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After reading comments below videos about flight deck operations I noticed many questions about flight deck's crew hand signals.
I came up to an idea to create this video showing and explaining the most common signals given by the crew. Although I'm a pilot and a huge fan of aviation, I had to make a deep research into all the details of the aircraft launch procedures. Hope You like the final result:) If so - I would be more than grateful for any feedback and of course for sharing this video and subscribing my channel:)
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I think it’d be REALLY cool if they managed to reenact a carrier launch at an air show, having all this happening with an announcer explaining what the crew’s signals mean while guiding a plane to the runway for the main stunt display
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Very nice job. There are a few subtle errors but you got the gist of everything that goes on. I would point out 2 things. The shooter can shoot from the deck or from the "bubble." If it on deck or topside, they touch the deck and point. If you see a thumbs up, it's because the shooter is in the bubble and the topside safety observer (a qualified enlisted person)is passing, "all go" to the shooter. Normal aircraft stop is accomplished by closing fists to indicate brakes on. That signal with crossed arms indicates emergency stop. Okay, 3 things. Don't confuse the term launch bar and tow bar. The launch bar is part of the aircraft. A tow bar is attached to the aircraft for towing with a tractor. Well, 4 things. Blue shirts are part of move crews that are led by yellow shirts.
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As a radioman on the USS Saratoga some five decades back, I used to go up to the signal bridge and watch flight ops when I wasn't otherwise occupied or on watch. I was always amazed that (a) nobody got run over by a plane or otherwise got injured and (b) the efficiency and concentration it took to do those jobs. And I was glad that I was a radioman. Flight deck crew are the gustiest gang on the ship, maybe more than the guys in the engine rooms, who also work under very dangerous conditions. In the end, each of us had two simple jobs: keep ourselves alive so we could keep our shipmates alive.
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I've said for years that the young folks on an aircraft flight deck are the some of the bravest and most professional of just about anyone in the military.
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Extremely good video. Out of my 22 years on the flight deck as a yellow shirt, this video is spot on. You sir have invested a huge amount of time researching the operations of the flight deck.
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I’ve watched several of these videos occasionally that explain carrier decks. Well produced, slick videography, ballsy announcers, professional networks. Imagine my surprise when the guy with the thick accent and cartoon graphics summed it up best in 12 minutes.
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I used to do that! Every Plane Captain had their own “style” too. In my squadron, personalizing your signals was encouraged as long as it didn’t deviate from what the intent of the hand signal was.
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I have to echo several of the comments below. Apart from a few minor errors (which is very understandable for someone who probably never worked the Roof for a living), this was a REALLY well-done video, infinitely better than the majority of the crap on YouTube. Clearly explained, simple, VERY well organized, with excellent video editing that precisely showed what you were describing. All-in-all, Bravo Zulu!
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A lot of people see the awesomeness of the operations but don't see the hours, days, and elements these men and women work to keep the operations going. My husband would leave for deployments weighing 160 lbs to come home at 130 lbs. Little sleep, walking falling asleep, or stories of passing out. So, thank you Air Dept. for your sacrifice to me and the nation.
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I would like to point out is the fundamental that all signals ABOVE the waist are for the pilots and all signals BELOW the waist are for the deck crew...
Also the holdback fitting is a bolt with a breaking strain that corresponds to a little more than the specific aircraft's maximum thrust, so that it is "Held Back" on the shuttle until the shuttle fires, when it is designed to snap under the cat shot's added power.
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147 easy steps to launching an aircraft in 4 minutes. 😃 Thanks for the video.
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I was a fueler(grape/purple shirt) on board the USS Guam LPH9 for 2 1/2 years. There are several more and signals u didn't cover used by fueling crews. Flight ops on a helicopter carrier vs a aircraft carrier is very different. All those hand signals and checks are done in seconds. An aircraft carrier can put 1 aircraft in the air every 30 seconds, just for a baseline.
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I've always wondered what these signs mean. Thanks for the clear explanation of these gestures. I look forward to more movies like this.
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I was in USN 89 to 93. I worked on a bird farm, USS Saratoga CV-60, CAG-17 was the air wing and I was in VF 74 F-14 Tomcats. I made 2 floats to the Med Sea and Red Sea. Gulf War Desert Shield and Storm. I love working the flight deck, adrenaline junkie job. I must say you did a good explaining thing. A couple of minor things, I would have said a different way. But yeah good job. Bravo Zulu.
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A few years ago I watched a video on the launch procedures, puzzled at the hand signals, but found nothing that explained them. Thanks for your effort.
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Well done .... brings back memories of driving the F-8 Crusader (the last of the gunfighters to you young guys that never heard of it) for the USMC ... Always amazed at the dedication and skill of the young guys that operated in an environment that is so hazardous and can go sideways in a moment of inattention.
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9:50 - "Take Tension" - That's an instruction to the catapult operators, not the pilot. It's given after the launch bar is moved in front of the catapult shuttle and instructs the catapult operator to move the shuttle forward, hooking the launch bar into it. The aircraft will be at idle when this takes place.
In some videos, you might see an aborted launch where they'll give similar hand signals the opposite direction. They'll direct the catapult operator to move the shuttle back from the launch bar, instruct the pilot to raise the launch bar, and then instruct the catapult operator to move the shuttle forward again. The aircraft will be at idle when this takes place.
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For a non-flight deck person, this was well presented and easier to follow than others I have watched. Thank you.
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Thank you. Very informative. And thanks to Michael for identifying a few “errors”.
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@daveperala4723
2 years ago
As a former roof rat, I too used these signals. When I became a 'final checker', I had a few Aviators that thought they were in charge. They aren't. Yellow shirt OWNS that bird till it's passed off. Had this one guy refused to put his hands up when doing the final check. I don't see your hands, I don't check your plane. Seen guys lose and almost lose digits because some "O" bumped the stick when getting checked. One guy went to the Skipper on me. Said I used an unauthorized hand signal. Left hand slightly cupped, held horizontal to the deck, right hand balled into fist cupped in left hand, violent motion removing balled fist from cupped hand. Skipper told him that he had best follow instruction to avoid injuring any of HIS line rats. And that signal meant "pull your head out of your ass".
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