FAST from this angle!
Dude!!! My grandfather was on the USS George Washington back in WWII!!
Which ship was that? During WW2, there was an Army Transport that was named the George Washington. The USS Washington in WW2 was a North Carolina class battleship BB-56 that was named after the state of Washington.
@@glynncrook9211 it was the Army Transport, yes!! I always was closest liked the stories better from my other grandfather who was a gunner in the Army and flew on the b-24 Liberator
the gigantic flight deck is impressive! beautiful video! Greetings from Italy 💓🤟
Thank you for that view and the explanation of how the parts fit and come together to launch our aircraft promptly, safely, and effectively.
I once had the honor of working with a former Yellow Shirt
he was outstanding in his ability to learn his duties
he left our aerospace tasks for career in medicine
God Bless our US Navy
Great !!! one thousand thanks for this wonderful moment !!!... fly safe , buddy !!!!
They make a very difficult and potentially dangerous evolution look so easy! Fly Navy!
That is so, so true. It's fascinating. #FlyNavy ❤️
That choreography of the shooter, directors, and all the other staff. This was a real pleasure to watch - and not watching any of the Goshawks!
That was awesome, especially the details at the end!
Glad you liked it!!
Good to see you back Pail.
Edit: 15:15 My "home" for a couple of years.
Really great! That's a well-oiled team right there. Appreciate seeing the missed hook / touch & go as well!
Thank you. Very informative and appreciate the little camera walk inside at the end. 🙂👍🇮🇪
All those nice crisp, clean jerseys and float coats are a little bit suspicious! I was an ABH, Crash and Salvage V-1 div, back in the early 90's and CQ's were some of the longest days for us. Reveille was around 0630 and we weren't showered and back in our racks until after midnight the next morning. Great videos! I love seeing things from different view points.
It always seemed like chaos.....but your video makes it all seem like pieces on a puzzle....easy peazy.
All so beautifully orchestrated! Wow. Thanks for posting.
So beautiful. Like watching a ballet with all the choreographed movements. So well done. The camera angle makes one realize how big the deck really is.
Where it all begins, great perspective and thanks for sharing.
Wow, I just cannot get over the size of that flight deck. I'm an old dungaree sailor from a few years ago, I was on the Oriskany during Vietnam and the Coral Sea in the Med both small compared to this.
Our Navy has come a long way.
Thanks Jams
Loved watching the flight deck operations. I’m not going to lie though.. I equally was interested in seeing the walk off and inside the carrier. I would love to see more of that if you can swing it. It gives us a glance into the normal life and shows us what it all looks like off of the flight deck. There are tons of videos of action on the deck but not many show behind the scenes in a non-scripted way. I’m sure many others here would love it!
Agree, also what great perspective from the empty-ish flight deck to the open ocean, out in the wind and fresh air (mixed with av-gas lol)