planeflyer21 Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Absolutely the best short video on aircraft carrier operations I've ever seen! And conducted on a French vessel! We'll probably be seeing more of these ops in the near future... Look closely and you can see the two types of hold-back bars currently in use with USN: hydraulic @ 2:10 and T-bar @ 2:19. Also the two types of grabs: nose-gear and bridle @ 1:52 (last used operationally on EA-3 Skywarriors with USN). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Great video Jon! I have a lot of respect for the deck crew on those ships! <thumbsup> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted January 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Great video Jon! I have a lot of respect for the deck crew on those ships! <thumbsup> Yup. The shot where they are inspecting the engine intake-from the inside-at first I thought that was the water brakes or one of the cylinders on the catapult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTXshooter Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Did you see the one for the US carrier below it? Great videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Carriers ROCK! Of course I'm kinda biased to our boys. Fighter jocks = +1 <thumbsup> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Toured the "Midway" in San Diego with the Veterans there explaing the principals of operation.That is a big ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Toured the "Midway" in San Diego with the Veterans there explaing the principals of operation.That is a big ship. Toured the USS Coral Sea (Midway class carrier) when it was at the pier next to us. Looked pretty tiny compared to the USS John F Kennedy and USS America. lol That French job is even smaller...more like the Tarawa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Bird Farms <laughs> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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