Cable snaps on USS Eisenhower during landing

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Atilla60

July 09, 2016, 12:42:37 PM
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Quotef you ever wondered why carrier pilots increase thrust when they hit the deck for a landing, that right there is your answer


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mirth

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July 09, 2016, 12:48:23 PM
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July 09, 2016, 01:01:46 PM
Bloody hell - thought he was a goner for sure!
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July 09, 2016, 01:14:10 PM
Just read a very good book all about US naval aviation in the 60s called Triple Sticks

Very good details on why and what happens in these situation (basically it calls for a replacement set of pants)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NF2V2ZC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

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steve58

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July 09, 2016, 01:57:33 PM
Quote from: bob48 on July 09, 2016, 01:01:46 PM
Bloody hell - thought he was a goner for sure!

Ditto

Here's hoping none of the deck crew got caught by that flying cable! :o
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July 09, 2016, 01:59:36 PM
Alert the Washroom! Whole load of shitty drawers on the way!
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July 09, 2016, 02:08:39 PM
Wow! You're right, the pilot must be ready for that to happen.  :o
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July 09, 2016, 02:43:37 PM
You got to wonder, if the bow and flight deck were falling instead of rising would the plane have made it? 
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July 09, 2016, 03:52:34 PM
Don't know if it is still active, but in the 30s, naval aviators gleefully welcomed new pilots into the "Order of the Diaper".
Ultimately, no matter how many traps you performed successfully, every pilot who lands on a carrier joins the Order.
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July 09, 2016, 05:43:13 PM
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

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Dammit Carl!

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July 11, 2016, 08:44:24 AM
Wow.

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August 15, 2016, 02:32:13 PM
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Atilla60

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August 15, 2016, 03:39:45 PM
Quote from: steve58 on August 15, 2016, 02:32:13 PM
Pilots awarded Armed Forces' Air Medal for saving plane after cable snapped

QuoteThe Navy awarded three pilots-- Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Browning, Lt. Cmdr. Kellen Smith, and Lt. Matthew Halliwell-- from that plane the Armed Forces' Air Medal in a ceremony aboard the Eisenhower this month.
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August 15, 2016, 04:14:30 PM
Glad it was no worse than this. Someone could have been killed.

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