@@generic_4938 They wouldn't be pointless, but they would definitely lose a lot of situational awareness without the E-2 able to relay information to them of the battlefield
In "The Right Stuff" Michener said there was something like a 1 in 4 chance of dying in carrier flying over a 20 year period, and that was without factoring in combat. And let's not forget how dangerous it is for the deck crew. Tight spaces, propellers, rotors. hot jet engines and fuel. They really are an amazing group too. Here's an article on the work: www.popsci.com/blog-network/shipshape/several-reasons-why-aircraft-carriers-are-super-dangerous/
@@theeagle1540 No. The EMALS is to best way to go in terms of performance and reduced stress on aircraft. If there was a reversion to steam it would involve a very costly redesign of the ship to have stream delivered to the catapults. EMALS is new and is just another system that will take a little bit of time to fully iron out any bugs.
@@Emperorvalse The next class of ships is more than likely to use steam again. EMALS is unreliable and too costly to keep fixing. Maybe its best for performance but its useless if it doesnt work half the time.
Sweet video! Either your left thumb has a nervous tic disorder, or that thing's a beast to keep in trim...lol. Incredible job all you guys are doing out there. I've flown for over 30 years (single, multi, cfi, etc), but never off a carrier. I have great respect for all you guys--thanks for everything you're doing for our country!
This has become my favourite aircraft. Superb skill. The operators in the back are highly qualified in what they do. Really enjoying learning about the role of the crew and how difficult it is to master.
What a superb video to wake up to! Enjoyed that with my first brew of the day :) Like many others, very enlightening as to how much you use the trim hat. Massive respect, sir.
Great video.....these guys and gals got skills. I’m a retired U.S. Army Black Hawk pilot (a.k.a landlubber) and I love all types of aviation. Stay safe!
When weather turns different direction suddenly everything change. This is calm and easy, this pilot knows when weather goes south they know they need that bird to land. It's not only themselves but with other with them. This are one of Qual they need and it shows there dedication to their job detailed to the bone. Thank you, fair wind, calm seas.
always enjoyed watching CQ's when I was aboard the USS Forrestal. Seeing the E-2's come around was a thing of beauty, it always seemed like they weren't going to have enough speed to get back in the air if they missed the trap, but their size and speed is deceptive. Seen many of them doing touch and go's.
These are so cool. We're not just in the jumpseat, we're on the driver's head. We can even watch his scans. You couldn't get a better recruitment tool in my eyes...
While playing for the Chargers in the 80s, I got the honor of trapping on and punching off the deck of the Constellation “Connie” in a COD. Best E ticket ever!!! Thank you for your service 🥃
@@freakbuttt3270 Wrong, my friend! Greatest job on the ship! haha (aside from being an aviator) Greenshirts are the final say in launch and recovery, the whole reason a carrier exists. The steam was one of the things that made the job surreal. I think it lacks the fantastical-environment without it. Too sterile and humdrum... and no where to warm your hands when there is ice in the wind.
When I was ships company on the Theodore Roosevelt whenever we would go to sea I would always hang out on the observation deck on the island and watch the requalifications of the air wings. Some shaking off rust and it was sometimes a little scary to watch. Especially at night. But by the end of the 3 days they were all sharp as a razor and in total control
I am fortunate that I get to fly with a lot of highly qualified, world-class aviators. All of them bring something to the table and most are very well rounded. But the best set of hands I've ever seen was a career COD guy. No staff tours, no PME, just twenty-plus years of going to the back of the boat. Perfect line up, roll out and flawless airspeed and glideslope control. Really fine, minimal control gains. But the real gift was what happened down low. A lot of people flare the 737-900's early. Tailstrike issues if you get the timing off, plus you're carrying a ton of extra smash for tailstrike protection to start with. This cat never flared. He pulled the power rapidly back to idle at a very low altitude and the resultant pitch up prevented us from cratering the asphalt. We just rolled it on, and not very far down the touchdown zone at that. And he repeated it every leg he flew during our four days together. I've got a lot of respect for those of you who go to the back of the boat.
