South African Reacts To Americas $13 BILLION Aircraft Carrier

[@OldGoat-cw8he]

I was a redshirt, an Aviation Ordnancemen in the USN. They were wearing those gloves in that shot because they were in full general quarters gear. They had their firefighting gloves and hoods on. Every sailor on an American Naval vessel is an on ship firefighter too. It's required.

[@tyler-y4s]

I was an Ordy too

[@OldGoat-cw8he]

@@tyler-y4s IYAOYAS!

[@kennethcrawford3325]

I.Y.A.O.Y.A.S. CV 67 JFK

[@DadalorianCreates]

Big thumbs up to all of the BB stackers

[@carmenohio8735]

I have a question for you salt eaters. Say an aircraft carrier gets hit with big waves, such as a nasty storm. Does it ever get bad enough to where you have to tie down the aircraft?

[@randieandjodistrom854]

I served in the US military for 30 years. I too have an aversion to the use of the term "replace" or "replacement," as in my experience we never used that term when commanders, personnel or equipment were removed from their current service activities. We preferred the term, "relieved," commanders were relieved of command, personnel were relieved of their current duties, and equipment were relieved from active service, and others stepped up to assume their roles and responsibilities.

[@tdb2012]

Regarding the arm-length gloves worn when handling bombs and other ordinance, some of those ordinances contain hazardous materials, the gloves give you better grip and they most likely help with preventing electrostatic discharge between the sailor and the ordinance.

[@tyler-y4s]

I never worn any of those so called gloves while handling ordinance and I was a weapioneer for 5 years

[@curtjoyner4493]

If you find yourself in California, go to San Diego and tour the USS Midway. The carrier in Texas is the Hornet, a WW2 straight deck carrier whereas the Midway is a more up to date angle deck carrier. Full disclosure: I served aboard the Midway for a 7 month WESPAC (western pacific) cruise during the Vietnam war. I was in a F-4 Phantom ll fighter squadron, VF-161.

[@fasttruckman]

The carrier at Corpus Christi is the USS Lexington she entered combat service in April 1944. The original Lexington was sunk at the battle of the Coral Sea on May 8 1942. The Lexington was nicknamed "The Blue Ghost" by the Japanese radio announcer Tokyo Rose.

[@sheawalls9059]

You mean Lexington?

[@garycamara9955]

I was on the Midway in 1972

[@Combat_Pyro]

If you find yourself in California head East until you reach the border, then keep going until you reach freedom.

[@garycamara9955]

I was on the Midway in 1972

[@solonutiket564]

All aircraft carriers have been built at Newport News Shipbuilding. they take 5 years to build. To help reduce cost, they are ordered in pairs now. I worked there for 5 years and did productivity surveys daily on the work being done at the shipyard. I had one person working on one aircraft carrier each day. They could not get to every room on the ship in a day. Remember that they feed everyone on board, about 4500, have their own septic and fresh water systems. Literally a floating city.

[@shadowangel3995]

There’s several places around the country where old Navel vessels are displayed as memorial or historic sites including the USS Yorktown in Charleston, South Carolina. My oldest brother was on the Enterprise when it was decommissioned and helped start the process of breaking down the 6 reactors it had. If you’re interested look up the history of that ship. It’s amazing. Firing a .50caliber machine gun is awesome.

[@mikecalif5553]

San Diego you can go on the USS Midway Aircraftcarrier and in San Pedro CA you can go on the USS Iowa Battleship and sit in the Bridge Capt Seat looking out at 6 16" shell width Guns.

[@Chivalry1978]

The gloves are for multiple aspects of safety. Getting your hand sliced by a guide fin while loading it on a jet is a great way to slow down the operations. Also, those gloves provide traction and ensure that humidity and or sweat do not cause a loss of grip which can lead to some scary problems.

[@MaartenOosterbaan]

There's a relative 'small' one in NYC as well. That's a WO2 era one that I believe served up to at least the Korean War. The Space Shuttle prototype is on there as well and a Concorde is parked next to it.

