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Title: Arresting wire fail
Post by: jd on October 16, 2012, 12:19:46 PM: watch the yellow shirt guy with the hops @ .52 sec.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=1c0lfwxRpj0&feature=endscreen
Title: Re: Arresting wire fail
Post by: Shuffler on October 16, 2012, 02:16:18 PM: WOW not paying attn
Title: Re: Arresting wire fail
Post by: MrMeanie on October 16, 2012, 03:18:58 PM: not paying attn? that thing went like 700mph the guy in yellow was lucky to jump like that.
Title: Re: Arresting wire fail
Post by: Shuffler on October 16, 2012, 04:10:35 PM: Quote from: MrMeanie on October 16, 2012, 03:18:58 PM
not paying attn? that thing went like 700mph the guy in yellow was lucky to jump like that.

He was paying attn on a hot deck. The guywho was knocked down was chitchatting.
Title: Re: Arresting wire fail
Post by: guncrasher on October 16, 2012, 04:29:11 PM: this is an old video. saw it like 10 years ago.

semp
Title: Re: Arresting wire fail
Post by: 100Coogn on October 16, 2012, 04:36:45 PM: Glanced at the title and thought it said it said 'arresting wife fail'
Need me some of those eye glasses...

Coogan :old:
Title: Re: Arresting wire fail
Post by: mechanic on October 16, 2012, 04:44:21 PM: ninja skills
Title: Re: Arresting wire fail
Post by: Seanaldinho on October 16, 2012, 04:45:23 PM: Quote from: guncrasher on October 16, 2012, 04:29:11 PM
this is an old video. saw it like 10 years ago.

semp

The F-14s on deck was a clue :old:
Title: Re: Arresting wire fail
Post by: guncrasher on October 17, 2012, 02:30:17 AM: Quote from: Seanaldinho on October 16, 2012, 04:45:23 PM
The F-14s on deck was a clue :old:

that and the fact that it has been posted several times here.

semp
Title: Re: Arresting wire fail
Post by: ebfd11 on October 17, 2012, 07:19:11 AM: I remember seeing this vid in 1988 when I went through CFR school at NAS Memphis. So yeah Semp is right.

LawnDart
Title: Re: Arresting wire fail
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on October 17, 2012, 07:37:29 AM: Quote from: Shuffler on October 16, 2012, 04:10:35 PM
He was paying attn on a hot deck. The guywho was knocked down was chitchatting.

7 were injured so wasn't just one guy.
Title: Re: Arresting wire fail
Post by: Shuffler on October 17, 2012, 09:11:05 AM: Quote from: MrRiplEy[H] on October 17, 2012, 07:37:29 AM
7 were injured so wasn't just one guy.

On vid I saw one guy hit. It did not show the others but it is not surprising. Always dangerous on top when they are launching or retrieving. I'm sure they have problems with folks getting used to it and getting soft on paying attention. It happens in lots of places.
Title: Re: Arresting wire fail
Post by: The Fugitive on October 17, 2012, 11:08:21 AM: I spent hundreds of hours on the flight deck of the Eisenhower. Only an idiot wouldn't pay attention while they were running ops.