F/A-18 Super Hornet Lost Overboard Off CVN In Mediterranean
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“Buccaneer XN954. Deliberately dropped into the English Channel off HMS Ark Royal during the making of a Royal Navy safety film about the accidental loss of XT269 (031/R) from Ark Royal 15/2/1972. The safety training film re-staged the accident, and showed what to do to prevent it happening again.” http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=157090 Last JPG: https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/512214157618381088/
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“Buccaneer XN954. Deliberately dropped into the English Channel off HMS Ark Royal during the making of a Royal Navy safety film about the accidental loss of XT269 (031/R) from Ark Royal 15/2/1972. The safety training film re-staged the accident, and showed what to do to prevent it happening again.” http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=157090 Last JPG: https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/512214157618381088/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBfqiKukVps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBfqiKukVps
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Spaz ... thanks for those videos. Thirteen airborne and nobody is trapping a wire? Deffo not my scene.
I imagine recovery will be a priority. US Navy SUP Salvage has had some interesting recent recoveries.
On 3 March 2010, three rogue waves hit Louis Majesty, killing two passengers. This accident happened in an area of the Mediterranean called the Gulf of Leon, which is known for big waves when storms hit.
https://abc7news.com/archive/7312146/
On 26th September 2010 we were sailing out of Monte Carlo on our first cruise, bound for Barcelona on the P&O Oceana. That evening the captain advised us that they were expecting it to get a bit rough, Force 8; during the night the wind and the waves crashing against the ship woke us up, I said to my wife that is never a Force 8 more like a10. In the morning the captain admitted that it was worse than they had expected and was in fact a Force 10. The crew were out early in the morning repairing the broken bits, mostly handrails and deck tiling.
https://abc7news.com/archive/7312146/
On 26th September 2010 we were sailing out of Monte Carlo on our first cruise, bound for Barcelona on the P&O Oceana. That evening the captain advised us that they were expecting it to get a bit rough, Force 8; during the night the wind and the waves crashing against the ship woke us up, I said to my wife that is never a Force 8 more like a10. In the morning the captain admitted that it was worse than they had expected and was in fact a Force 10. The crew were out early in the morning repairing the broken bits, mostly handrails and deck tiling.
I believe "flight deck height" would be a better term to use than "freeboard" when referring to an aircraft carriers flight deck. Happy to be corrected.
Some aircraft carriers such as the Midway's and some WWII era carriers had notoriously low freeboards, and were known as wet ships.
Some aircraft carriers such as the Midway's and some WWII era carriers had notoriously low freeboards, and were known as wet ships.
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P'raps this is a new submarine SupaHorneto wersion? "...According to a source, the Super Hornet was a two-seat F/A-81F[sic] and was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 211, based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia...." https://seapowermagazine.org/f-a-18-...arry-s-truman/
I believe "flight deck height" would be a better term to use than "freeboard" when referring to an aircraft carriers flight deck. Happy to be corrected. Freeboard could be lower, as in the hangar deck. Some aircraft carriers such as the Midway's and some WWII era carriers had notoriously low freeboards, and were known as wet ships.
I imagine recovery will be a priority. US Navy SUP Salvage has had some interesting recent recoveries.
I imagine recovery will be a priority. US Navy SUP Salvage has had some interesting recent recoveries.
I was on the "Australis" in 1974 and we were supposed to dock at Cherbourg after sailing from Southampton. There was a gale in the Bay of Biscay and a wave broke several windows on the Promenade deck! We never did get to Cherbourg and sailed on to the next port which was Las Palmas. It was the only time that I have been sea sick on a ship. It didn't help that I had just had lunch in the restaurant.
Here are a few interesting things about rogue waves
https://youtu.be/mC8bHxgdHH4
https://youtu.be/l_8hOai9hGQ
https://youtu.be/uK_4V3zqAvg
https://youtu.be/mC8bHxgdHH4
https://youtu.be/l_8hOai9hGQ
https://youtu.be/uK_4V3zqAvg
Astonishing how something as basic as wave theory was found lacking after the Draupner Wave incident - which showed that hundreds of years of mariners' tales about freak waves emerging from nowhere - were likely true.
And the bit where they used a satellite to look for rogue waves globally, and found them all over the place - chilling.
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Naval Aviation News May 1968 "...[USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14)] En route to WestPac, Tico encountered 35-foot waves and high winds gusting up to 90 miles per hour about 400 miles east of Japan...." https://www.history.navy.mil/content.../pdf/may68.pdf
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The Ejection Site: Underwater Ejection VERY DRAMATIC VERY DETAILED telling of the tale from a Corsair II pilot going over the side during his arrested landing that had some shortcomings. Then a WHY VERN!
66 years ago today a pilot ejected from an aeroplane trapped underwater! | Hush-Kit (hushkit.net)
This site is damn near impossible to use - you may have some joy: Approach - Google Books
Spend yur mony here folk: Underwater ejection | Journal of The Royal Naval Medical Service (bmj.com)
Google: Underwater Ejections - Google Search
The SEA HAWK 'girdle' off - VIKRANT catapult: Navy’s first underwater ejection- The New Indian Express
Safe underwater ejection from a downed fighter jet. HD Stock Footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfVKUdA433Q
66 years ago today a pilot ejected from an aeroplane trapped underwater! | Hush-Kit (hushkit.net)
This site is damn near impossible to use - you may have some joy: Approach - Google Books
Spend yur mony here folk: Underwater ejection | Journal of The Royal Naval Medical Service (bmj.com)
Google: Underwater Ejections - Google Search
The SEA HAWK 'girdle' off - VIKRANT catapult: Navy’s first underwater ejection- The New Indian Express
Safe underwater ejection from a downed fighter jet. HD Stock Footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfVKUdA433Q
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