[@Kenneth_James]

It's not just the size of the carriers that's so impressive but being able to operate and maintain these incredible ships effectively long term

[@williamshepherd1531]

And thank you for a comment about the chickens. I'm trying to find some Here in the states. William s

[@nasabielas]

Yes, the Ford Class carriers are amazing, and this is just the first one to be made. More are to follow, and the Nimitz Class carriers will be replaced. I got to tour this carrier before it was fully commissioned. It is a huge island of a ship. The technologies on this thing are amazing. The electromagnetic catapult system is smooth and fast and will launch more aircraft in a shorter time. The blasts that you were looking at are called shock trials. They are massive blasts, like 65 tons of TNT, that register at around 3.0 on the Richter scale. And as you guessed, they did nothing to the ship, and by the way, they did those 3 times. The electrical capabilities are only using half to allow upgrades like direct high-energy lasers. The new laser systems use a large amount of power to be able to take out incoming missiles. We have the tech now but are still perfecting it.

[@JohnWarner-lu8rq]

I had the pleasure of working at the Newport News Shipyard for three years, '78 thru '80, and helped do repair work on the original USS Enterprise Carrier. At that time there was 40,000 people working there.

[@curtjoyner4493]

The "blast" you asked about is a method of testing and proving the below the water line integrity of the ship. It is a 40,000 pound package of explosives set a specific distance from the ship and is known as a "shock test". It tests the propeller shaft seals in addition to other below the water line sealed openings that provide cooling water for the nuclear plants, intake water for distillation to fresh water, etc. All of the below water line sealed openings inspected for leakage after the shock test.

[@thebrewingsailor9172]

Glad I scrolled a bit first. Saw his reaction to the explosion and was about to explain the same thing.

[@CheekyMenace]

​@@thebrewingsailor9172 Same. The detonation of a 40k pound explosive package must create some serious under water shock waves. Apparently the tests progressively got closer. The explosion in that video looked pretty damn massive and close.

[@thebrewingsailor9172]

@@CheekyMenace couple hundred, maybe 500 yards at most.

[@jeffreyoishi8394]

Thanks again to this explanation and the comments section in general.

[@sedonamudsquid]

Great channel! Great video! Like a previous commenter said, if you can make to beautiful San Diego you can see Huge amounts of naval vessels, including the Midway. We took a tour aboard a floating restaurant ship for a dinner cruise and it was amazing! Your kids will love it, too! Cheers!

[@SeekerKnight]

Those”small” boats in that floatilla can be anywhere from 400’ to 600’. Any one of them would seem huge in real life. When you see an aircraft carrier up close, you will be looking straight up. That flat deck sits about 60’ above the water line. You begin to realize their scale when first see them from several miles off in the distance.

[@EddieGonzalez]

Everyone loves the task group glamour shots. They don't actually operate that close to each other on patrol. Still in site, but with enough separation, and the carrier in the middle not the lead, to not be effectively one target. This is a parade formation.

[@dallashensley5488]

You ain’t live until you’ve watched flight operations on an aircraft carrier. GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.

[@leo2a7dk]

Carrier class groups are just an amazing way of force projection.. Ohh my .What a beutiful ship......

[@glennburch1081]

I was doing fiber optic installs as a civilian in Newport News Shipbuilding on board the USS Gerald R. Ford when she was being built, the Uss Nimitz was berthed right next to her for a short while. The size difference was mind boggling, the Ford is much wider and longer as well. I did 2 cruises on the Nimitz (Attached to VA-82 A-7 squadron out of Cecil Feild, FL) when I was in the navy and I never thought I would see the carriers grow to be so much larger. We used to like to think of the Nimitz as 100,000+ tons of deployed deplomacy! I am impressed with how much forethought went into the ability to employ future weapon systems, both aerial platforms and ship weapon systems. Still very strange to see a cat shot on the USS Ford less the steam rolling up out of the catapault track. Great reaction, TY.

[@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay]

Oh, one way to tell the difference between a Nimitz-class and a Ford-class is the location of the Island (the control tower thing on top of the flight deck). On the Ford class, it has been moved back quite a bit. It's about an Island's length back from where it was on the Nimitz class. And I believe that was done for two reasons. To give it a better look at the angled landing runway part, and two, to allow both aircraft elevators on the starboard side to be placed ahead of the island instead of being split by it.

[@keithcharboneau3331]

the shape of the island on the Ford class was also changed along with moving it farther aft, to minimize the "burble" that the pilots have to fly through during their landing, with the smaller and more angular shape, that burble is minimized, and by moving farther aft, it also moved it farther behind the ship, with the Nimitz class the burble is almost 1/4 mile behind the ship, on the Ford, it is nearly 1/2 mile behind the ship, it gives pilots a greater margin of safety while landing

[@curtekstrom9531]

Elevators 1 and 2 on Nimitz Class Carriers are forward of the Island.

