My Visit to the USS John C. Stennis

[Colin]

I had the chance of a lifetime to visit the carrier while it was doing exercises off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. Yes, it's a 10 minute video, but if you have time, please take a look.

[CRaZee]

Originally Posted by Colin

I had the chance of a lifetime to visit the carrier while it was doing exercises off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. Yes, it's a 10 minute video, but if you have time, please take a look.

Very nice.. you lucky SOB! I would give a lot for that kind of op! Excellent videography also... !

[Scotty001]

Yikes - Lived and worked on one of those for 5 years.. 80-85.

How did you like landing and taking off.. Pretty cool - eh?

[Colin]

I knew you were in the Navy and hoped you'd like the account. The both the trap and launch were intense. The trap was about as much G as I think I've felt. The launch, well, I've been in a car accident so I think the 'thrown into the belts' sensation was similar. What impressed me most was how noisy EVERYTHING on the ship was.

[Scotty001]

Very Cool - You got to do something that 99.9% of the sailors onboard do not..

And yes - it takes a while to get used to.. Especially for those working and berthing areas right under the deck (03 level). Used to flinch everytime something dropped on the flight deck - hoping it wasn't accidently armed ordinance..

Back when I was on one - USS Ranger - if single junior enlisted - had to pretty much live on the ship. I was (Junior and Single) and actually lived on the thing for 5 years.

But, I know that getting out on one for the day was a great experience.. Something am sure will remember forever.. Good Stuff..

And a great video..

[txcrzlove]

Very nice! I was stationed on the Abraham Lincoln for the past 4 years. Brings back some memories. I was and aircraft director...this video makes me so happy i'm not doing that anymore lol Glad you had fun though

[Colin]

^^ It does seem like the longer you do it, the more likely something BAD could happen. I suppose the odds were in our favor by being there for only 24 hrs. I have read that a C-2 launches at about 3.5 G, doing 0-120 in that time. Is this about right? What about the trap? Do you know much force are we feeling and how fast the landing speed is?

[Ludercrz]

very nice vid. looked very professional.

looks like alot of fun to go out to one of those.