Great video, this just proves the only thing more impressive than flight ops on the ship is night flight ops on the ship. Thanks to all now serving, those who have, and those who will in the future. FLY NAVY!!!
@nucrews2 жыл бұрын
Amazing how the carrier just appears out of the dark and you're using a strip of lights to land. Great job
@staycxld2 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure they're on night optics bro
@scottb74442 жыл бұрын
The tac an tells you exactly where the ship is
@scottb74442 жыл бұрын
@@staycxld nope
@olavnordstoga47742 жыл бұрын
@@staycxld They're on instruments, something called ACLS which continuously shows their line-up.
@stephenhamilton66766 ай бұрын
Nope, no night optics, and you wouldn't want them, depth perception is already bad enough at night. Besides, you don't need them...yes, former Hawkeye pilot here.@@staycxld
@chrish55032 жыл бұрын
As my dad used to day, that's pretty much the most exciting thing you'll ever do with your pants on...
@edwardlittle56862 жыл бұрын
Great job - best vid I've seen showing an E-2 landing with comms. Former E-2 pilot here. IRL you can see a little more but it's still really dark. This video doesn't even show haw hard the pilots have to work in the "stack" before they "push".
@hawkeyeted5 ай бұрын
Then you know "pulling the hatch" means it's time to quit fooling around.
@WarHoover4 ай бұрын
As a "Fat Kid" myself, I always respected the E-2 dudes for flying real "working" yoke-and-rudder passes with a big gust-sensitive aircraft. No mode-1 and few gizmos to help ease the workload. It always looked like a handful - much respect! My only critique is that personally, I don't like LSO phrases like "right for lineup" coming from anyone except the LSO while on the ball. Minor quibble and perhaps it was a culture thing for the S-3's I flew. But I could be mistaken - perhaps the pilot at the controls verbalized it (no problem in that case) while I assumed the co-pilot said it.
@edwardlittle56864 ай бұрын
@@WarHoover Yes that was the right seat guy. The difference is in the E-2 he is also a pilot, and often times a senior one. I never minded the help. I wouldn't like it coming from an NFO. I even had senior right seat guys ride the throttles with their left hand and make small adjustments. That was only when I was very junior, of course.
@chuckprice45412 жыл бұрын
Loved the subtitles that were moved around for the different people. Lots going on in that last couple minutes of flight.
@davecruzen93522 жыл бұрын
Carrier night landing, in the dark gives a whole new meaning to "pucker power". I don't know how you aviators do it but you have my total respect.
@northblue8216 Жыл бұрын
Lost ALL orientation watching this in full screen. Full applause for you when you said, "Money!!" ...Nice.
@loudog15472 жыл бұрын
I literally watched both of your videos multiple times over and over lol. I know to you guys it's just another day doing flight ops (day or night) but to anyone who's never been on the deck of a aircraft carrier (especially as a pilot) it's absolutely sick how coordinated the operation is.
@offgridcabin1557 Жыл бұрын
I am telling you, these Navy fly boys have Balls! I couldn't even see the ball till just a few moments before touch down and I have a pilots license!
@wheelspinner202 жыл бұрын
I'm only watching on a screen and my palms are sweaty! Wow. Nice work.
@briantaylor9285 Жыл бұрын
Wow...just, wow. 👏👏👏👏
@petrlicht2 жыл бұрын
I'm a sport pilot, but landing at night with E-2C on the deck... it's different level of flying 😁 RESPECT 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@petergriffin3832 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine the pucker factor landing at night in inclement weather with rough seas... Respect. Thank you for your service!
@ethanprivate65302 жыл бұрын
I dont know if its the camera but it only shows how insanely difficult to land on an aircraft carrier at night. Kudos.
@neal51862 жыл бұрын
best navy in the world right here
@amom76532 жыл бұрын
Outstanding job! Damn good eyesight.
@Pricklyhedgehog722 жыл бұрын
incredible stuff to watch, went like clockwork, a hair high and right, but well within references. hats off to the men and women who do this, it's a heck of a job.
