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[@Fubar684]

Fighters and attack planes are great, but I also appreciate the support aircraft as well. Carry on, Commander.

[@GrowlerJams]

Cheers!

[@mikes7446]

I love the sound of wind, it’s relaxing to me

[@gtarick1225]

I'd be a terrible LSO... I'd just be drooling over every airplane instead of paying attention! Awesome video as usual! 🍻

[@SabreLilly.]

I'm will never not be astounded by the amount of coordination there is between the pilots and deck crew to consistently bring in and launch planes safely

[@dragonturds554]

Seeing more footage like this would be awesome! Whether it's voice over or raw is dependent on how convenient it is for you. If you don't have the time to make a voiceover, by all means upload the raw. Your insights are always fascinating to hear and I love your sense of humor.

[@richd8537]

The COD capabilty is absolutely vital. And one flew me off IKE for my Navy retirement so I have a soft spot for them. Fly Rawhides!!!

[@mikeday6908]

Flew off the Saratoga in one back in '86. Cool experience !

[@alanbare8319]

I'm also a fan of Rob Roy and his COD videos! Looking forward to your next batch of T-45 videos.

[@davidcole333]

All the jets on the carriers are awesome, but the humble C-2A is the grandfather of cool. The sound they make is a pure symphony.

[@daf62757]

I am always amazed at seeing this on aircraft carriers. You guys who are involved in this action are truly amazing.

[@ThankYou-bn6bp]

I know it’s the wrong topic … but the ocean is gorgeous

[@michelles9897]

thank you to all who serve. love watching these. thanks. 💟🤍💟🤍💟

[@sjoeld57]

Thanks!

[@GrowlerJams]

Thank you!

[@sjoeld57]

👍✌️

[@user-tn1vc1xz5d]

Great view over the deck, lovely colours 😊

[@uTube486]

I was a very lucky "VIP" for 22 hours on HST (CVN-75) in July of 2001.We flew out and back on COD. The catch was fine, but the launch took two tries. The coolest thing I've ever done. I've got my "Honorary Truman Aviator" certificate. Thank You HST!

[@tiladx]

Whether it's a Greyhound or a Rhino, landing on the deck wouldn't be possible without the Paddles. Much respect to all personnel involved in flight ops. FLY NAVY!

[@55Reever]

Great video! Big aircraft to bring aboard a carrier. Never ceases to amaze me.

[@PeteVA-212]

Forgot to add, next announcement will be "Mail Call." Back in the day ('70s) there was no email, so the mail COD was the only connection to home for the crew! In October1973 during the Yom Kippur War we were emergency deployed from WESTPAC to the I/O and then Arabian Sea. Took a COD three weeks to catch up to us. Mail outgoing/incoming was delayed :)

[@kwaktak]

It was much the same in the late 80s/early 90s. I was on Forrestal and even though we were an east coast carrier we were in the I/O and it took mail about a month to get to us and Dear John letters were still a thing. Hearing the COD buzzing overheard from the hangar deck was always a very emotional thing.

[@GaryBrandt-f7l]

Love the videos. Thank you for your service and as always Fly Navy! ⚓✈️⚓

[@peteschiavoni]

Now that was Sierra Hotel!! Thanks for an amazing Jam!!!

[@nathans3022]

Thanks for posting this video. My dad is a commissioning crewmember and plankowner. Served on the Sara and GW. He'll get a kick out of this video. :-)

[@-nrmy-]

Great videos, I've appreciate them since the first one. Please keep it up, great job

[@GrowlerJams]

Thanks, will do!

[@markhallowell4059]

Awesome raw footage. Excellent clarity.

[@thomasengstrom1525]

That's just amazing...To watch such incredible skill from a pilot, I thought for sure he had missed to high when he first came over the deck!! Thanks for this!!

[@userbosco]

Man, was it calm that day or what! I think even a Air Force pilot might have been able to land on that deck it was so still ;-] Stoof was the last aircraft my pops flew in while in active service, makes me miss him. Go Navy!

[@texxasal]

I am seriously impressed with how clean that deck is. it must be some sort of pre deployment qualification or something?

[@GrowlerJams]

Yeah. The jets were flying on the next day. Just mail and supplies today.

[@dictumfactum7784]

It's a deck certification after being in the yard for 4 years

[@muskaos]

GW is just out of a 4 year reactor refueling, so their non-skid on the flight deck is unmolested. It won't stay that way. The landing area gets abused hard by the arresting hooks scraping the deck when the planes land.

