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Navy contacts inform me that their tail hook actually touched the water. Can’t get any closer.
It actually reminded me of the footage of the Doolittle Raid B-25s launching from Hornet.
Wow - that is one skilled pilot!
He had about 0.5 seconds to realize the cable had snapped, something which probably never happened to him before.....
I was gonna say...
After the deck crew gets their lower jaws up off the deck, they should go change their skivvies.
Man! That was something.
Fly Navy!
Also...
After engaging the cable, don’t pilots hit full throttle momentarily to be sure the cable holds? Just in case of a miss, or the cable doesn’t hold and they have to take off again? Like doing a touch and go?
Geez! Makes the hair on your arms stand up when the plane disappears until it appears again.
Would any former Skittles, who are on this thread, please comment about the speed of the attempted landing and apparent yawling just before touchdown?
Imagine the tummy Gs as he dropped off the stern
Great recovery
He deserves an entry level naval flight medal
I would imagine the hard part is knowing that having survived the near fatal crash that you have to go around and try to land it again. Unless they bingoed them to a shore base.
Very close call.
Kewel
Some young sailors have to clean the sh!+ out of the cockpit when they did land?
Pilot to Tower: “OK, now that that’s over, how do I get this seat clean?” (I omitted the expletives.)
I believe the canted flight deck was designed for just such an occurrence as well as simultaneous take off and landing. I also believe carrier pilots are trained to handle an arresting cable break. Right? That would be the reason they power up the engine to full during the arrest process. Comments?
Great save by the pilot, getting airspeed up and flaps set for lift in time to avoid going into the drink. A jet would have gone in like a rock.