There’s pilots, and then there’s USN pilots. A great example of how trimming the aircraft properly makes your life that much easier. Even trimming the turns. Awesome aviators.
Hawkeye Ball........hope they were 3 wires, could not see the power levers in action, but on the first trap the on speed was slightly low until the green light the last 1.5 seconds. Used to love watching Hornet drivers at NASL doing their first carrier night qualifications with the ball on 32L before their first boat qualifications. Even better at the runway LSO area having them wave off a Hornet for a burner touch and go at night. Have a great appreciation now watching the cockpit view trapping a Super Fudd at the boat. Nice flying.
I miss the boat!!! I was a yellow shirt. I'm in the seabees now but thinking about going back. Was an H from 08-2012. Deployed on Nimitz 09 and Bush 2012 maiden cruise. I worked in v3 but was one of the few that was able to stroke some on the roof. Yellowshirts and pilots have the best jobs on a carrier.
This job is not for lightweights. I've been out for a long time but it's still pretty much the same. We had E-2B Hawkeyes onboard. A great job they do for the whole group. One of the best videos too. Thank you all for your service.
As a civilian pilot, on final, I'm only looking at runway environment and airspeed. Military pilots don't use airspeed on final, they use angle of attack. Ironically, they have the AOA on the dash right next to where the runway environment is so you don't have to look down. Genius!
In response to an earlier comment: I was an enlisted aircrewman in the E2-C with VAW-124 1974 - 1978, 222 traps, many hundreds of hours flight time. Actually the ONLY in-flight exit is the main entrance door midway up the fuselage on the port side. The concept was that the three of us in back would be the first out, then the right seat up front and if possible the left seat. Hatches above the cockpit seats are not for in-flight exits and the hatch above the head of the guy farthest aft in the back-end would not be used to exit in flight. The idea was it could be used in the event of ditching in the water, but we mainly used it to access the radome or other equipment for maintenance…while on the deck.
wow... that's got to be quite a rush.. both the takeoff and landing.. kinda jealous of my dad a bit, he was stationed on an aircraft carrier for quite a long time in the Navy....
I shoulda joined the Navy. As a kid, I dreamed of getting flung off a carrier in the left seat of an E2. The Hawkeye, the Greyhound and the Orion were my 3 favorite Navy planes.
I would have been one of the rescue swimmers flying starboard delta for you back in the day. HS-7 Dusty Dogs, deployed onboard the USS John F. Kennedy 83-84 (10/23/83 never forget). Yours is the only air-frame still being flown from those days, Bravo Zulu!
I have flown a couple of planes. 182, 172, Citation, L-19. But only with the pilot. Im not licensed but I know a little about flying. This shit...WTF!!! CRAZY FLYING SKILL DUDE! AND.... AND, they do it at night, in shit weather, rolling seas after flying combat missions any time, any place!!! DAMN! In that big ass E-2! I guess its one thing putting down an F-18 but the Hawkeye? DAMN! This is so fun to watch!
Grew up flying a Super Cub, and a C180 & C185 with full Robertson STOL. Dad flew P-47s & P-38s in WWII, and was the first flying Game Warden in MN. This is a whole 'nother level of flying!
@@MrTurboparker That is so cool! What a great history of flying you and your family have! Those are some of my favorite aircraft ever! WOW! Dont think I would screw around if I knew the airborne game warden flew P-47's and P-38's in WWII! Thats awesome!
Wow! Super impressive, a launch and landing 'pattern' in 3 minutes. I've flown Saab 2000's, a similar weight/size turboprop and have also flown into some challenging (mountains, short runways) airports in Switzerland, but doing this on an aircraft carrier is at a totally different level. 👍😎(last a/c I flew was the B744 and B748, nice and booooring) p.s. In think I noticed you raising and lowering the gear yourself, is it single pilot ops?
Everybody usually gives all of the attention to the fighter pilots, but these pilots are just as legit
More so for these guys. Flying a giant slowmobile.
Yea without E2's fighters would be pointless.
