Y&R Discussion Group -- pitching deck on the aircraft carrier

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Topic: pitching deck on the aircraft carrier

Topic Posted by: Elie
Date Posted: Thu May 1 12:53:14 2008
Additional Comments: The waves were about thirty feet high during this episode. So they had the pilots take off and land during the day and night in what they called the pitching deck drill. Two of the jets hit the runway hard when landing.

They showed video from a previous year of aircraft that crashed when the pilots tried to land on the ship.

Posted by: Pronoun
Date posted: Thu May 1 18:25:47 2008
Message:
I missed last night's episode. On an earlier episode one of the pilots described piloting those jets like having sex in a car accident, lol.

Posted by: rushlan
Date posted: Thu May 1 16:58:23 2008
Message:
I wish I had seen that and hope this show is rerun at a time when I can watch. Landing on a carrier has always fascinated me. I would love to experience that some day (though I do know that the Navy would not allow it). I would at the very least love to fly with the Blue Angels. That would be a gas!

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Tony made over 100 landing and take offs from carriers. He said that was enough pushing his luck!! So he qualified for a plane that only lands on the terra firma. eom CG

over 100 times is pushing the luck, I think,but he probably could have landed another 100 times just fine. rushlan

I got this from Dr. Sanjay Gupta's blog. He went on a 90 minute flight with a Blue Angel... ''From a medical standpoint, at 4G's, you will start to lose color vision, which is why it is called

''From a medical standpoint, at 4G's, you will start to lose color vision, which is why it is called 'graying out'; 4.5 G's and you may lose vision all together. Higher G's and your lungs start to collapse, your esophagus stretches, your stomach drops and blood pools significantly in your legs. During my flight, I topped 6 G's - six times the force of gravity.'' eom

Posted by: Denise
Date posted: Thu May 1 16:10:00 2008
Message:
I am always in awe when I watch them land. I try hubby's Avro Arrow simulator on the computer sometimes and I have cracked the plane up nearly every time. It is a skill.

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The end of the runway was shown going up and down. During the night flights, the horizon on the monitors was shown going up and down. The people watching the monitors looked tense. I felt tense watching everything. When one of the pilots landed, he said he had been worried about hitting the end of the runway. Then he said his hands were shaking. eom

I think I would def. be seasick.

Posted by: Mz Chris
Date posted: Thu May 1 13:58:36 2008
Message:
Our pilots sure are pretty amazing - aren't they!

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ITA! Also, I noticed that one of the sailors looked like she was eating a real egg. I could see the yolk. They might have picked up some food when they stopped in Australia. eom