4:11 "If you've nothing better to do than bitch about getting your weights, you can go back down to your hole in the deck" lol crying XD glad to see the banter was retained during these instructional films.
@pickashole4 жыл бұрын
Banter? I thought he was being bloody serious
@borsi994 жыл бұрын
Best and most detail movie about handling an aircraft carrier flight deck!
@Toolpusher11 жыл бұрын
Thanks to David Bober, these old films are a fascinating slice of life in the RN in days past.
@JonTheBrush6 жыл бұрын
"Blow On" is shown to ensure the engine bleed is open for the slots on the wings and tails, Bucc's and Phantoms all use this, it is more correctly known as Boundary Layer Control. The effect of this is to reduce the stall speed of the aerofoil by stopping the airflow detaching from the surface at low speed.s Awesome Video, thanks.
@TheLeadSled9 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely awesome, I just love watching these old military films especially about the early jets. Thanks for uploading this video, I haven't seen much on the early Royal Navy carriers or jets, only on our U.S. Navy carriers and jets such as the F4's and A4's
@vxrdrummer4 жыл бұрын
Now you are learning from the best!!! :-)
@paoloceragioli54343 жыл бұрын
L
@ulftellander63039 жыл бұрын
If I had been a British guy, and lived in the 60s, this is the job I would have liked to do!
@SilencedMi54 жыл бұрын
Fantastic documentary film. Thank you for uploading!
@paulmitchell313511 жыл бұрын
Love this old film, superb footage.
@anotherv795 жыл бұрын
What a cracking film. Thank you for uploading it.
@johnappleby4054 жыл бұрын
Excellent footage and commentary. Thank you for making this available
@ivanlam57835 жыл бұрын
A lost world of courage and professionalism...
@Karibanu5 жыл бұрын
I've no doubt the current RN is as courageous & professional ( what's left of it anyway ) - but there's so much disconnect all round with this film vs modern Britain that it feels like another world entirely.
@465marko5 жыл бұрын
The chaps certainly had a way of doing things.
@MrPDoff Жыл бұрын
It maywel, be more computerised but im ssure at the busy end the drills are as good as they were then. Be interesting to see a modern video
@MrPDoff Жыл бұрын
To the uneducated like myself that was absolutely fascinating. Just shows the impotance of drills. Such a busy dangerous place to work made safer but well rehearsed drills.
@TheDarwiniser8 жыл бұрын
i find this fascinating, hours watching this stuff, beer and crisps supply notwithstanding.
@carmelpule13 жыл бұрын
It is important to say that it is not just " steam" that is admitted in the launching cylinders but, " wet steam " in fact in the accumulator there is a lot of hot water, as it is the hot water content that keeps the saturated vapour pressure of the wet steam constant as the piston expands. Admitting dry or superheated steam will not keep the constant pressure through the whole run of the piston. So it is important to say, " WET STEAM" " Hot feed water is admitted into the steam accumulator to approximate the low operating level. The launch valve is opened to purge air from the accumulator and steam is slowly admitted into the accumulator feed water to raise the water temperature. When the water temperature reaches approximately 225 degrees, the launch valve is closed and accumulator heating continues. Steam pressure is increased in increments allowing enough time at each increment for the water temperature to increase to a predetermined temperature. This slow An increase in temperature and pressure will ensure a thermally stable accumulator when operating parameters are reached."
@rivco50088 жыл бұрын
Amazing footage. British govt made a big mistake when they cancelled the new carriers that were supposed to be built in the 60's, JMO. That Sea Vixen was a very unusual design.
@neildahlgaard-sigsworth38196 жыл бұрын
Californian we couldn't afford them - the economy was a basket case back in the 1960s. The Sea Vixen for all its looks was a dog. It came into service far too late for its abilities. The design goesback to the late1940s/early 1950s but didn't into service until the late 1950s/early 1960s by which time the USN had Mach 2 fighters in service. There were many causes for the delays including changes of requirements.
@mtumeumrani3763 жыл бұрын
@Neil Dahlgaard-Sigsworth, it was the British Government's massive miscalculation of their vaunted and failed Suez Canal coupe that lead to that economic failure. Had the UK let Nasir build his hydro dams, the UK would still be prospering. Greed has it's price.
@jimbradshaw43 жыл бұрын
@@mtumeumrani376 With respect, you really need to do some research. Not here to argue, just saying that you're wrong on many levels, IMO.