@@generic_4938 They wouldn't be pointless, but they would definitely lose a lot of situational awareness without the E-2 able to relay information to them of the battlefield
@@Dooblecaine plus no ejector seat
To me they are better. That gigantic bird is one hardship to maneuver with so small margin of error.
One of the most dangerous jobs in the world, executed flawlessly by professionals both on the deck and in the air. Well done!
Thanks for the belly laugh
In "The Right Stuff" Michener said there was something like a 1 in 4 chance of dying in carrier flying over a 20 year period, and that was without factoring in combat. And let's not forget how dangerous it is for the deck crew. Tight spaces, propellers, rotors. hot jet engines and fuel. They really are an amazing group too. Here's an article on the work: www.popsci.com/blog-network/shipshape/several-reasons-why-aircraft-carriers-are-super-dangerous/
@@richardweil8813 when you consider how young the deck crew is, that many of them are just 18-19, it really is remarkable 🇺🇸
@@crankcasy troll
@@Constitutionalist76 LOL
Thank you for uploading this without music and other crap over it.
I was a E-2C guy my entire career, but the E-2D was just about to be released when I retired. She looks amazing.
Thats sad
spended?
@Alfa Omega putting fuel in iz a lot less expensive than taking off , jumping outta the plane, going back and saying gimme a new one.
That linear motor catapult is sick! So much smoother and quieter than steam shots.
But the next ships of that class will use steam again?
@@theeagle1540 No. The EMALS is to best way to go in terms of performance and reduced stress on aircraft. If there was a reversion to steam it would involve a very costly redesign of the ship to have stream delivered to the catapults. EMALS is new and is just another system that will take a little bit of time to fully iron out any bugs.
@@Emperorvalse The next class of ships is more than likely to use steam again. EMALS is unreliable and too costly to keep fixing. Maybe its best for performance but its useless if it doesnt work half the time.
@MrRexQuando True, but gotta admit the steam coming off the deck looks awesome!
@@Emperorvalse our former President insisted to Marines that steam was the only way to launch planes czcams.com/video/B0MHNPo2OQM/video.html
All the bees in the back sure get nervous and loud while on board the ship!
*Wasps. Angry wasps.
Its the killer hornets lol
@@JCrashB lmao, when I first hear a propeller go into beta I was honestly confused.
As an Air Force Vet, supremely impressed! Takes a special kind of person with ice in their veins to land and take off on a carrier. I salute you!
Aka not a pussy....
@CribbsWere you even in the Navy? Yeah didn't think so kiddo I was and flew F-18s.
@Cribbs Takes one to know one 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@scottyweimuller6152 Sure you did.
Sweet video! Either your left thumb has a nervous tic disorder, or that thing's a beast to keep in trim...lol. Incredible job all you guys are doing out there. I've flown for over 30 years (single, multi, cfi, etc), but never off a carrier. I have great respect for all you guys--thanks for everything you're doing for our country!
To Quote Darth Vader, “Impressive, Most Impressive”
RIP
I'm really impressed how his Marlborough Lights stay fixed to the dash ..
It has to be taped lol there's no way
They're screwed in.
Welded with zipo lighter
That's what you call good turn coordination.
Incredible flying skills. Thanks to the designers of these amazing small cams that give us all a glimpse of these awesome professions!
This has become my favourite aircraft. Superb skill. The operators in the back are highly qualified in what they do. Really enjoying learning about the role of the crew and how difficult it is to master.
I appreciate the un-cut, raw perspective of everything in this clip. Just awesome!
He was working that trim tab like it was his girl friends love button.
It's how you make things go smoothly!
I was wondering about that. Lots of trim action there, even cut of the glove's thumb to keep that feel on the tab.
And that was a lateral trim, right? I had never seen that before.
Yep I noticed that haha
😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
I'm glad I found your channel. Thanks for all your posts.
What a superb video to wake up to! Enjoyed that with my first brew of the day :) Like many others, very enlightening as to how much you use the trim hat.
Massive respect, sir.
Whaaaat a job to have...! Green with envy... Awesome gentlemen, just awesome...!
Thank you for your service, and this glimpse into your world...