[@karinnovak5145]

I like the Greyhounds, their awesome sound, their propellers🤩. But I would not want to be near one on the flight deck as long as the propellers are running😉. Thanks Pail for this cool upload, a nice surprise, very appreciated!👍

[@EdD-ym6le]

Just dawned on me that it is the closest people routinely get to aircraft touching down . Maybe that is why carrier ops always are kinda surreal feeling because it is so unique . It's taken a lot of trial and error to make it look routine and calm .

[@1Wolf2Love]

And training! Lots and lots of training! There are SO many qualifications you need to get before you can go up on the flight deck, and then you have to have a reason to be there. They don't want extra bodies up there to keep track of.

[@Pakensys]

WoW! Ty Sir, absolutely fantastic!

[@garethroberts9223]

Nice Jam - Super cool viewpoint! Wow that deck looks huge! Next stop (vultures row) CQ

[@highflyingnote]

Lol, the deck looks so ‘huge’ from that perspective!

[@scotty2307]

LOL. I remember those. I think that they are the same airframe as the E2-C Hawkeye. A few times during my time on the Carl Vinson we recovered a C-1. 1 of those times it ended up sitting on deck next to the island waiting on an ignition part. I think it was a starting exciter for one of the magnetos. The engine ran fine without it, but would not fire while spinning on the starter.

[@shellysmith1037]

Aways enjoyed seeing our aircraft in the break and whomever it was calling out AC numbers for the deck crew over the 1MC. Back in the day on the FID they would call the break the 180 and the 90... but you always knew in the 'daytime' pattern who was coming in. Miss that 1MC chatter for flight ops

[@larryboothby3687]

Thanks for the vid. Watching carrier operations never gets old! Too bad you it wasn't one of the new CMV-22s. Now THAT is a cool aircraft that brings a whole new world of capability to the COD mission set.

[@mikestafford2792]

This is a great different video. I haven't seen much on the CODs. That flight deck looks huge empty. Thank you sir.

[@antwonwestbrooks2774]

I love it! Great idea including raw video and voiceover as well. Can you make your upcoming videos longer as well so we can see planes landing and take-off from the ship? Thanks!

[@GrowlerJams]

Sure. Will do.

[@robertnixon3816]

Great video! Lots better than the old days of paddles! Thanks for sharing this!

[@shura0107]

Nice, you got the final shot of the COD retracting its wings.

[@shawn2443]

Wow that’s a clean deck …. That LSO is some intense work. 🇺🇸

[@RFGSwiss]

@1:27 what is the thing the second guy from the left is holding over his head?

[@GrowlerJams]

It’s the pickle…controls the wave off and cut light that you have seen on the lens on my other jams.

[@ChadGatling]

COD operations is super interesting. I bet it feels cool landing on a completely empty deck

[@antoniomik100]

LSO"S (Landing Signal Officers) A pilot from each Airwing (Squadrons) take turns as an LSO to help the Pilot Land on the Ship. The LSO'S talk to the Pilot and advise him or her, to add power or reduce power and advise the Pilot if they are to Low or too High When Making the Approach.

[@bertlzansinger]

Marvellous, thanks for that!

[@cheswic]

You’ve got mail!

[@GrowlerJams]

👍

[@michaelmappin4425]

I love a Goshawk game day. Sure, they can be scary when the young boys and girls get confused and move without direction but they almost always have the greatest attitudes. I have heard of yellowshirts getting flippy with the young folks, but I would never allow it. Have fun, Pail.

[@billjudge5205]

I've stood right there in 2013, highlight of my career!

[@dont6441]

Outstanding!

[@rickwilliamson9248]

Love the 'bail out' area between the platform and the CIWS. Bet the pilot landed and thought, "Where IS everybody?" Fly Navy!

[@GrowlerJams]

See the description. I break it down

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I was ships company on the USS Theodore Roosevelt from 86 to 90. I had gotten a Red Cross message my grandma had passed while in the middle of the Med. They flew me off of the boat on a COD and to Rota Spain, then a United commercial flight home. When I returned, they reversed the process and I landed on the boat via the same COD with the same pilot. I just had timed it right with his flight schedule. An amazing experience. Watch the movie Hunt for Red October and that flight with Chris Farley is almost EXACTLY how it felt. Bumpy, noisy and rough.

[@davidwolf226]

This footage was awesome!

[@hawkeye681]

"Marshall Rawhide"?.."Go Rawhide"..."Rawhide checking in angels 9"....."Rog Rawhide, starboard D, state pony on board". "We have one thousand lbs. pony"...."Rog Rawhide your signal is Buster, Charlie on arrival" 😁😁😁😁😁. VRC-40 89-92.

[@IkeThe9th]

“Recovery complete! Launch the…” (what did he say?) Fantastic video, thanks.

[@GrowlerJams]

Watch the retract…of the wire.

[@IkeThe9th]

@@GrowlerJams Ahhh. Thanks, Growler. (I was way off!)

