Watch an F35C land on an Aircraft Carrier in slow motion

[whitehot1]

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/watch-f-35-land-aircraft-185357073.html

Pretty awesome in my opinion, as i've never seen it done before.

 

[Gary Wells]

If you look close you can see the tail hook snag the arresting cable.
This is the cable that recently broke on 1 of the newer Navy "birdcages".
I don't remember how many were killed and/or injured.

I was stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14)
from '61 to '65 in the navigation dept and was on the bridge "catwalk"
watching the touchdowns when a Skywarrior came in and landed
and the cable gave way & snapped killing 1 person & injuring about
30 or so personnel, When that cable gave way it splintered into 100's
maybe 1000's of pieces. I was 1 of the very fortunate & few personnel
not hit by cable splinters.

 

[Bad Boyz]

62 -66 USS FDR CVA 42.Flight deck.That brought back some memories.Kind of a dangerous job on deck.Top 10 most dangerous.Cables snapping was always a concern.Among other worries.