when you were 9 Oh Ok
I had to wait till I was 19 at NAS Pensacola it wasnt an F8 Cockpit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biuVMQDgayo
It was a bumpy roller coaster ramp into the water and a flip, then unbuckle and get out. Swimsuits, no flight gear, I recall it as being a little more graceful than the video you linked, not being encumbered with a flight suit probably helped...