@mikep209911 жыл бұрын
"Blow on" tells the pilot to ensure he has the blow system on. This is bleed air from the engine that is blown over the wings and flaps to increase lift when taking off in such a short distance and increasing lift enabling approach speed to be reduced when landing on the carrier. Phantoms and Buccaneers also gad this system.
@TVVultch11 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@tommynuttfallon6 жыл бұрын
bullshit.
@mikep20994 жыл бұрын
Tommy Fallon so what is it then?
@jimbradshaw43 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, thank you! Back in the day when FAA boys showed everyone what real fixed wing flying was about.
@morriganravenchild661310 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. What amazing teamwork.
@allgood67604 жыл бұрын
Cool.. Thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿
@rusrus294 жыл бұрын
What cool jobs to off had in the 1960s Cold war days!! if i was a living in that Era then that would of been the job id of loved to of done!!! Love seeing those 1960s cold war British and american jets..Something so cool and attractive about the Brits and US military hardware from those days , awesome stuff,respect from south america x
@ianstewart23352 жыл бұрын
Incredible to think she’s almost all gone on that beach in Alang. Rest in Peace Hermes 🙏
@MrSebfrench766 жыл бұрын
" but it could have been dangerous"British phlegm . Excellent.
@welderjedi51459 ай бұрын
Awesome videos!
@N_Wheeler6 жыл бұрын
22:45 that's one way to avoid the 1-wire. Just cut it off.
@georgeh135211 ай бұрын
What a system! brilliant design and procedures, all history now.
@B1900pilot3 жыл бұрын
Nothing was more rewarding and exciting than my minor participation in Naval Aviation
@timwingham89522 жыл бұрын
The Supermarine Scimitar - what a fantastic looking aeroplane, no matter what angle it's viewed from!! I find FAA carrier operations fascinating. At the end of the film the Scimitar lands on and immediately turns its nose wheel hard left. Anyone know why? I'd have thought that would run the risk of the aircraft travelling over the side.
@mudfish932311 жыл бұрын
Superb, thanks for sharing DB
@chandrachurniyogi83947 ай бұрын
the catapult launch system is very different from that of the American one used by USN on their CATOBAR aircraft carriers . . . unlike the British method (which is innovative but complex) the bridal of the catapult is latched to the front of the forward landing gear strut of the F-14 that pulls the fighter jet forward & it's airborne in no time . . .
@progx86797 жыл бұрын
" Bloody Marvelous " !!!
@walterquick86495 жыл бұрын
us navy should show this! i was in and had no clue? ABH 3 V-1 air division Uss Indy CV-62 and 63 , 64
@danieldunlap40775 жыл бұрын
I have some of the last pictures of the Indy at sea from when she came along the side of the Kitty Hawk in the Arabian Gulf in 2003 before heading to San Diego to be decommissioned
@walterquick86495 жыл бұрын
@@danieldunlap4077 Like to sea those!! lol post them on the INDY site
@andy1may8 жыл бұрын
must be a heap of those metal ropes laying-at the bottom of the oceans
@stugill45135 жыл бұрын
hi jack my dad was on the ark royal hermes and eagle he come out in 1965 he was fleet air arm
@davidrowcliffe585 жыл бұрын
XD324 went on to be used for evaluation of fuel systems for the MRCA / Tornado
@bad71hd4 жыл бұрын
Little did you guys know that those retention wires cost about $12,000 a piece and have to beat machine through all these multi dyes for tensile strength and stretch ability. We make the Milwaukee wire products by the thousand and they are big money the government waste this money so badly! They use them twice actually I heard they only use it once because they don't risk using it twice! That way if they get one launch out of one wire that's fine it sample the resting wires if the arresting wires are used once they throw it away they don't want to tell you that not even in these all the videos because they cost so much money and they dump them right in the sea
@alanfaulkner63295 жыл бұрын
Awesome.
@flyingphobiahelp Жыл бұрын
What choreography!!
@99IronDuke6 жыл бұрын
HMS Hermes, that would later see action in the Falklands War, I think.
@spitfireace876 жыл бұрын
yea Hermes was laid down in the mid fifties and only retired from the Indian navy last year
@Karibanu5 жыл бұрын
@@spitfireace87 Laid down in 1944, I think! big pause in construction, obviously. Not a bad run, all things considered.
@Phleeper4 жыл бұрын
Commissioned in 1959, so would have been the most modern carrier in the fleet at this point, which was probably why it was used in the film.