[@gregeconomeier1476]

Sound is great.

[@muskaos]

VRC-30 Det 5 took Top Hook one month on the Kitty Hawk during the 1999 deployment. The aircrew came into my ATO office bragging about it. All the pointy nose guys were pissed.

[@hunt_club_1]

Again, best carrier stuff on this channel

[@donrumsey]

Welcome back!

[@steini6771]

Already cranked a beer. Owe you a truckload of the same fluid. Keep these FAB vids coming Sir. Thanks -

[@GrowlerJams]

Cheers!

[@sue-ellencallaghan8238]

Was it Rob Roy? his videos crack me up😂😂😂😂. Hope you have been enjoying you break❤

[@SierraHalcon]

Amazing content on this channel!! As always!! Waiting for more T45 voiceovers!! Fly navy!

[@michaelmappin4425]

My son was 5 months old before I met him for the first time. It was a COD that brought me my first photos. That was a day long before computers. Spot sheets were run off on a mimeograph and handed out by elevator operators with purple fingers.😂

[@GrowlerJams]

Ha! Similar story with my second born. We missed a lot, brother.

[@Plydrms]

I wonder what the grade and comments were on that pass. ..long in the groove??

[@GrowlerJams]

Don’t think so. Fair 2, I think.

[@Plydrms]

@@GrowlerJams Oh, ok. I like DCS World..curious why that might of been FAIR and not an OK?..thanks

[@GrowlerJams]

Because he was full low at the ramp.

[@Plydrms]

Oh, ok, thanks @@GrowlerJams

[@Plydrms]

Oh, ok. thanks @@GrowlerJams

[@lexluthor6906]

isnt there one meant to be turned around looking forward?

[@GrowlerJams]

Yes, but the deck was literally empty.

[@LowandFast357]

Would love your commentary on this!

[@paratyshow]

👍✅Love it!

[@kcnmsepognln]

No signature move = dry ship. Thanks a lot pa(i)l.

[@ZeroG_Bandit]

Do aircraft carriers turn the bow of the ship into the wind, or do they turn so that the wind is directly down the angle of the flight deck?

[@GrowlerJams]

They try to have the wind down the angle.

[@ZeroG_Bandit]

@@GrowlerJams A reply from the legend himself! Love the jams!

[@jdt95123]

Whats the purpose of the object the LSO 2nd in from the left is holding up in the air? Initial thoughts is that it triggers the signal to bolter?? Thanks in advance. Love your videos, keep up the good work.

[@GrowlerJams]

That’s exactly right. That LSO is the backup and manages the “pickle”. He is also responsible for lineup, whereas primary watches glide slope mostly.

[@matthewburns5053]

Drove through Kingsville these week stoped at Starbucks and wondered if you were still there teaching?

[@GrowlerJams]

Sure am.

[@arthurcatalanotto1151]

I have never, ever, seen such a vacant deck.

[@PeteVA-212]

Looked like an OK 2? I saw the controlling LSO did not have the pickle up; the assisting LSO had it until Clear Deck was called? Just curious...

[@GrowlerJams]

Not sure. I’ll ask.

[@ModusVis]

What is the deal with the sparkling lights by the tiedown? Do all the tiedowns do that?

[@GrowlerJams]

The tie down? Not sure what you are looking at.

[@ModusVis]

@@GrowlerJams I'm probably calling it the wrong thing, but just in front of the LSO's left foot. I thought those were the aircraft tie down fittings, but it looks like lights are flashing inside of it. Really good shot of it at 0:40.

[@ModusVis]

Maybe it's water reflecting the light???

[@michaelmappin4425]

They are called padeyes. This one is full of water, and you're seeing a reflection. They are supposed to be blown out or sucked dry, but there are thousands of them, and the FOD team can get behind. A quick rain shower means their job is never done.

[@lignow9762]

The engineering = The best jobs in the best dam Navy. Outstanding.

[@CelticKnight2004]

A voiceover explaining what the heck were seeing would be awesome. Like why is that LSO holding a handle with a button in it?

[@robertbutsch1802]

He’s holding it up to indicate the deck is foul. Happens twice - on a deck width no aircraft on it. Somebody may have been walking across or something. The switch itself is used to signal a wave-off if it be comes necessary.

[@AA-xo9uw]

That's the pickle switch. Allows the LSO to indicate a foul deck to approaching aircraft. Holding it over his head is a sign to others that the deck is foul without having to see the lights on the meatball.

[@robertbutsch1802]

@@AA-xo9uw It’s for the LSOs to wave off airplanes for whatever reason. Most wave offs are not for foul decks but rather for inadequate approaches. They hold it in the air when the deck is foul to indicate they are aware of the situation.

