Ferrari Mailing List: Re: PBS: Carrier - Landing on a Pitching Deck Pt. 1

[Rick Moseley (ramosel]

I just realized cLyDe's email on part 2 was a limited audience...

I know you’ve seen this rick but it’s worth watching again 

https://youtu.be/uTVj_ZSwxGE

Here's what I sent him back:

OK, back home after getting a cattle prod to the back of the head....

cLyDe's videos:

57 seconds in on Part 1...  Yep, I was there.   North Atlantic 1985.  Mom (CV66) was big but the Nimitz is another ~40K long tonnes in the water so she heaves a lot less and a lot slower.   Heady times, you knew you were alive.

As I said earlier, 0300 hours, raining, 20 foot seas in the North Sea.  It was go to Mom or wait for a War Hoover (S3) to launch and bring us enough gas to divert to Scotland.  We talked, let's go for trap.  Somehow, I caught a crested deck and greased the landing with a3 wire... OK... first pass!!  FALCON ONE ONE EIGHT!! (WETSU) or for the non-pilots "F'ing amazing". When you hit the deck you go to full power.  If you miss a wire (bolter) you want that power to get back off the deck, not go in the drink and get run over by the "boat".   If you catch the wire, it's going to stop you regardless of your power.   Once you stop you look for a yellow or green shirt and get a clear, then you pull the throttles back and pick up your hook.   Despite the OK trap, I was shaking, scared shitless, we were dead stopped and I was still at full throttle... for about 5 seconds (time stopped). Then my RIO keys the mic...  once more... then finally he whispers sing song "Cosmoooooo, pooowwwer".  OH, yeah, pull the throttles back.   Through the rain, I see the Yellow shirt waving his torches.  He taxied us to a spot just ahead of the Island and more busy bees strapped us down.   My Chief (brown shirt), popped the ladder and foot holes, climbed up and rapped on the canopy, "lets go youngster, I'm getting wet out here".  My heart had slowed down to about 180, I crawled down the ladder and as soon as my brown boots hit the deck, my knees went to mush.  Someone picked me up (no clue) and said something about sea legs...  yeah, that's it... just need to get my sea legs.  LIE.  

Can't believe those guys were eating popcorn...

On Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 1:53:13 PM PST, dan carroll <dwc43064 [at] gmail.com> wrote:

Y’all Fn nuts.I’ve flown with former Blues and guys who have shot down MIGs but known of them talk about this crazy shit. Hats off to you are shit hot.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 29, 2020, at 09:53, Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:



I’m off to a Nerve Block, but I’ll check it later.   Blow your timing and catch a rising deck and it’ll shove your tailbone to your teeth.  Catch a falling deck and it’s a bolter.   Catch a cresting deck and you’re riding glass.   My best was 20 ft seas, 3 am, raining.  Scared the begeezus outta me.   Greased it!

On Jan 29, 2020, at 05:57, Clarence Romero Jr. <clyderomerof4 [at] gmail.com> wrote:



OMG 

https://youtu.be/4gGMI8d3vLs

     RF4-4EVR

Scars are Tattoos with better stories !

If you have no enemies, you have no character !

Clyde Romero    

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