This question is concerning the use of night vision goggles for nighttime carrier operations. I have always heard how challeging it is to land on the carrier at night mostly because of visiblity issues. Why does the Navy not use the night-vision? It is just a question that has been bothering me. Also, is the Hornet equipped with LANTIRN? Is the Hornet an all weather fighter? Any answers will be appreciated.
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Dave Shutter
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I have yet to fly with NVG's but I drove Tanks with them and did countless night patrols and they screw with depth perception bigtime! The NVG's I see pilots wearing look like the same PVS-7 I used and besides weight they're not much of an improvement over older models. I can't imagine night trapping with them, but ask Matt.
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I have yet to fly with NVG's but I drove Tanks with them and did countless night patrols and they screw with depth perception bigtime! The NVG's I see pilots wearing look like the same PVS-7 I used and besides weight they're not much of an improvement over older models. I can't imagine night trapping with them, but ask Matt.
I can't speak for landing on a carrier, but we do use them for coming to the back of a small boy in a helo. I probably only have about 20 hours of goggle time, but personally, I can't stand the things. Yeah, I can "see" a bit more, but depth perception is poor, and your scan rate has to be faster. Oh, well, guess I'll get used to them.
I have yet to fly with NVG's but I drove Tanks with them and did countless night patrols and they screw with depth perception bigtime! The NVG's I see pilots wearing look like the same PVS-7 I used and besides weight they're not much of an improvement over older models. I can't imagine night trapping with them, but ask Matt.
I can't speak for landing on a carrier, but we do use them for coming to the back of a small boy in a helo. I probably only have about 20 hours of goggle time, but personally, I can't stand the things. Yeah, I can "see" a bit more, but depth perception is poor, and your scan rate has to be faster. Oh, well, guess I'll get used to them.
Dave Shutter
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Scan rate...yeah, I forgot to add, you can see at night and on clear nights with stars and a good moon it's almost light a green daytime but it's like driving a car looking through a bucket with the bottom missing, there's no width to your vision. You have to scan like crazywether your walking, driving and especially when flying (I guess).
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