[@Cat-Branchman]

Another great video! Why is there a green shirt with the LSO's?

[@GrowlerJams]

He manages the electrical equipment in front of the LSOs.

[@richardkan8499]

Pail that was breathtaking. Youweren't inside your usual cockpit? And there seemed to be no other aircraft on deck either. Could you take us on a walkabouts on the floating city?

[@GrowlerJams]

I have a walkabout of the flight deck. Stay tuned.

[@crandonborth]

Wow that deck is clean... where do you put all the jets if they arent on the deck??

[@GrowlerJams]

See the description.

[@Supernaut2000]

Nice, looks like he caught the 2nd arrestor cable? He sure does come in fast. Fly Navy or retire.

[@pilotmiami1]

Bravo

[@steveturner3999]

I have a sneaky feeling they’re gonna miss the Greyhound when it’s gone.

[@SplashJohn]

Yup. Still can't believe somebody thought sending CMV-22's to carriers was a good idea. Cost/hr and performance don't compare well at all. Decision smacks of corruption.

[@CGCampbellJr]

CNATRA T-45C CQ DET? Chief of Naval Air Training, T-45C Carrier Qualifications Detachment?

[@GrowlerJams]

Yup

[@PrimarchX]

Not many of those traps left for the C-2A, what with the Osprey COD coming on line.

[@mvb1985]

I always wonder, which is more difficult to land. C-2 or a fighter jet.

[@GrowlerJams]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[@matthewb9824]

Hey, enjoying your videos. Always wanted to fly but unfortunately my hearing is not good enough so I'll live vicariously through you! I can only imagine the tension when landing. Be cool if there was some way to strap on a heart rate monitor and show the readout on the screen for us for a day landing and a night landing to see what your heart's doing. Stay safe!

[@GrowlerJams]

Cheers!

[@davidyates1299]

What's the trigger for - triggering wave off?

[@GrowlerJams]

Yes.

[@StrIIker-TV]

I would love to see a very long video of the LSO’s doing their thing (for like an hour). I’d run that on a loop. I’ve already watched the longer other one(s) out there many, many times. Too bad there isn’t more of this stuff. It’s not like there are any secrets to worry about revealing.

[@GrowlerJams]

Copy. Thanks!

[@paulholmes672]

Damn, I still miss the smell of exhaust fumes in the morning!!!! And it's been 30 years!

[@GrowlerJams]

Yup. It’s my cologne.

[@troybowen3024]

I Got Nad Respect For Aircraft Carriers Pilots I Could Imagine Doing It At Night On A Pitching Deck Much Respect Growler Jams👍👍

[@richglenn3729]

Yea! Mail!

[@Pluvo2for1]

I always imagined that there would be escort ships around the carrier but I don't see any.

[@GrowlerJams]

Not in American costal waters.

[@jimmyg4057]

Set 'em up 5-4-0 Tomcat....errrr 4-1-0 Greyhound! The COD! Every sailor on board's favorite A/C. You've got mail! What's the H/E ratio on that greyhound? I used to know when I was an OLSM tech.

[@stanstenson8168]

I'm a plank-owner on that boat. Edit: Have a great weekend Pail.

[@GrowlerJams]

Thanks, you too!

[@1ingigo2]

Are LSO's even necessary now given the technology available to autoland.

[@GrowlerJams]

Yes, they will always be necessary.

[@joelmartin2549]

What do all those people do, are some in training? What’s the green shirts job?

[@GrowlerJams]

That’s a long answer. Watch my other carrier catapult launches. I break that down.

[@DDGVET4]

I don't think I've ever seen a flight deck that empty except in port or the shipyard.

[@t_rox12]

Wish i would've realized you were out there with us Pail. Are you gonna upload a video of the goshawks?

[@GrowlerJams]

Yes. Stay tuned.

[@bowdoin5063]

Perfect

[@starpawsy]

He caught the three wire. Good on him.

[@GrowlerJams]

It was the 2.

[@pollylewis9611]

This is very cool and exciting to watch, question what is the one LSO holding up in the air, thank you Pail!

[@pollylewis9611]

OK I just read from earlier what he is holding, crazy wild adventures you got to be on my friend!

[@Vicarium]

Greyhound jams...someone, somewhere on the boat, is getting a pizza...

[@toms1348]

You ever spend time out on the platform Pail? PS...the Vikes are a cool little jet(although not so little as one might think).

[@GrowlerJams]

Not really. I was never an LSO.

[@craig_Dronepilotsqld]

Love your channel and the insights you provide us in layman's terms. Can you let me know what is the instrument that one of the LSO's are holding above their head as planes approach for their landing?

[@GrowlerJams]

It’s the pickle. The VO will come out soon describing what’s going on.