My Flight in a C-17! | With Tactical Takeoff, Descent, and Landing | March Air Force Base, CA
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- čas přidán 28. 05. 2016
- This was one of the best aviation experiences of my life: the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly on a C-17 with the Aviation Explorers Post 352. It was about a 3 hour flight, much of it being along the coast. I was very surprised that they were able to do a tactical takeoff, descent, and landing for us. That's just something that you will not be able to be a part of very often.
They were also able to organize an air-to-air refueling during the flight. We were not in the cockpit when they were doing it, but we did get a nice view of the refueling plane above us!
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Did this going into Iraq twice. I was warned before the trip, but a lot of others weren’t. Everybody was asleep when the loadmaster started wearing. A HUGE grin and looking around. It was INTENSE
Yes landing into Balad was crazy especially if you never did it before or nobody warned you about it. I had no heads up and was gripping my seat wondering why the pilot was doing top gun moves in a C-17.
Landing in Mosul in 2006 my ears were about to explode because i had headphones instead of ear plugs in. I will never forget that pain.
I'm glad these had an actual closed off latrine, compared to the C-130's.
LOL
Last time I flew on a C-17 we had a 15 hour flight and right when the wheels left the ground I hear the load master say "btw the shitter is broken" 😂 way less bumpy assault landing than a C-130 though.
When I was in a JROTC (USAF) in the 80s we got to go on a KC-10, KC-135 and C-5 A galaxy. (Killer seeing the refueling from the other side.) That's awesome!! Glad you got to go.
This is one of the coolest videos I have ever seen on youtube no doubt.
This was so cool, one million thumbs up. To your channel
I used to work on C-17s at March. I’m on KC-135s now.
She’s grinding it out
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I deployed to Afghanistan in this aircraft, I’ll tell you what. It’s really cold in there
I think I remember it being crazy cold in there, like it was hard to even enjoy the ride 😂
Because you flying at 45000 ft off the ground
You do make a fair point. But, I don't think we were flying that high, and not to mention that they should have some sort of heating in there...
@@bnsfrailfanr24csx16 typically, the Globemasters cruise altitude is 28,000ft. However, on lighter loads, maybe like this experience, they tend to cruise higher at around 32000ft give or take
That’s because the crew didn’t turn floor heat on 😆 when I went to Poland on a c17 we flew over the North Pole and I fell asleep on the floor and I woke up to the floor frosted over. Coming back they turned floor heat on and we all were sitting in our sand Ts
you should have set your camcorder to backlight mode from 0 to 3 minutes 40 seconds , it is dark inside the plane
tecknos africa that would have been a good idea, as there was a huge light difference in the beginning, unfortunately I didn't think to do that... Thanks for the advice though... 😊
A very interesting and cool video! What is a tactical takeoff and landing?
Short definition. Doing a takeoff and landing as quickly as possible and as short as possible.
is the plane full double deck or half double deck ?
tecknos africa it just has one deck. The cockpit is on a higher level, but there is only one set of seats.
Basically half like he said,bathe cockpit it higher
Did this once in Iraq. The pilots or crew never told us what was going on. Made me sick to my stomach both times. Can't speek for everyone ells on the flight.
One dude on the right side in the sunglasses looks terrified.....like he is going to puke
Yeah XD and some actually did. There were two groups on that flight, our Aviation Explorers post, and a Civil Air Patrol group. Ironically enough, only people from the Civil Air Patrol were the ones puking. XD
LOL
Why were you in the c-17 in the first place?
So a friend of ours was a C-17 pilot in the Air Force reserves, and he was retiring that year. As a farewell to him, this was his last flight and they let us go for a ride!
I'm so jealos ☹
Only super scary because there are like 2wi dows
I know, and we had to wait in lines just to get a look out the window...
You dont need windows when you are carrying cargo...which is its main mission.
800 ppl leaving kabul on this...
People clapping on landing lol really 😒
Cringe bro
@@zacharyfloyd3697 The term "cringe" is an idiot-identifier.
You’re a true idiot. Do you know what kind of skill and balls it takes to pull off a tactical landing in a C-17 ? Obviously not or you wouldn’t have made this comment.