Great talent and expertise demonstrated by Navy pilots. I love watching how everyone works together. Teamwork at its finest! Fly NAVY!
It always amazes me how huge these ships are but how tiny they look when you’re in the air. Landing on one must be terrifying.
Great video.....these guys and gals got skills. I’m a retired U.S. Army Black Hawk pilot (a.k.a landlubber) and I love all types of aviation. Stay safe!
Thank you for your service! ❤️
Big fan of E-2 Hawkeye! Thanks for this virtual ride!
That seemed astonishingly smooth fir a Carrier Landing. Well done! You make it look easy.
Crazy how massive and how small those decks look depending on your perception and location
*That's why NAVY pilots are the best.* They have to prove it every time they return to the boat.
yeah cause even the boat people don't believe it lol
The Navy doesn't have pilots - they have Aviators!
When weather turns different direction suddenly everything change. This is calm and easy, this pilot knows when weather goes south they know they need that bird to land. It's not only themselves but with other with them. This are one of Qual they need and it shows there dedication to their job detailed to the bone. Thank you, fair wind, calm seas.
After living onboard the Nimitz CVN-68 for 3 years 79'-82' It sure is a different experience from your perspective. Impressive Sir !
Damn that’s gnarly. Stay safe and thank you for doing what you do. Subbed!
Great video, excellent quality.... and boys... you DO have to prove it... every time! Good on ya
this was great. perfect offset to the right in the groove for an OK ! - 3 wire. thank you.
Very nice work, John! Thanks for uploading!
Superb footage! Those last few feet seem to really speed up and the carrier looks so small. Hats off to naval aviators
Such a joy to watch! thanks for sharing!
always enjoyed watching CQ's when I was aboard the USS Forrestal. Seeing the E-2's come around was a thing of beauty, it always seemed like they weren't going to have enough speed to get back in the air if they missed the trap, but their size and speed is deceptive. Seen many of them doing touch and go's.
Coolest thing I've watched in ages! Thanks!
I said the same thing about your videos.
Incredible! Thank you for the experience. I have always wondered how it looked to land on an aircraft carrier from the pilots perspective.
Bless our Vets!!! You guys rock 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
These are so cool. We're not just in the jumpseat, we're on the driver's head. We can even watch his scans.
You couldn't get a better recruitment tool in my eyes...
This is pretty cool to see, thanks for the upload
Much respect to you guys,
Mad stuff altogether.
I can't stop saying thank you for sharing your videos with armchair pilots like me. I truly enjoy the rides 😁
While playing for the Chargers in the 80s, I got the honor of trapping on and punching off the deck of the Constellation “Connie” in a COD. Best E ticket ever!!! Thank you for your service 🥃
very cool.....made one landing /takeoff in an S-3A Viking 'Hoover' many years ago..and won't ever forget that experience.
wish we could see the EKG data of your heart as you approach, balls of steel sir!
thoroughly enjoyed this video. thanks for sharing!
Look at all the room! Very spacious. Gotta love a shiny new Carrier. :)
The way they landed than to move around the aircraft and take off again. AWESOME!!
wow !!! Great job US Navy !!! Awesome flying skills !!! Incredible team effort !!!
that’s absolutely amazing! Good job, wonderful video!
Thanks for sharing. I’m still getting used to watching these without the steam whipping across the deck.
Cat crews don't have to walk around in the "fog"
nothing cool about being an abe
@@freakbuttt3270 Wrong, my friend! Greatest job on the ship! haha (aside from being an aviator) Greenshirts are the final say in launch and recovery, the whole reason a carrier exists. The steam was one of the things that made the job surreal. I think it lacks the fantastical-environment without it. Too sterile and humdrum... and no where to warm your hands when there is ice in the wind.
@Salty Seadawg, same here. Also the eight blade props.
VAW-115 PC '92-'94
When I was ships company on the Theodore Roosevelt whenever we would go to sea I would always hang out on the observation deck on the island and watch the requalifications of the air wings. Some shaking off rust and it was sometimes a little scary to watch. Especially at night. But by the end of the 3 days they were all sharp as a razor and in total control
How often do the pilots need to requalify?
