OMG!
Nice touch and go!
Pilots first thought....Eject??...my a**.
That is why the pilot goes to full power the instant he feels the wheels hit the deck.
Had not seen that one from March this year. Looks like they had the weight set low or he would not have gotten that far with the cable still paying out?
Hard to believe he could recover from an airspeed that low. Had to be clipping waves.
I also can’t imagine that the 8 sailors injured had minor injuries. That cable had a long way to recoil.
Wonder if the supplier is substituting Chinese made cables. Or maybe they don’t even know. Counterfeit certified Chinese made aircraft grade bolts even made it onto the Space Shuttle according to published accounts.
Heard it happened to an F4 Pilot in ‘nam”, could be heard over radio as he came back in view from under deck “Ok God, Ive got it now!”
The worst part is that he almost certainly had to go around and do it again.
Excellent recovery on his part.
Holy cow!
Or the deck crew. God Bless them and keep them safe with what they do.
That’s exactly why the pilot throttles up when touching down - so they have the momentum should the line break or abort the landing for some reason.
Nice video.
The ground crew was in as much danger as the aircrew. Snapped cables have killed people.
Heluva a job by the pilot. Looked pretty routine right up till the cable broke. I used to work on USAF barriers and saw lots of engagements at way higher speeds than on a carrier and never saw a cable break. We had a formula depending on speed and weight of the aircraft (F-4s) that required a change of cable after so many engagements varying on that formula. Fastest I ever saw was about 180 kts and that required an immediate cable change.
Pilot must has thought, “Ah, nailed it. Three-wire... What the !!!!”
Nice recovery!
I used to work the flight deck on the U.S.S. Enterprise during Viet Nam. I saw a lot of interesting things happen. One was the pilot must have thought he missed the arresting cables and started to take off. Well in fact he did catch the last one and the plane slammed onto the deck. Also lots of ordinance skidding across the flight deck that did not release when it was suppose to.
“Hey. Who broke the rope I left to dry out on the deck?”
If I ever have to fly I want that guy as my pilot!
Impressive!
My understanding is when a Navy Pilot lands on an aircraft carrier he or she has to punch it into full speed as soon as the wheels hit the deck. This is so that in case they miss the cable or if the cable snaps. They have enough speed to take off again.
So what we are seeing is how it actually works.