[@seekexplorewander]

A few things they don't mention in this video - the new Ford class has a BIG reduction in personnel needed. The Nimitz Class, when fully loaded with a full air wing, requires over 6,000 people...the Ford Class requires about 800-1,000 less people, mostly on the "ship" side of operations. One place they were able to reduce not only personnel but also free up a huge swath of space on the ship was replacing the old steam-powered launch catapult systems with the new magnetic/linear induction system (similar to how the newest roller coasters across the globe launch). If you compare the two classes as well you'll note that the bridge complex (known as the Island) is smaller and set further back - allowing for more room for operations on the flight deck.

[@JG-PyroTX]

In Corpus Christi you can tour the USS Lexington which is a WW2 Era ship that was in service through 1991 and was used as a training vessel for it's last 22 years in service. It's a great Museum ship now and even though it's much smaller than modern aircraft carriers it's still impressive. You can be on the ship for an entire day and not see everything. I took my nephew there last year and it had been a long time since I'd been and it was still an amazing time for me.

[@erikc3621]

The look on your face when they talked about advanced laser weapons is priceless..........

[@Fuzzypattyg]

You're definitely not the only one who feels sad when the military decommissioned something every time I hear an airplane or ship getting retired from the military I always get pretty sad because each and every one of them just like steam locomotives have their own personalities and quirks some may say I'm crazy but trust me they do have each their own personality

[@bradsavory9880]

I recommend, if I may. Recommend reacting to the fire aboard the USS Forrestal. It's used as a training film today. Great video

[@HemlockRidge]

You're not the only one that feels bad about decommissioning. I'm a Navy vet, and it hits home when your old ship is sold for scrap.

[@sadiekincaid5310]

US aircraft carriers can also provide natural disaster relief because they can produce clean water and electricity as well as provide medical care in an emergency. When Haiti had the earthquakes the US sent at least 1 seabee battalion (construction workers of the US Navy) to help with inspecting buildings to make sure they are safe to enter. The first buildings inspected are hospitals then power plants and finally homes. If any need repairs they will do it to make sure people can get medical help in a timely manner, have electricity and someplace to live.

[@kennethfeld6639]

The "Blast videos" and subsequent reports are usually only done on the first ship in a class and are highly classified. I got to do them on a submarine (Yes, they are tested and depth charged as well) and there is an extremely minimal crew on board and it happens over a 2 day period, each blast getting closer and closer.

[@supersport7746]

They only use half the power the generator can generate. Because originally, the navy was going to install an electric rail gun on the ship. Which uses 32 million watts of stored energy. The rail gun was put on the back burner. But the ship is still capable of adding. Without having to upgrade its generator.

[@SeekerKnight]

The gloves they use while handling munitions is for grip and preventing static discharge which could cause detonations

[@pjmiller5207]

Yes...In Texas you can tour the USS Texas Battleship, the USS Stewart Destroyer, and USS Cavalla Submarine in Galveston, TX...45 min. south of Houston.

[@sdv73168]

One thing the video failed to mention was the updated island, which is now more compact and pushed farther back, adding more room to the flight deck.

[@mattbowdenuh]

If you do come to Texas, you can visit the USS Lexington, a WW2 Essex class carrier. Today's carriers are larger, but it's still a cool experience. It's located in Corpus Christi. And if you're down there, you might as well go north on 183 after youre done to Goliad, Gonzalez, and some other small Texas towns that were pivotal battles in the Texas War of Independence. Also, you can swing by Shiner, TX where there's a very famous brewery for us Texans - they have a tour and everything.

[@timlenard1646]

people call aircraft carriers floating airports, but really they are floating cities with an airport on top...

[@tyler-y4s]

Yes they are

[@A_Name_]

Small town with an airport. Idc where you are from 5k people isn't a city lol

[@timlenard1646]

@A_Name_ There is always at least 1 person that takes things said as literal.. tag, your it...

[@A_Name_]

@@timlenard1646 there is always someone who gets butt hurt over nothing, congrats on that soft soft skin. 🍻

[@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay]

The Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN-67) is actually actively deployed to the Middle East along with the new Ford. So that's kinda ironic.

[@brandyforsythe1882]

Very nice display Jono! Thanks for another great video. Much love from Texas!

[@williamshepherd1531]

O WOW You don't have a blank wall anymore. Hey that's pretty cool. Now you need to get one of those. KZbin chairs. William s

[@BlackEpyon]

I particularly like that several shots had the Ford flying both the American and the Ukrainian flags. That they're intended for a 90 year service life, I was unaware of. The Enterprise and Nimitz class was only intended for a 50-year service life.

