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CARRIER LANDING TERROR!
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/carrier1.html ^

Posted on 02/21/2012 12:52:03 PM PST by navysealdad

This is very unnerving, landing with deck pitching 30 feet, at night, low on fuel. Incredible. You will never forget viewing this. I have seen a lot of aviation videos but the two videos below are undoubtedly the best. Turn on your sound. I guarantee this will definitely hold your attention.

(Excerpt) Read more at angelfire.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: carrier; navair; navalpilots; navy
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To: Taxman

Is the term *Tailhooker* still in use?


41 posted on 02/21/2012 11:18:17 PM PST by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: SC Swamp Fox

Huh. The Top Hatters were my first squadron, back in 1967 flying A-4C Skyhawks.

TC


42 posted on 02/22/2012 2:16:52 AM PST by Pentagon Leatherneck
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To: Daffynition

Why, yes. But certainly.

Once a Tailhooker, always a Tailhooker!


43 posted on 02/22/2012 6:39:07 AM PST by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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To: rlmorel

Especially if you are low on fuel with no available divert.

Pucker factor, indeed
= = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = = = = = == = = = = = = = =
That is definitely when your pucker factor goes into the negative range.


44 posted on 02/22/2012 4:49:19 PM PST by xrmusn ((6/98) EGOIST - A person of low taste, more interested in himself than me. A. Bierce)
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To: xrmusn
One of my favorite stories, ever.

I try to read it every Christmas Eve.

45 posted on 02/22/2012 5:09:24 PM PST by rlmorel ("A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Winston Churchill)
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To: Taxman
Heh. Which raises the *old saw*...is it *nature* or *nurture*? :)

You don't have to answer that SG; we can leave it at rhetorical. :)


46 posted on 02/23/2012 4:17:39 PM PST by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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