@brucelaughton31082 жыл бұрын
From the intercom conversation I would guess this is a non CAPC (Carrier Aircraft Plane Commander) making their first or among their night traps. There is an interesting comment many will have missed. At 4:05 the CAPC advises "a little right for line-up" at 4:09 he advises "Don't let the burble get you." If you freeze the video at 4:09 you will see that the aircraft is passing through line-up left to right and and is about 1/2 to 3/4 of a ball high. Since we can't see the Angle of Attack repeater we don't know about the approach speed. The pilot is 4 seconds away from touch down and has at least 2 of 3 factors that need attention at a very critical part of the approach. For the E-2 this is the most demanding (and potentially dangerous) parts of the approach. As an E-2 CAPC my brain is telling me - if I try to correct for the high ball with a power reduction there is a distinct chance the burble will cause a rapid sink rate and come down at the ramp. With an axial wind this line-up will work okay. I will maintain power settings and tweak the nose down ever so slightly. (Again, this is without knowing the angle of attack.) This is a perfect illustration of what makes the E-2 difficult to land well. Little deviations from ideal can gang up on you and turn an otherwise great approach into a can of worms. GJD - thanks for posting and causing my blood pressure to spike. 😰
@UnshavenStatue Жыл бұрын
I'm no pilot but I caught the ball coming low again in the last second before touchdown. Definitely overcorrecting in the last 5 seconds can be worse than doing nothing at all
@miked55632 жыл бұрын
Very cool. Thank you for your service.
@k.b.1422 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the view and audio.Tons of respect
@slawekk31632 жыл бұрын
Its just mindblowing. Huge respect.
@isaachartford15352 жыл бұрын
I've seen just about every carrier takeoff/landing on KZbin and you guys are the best !! Fantastic video, can't wait to see more
@Aereaux2 жыл бұрын
They are big and brass. Great job.
@choupinetpavi73302 жыл бұрын
Magnifique merci pour le partage de la vidéo Salutations de la Suisse
@ahdash49982 жыл бұрын
it sounds like the first officer was the Pilot Flying, the encouraging words from the captain during the approach reminded me of when i was a FO on the 737 good luck for you both
@arkbuilder20122 жыл бұрын
That is an amazing bit of video.
@B1900pilot6 ай бұрын
Awesome job!
@JBSbass Жыл бұрын
if I could give that two thumbs up I would. As a PPL holder and bit of a plane nut this was the best vid, top one!! I thought my first solo and cross country was cool, to do a night carrier landing has to be the pinnacle of flying
@jbscotch40532 жыл бұрын
Landing on a dark carrier deck like this is like being in a dark warehouse and having someone hold a lit match across the floor next to the door and telling you to throw door key in the dark and make it go into the key hole… 😳
@Adsch3012 жыл бұрын
Фантастика!
@watermouse92962 жыл бұрын
Moooooooooooooore!!!!! Every flight please!! These are gooooood!
@arashkhoshghadamnia3762 жыл бұрын
it's so surreal to land on a postage stamp at night. awesome
@Rysher735 Жыл бұрын
AMAZING landing man! Cheers.
@bernardanderson37582 жыл бұрын
Beautiful approach to the crew and landing
@McRocket2 жыл бұрын
That's just amazing. Thank you very much for the captions. And for the video. ☮
@Mezott2 жыл бұрын
just wow!
@sanham10452 жыл бұрын
That's some crazy sh*t! I'll stick with SONAR ty! Your talent shines, sir!
@CharlieGolfAviation2 жыл бұрын
Amazing 😮
@user-mt6ms1wf8b2 жыл бұрын
Потрясающе
@CentralStateMower Жыл бұрын
Wow! It's SCARY DARK landing on a carrier at night! And this appeared to be in relatively good weather! Night carrier traps are probably the hardest thing to do in aviation!
@cpe1704tks.2 жыл бұрын
Well that's pretty terrifying.
@DaBeast342 жыл бұрын
Let’s gooo New GJD upload
@christophermartinez88532 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@ero145611 ай бұрын
Amazing
@user-ci1bh5qf3c7 ай бұрын
Imagine during a storm at night!