[@spuds416]

I served 20 years in the USAF as a Weapons loader i wore gloves most of the time while loading Munitions. Arming wire, Fins, sharp edges etc plus in the Desert everything was HOT! and in placesx like Germany and Korea it would get COLD

[@malcolmmceasy2252]

A few comments... 1. With your interest in aircraft carriers, you really need to see the video "Evolution of American Aircraft Carriers", by "Not What you Think". The video explains not only the history of the carrier, but why certain parts are located where they are. 2. The switch from steam powered catapults to electric powered catapults is a big change; one which eliminates a lot of maintenance and piping, but probably explains why they have a second power generator. 3. US ships use a naming convention, based on the type of ship. So some are named after Presidents, some after states, some after cities. 4. The extra hard swing on the champagne bottle might be an attempt to avoid what happened to former First Lady Bess Truman, who had a mishap during such an event (the video can be found under "Bess Truman & the stubborn champagne bottle"

[@brianhoward9336]

there may be an old carrier that allows tours but Norfolk VA is where you can find active ones.

[@augl2702]

Corpus Christi, TX. They have the USS Lexington (CV-16) museum ship. Essex-class WWII aircraft carrier. I've been aboard a few times, and it's incredible. I highly, highly recommend visiting if you have the opportunity. There's also The USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Hornet (CV12), USS Intrepid (CV-11), and the USS Midway (CV-41) that apart of the museum fleet. Unfortunately, we won't be seeing a Nimitz-class museum ship. The deactivation process for the nuclear reactors is far too complicated and involves dismantling of the ship to do so.

[@deanmccormick8070]

The Lexington is a big ship, but it's dwarfed by a Nimitz class or Ford class carrier. About 1/3 the weight of the newer ones. Visit it if you can.

[@dallashensley5488]

Gloves are worn in a lot of areas of the carrier. Mostly for personal protection. I’ve been stationed on 3 carriers and seen gloves in a lot of situations.

[@megotwood2079]

I like the plasma displacement technology that no one talks about The ability to project and image of itself several miles away to displace enemy targeting systems

[@mikehilton4204]

Gloves to reduce static electricity and offer better grips. Also, there are 5 aircraft carrier museum ships. 2 in California, 1 in NY, 1 in Texas, and 1 in S. Carolina.

[@k9raven960]

They wear gloves to prevent damage to the ordinance from rings or other hand (area) jewelry, and prevent injury to the handlers from the ordinance.

[@John-q5p9m]

Those gloves and the hoods they've got around their necks are flash gear. They're fire retardant and if an accident happens, or a fire breaks out, it will help protect you.

[@MlTCH]

You get superior money. We get superior cultural influence. Good exchange. Welcome to the American sphere.

[@jdanon203]

You can have a walk on one in NYC too. The USS Intrepid is stationed there and has been turned into a museum.

[@jaimearredondo787]

Yes, if you go to Corpus Christi, Texas you can take a tour on an aircraft carrier.

[@austinkeene8421]

The USS Lexington is a aircraft carrier, museum in Corpus Christi, Texas

[@gunnyboone9079]

The Carrier in Texas is The Lexingtom and it's located in Corpus Christi

[@KrypTik_Sweller]

You can also walk on and inside of the aircraft carrier and a submarine at the USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier in South Carolina

[@darylkent6058]

You could take a tour of the USS Midway in San Diego California. She is smaller than the Nimitz class and pre-dates reactor powered aircraft carriers, but will still give you an idea of the size of them.

[@alanbaum6690]

The World Ear II era carrier the Intrepid is now a museum available to tour in New York City.

[@briandstephmoore4910]

The gloves in part help reduce any static build up

[@T260.]

The aircraft carrier you were referring in Texas is the USS lexington. In Corpus Christi Texas. I live about 15 from it.

[@jessicacolegrove4152]

Corpus Christi Texas is were you will find USS Lexington. She was a WW2 era carrier later she was modernized and served as a training carrier into the 90's. Lexington is now a musiuam

[@stevechappell580]

I don't know about Texas, but if you go to San Diego, CA you can tour the USS Wasp (World War II) and see, from it's deck, at least one Nimitz-class carrier stationed across the bay at NAS North Island (Naval Air Station). Additionally, not that far away from the Wasp is another NAS that houses several other classes of ships.

