The Cool Video Thread

[SpazSinbad]

I could have done this earlier but was just going on what I perceived from my screen looking at the image as shown (not zooming in). Anyway with this 'false colour' image to highlight the actual continuous tracks of the lights (rather than original image where the tracks fade in and out perhaps) it is clear what is what in the original image (whatever it is). :-) Perception is a funny thing huh. Thank goodness for LSOs! :-) I probably need to eat more carrots. I forgot to save the 'original' before modifying the colours/enabling them to be seen better so the lower 'original' image is approximately cropped to the same size as the modified one above:

[GOONIE]

I am pretty sure it is the AoA indexer on the nose gear. I have picture I took from vultures row, and you could clearly see the AoA indexer when the jet was in the landing attitude (see attached pic). With a long exposure you would get the affect in the picture Orion posted. I've seen similar pics of night approaches with AoA shown and discussed. That is were I got the idea for vLSO that I suggested to Serge.

[SpazSinbad]

OK thanks. Great pic. I have not been on a CVN to know about this so good to know.

[pyroperson87]

Hornet Ball 2014 video by Wingnut is up, and it is SICK!

Enjoy!

[GOONIE]

Nice, loved minute 9:47, that jet popping out of the goo and the look on people's faces on the LSO platform says it all.

[Orion]

Ever wonder what a Hornet looks like without engines?

[SpazSinbad]

Agree - what a great series of landings at the end of the WingNut video.

[SpazSinbad]

Good video shows the landing intervals with aircraft coming into the break & 'in groove times' etc.

[Victory103]

Good CLARA ball call on that one!

[SpazSinbad]

New Prepar3D v2 Software for Exciting, Immersive Learning [which is v 2.3 as I understand?]

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[SpazSinbad]

First F-35C arrests (two aircraft) USS Nimitz 03 Nov 2014.

This first video is great because it shows a head on approach view:

[GOONIE]

Cool Spaz, thanks for sharing.

I would like to see the LSO's grades for those first landings

[SpazSinbad]

A sharp eyed 'cross deck pedant' at pPrune mentioned that on that first ever arrest that no.2 wire was touched (probably by main wheels). So what. :-) However just for the heck of it two SLO MO videos were made and they are here: First is one eighth slow motion while the second is slow moed again by one eighth.

[SpazSinbad]

An excellent compilation video with other views not seen before is here:

http://www.livescience.com/48597-joint-strike-fighter-makes-first-carrier-landing-unclassified-video.html

Whilst a fourth USN video (helo view) is here:

[SpazSinbad]

Catapults have been carried out today (04 Nov) and here are a couple of extra approaches from them (complete video with cats follows):