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Carrier Landing During a Sandstorm

提交时间：7 年以前

Carrier landing during a sandstorm in the Persian Gulf in 2003. The carrier only comes into view about 6 seconds before touchdown. (www.youtube.com) 更多...

Howard Toboggan

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Todd Johnes 7 年以前 8

I would love to see this from the carrier's perspective. Sand... more sand... FIGHTER JET!

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Torsten Hoff 7 年以前 8

They don't pay those guys enough.

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btweston 7 年以前 2

I'd imagine most fighter pilots applied for the job because they get to be fighter pilots.

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Matt West 7 年以前 0

I agree, although if you listen to the current administration and DoD, they get paid too much and need a pay cut.

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Bob Lane 7 年以前 4

Praise to the crew on the flight deck! Standing out in a sandstorm can't be fun.

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Brian Bishop 7 年以前 4

Something else I noticed for the first time not too long ago about carrier landings is that the angled landing deck means that the ship is moving in a different direction from the aircraft. It's tough enough if the ship were going directly away from you but to add that to the mix as well as the low/no vis stuation here........ crazy crazy crazy.

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AWAAlum 7 年以前 5

Lots of years ago, I knew a young guy who was in what was then known as the Naval Air Force, and flew jets off of carriers - I believe it was in the 60s. I'd never thought of it myself, but when he explained how it's exciting enough landing on an airstrip, then add to the equation a landing strip that's constantly moving away from you and you're trying to catch up to it, and then tack onto that it's moving on a diagonal he said it was quite a kick. He loved it.

Additionally, when Desert Storm came along when I was working at McDonnell Douglas in Arizona where they assembled the AH-64s, it took everyone by surprise how quickly the rotors were put out of commission from the blowing sand - it literally sand blasted the leading edges and wore them down so fast, we had trouble keeping them supplied. It boggles my wee brain to imagine how many variables enter into all phases of aviation

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tim mitchell 7 年以前 2

yep.....that is def. a cigerette landing.

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vin herman 7 年以前 2

NAVY AVIATORS ARE THE BEST

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mariofer 7 年以前 2

Minimums??, what minimums???

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Oscar Rivera 7 年以前 1

Amazing!

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Guy Medlock 7 年以前 1

It's probably just as hard to drive a Carrier in the Desert, too...:-)

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MACGSO 7 年以前 1

Solid brass cojones... and bigger than anybody elses!

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ToddBaldwin3 7 年以前 1

That'll make you pucker up.

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Lyn Lynch 7 年以前 1

LSO, "call the ball".
Pilot, what f-ing ball"?

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jack kean 7 年以前 1

you've got to have faith in the avionics and flight controls in one of those planes. Including the ACL (automatic carrier landing) functionality.

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Richard Bradbury 7 年以前 1

I know this looks all manual? Is the air speed controlled by the auto pilot? Or is this some sort of Cat 3 C approach? I'm not familiar with the military heads up display.

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preacher1 7 年以前 3

It may not have started out that way but it definitely turned into some form of CATIII in a hurry. All is manual as far as I know. My guess is he was inbound before it hit and probably low fuel with no where to go. If he'd had fuel, I figure he'd have waved off and went back on top and waited for it to pass. I doubt they could have gotten a tanker or helo for rescue off in that mess. My bet it was no choice. I'm guessing but it looked like he hooked the last cable. Safely down, he then had bragging rights. LOL

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Dave Mathes 7 年以前 1

...that was nuts!....(big ones too).....

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Roland Dent 7 年以前 1

Good test of the bowels and the balls

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nicholas weber 7 年以前 1

On the ball? Which ball!

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Ray Gearity 7 年以前 1

Naval Aviation at it's best!

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Bernhard Reimer 7 年以前 1

If it's a sand storm it also means the winds are howling. At least they don't have to make it smooth, just a controlled crash landing.

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Robert Gomez 7 年以前 1

Talk about zero visibility.

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Tim Swift 7 年以前 1

Another day at the office I guess. Amazing. Thanks stuff.

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canuck44 7 年以前 1

One would have to ask what does this crap do to an engine. Losing power on this approach is liable to park one in the tiller flats.

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Jeff Dilly 7 年以前 1

Wow. Just . . . WOW!

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sharon bias 7 年以前 1

I want them flying my commercial aircraft

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vin herman 7 年以前 1

Go NAVY!! BEST AVIATORS

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Robert Hirst 7 年以前 1

As I tried to figure out what I was seeing, I was shocked at WHERE the actual deck was! Kudos!

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James Hodges 7 年以前 0

I think I would have taken my chances with the ejec button!!!

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tim mitchell 7 年以前 12

as well as the ship is moving,the engines are ingesting sand, the tower is about 40 ft. to the side of the runway and the runway is short.....like really short

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Lawrence Chistopher 7 年以前 3

The Island/towers are around 150 ft. tall

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preacher1 7 年以前 1

I guess they can call that coming into view. I'd call that CATIIIC, maybe divert, but he had no place to go. I would have to wonder about those engines ingesting all that sand.

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Roland Dent 7 年以前 0

Agreed Wayne,,,but these guys have balls....USAF could learn a dew tricks.

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AWAAlum 7 年以前 1

They're all heroes in my opinion....even USAF lol.

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btweston 7 年以前 3

And it's a moving target. And they're sucking sand into the engines. And there's a large building just to the right of the touchdown zone. But yeah. Totally the same...

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Chris B 7 年以前 3

On the other hand, we don't take a swim if we get it wrong....

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James Hodges 7 年以前 1

Landing a jet on a carrier when it is CAVU requires more guts than an ILS to 200 and 1800 on land!!!

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preacher1 7 年以前 1

I don't know as I'd call that 1800'RVR but even so, I have always wondered about those spec's as you are just pretty much along for the ride anyway. At the very least, it's pucker time. LOL

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PhotoFinish 7 年以前 1

That may be slightly generous.

But even if so, whatever little visibility is available doesn't account for all the others aggravating factors that make that a challenging landing.

These pilots earn their pay.

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tim mitchell 7 年以前 1

a full cartoon night...lol

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tim mitchell 7 年以前 4

"what's wrong with them?"...."I don't know they just keep smoking and saying thank you Jesus"...lol

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