Amazing stuff! Thank for sharing it!
i usually never get nervous for videos like these but for this one i was biting my nails the entire time
Thumbing the trim button like a madman!
Can't imagine trying to land on a constantly rolling/pitching and moving deck. And you make it look easy. Well done and thanks for your service.
I am fortunate that I get to fly with a lot of highly qualified, world-class aviators. All of them bring something to the table and most are very well rounded. But the best set of hands I've ever seen was a career COD guy. No staff tours, no PME, just twenty-plus years of going to the back of the boat. Perfect line up, roll out and flawless airspeed and glideslope control. Really fine, minimal control gains. But the real gift was what happened down low. A lot of people flare the 737-900's early. Tailstrike issues if you get the timing off, plus you're carrying a ton of extra smash for tailstrike protection to start with. This cat never flared. He pulled the power rapidly back to idle at a very low altitude and the resultant pitch up prevented us from cratering the asphalt. We just rolled it on, and not very far down the touchdown zone at that. And he repeated it every leg he flew during our four days together.
I've got a lot of respect for those of you who go to the back of the boat.
How’d instructors and the company react to that procedure?
Electromagnetic catapult.. very smooth
@Wimon Crowe our former President only wanted steam catapults czcams.com/video/B0MHNPo2OQM/video.html
Awesome video. Love the Hawkeye
Awesome! That left thumb was wearin’ that trim out! 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
Brings back memories. The stories I could tell. I worked on E2A Hawkeyes in squadron VAW -124 on the Independence CVA-62 back in the day.
awesome!
And I thought I was old, I worked on the E2B PR in VAW-88 .
@@sirclarkmarz We were young and strong and handsome back then weren't we?
At least we thought we were.
It's like performing traffic patterns in a carrier. How awesome is that.
Thanks for the ride.
There’s pilots, and then there’s USN pilots. A great example of how trimming the aircraft properly makes your life that much easier. Even trimming the turns. Awesome aviators.
they’re Naval Aviators!
..they trim the turns? Don't they use throttle-to-pitch when turning idk
Not ‘pilots’. ‘Naval aviators’. 🧐
And yes, they are damned good.
Hawkeye Ball........hope they were 3 wires, could not see the power levers in action, but on the first trap the on speed was slightly low until the green light the last 1.5 seconds. Used to love watching Hornet drivers at NASL doing their first carrier night qualifications with the ball on 32L before their first boat qualifications. Even better at the runway LSO area having them wave off a Hornet for a burner touch and go at night. Have a great appreciation now watching the cockpit view trapping a Super Fudd at the boat. Nice flying.
Dude!!! Your second pass was right on centerline!! Well done!
VAW-126 93-96. USS Eisenhower
I miss the boat!!! I was a yellow shirt. I'm in the seabees now but thinking about going back. Was an H from 08-2012. Deployed on Nimitz 09 and Bush 2012 maiden cruise. I worked in v3 but was one of the few that was able to stroke some on the roof. Yellowshirts and pilots have the best jobs on a carrier.
This job is not for lightweights. I've been out for a long time but it's still pretty much the same. We had E-2B Hawkeyes onboard. A great job they do for the whole group. One of the best videos too. Thank you all for your service.
Awesome. Love the deck crew too
Pretty cool. Work'n that trim tab like a maniac.
So many wonderful memories of searching for broken wiring behind those panels.
man, I used to HATE hearing these things all the time especially on their low power turns. Now after being out for some time I kinda miss it...
Multiengine pattern work off a carrier. Smooth as can be and pretty darn impressive!
Perfect both times! Naval Aviation...The sound of Freedom!!🇺🇸⚓️🇺🇸
You all are such badasses. I love this
He made that look easy. I wonder how many times he's done that.
Nice calm day to
They do that 5 times for requalifications
@@norms3913 how long do those 5 times last until they have to requal again?
@@iainmillar1532 all pilot trainings has to do a number of touch and goes on a carrier to be qualified
@@norms3913intentional touch and go on a carrier, now rhat would be interesting! Maybe bounce it between 2 and 3 wire
Nice to see the upgraded avionics and an AOA indicator.
