Flightdeck Ops

[planeflyer21]

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).

[392heminut]

Great video Jon! I have a lot of respect for the deck crew on those ships! <thumbsup>

[planeflyer21]

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.

[NTXshooter]

Did you see the one for the US carrier below it?   Great videos

[Rsquared]

Carriers ROCK!

 

Of course I'm kinda biased to our boys.

 

Fighter jocks = +1 <thumbsup>

[unforgiven]

Toured the "Midway" in San Diego with the Veterans there explaing the principals of operation.That is a big ship.

[planeflyer21]

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.

[survivalshop]

Bird Farms  <laughs>