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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #30 on: October 06, 2011, 08:52:57 pm »
Quote from: capthaltli
Here is a Paddles report on this Wave Off:

http://www.hrana.org/documents/PaddlesSafetyGram.pdf
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Two nice photos in the pdf.  Thanks

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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #31 on: October 07, 2011, 12:44:29 am »
Thanks, Capt. Good to know.
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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #32 on: October 18, 2011, 06:13:45 am »
Fellas...

Here's the afforementioned wire snap that I was onboard for, and was filmed by NatGeo doing a documentary on the USS GW.



Typical, I go looking for a video to show this incident and the guy who posted this says something snarky, essentially: "if you would've checked the wires, this wouldn't have happened". Sure, except for the fact we just got out of PIA weeks before and passed the post-PIA ship certification WITH 4 NEW WIRES and cat tracks. Figures.

Just wish I could find an HD version of the video...

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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #33 on: October 18, 2011, 06:30:16 am »
Oh wow, that's cool that you were there.  Where were you/what were you doing at the time?

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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #34 on: October 18, 2011, 06:48:37 am »
Orion...

I was in my stateroom, reading a book right before going on shift. My stateroom was on the O-3 (ops) level which is just below the flight deck, so we hear everything. This happened in the late afternoon and I was just passing time waiting to go on-shift in CDC (Combat Direction Center). One gets used to all the bumps, thumps, and sounds of cat-shots and traps going on... and when this guy caught the wire, we could hear it spool out normally, then boom, a metal "whip cracking" sound and then another boom (I assumed the ejection seats), then all the 1MCs (shipboard speaker systems) came alive with the usual emergency calls "all hands on flight deck render assistance...", that kind of stuff.

The ironic thing was that TWO YEARS PRIOR, the USS GW just got done with carrier quals and had to scramble (yes, scramble an aircraft carrier; MASSIVELY HARD to do, maintenance and personnel-wise) up the coast to New York after the 9/11 bombings. 9/11 is not a good day for the GW, so IF I were still on that boat, I'd be weary doing anything on that day.

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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #35 on: October 21, 2011, 09:39:00 am »
Have a look at 'DIP' (& others) here - stirring things up:

Strike Fighter views

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DEPLOYMENT (Jan-July 2011) A look into sorties flown in an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Checkmates of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211 during a deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The aircraft carrier and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 were on a deployment conducting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy video by Lt. Ian Schmidt/Released)"

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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #36 on: October 31, 2011, 12:35:52 am »
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Javiers carrier has some cool features.

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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #37 on: October 31, 2011, 04:59:29 am »


DCS looking good.

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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #38 on: October 31, 2011, 06:06:30 pm »
Fellas...

Lookie what I found this morning. Micro has been busy, check this out!



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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #39 on: October 31, 2011, 11:43:25 pm »
Fantastic work Micro! :D

Totally reminded me of when I watched the actual Blue Angels at Fleet Week 2010. ;D
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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #40 on: November 02, 2011, 01:04:20 am »
another great one for you Micro

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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #41 on: November 03, 2011, 09:42:08 pm »
Fellas...

Lookie what I found this morning. Micro has been busy, check this out!



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Micro flying as his own wingman we might have to give him a new nickname. ;D
Han Solo
Awesome video all the same thats some good flying.

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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #42 on: November 21, 2011, 10:26:03 pm »
Fellas...

Check this out. Talk about the one-armed monkey on approach.
(go to 3:15 for the full pass turn... and at 3:28, he is already at 0.6 and still not lined up... then at 3:32 for the one armed bandit on HOTAS)


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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #43 on: November 21, 2011, 10:56:03 pm »
Sludge, thanks. Terrific inset top left view of the 'one armed paper hanger' (we would say).  :o ;D

Also there is a brief view of this effect in another FCLP video:

http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4802.0;attach=11764

zipped "FCLPhornetInsideHQ.zip" (3894.87 KB): scroll down about mid page)

http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php?topic=4802.msg44584;topicseen#msg44584

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Re: The Cool Video Thread
« Reply #44 on: November 21, 2011, 11:43:50 pm »
Sludge, wow.  :o Seems a little excessive. I'd almost think that was done on the ground as a joke. Or maybe he just had to pee REALLY bad. About the line-up, the ball call is at .75, but you're not required to be lined up at that point. You'd probably be long in the groove if you were.
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