As a civilian pilot, on final, I'm only looking at runway environment and airspeed. Military pilots don't use airspeed on final, they use angle of attack. Ironically, they have the AOA on the dash right next to where the runway environment is so you don't have to look down. Genius!
That deck looks so tiny when they aproach it. Great work
WOW!! Never have I ever seen this .. bad ass sir!!
In response to an earlier comment: I was an enlisted aircrewman in the E2-C with VAW-124 1974 - 1978, 222 traps, many hundreds of hours flight time. Actually the ONLY in-flight exit is the main entrance door midway up the fuselage on the port side. The concept was that the three of us in back would be the first out, then the right seat up front and if possible the left seat. Hatches above the cockpit seats are not for in-flight exits and the hatch above the head of the guy farthest aft in the back-end would not be used to exit in flight. The idea was it could be used in the event of ditching in the water, but we mainly used it to access the radome or other equipment for maintenance…while on the deck.
I was a CATCC Sup/App controller on the USS America CV66 and USS Eisenhower CVN69! Hawkeyes have been around a long time! Nice CQs. 8 miles, dirty up!
Cool
* PHEW! * I can't imagine you'd ever get used to that catapult! That rush probably never gets routine!
Good video , clear to see not to grip the control wheel before airborne.
wow... that's got to be quite a rush.. both the takeoff and landing.. kinda jealous of my dad a bit, he was stationed on an aircraft carrier for quite a long time in the Navy....
I shoulda joined the Navy. As a kid, I dreamed of getting flung off a carrier in the left seat of an E2. The Hawkeye, the Greyhound and the Orion were my 3 favorite Navy planes.
GREAT job by all.... keep it safe out there....
Naval aviation is some of the most fun to watch and bad ass stuff on the planet.
flying is the easy part....it’s the launches and traps that make a sphincter clench! quote from a Naval Aviator friend....
Ah...brings back good memories!
Making it look easy! That’s why US Navy and Marine Corps aviators are the best in the world.
I would have been one of the rescue swimmers flying starboard delta for you back in the day. HS-7 Dusty Dogs, deployed onboard the USS John F. Kennedy 83-84 (10/23/83 never forget). Yours is the only air-frame still being flown from those days, Bravo Zulu!
very cool!
The trim tab game is on point. Miss my COD and E2. VAW120. 93-96
My dad worked for grumman bethpage for 43 years on the e-2, very very good chance he ran the ditmico test on that bird!
I have flown a couple of planes. 182, 172, Citation, L-19. But only with the pilot. Im not licensed but I know a little about flying. This shit...WTF!!! CRAZY FLYING SKILL DUDE! AND.... AND, they do it at night, in shit weather, rolling seas after flying combat missions any time, any place!!! DAMN! In that big ass E-2! I guess its one thing putting down an F-18 but the Hawkeye? DAMN! This is so fun to watch!
Grew up flying a Super Cub, and a C180 & C185 with full Robertson STOL. Dad flew P-47s & P-38s in WWII, and was the first flying Game Warden in MN. This is a whole 'nother level of flying!
@@MrTurboparker That is so cool! What a great history of flying you and your family have! Those are some of my favorite aircraft ever! WOW! Dont think I would screw around if I knew the airborne game warden flew P-47's and P-38's in WWII! Thats awesome!
All in under 10 minutes. Amazing.
seriously great insight...love the inside of the plane..what is the pilot on the right writing down each time they land?? excellent video!!
Coming from the USS Coral Sea.. that flight deck is huge.
Thanks for the video sir.
E2 and A10 are my fave things in the US air inventory.
Wow! Super impressive, a launch and landing 'pattern' in 3 minutes. I've flown Saab 2000's, a similar weight/size turboprop and have also flown into some challenging (mountains, short runways) airports in Switzerland, but doing this on an aircraft carrier is at a totally different level. 👍😎(last a/c I flew was the B744 and B748, nice and booooring) p.s. In think I noticed you raising and lowering the gear yourself, is it single pilot ops?