Since I am in the military (AF), I love these kind of videos. Just a few things though. There is no way this video was shot in the 70's. The quality is way to clear. Secondly, the person in the video is a LT CMDR (O-4) and would not be in training to fly a new jet that late in his career.

Good video. This is definitely an S-3 Viking (HOOVER as we called them). You can tell by the TF-34 engines that sounds like a vacuum cleaner. They were initially built in 1972 and intro'ed to the Navy in 1974. There were 187 of them built between 74-78. They were primarily used as sub hunters but eventually turned into full time flying gas stations. They are all decommisioned except for a couple of squadrons in Jacksonville, Fl. with their end coming close. The pilot is a LCDR and looking at the helmet design...possibly from VS-21 stationed with the USS Kitty Hawk until they were decom'ed a couple of years back. FYI...the pilot is also not using an oxygen mask but has a mike close to his mouth which is another indication that he is in an S-3. All other carrier fast jet pilots use the oxygen mask. Judging by the configuration of the aircraft on the carrier..looks doesn't look that old. Just info from a guy that was in an S-3 squadron! Hope this helps clear some air!

anything like this is cool! Bravo to our Heros in the Armed Forces!

the f-14 was built around the pheonix missile. the navy needed an all-weather and a multirole jet. which is the reason why they got rid of the tomcat. sux though. hornets suck. i know this cuz i work on em and i love the 14. we just decommed the 14 almost a year ago. that is either an s-3 or a prowler. and that windscreen shows it's an s-3.

now that sum one said it. the s-3 is a 4 seater a/c. i know i was on cruise wit em and they sound exactly like a hoover. i hated that. they decommin soon though so we can use that gay a** super hornet.

we do have a training command that trains every pilot on the east coast. we even had a former co of a marine squadron come through. i think he was co of the marine squadron that 106 attached me to. look up vfa-106. they train and retrain pilots. and the f-14 came into service in 1972. so at that time he could have been converting from the f-4 phantom. just to tell ya.

I find it hard to believe that anyone that knows anything about Naval aircraft would think this is anything other than an S-3. Plain and simple, that is what it is. sounds like it, looks like it. great video!!! not from the 70's though. the pilot is a LCDR, you can see his oak leaf on his shoulder.

These guys make it look so simple ... cool as ice !!!

Easy to do it

very cool video thx for sharing

and the Top Thrill Dragster !!! Where can I get me a ride on one of these??? Fu##ing Yanks get all the fun!

My name is Jose Imenez, I'm coming in for landing!
Royal Cuban AIRFORCE

that's some good ass picture quality to be in the 70's, whatever your smokin give me some mothafucka.

Anyone familiar with military aircrafts can see this is a S-3 Viking!!!!

Panzeees!!!

was a government camera. Videotaping flight from inside the cockpit is a no-no. Not to say I haven't done it along with every other pilot in the service. There have been at least two air to air collisions resulting from aircrews making
"hero films" while flying in formation. Interesting, but when you're flying a fingertip formation while looking through your viewfinder, if the camera is set to wide-angle, you believe there is more space between you than there really is. For this reason, I doubt the camera was government issue. Nice flim though.

Bleh...

im no expert in jets, but dude, there is no way that vid was taken in the 70's. maybe ur cuz 'JOINED' the military in the 70's and u dont know ur family that well. OR ur so fukced up in the head that u just made all of this shit up.

Are sure that film in 1970..?

Sounds lilke my vacuum cleaner ;)

This person must have had tons of training I have seen some nice f14 tomcat landind this has to be the best one

I didn't know that planes used to sound like a cleaning machine in the 70's.

if I was in that plane just as it reached the edge of the deck my arse would have been nipped up so tight you would'nt have been able to force a peanut up it

Its a 747 and that is not a carrier, its an oil tanker. And the pilot is my little sister. Jeez, don't you people know anything.

hope this is the last one for him

For those of you who don't know anything about military aircraft, the aircraft in this video is an S3-b Viking. I did 9 yrs in the navy, one of my last squadrons was a S3 squadron. Turbo fan engines sound like no other, and the S3 has two of them. Who ever thought this was an EA6-B should keep their thoughts to themselves.

games should look like :)

A-6 Intruder

I do find it an amazing video and i do admire the skill of the pilot but you said the film was taken form the 70's. I myself am struggling to understand why a home made video from the 70's in in such clear perspective, its looks like an up to date video as usually the footage from the 70's era has hair line smudges all over it but yet the film is crystal clear is it not?

this is a EA-6B PROWLER, this plane is used for electronic warfare system to support air strikes and ground troops

Look at the pristine video quality. Even professional tv cameras wasn't this good in the seventies. To me it looks like they're using a dv camera or something. My guess is that this is tops ten years old.

This could be an s-3 viking. They have side by side seating as well.

It does look and sound like an A-6 and they are a side by side seating arrangement. But I couldn't imagine them using an A-6 for training pilots. I know that T-2 buckeyes were used, but they were a front-back seater jet.

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this gives me a kick, only doing it is better!

Made you feel like you were doing it. Excellent.

A-6 intruder

won't see me up there!!

the video quality is good but nothing exceptional that one would have to question the authenticity or date. who cares good video, by the way why does everthing end up turning into a sex talk, wasnt that a video of a jet? lol

it was the 70's where is his mullet hair cut, and his handle bar mustache.... Cool vid tho ;o)

Because there are clearly F-18's on the right side of the deck and those entered service in 1983s.