Comments for "Grumman Fails to Stop on Aircraft Carrier" Video at VideoSift.com

By Woland

Woland (http://www.videosift.com/member/Woland) — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:44:11 -0700

Wow, did it start lifting? They might have been able to pull out of that, eh?

By thesnipe

thesnipe (http://thesnipe.videosift.com) — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:42:38 -0700

That's weird since it looked like they ejected early, unless there was a failure in the cockpit which would make them eject and they didn't just miss the arrest cable.

By archchef

archchef (http://www.videosift.com/member/archchef) — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:14:08 -0700

Looks like some Premature ejaculation to me.

By Dash

Dash (http://www.videosift.com/member/Dash) — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:50:49 -0700

Someone chickened out!

Wonder which one it was...

By Deano

Deano (http://www.videosift.com/member/Deano) — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:15:20 -0700

Why didn't they just make another run? Strange.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:27:45 -0700

Tags changed from "eject,miss,brakes" to "eject, miss, brakes, a-6, intruder" by gold star member calvados.

By calvados

calvados (http://www.videosift.com/member/calvados) — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:34:15 -0700

@Deano: I reckon the pilot thought he was too low and slow to avoid splashing down -- they did look damn slow, I thought the plane was going into the drink for sure. Normal procedure, at least for fighter jets, requires the pilot to apply max power as soon as he touches the deck, in case of exactly this situation (misses the wire or "bolters" and has just a couple of seconds to reach flying speed again -- IIRC, Top Gun depicts the landing procedure accurately). So I don't know why they were moving so slow when they went off the other side of the flight deck.

By deathcow

deathcow (http://www.videosift.com/member/deathcow) — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:56:17 -0700

must have been a major malfunction, they're no idiots

By karaidl

karaidl (http://www.videosift.com/member/karaidl) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:01:21 -0700

*eia

By siftbot

siftbot (http://www.videosift.com/member/siftbot) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:01:21 -0700

Adding video to channels (eia) - requested by karaidl.

By kulpims

kulpims (http://www.videosift.com/member/kulpims) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:26:12 -0700

*wings

By siftbot

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Adding video to channels (Wings) - requested by kulpims.