[@warrendavis9262]

"I've been having trouble sleeping"...lay off the super spicy reindeer burritos, mate! 😁

[@kellywiewall4928]

The new propulsion system is a lot easier on the aircraft because it isn't jerk at the beginning it's steady and gets faster

[@alberthart4146]

they are running low energy consumption in anticipation of future weapons like the rail cannon and laser cannon. both of those will consume tons of power per firing cycle

[@mythro6]

Gloves are anti slip, so their hands don't slip when being pushed or pull.

[@SomeDudeTanking]

There are a LOT of naval ships on the East Coast too, Norfolk is one of the major Naval hubs.

[@mikebalzano2108]

Officially they say the old equipment (ships) to be replaced and equipment could mean almost anything but in this video it’s means ships are decommissioned (retired) but in all actuality most of the time the old equipment (ships) are what is called “mothballed” which means put in storage BUT it’s kept maintained just in case the military would have to bring it back out and (recommission) it if they need it for an emergency like war which in my opinion is a good idea. In the worst case scenario the equipment could be sold or cut up for scrap as a last resort possibly.

[@shalakabooyaka1480]

New York, South Carolina, Texas, and California (Cali has two) all have carrier museum ships.

[@certautoserv]

The gloves are also for protection against static electricity as well as the other reasons mentioned from the others I could be wrong I am just a old V2 division cats and gear person

[@Cody38Super]

When you see a refueling, if there is a "drouge chute" it's the Navy, if it's a "flying boom" it's the Air Force. (flying boom is a rigid line with the two thin v-shaped wings)

[@tyler-y4s]

Bombs are fiberglass coated probably why there wearing gloves. Otherwise that blue bomb you saw them lifting is a training round has no explosive filler

[@dalemettee1147]

Jono, as you can see, this ship is bigger yet requires fewer people to operate it thanks to the advanced electronic computer systems.

[@roderickrobledo6373]

Eliminates static charge when handling explosive ordinance!

[@christopherciesielski4978]

There’s a decommissioned aircraft carrier in NY you can go on also, I believe it’s the USS Intrepid

[@richardanders1]

I helped build the Ford and the Kenedy at Newport News shipyard. They are massive in real life and a true wonder to beholden.

[@IC27185]

Static electricity. Gloves prevent getting shocked when there's static electricity in the air.

[@bobkonradi1027]

The reason the Ford cost $13B is that they had to re-design and / or rebuild or replace a very large number of items. When you have to do something 2 or 3 times, it really runs up costs. The ship was commissioned in the spring of 2017, and was theoretically then certified for normal sea duty, but due to equipment problems it remained tied up at a pier in Norfolk, Va for over 3 years while they reworked a number of large items. For instance, the carrier's airplane launch system couldn't launch the larger planes the ship would carry. Then the bomb elevators weren't installed, and weren't even built until 2020. All the items built with new technology, the new technology didn't work. The projected cost of the ship was $8 billion dollars, but there were an additional $5 billion in cost overruns. Part of the problem was they tried to add too much new technology, but part of the problem was the items weren't designed correctly, and so forth. Much of the new equipment will be correctly designed, built and tested on ship #2 and #3 of the class, the Ford being the test mule to some extent.

[@grandadmiralyamato9694]

well Nameships of the class are usually used as testbeds to make intergrating new tech much easier and helps make small adjustments to the Construction of the sister ships Usually

[@brianlewis5692]

The new set-up looks great!

[@tvdroid22]

For comparison, the Iowa class battleships were topped out around 60,000 tons. I would think gloves serve to protect handlers from propellant and explosive residue, as well as I sulating the weapons from possible static discharge.

[@davidnelson5728]

The gloves prevent static electricity along with cuts.

[@IC27185]

You can walk on the Midway in San Diego CA too.

[@patrickunderhill2901]

Was aboard the CVA 43 Coral Sea B/T rate. Boiler tech. during Nam. Seems like all the new classes are 20-30% bigger.

[@williamlilleston1595]

As an old man now, and having served in the US. Navy from 1974 to 1984, I know this will sound a bit silly and superstitious, you are correct in that ships are inanimate objects without feelings, HOWEVER, they do seem to take on the "personality" of their commissioning crew. My last command was a Guided Missile Destroyer, USS Chandler, DDG 996. I was fortunate to have been picked as one of the commissioning crew. US. Naval ships have their own quirks and oddities if you will. The knowledge of these are passed down to each new crew member. But a brand new ship does not have these things. It seems that they are inherited from the original crew.

