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Dailymotion - Ark Royal traps, a video from heydrich. phantom, buccaneer - probably from the Sailor series. Turn the volume up and sniff some paraffin for the full experience 
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Stunning clip. (Sorry to admit, I am the kind of chap that gets all excited standing on the mock up carrier deck at the fleet air arm museum, and watching a video of a Buccaneer coming in to land)
Also I was reminded of just how often threads talk of the UK buying marinised Typhoon or Rafale, rather than JSF
Do we still have anyone with a knowledge of actually doing this within the Royal Navy or RAF
Also I was reminded of just how often threads talk of the UK buying marinised Typhoon or Rafale, rather than JSF
Do we still have anyone with a knowledge of actually doing this within the Royal Navy or RAF
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Good stuff!
"Right, have the LSO have a little chat with him."
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For those that have done that, besides my respect, what and how did you arrange and practice for 'cross deck' ops?
E.g., were shore-based DDLs required before landing on a USN carrier or a USN bird aboard a RN deck or what was the procedure? Did the relative sizes of the ships involved matter at all?
"Right, have the LSO have a little chat with him."
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For those that have done that, besides my respect, what and how did you arrange and practice for 'cross deck' ops?
E.g., were shore-based DDLs required before landing on a USN carrier or a USN bird aboard a RN deck or what was the procedure? Did the relative sizes of the ships involved matter at all?
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Ohhh gawd....boring stovie stuff. and I thought the thread was going to be about the Heads song and others - Q Colton! #♫♫..they'll be a trap all alone, with a big white telephone, when we build us a heads that never close♫♫
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Do we still have anyone with a knowledge of actually doing this within the Royal Navy or RAF
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Did a course with a chap 3 years back, just off an F14 exchange with our American Cuzzs. Did something like 25 landings on US flat-top. Now a Typhoon driver I believe. Must be some guys still on F-18 exchange somewhere????
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I didn't know that "power" and "wire" actually rhymed.
Please disregard my last; just watched the clip and it all came flooding back. Wonderful stuff; pity all we could do is sink submarines and bring the mail.
I'd concur that. RAF also; Pete John (14GE, remember him BEagle) did his first tour as an exchange on 809NAS and he'd be mid to late 50's now.
The youngest pilot who was RN catapult/carrier-deck qual'd would now be about 55 years old, is my guess
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Ahh wonderful accents. I can remember a couple of hats on, no coffee, "stand-up straight man" interviews listening to that accent while intently examining the picture of HM hung on the wall behind the desk.
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I'd concur that. RAF also; Pete John (14GE, remember him BEagle) did his first tour as an exchange on 809NAS and he'd be mid to late 50's now.
Pete John, now a B777 Capt. with BA.
Pete John, now a B777 Capt. with BA.
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The youngest pilot who was RN catapult/carrier-deck qual'd would now be about 55 years old, is my guess
Brilliant! But just imagine landing-on at night, in the wet etc... 
The recovery sequences were also impressive - down, hook-up, wings fold and onto the lift all in a few seconds.
Having lost all that experience (both air and ground (or should that be deck) crew), CVF and Dave-B will present quite a learning curve. Assuming of course that they actually 'happen'.
The recovery sequences were also impressive - down, hook-up, wings fold and onto the lift all in a few seconds.
Having lost all that experience (both air and ground (or should that be deck) crew), CVF and Dave-B will present quite a learning curve. Assuming of course that they actually 'happen'.
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It is indeed from the Sailor series. If you enjoyed that, the series is still available on DVD. Did a few deck landings in my youth and have now reached the biblical age.