The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

[exNavyOffRec]

Apparently it was the Connie during Fleet Week 2000: Launch1 @ 0:53 & Launch 2 @ 1:35

In the early 90's the USS Nimitz suffered an main engine issue and had to return to PSNS vice going to do carrier quals, she had been at fleet week in Seattle and had a small compliment of aircraft, launched them all in front of downtown Seattle.

also.... the ME issue was fixed within a few hours of returning to PSNS, but CQ was still cancelled.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

^^^ This! Worked for me and my pilot…13 September, 1978.

Is there a post here about the circumstances that caused this to happen?

 

[Renegade One]

Is there a post here about the circumstances that caused this to happen?

Yeah…somewhere here:
http://www.airwarriors.com/communit...w-many-of-you-have-ejected.20429/#post-305103

 

[BusyBee604]

^^^ This! Worked for me and my pilot…13 September, 1978.

True that, but without that option........

For my own PRODEV, how does one avoid becoming encapsulated upside down underwater?

*For tactical jets (varies for different A/C types)

Know two things by heart & blindfolded:
1. Your total harness quick disconnect procedure (from seat and/or chute).

2. Know your canopy system emergency operation - open/jettison procedure (clamshell, sliding, or other).

These are the two major items that could trap, or as you put it, 'encapsulate' you in the cockpit. Keep in mind also, with a clamshell (if they still exist?)... the deeper you sink, the greater the water pressure, the harder to open/jettison. Blow it quickly.

On being inverted underwater, that's where the"Dilbert Dunker" simulated the escape. I've heard that's been discontinued, true?

*Modern canopy systems may be different... if so, please ignore this post.
BzB

 

[Malo83]

Tragic, pilot going down with his jet seems like he could have blown the canopy or ejected ???

 

[ea6bflyr]

Tragic, pilot going down with his jet seems like he could have blown the canopy or ejected ???

Some possible answers here.

 

[Tycho_Brohe]

On being inverted underwater, that's where the"Dilbert Dunker" simulated the escape. I've heard that's been discontinued, true?

If it's still being done, it isn't at API. We only had to do the helo dunker.

 

[ea6bflyr]

If it's still being done, it isn't at API. We only had to do the helo dunker.

You also had the Shallow Water Egress Trainer (SWET)....that's inverted in the water. My sinuses hated that one.

 

[Tycho_Brohe]

You also had the Shallow Water Egress Trainer (SWET)....that's inverted in the water. My sinuses hated that one.

This is true. They claimed it was supposed to be set up for a "crawl, walk, run" kind of training environment, but really, once you were upside down underwater, it was more like your dad throwing you into the lake to teach you how to swim. I had to do something resembling this to clear my sinuses:

 

[Homer J]

F7U-3 Cutlass aircraft of Fighter Squadron (VF) 81 pictured in flight near Naval Air Station (NAS) Norfolk, Virginia, on December 10, 1954, fifty-nine years ago yesterday.

 

[Homer J]

F-35 Integrated Test Facility pilot Dan Levin performs a short takeoff in F-35B Lightning II test aircraft BF-1 with external stores Dec. 5 at Patuxent River, Md.

 

[Homer J]

View of an F3F-1 of Fighting Squadron (VF) 4 in flight on December 12, 1938, seventy-five years ago today, the "4-F-1" on the side indicating that it is the aircraft assigned to the commanding officer of the squadron, Lieutenant Commander Wendell G. Switzer.

 

[HueyCobra8151]

UH-1Y leaving the FARP, flying ISO WTI 1-14

 

[Homer J]

A formation of F4U-4 Corsairs of Marine Fighter Squadron (VMF) 212 from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina, fly over the Wright Brothers Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, on December 17, 1948, the occasion of the 45th anniversary of man's first powered flight.

 

[Homer J]

Speaking of which....



110 Years ago today, this happened.