@SSaugaCriss2 жыл бұрын
in the groove
@spwb2k2 жыл бұрын
Worthy!
@RobertEMason2 жыл бұрын
Fine flying
@dmt33392 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@keepingitmellow2 жыл бұрын
unfuckingreal dude! anyone with little knowledge on aviation knows how hard that was.
@YaHussain3_1_32 жыл бұрын
Awesome asf!
@gumb25792 жыл бұрын
I do believe I would be more afraid of working on deck at night than to be in the plane.
@yesdeere1376 Жыл бұрын
Ho. Lee. Chit. !!! You guys are badass
@KUMSTAR2 жыл бұрын
GREAT VIDEO POST MORE
@jwagner19935 ай бұрын
Amazing. Now imagine a F14 at night and a storm
@Mobeezy3574 ай бұрын
We put 14s away decades ago -- move on
@kleenk82 жыл бұрын
Man oh man.
@MrBlue-ib7oi2 жыл бұрын
now that's just insane! you can't even see the people outside!
@WheelerRickRambles2 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@silmarienprince31372 жыл бұрын
Ik a guy in the day , flew F14s off a carrier . Said the first thing, on a( Night landing ) they did after u squared everything away. Was to give u a shot of whiskey , for the nerves. After seeing this I get it !
@rocketman48 Жыл бұрын
Such brave people.The human can be trained to do almost anything.
@bigbadbubba13372 жыл бұрын
Gggity. Keep it up.
@darthhulka-burger31872 жыл бұрын
Wow.
@Thiefsie2 жыл бұрын
Blurred avionics or just compression artifacts? Lovely video.
@nick4932 жыл бұрын
Slick
@madhungarian302429 күн бұрын
Not a whole lot of light, is there? Whew!
@michaeljohn89052 жыл бұрын
Doin this in the day in clouds in a Cessna 172 is tough. This is just amazingly tough.
@onefarwanderer2 жыл бұрын
That's probably the scariest thing I've seen on KZbin.
@Paul-kw1og Жыл бұрын
Flying skills fit only for the young and the brave.
@ramonliester46782 жыл бұрын
Nice video, can you let me repost your videos?, obviously I’ll give you the credits and I’m gonna recommend my audience to follow you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@bernardanderson37582 жыл бұрын
Carrier Landing at night on a moving ship
@gregalbert40332 жыл бұрын
Air Force don't like that
@bernardanderson37582 жыл бұрын
Naval Aviation at it best
@sheldonwright23222 жыл бұрын
woah
@bernardanderson37582 жыл бұрын
Call the Ball
@gregalbert40332 жыл бұрын
All that and no 12,000 foot runway or droge chute...sorry AF...FLY NAVY. My dad flew these...he mostly wasn't fond of night traps, especially during darken ship in the Gulf of Tonkin. They had like 2 red lights, and the ball...
@Lalremruata-dd3ro2 жыл бұрын
I just noticed that you landed 4 months later
@Mashine20042 жыл бұрын
Its awesome. But i hve question, you have night vision for landind? Or only with your own eyes?
@gjd80472 жыл бұрын
No NVGs for us. All naked eye.
@Cabletow10322 жыл бұрын
I need a flashlight, i wont be able to see the controls.
@static_actual2 жыл бұрын
What's it mean when pilot says "Betas?" at 4:20?
@Marcoaurelio-xf9zf2 жыл бұрын
Hi,rio de janeiro-brazil.
@AllOutFirefighter2 жыл бұрын
WOW! Talk about being dark! Are y'all wearing night vision or is this strictly naked eye? Awesome landing, and thank y'all sooooo much for y'alls service!!! THAT'S MONEY, DUDE!!! LOL!
@gregalbert40332 жыл бұрын
My dad did it with Mark 1 eyeballs in same type in Vietnam...
@AllOutFirefighter2 жыл бұрын
@@gregalbert4033 I thank your dad for his service too!
@gjd80472 жыл бұрын
It’s all naked eye.
