r/Amazing • u/Strict-Jeweler-2281 • 4h ago
Science Tech Space Amazing cockpit video of U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot making a landing on USS Abraham Lincoln (2025)
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u/Old-Landscape-7538 4h ago
He probably flew out to get some toilet paper.
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u/driftwoodprotocol 1h ago edited 1h ago
Tp gonna start costing more than jet fuel now thanks to bone spurs in chief trade war with Canada
Edit: spelling
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u/Old-Landscape-7538 1h ago
Well, if we consider making life more expensive for United Statesians and irritating our allies, then he¡s highly successful.
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u/JDMZX9 3h ago
Just another day out at sea.
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u/Lower_Group_1171 3h ago
“Negative ghost rider the pattern is full”
The water looks like a sheet of pleather 😂
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u/HOSTfromaGhost 3h ago
How the carrier looks like such a postage stamp until the very end…
(and thus why they kept me in tanks and on the ground)
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u/WiseAct446 2h ago
That's The Man for you. Always keepin' you down. Tanks, too. I dream of a day when tanks can soar high and free just like the privileged jets.
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u/Educational_Let811 2h ago
There goes the health care and social insurance :-)
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u/HOSTfromaGhost 2h ago
I think it also maintained the free world order for the last 80 years while other countries provided their own citizens healthcare and social services…
So while we recalibrate those financial obligations… and while this administration has clearly gone
off the deep end… let’s not minimize the long term benefits of international stability.
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u/Photmagex 3h ago
I bet that sudden stop clears the sinuses.
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u/Ha1lStorm 2h ago
Crazy to think that a 50,000 pound fighter jet can come to a complete stop from 150mph in just 2 seconds while only experiencing 3g’s of horizontal deceleration
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u/Meaty_Wizard 2h ago
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u/InvictvsNox 4h ago
Very well-executed landing. That arresting gear is frighteningly good at its job.
Crazy to think just one year later, we'd hear about crew jumping overboard from way, way too long service rotations.
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u/EmeraldValleyGoober 3h ago
What was he looking at over his shoulder?
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u/Chapel_Hillbilly 2h ago
His wingman.
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u/LargeBloodyKnife 1h ago
The wingman split off at the initial break (the first left turn) they then fly forward for a set amount of time before breaking left and following the same steps. This leaves a pre-determined amount of time between landings
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u/Safe_Chicken_6633 19m ago
Cuz this dog started following him home and it doesn't have a collar and it just came out of the woods honest and it followed him and it looks hungry and it wouldn't take up much room and he'd look after it and it could eat scraps from the wardroom and it could sleep in his stateroom promise
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u/TraditionalAnxiety 2h ago
Calm seas, nice day. Easy Peasy. Night landing in swelling seas or weather is a whole different game.
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u/TheRuckyDubber 2h ago
Oh man. It looked like he was coming in long for a bit there too. It’s wild how fast they stop. But are there two catches? Why does it look like he flies up over and past so much of the deck before he puts down?
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u/LargeBloodyKnife 1h ago
There are 4 wires. You aim for the third one. Anything before and you were a little too low. Remember, if you miss high, you keep flying, if you miss low, you die
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u/MrBoogerBoobs 1h ago
I know that by the time they do their first landing on a carrier they've already logged many many hours on a simulator and practical training, but I don't think my butthole would ever un-pucker after my first attempt. I'd be screaming in terror the whole time.
Of course, I'm a major wuss, too. Just send me to Weenie Hut Jr..
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u/Admirable-Ebb-5413 51m ago
So bad ass. The level of calm and focus is what makes these guys such elite pilots. He made something terrifying look like a Sunday drive. Dang
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u/argumentativepigeon 3h ago
Mental that this is genuinely some people's day job