@peekaboopeekaboo116510 жыл бұрын
One of the best DOC I've seen....military or otherwise. Less than a minute into it ... didn't seems like "1960" at all. Found out for first time, that both Sea Vixen and Scimitar are powered by the same Engine. Scimitar is one the most good-looking fighter jets.....Sea Vixen isn't a close second. If only RN and the manufacturer have foresight to combine design of these two jets into one, single fighter...the front and rear fuselage with nose and cockpit of the SV , while the wings, tail and undercarriage/landing gear are that of S
@tobywenman47695 жыл бұрын
The Sea Vixen was a much larger and heavier aircraft than the Scimitar. They performed very different and distinct roles. The vixen was a night fighter/ground attack aircraft with a nuclear capability whereas the scimitar was a frontline fighter. The closest thing to a combination would probably be the F4.
@tonycolella455 жыл бұрын
Rolls Royce Avon, it powered the lightning as well.
@dirtydave26916 жыл бұрын
Short trousers..................the British let their boys wear shorts in hot climates. I spent 21 years in the U.S. Army and would have killed to wear shorts in hot weather. Instead we wore more shit when it was hot and the Officers would have fits if someone came down with heat exhaustion.
@georgepantazis141 Жыл бұрын
Australia 🇦🇺 too
@bubbaz70644 жыл бұрын
In 1960 the US Navy had the supersonic F8U Crusader and the prototypes of the F4H/F-4 Phantom. UK the ancient Sea Vixen, notwithstanding its worldwide superiority in jet engines. Why? It's a Duncan Sandy's fault?
@magicstix0r9 жыл бұрын
4:00 Funny how even sailors cussing each other out sounds polite when it's British...
@N_Wheeler6 жыл бұрын
Little F really lives up to his title.
@igclapp2 жыл бұрын
3:00 Cool hats.
@MegaBeforeandafter8 жыл бұрын
this reminds me of flying bucks off the ark royal in 1975
@allandavis82015 жыл бұрын
I think we all know that head-dress was never worn onboard or inside, at least it wasn’t from 1979-2003, the officers in this documentary look ridiculous, and probably new it. Yes, I know, sometimes it was needed, like when VIPs or dignitaries visited, and of course when you were in front of the boss on a fizzer (charge). Thanks for sharing this interesting film 🎥 👍🇬🇧🏴 P.S, when I joined the RAF in 79 some of the training aircraft we were instructed on were the Sea Vixen and bits and pieces from the Scimitars, hand me downs from the bloody Navy, perhaps because they are the senior service, but more likely that they knew how crap they were and palmed them of on us poor relations in the RAF.
supermarine ! like a captain scarlet episode but in real life. we tried rubber decks with undercariage-less Hawker aircraft at one time. what larfs....
@julianneale61283 жыл бұрын
I think it was a deHaveland Vampire they did that with?
@BTDub6 жыл бұрын
"His life is in your hands. Don't let him die."😂
@OffTheBeatenPath_6 жыл бұрын
They’re still readying this aircraft to launch to this day
@cming94234 жыл бұрын
I wish the U.S. Navy had a video like this. Does anyone have a link that they can post??
@MotionMcAnixx4 жыл бұрын
Try this - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqTOeZKKo6h-jrs
@MotionMcAnixx4 жыл бұрын
WW2 vid - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJfOqJ2LbdBpjZY
@cycleSCUBA3 жыл бұрын
I'd guess the modern version that uses the aircraft's front wheel to launch needs the longer runway?
@iamrichrocker Жыл бұрын
that LSO has a righteous beard...
@welderjedi51459 ай бұрын
It took a minute to rig that barricade.
@jackalvzz3 жыл бұрын
Have a silly question, it is possible for the bridle to be tangled on the propellers ???
@ronaldtartaglia44594 жыл бұрын
When did they change from the bridle to the carriage?
@meertenwelleman62493 жыл бұрын
All the instruments on board look like props from Thunderbirds! It is the other way around ofcourse.
@julianneale61283 жыл бұрын
Perfectly put.
@danentwisle88855 жыл бұрын
And this is why STOVL is such a better idea.
@mayo250 Жыл бұрын
The Scimitar pilot do not wear a g-suit. Why ?
@migmadmarine2 жыл бұрын
Is that patrick mcnee doing the narration?
@georgepantazis141 Жыл бұрын
Is that the HMAS SYDNEY or Melbourne.