[@robertantonelli2092]

super cool. there's one in NYC u can tour and hang out on the flight deck.

[@dougfurr5217]

Find a current of retired USN sailor to escort you on a Tiger cruise. You get to go out on the carrier and watch plane launches and flybys and sometimes the super sonic booms. Crazy impressive.

[@russellgtyler8288]

I did that aboard the Bush in 2010. It was amazing.

[@appo9357]

And most importantly, they have a Starbucks.

[@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl]

Jono, here in Texas outside of Houston you and your family will be able to visit the USS Texas a WWI and WWII battleship which has just underwent repairs and being repainted now. Plus there is a submarine outside of Fredericksburg and I believe it is a German U-Boat type. But I am not sure of that.

[@Forced2DoThis1]

If no ones mentioned this before.... "It is said that an aircraft carrier can power a city, and the USS Lexington (CV-2) did just that for Tacoma, Washington, during a severe drought. On 17 December the ship began feeding power into the city line for experimental purposes for two hours. Ultimately, 20,000 kilowatts were transmitted for 12 hours each day for 30 days while the city stored water behind Cushman Dam." Also, with rare exception once a single U.S.N. Nimitz Class Carrier gets near another nations coast it carries more combat aircraft than that nations entire military air asset compliment, in affect becoming the dominant air power in that area.

[@grandadmiralyamato9694]

it was also showcasing the Incredible power a Turbo-Electric Drive could Provide! hell back then those drives allowed a ship like the Lexington to go in reverse at the same speed if she were Full Ahead!

[@Forced2DoThis1]

@@grandadmiralyamato9694 I'd forgotten that! Good point!

[@stevemotley808]

I'm just guessing but I would assume the gloves are to help prevent dirt oil and static electricity as static electricity could damage electronics in the missiles

[@EdgardoGalvez-n4e]

I believe the crew that moves ordnance (bombs and/or missiles and/or rockets wear gloves (made of heavy duty rubber) to avoid slippage and dropping the bombs,missiles etc.

[@wittsullivan8130]

It blows my mind that they're planning on using a ship for 100 years. It also makes me happy they're building them "to last". And then you see the B-52, which has been in service since the 1950's and is planning to be in service until at least the 2030's, about 80 years. And there are M2 Browning machine guns in service that are over 100 years old and still running.

[@williamlemke5209]

If you want to get a look at the early history of the US when you visit, go to Charleston, South Carolina

[@kipcook6514]

X Ordie here.....lol, it's for show. We never wore gloves, especially those. If they do now, I'd like to know why.

[@tyler-y4s]

MK2 CIWS its like shooting a gun in a video game crosshairs on a hub with a telescoping camera so fun

[@jeffhall2411]

there are several retired air craft carriers you can walk on, i know there is one in Charleston, SC, but it is not even close to the size of this beast

[@douglasestes1125]

The gloves keeps the chance of static electricity, that could cause an accidental ignition .

[@roger5322]

Love your content, been watching for awhile now. I suggested the southern barbecue video you did. Anyway I'm like you, my back and shoulder pain keeps waking me up at night. I'm up 3-7 times a night and if added together i average about 4 hours a night of sleep. But hey after 10 years you get used to it.....not. lol Have checked out the "jet packs" the military are working on? They are cool. A couple of years ago i remember the news was reporting people calling in saying they was some.guy flying around near san diego. Even had a commercial air liner pilot call the tower to report a man flying off his wing at about 300 yards. The tower said they wasn't showing any plane in his area. The pilot said .... He's not in a plane....😮

[@Smashing_Bumpkin]

These videos are so intriguing to me. It’s interesting to see how far technology has come in the past few decades. (Maybe a bit scary to think about too haha). Great vid 🤌🏼 thanks

[@lordjimbo2]

I don't know if you're heading to the middle of the country, but Kentucky Ballistics might be a great crossover opportunity for you and the kids. He loves to show foreigners weapons that you can only fire in America and lives in the sort of rural area that you like.

[@generichardson4771]

There is a video of the navy testing how well built the carrier is before they built the 1st Nimitz carrier what they did was they pulled the decompressioned uss America out to sea and fired all kinds of weapons at it to sink it good watch

[@wolfgangschmidt3720]

Or California in San Diego you can go on the Midway which was used during world war 2

[@storbokki371]

gloves prevent static discharge. I great idea when handling explosives.