Should you want a thrill, ride PHI, Inc. or such, off the helideck atop an oil rig. Sometimes they dive the water to jump above the translation speed with a heavy load after loosing the hover cushion of the deck.
Posted on 07/12/2016 7:12:17 AM PDT by artichokegrower
A new video released by the U.S. Navy shows the moment an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft nearly plunged into the water from the deck of the USS Eisenhower after an arresting cable snapped during a landing on March 18, 2016.
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Lt Ted Lawson (pilot of “The Ruptured Duck”) forgot to lower his flaps for takeoff from the Hornet. His B-25 almost crashed into the sea.
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Got rid of it on mine as well...my laptop starting running better and no crashed web pages the moment I got rid of it. I don’t miss it at all.
Myself, I think Adobe Flash Player is a direct invitation for a virus. I got rid of all of that.
They were bingoed.
Some young sailors have to clean the sh!+ out of the cockpit when they did land?
I don't blame them. After that I think I'd want to set down on a couple of thousand feet of concrete before taking another shot at the flight deck.
The standard procedure for every carrier landing is to go to full power when the aircraft touches down to deal with the possibility of arresting gear failure. It worked as planned in this instance - it was a close call, but it worked saving the pilot's life and the aircraft. The angled deck landing is specifically designed to give the pilot a chance to survive if he has to eject on the way down. It's a really bad day in the pilot's career if he gets run over by his own runway.
And the injuries to Lawson (requiring his leg amputation) and his crew were the result of the Ruptured Duck’s engines cutting out due to fuel starvation while trying to land on a Chinese beach. The lowered gear hit the water, with predictable results.
(Altho that may not be accurate: some of the stories covering the recent death of David Thatcher, Lawson’s turret gunner/engineer, indicated that the gear caught the water because Lawson misjudged the approach, not a stall induced by the engines cutting out)
Pilot to Tower: “OK, now that that’s over, how do I get this seat clean?” (I omitted the expletives.)
The first pilot was Jimmy Doolittle, the leader of the raid, and yes, he fit that description. The first individual to earn a doctoral degree in aeronautics; test pilot, engineer and air race champion who did much to advance aviation in the 1920s and 30s.
After the raid, when Doolittle returned to Allied territory, he expected to be court-martialed, figuring the raid had accomplished little (in terms of actual damage) and he had lost several planes and crews. Instead, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, and promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to Brigadier General.
Jimmy Doolittle was a true American hero; sadly, there are many who have never heard of him or his remarkable achievements. And making matters worse, when they made that horrible film “Pearl Harbor,” they cast Alec Baldwin as Doolittle. They depicted him (early in the movie) as commander of an Air Corps field on Long Island—with mountains in the background.
IIRC Jimmy got the Medal for that.
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?
Bummer.
1”, 1-1/4” or 1-3/8” steel arresting cable pulled to breakage, then whipping back at the deck crew. Bad injuries. Someone’s naval career is over.
You’re right and I just read up why
Quite a few benefits to landing stern to bow
Ship speed and into the wind factors all contribute to lower actual landing speed versus true airspeed
And the opposite would increase actual landing speed
Fascinating
Thanks made me look
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.
Should you want a thrill, ride PHI, Inc. or such, off the helideck atop an oil rig. Sometimes they dive the water to jump above the translation speed with a heavy load after loosing the hover cushion of the deck.
Awacs plane have ejection seats?
No.
No, they don't. I was remarking about carrier design in general. The angled flight deck also allows for simultaneous launch and recovery operations.
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