@westlock Жыл бұрын
HMS Hermes (R12)
@Johnpugwash2 жыл бұрын
Did my Tiff on board time on Hermes before it’s Nose Job !
@tenpotkan70512 жыл бұрын
Only now have I noticed that the console operator has tattoos.
@mebeasensei7 жыл бұрын
3:15 I seriously can't tell whether this is Monty Python or reality!
@jonmac39953 жыл бұрын
Those are not the real sailors voices, they have been added by voice over artists in the edit process. If they were real, there'd be a lot of background noise. I do location sound recording for a living.
@theo3000 Жыл бұрын
British engineering at it's finest. Could they make it more complicated?
@ayrtonyeh52425 жыл бұрын
為什麼片頭、片中、片尾都是用恐怖片的音樂?
@TVVultch11 жыл бұрын
What is "blow on" displayed on the board held up to the pilot
@TVVultch11 жыл бұрын
Graham Clarke Thanks.....Er I think... I never asked about the Russian stuff
@TVVultch11 жыл бұрын
Graham Clarke No problem, your right thou the British invented this stuff and the US refined it.
@TVVultch10 жыл бұрын
jack tarr You guys must have had the time of your lives doing that job.
@B1900pilot8 жыл бұрын
Making sure that the BLC ( Boundary Layer Control ) is operating...It uses air bled off the engine compressor to be "blown" over the flaps to create more lift
@meertenwelleman62493 жыл бұрын
There is something strange about these Royal Navy fighters. They look good, but not their reputation. Real pity.
@michaeltalbot82427 жыл бұрын
Was the bridal discarded or recovered for reuse?
@Mishn06 жыл бұрын
They were on US Carriers, there was another pair of wires that ran from the ends of the bridle up near the hooks on the airframe and from there back to a follower on the cat track. It would catch the the bridle for re-use. They were only re-used a limited number of times. If the bridle is going to go unservicable after the a shot, they don't use the catcher and the bridle goes off the end of the cat. The ramps that stick out in front of the catapults on US Carriers are the "Bridle Catchers". They're all gone now as jets don't use bridles any more, there's a tow bar on the nose gear strut that's pulled directly by the catapult shuttle.
@dkoz83214 жыл бұрын
Well at least Royal Navy flight deck ratings only have to run 1/3 as much as US Navy flight deck hands .
@ronaldtartaglia44596 жыл бұрын
What happens to the bridal?
@JandoCalrissian6 жыл бұрын
The bridles usually just sink to the bottom of the ocean. Some of the earlier Nimitz class carriers have Bridle Catchers on the end of their bow catapults, but since modern jets use wheel hooks instead of bridles, they're not used anymore.
@gravydavy41884 жыл бұрын
Jilted at the alter. 😉
@chudley31698 жыл бұрын
that's it i'm joining up!! oh wait no Navy anymore.....
@juk-hw5lv6 жыл бұрын
Captain on his chair looks like a grumpy old man about do give his grandchildren a lecture about how the youg were better in his times lol
@adijayaification7 жыл бұрын
And the two new ships now actually are step back for the RN technology and prestige
@ianstewart23352 жыл бұрын
And bloody ugly - they look ridiculous and totally half arsed.
@darrenmonks4532 Жыл бұрын
Back when Britain was militarily more powerfùl than Bosnia,
@cming94234 жыл бұрын
Here's another good one from ZenoWarbirds. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKmaeKelZt-lqMk
@Clavier359 жыл бұрын
Remarquable video
@Trevor_Austin5 жыл бұрын
“This is the Scimitar...” with an aircraft like this, who needs enemies don’t you know. This poorly specified and dreadfully designed aircraft managed to kill more pilots than any adversary could ever hope for.
@iansomers3765 жыл бұрын
My Dad was on the Vic in 1963. I was 4 years old. I remember him telling my mum how many Scimitars had caught fire or had crashed that year. Death traps they were when i learned more as I grew up in a FAA family. I was glad when he got moved to the choppers.Wessex 1's and 3's until he left the Navy in 74 at Culdrose. Oh how our so called Senior Service has become a shadow of former self
@ArcticNatureExperiences4 ай бұрын
27:30 Little continuity error as a helicopter suddenly stands on the edge of the flight deck. However it is allowed in a training movie like this, and this is a great snapshot of the Royal Navy and the FAA in the 60s. Very enjoyable and I have watched it numerous times through the years!