@AllOutFirefighter2 жыл бұрын
@@gjd8047 MAD respect for y’all! That’s definitely a skill not just anyone can do. I know it’ll never happen, but I’d love to be back- or side-seat on one of these landings!!!
@briantoplessbar4685 Жыл бұрын
fuck yes
@MonthlyFails2 жыл бұрын
Hello GJD, would it possible to contact you regarding one of your videos i.e via mail? I would love to discuss a permission to use it if this is possible. Greetings!
@symcardnel17412 жыл бұрын
Unreal!!! Next life I'm begging God to give me a bigger brain... ALOT bigger brain.
@--RSL--7 ай бұрын
IFR!!!
@dbridge28572 жыл бұрын
Can I ask how old this video is? My wife and I are both AC’s and we’re both pretty convinced this just might be my voice on the other side of the freq.
@gjd80472 жыл бұрын
This is from either late 2019 or early 2020 on Ike, I can’t remember exactly.
@tamelailes81662 жыл бұрын
@@gjd8047 Great ship there. My father-in law loved it so much he did two tours aboard as Commo, and retired from her in '93.
@jmac22422 жыл бұрын
What is the "hatch"?
@gjd80472 жыл бұрын
It’s the overhead escape hatch in the aft portion of the aircraft. The NFOs remove the hatch prior to takeoff and landing in case of an emergency where we end up in the water and need to egress.
@acoustic57382 жыл бұрын
amazing. 3.7 is for 3,700 lb of fuel left?
@gjd80472 жыл бұрын
Correct
@kmsk19992 жыл бұрын
Bruh i can`t see shit How this is possible best pilot
@Helikot2 жыл бұрын
I hope in fact you had some visual instead of poor GoPro recording quality at night. Anyway awesome job! I can't see shit, suppose when you saw lights on carrier it's to late to correct and go around is only option
@AVIATIONSOUNDEXPERT2 жыл бұрын
What is that sound at 4:02? Minimums?
@airnicholai Жыл бұрын
Radar/radio altimeter warning you're 200ft above the ground.
@kraziivan_ Жыл бұрын
Very impressive, but turn up the contrast in the game options and you can just see the carrier 😎 You'll learn kiddo🍻
@ellesse.davies2 жыл бұрын
Hey! I love your videos, Do you have an instagram account where i can see more? Thanks
@housekraze2 жыл бұрын
It possible to landing at night when fog weather?
@brucelaughton31082 жыл бұрын
You need at least 3/4 of a mile visibility to be able to pick up the meatball at CATCC (Carrier Air Traffic Control Center) drop off. Rain is the biggest enemy as you are fighting the low visibility but also the rain off the windscreen. I can't watch one of these videos without a heart rate increase. I am proud to have flown the E-2 but am very glad I will never have to make another low visibility night trap.
@yxeaviationphotog2 жыл бұрын
@@brucelaughton3108 Is talking to CATCC on the boat the same as talking to a PAR controller on land? Sounds very similar.
@brucelaughton31082 жыл бұрын
@@yxeaviationphotog Yes, they are providing similar input to drop you off on glide slope and glide path.
@Journeyman16422 ай бұрын
Who is paddles?? 3:49
@Chief351L2 жыл бұрын
“RADALT HOLDING 200” can you explain what RADALT is please..?
@gjd80472 жыл бұрын
RADALT is a RADAR Altimeter. Naval aircraft have a traditional altimeter as well as a RADAR altimeter (determines altitude by bouncing radio waves from the aircraft to the surface and measuring the return time) that works below 5000 ft. The whooping sound you hear at 4:02 is the RADALT going off to let us know we're passing 200 ft.
@burtb.85362 жыл бұрын
Non-rate here brother was a shellback I was hoping to see the touchdown...at night...
@user-qc3wf2kr3f2 жыл бұрын
mamamia!...
@cbboiii11002 жыл бұрын
I thought the red lights were the aircraft carrier. Fuck. That.
@badguy14812 жыл бұрын
I HATED night landings....on LAND! I can't imagine how I would have felt landing at night on a bobbing carrier.