Rancho Roy Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 Yikes......... https://www.youtube.com/embed/r-EHwYOfY94
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 do all those flashing "F"s mean what I think they mean ?
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 You would not have to bring me my brown pants. Any pants I had on WOULD TURN BROWN :-)
Griff Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 Not to mention the 8 sailors injured in this incident. Yep, congrats on having good reactions, as those saved you and your crew from a swim, the loss of an expensive flying machine. Cables have broke before...
Paladin Gun For Hire Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 Been there, done that, not a fun time.
Dorado Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 That's why when they land they immediately go to full throttle. Perfect example.
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 The tale is apocryphal and I got this third hand. Similar incident, only a Tomcat on landing. Again -- cable broke -- the jet left the end of the deck and, just like this Orion, disappeared. Just like this one, after about a year and a half, it reappeared, but it was low enough the engines were blasting twin furrows in the water. Once it got some altitude -- maybe fifteen feet -- the pilot's voice came over the comm. "Thank you, God, I've got it from here."
Trailrider #896 Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 "Bolter! Bolter! Bolter!" Hope nobody on the deck crew was too badly injured. Getting hit with the flying ends could cause immediate amputation...of legs or your head! :o
Shooting Bull Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 And THAT boys and girls is one of the many reasons I joined the Air Force. Thank God for all you soldiers, sailors and Marines for doing the jobs that would leave every pair of pants I own brown. You have my never ending respect and admiration.
Blackey Cole Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 Sharks and sleeping conditions were my reasoning
Hoss Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 I think I would trade most everything I own except my SASS guns to fly on/off a carrier. We have the USS Lexington as a museum about 2 miles from my house. I go for a tour every couple of years, and eyeball it every time I drive past thinking of what it must be like to do carrier ops.
Hurricane Deck 100366 Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 Perfect example of why a pilot never says quit... always fly it to the ground (or water) but NEVER EVER EVER stop trying to save your aircraft or the butts it carries. EVER. EVER.
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