Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

[Pags]

Question: What if your communication systems fail while flying a pattern onto the aircraft carrier, is there light gun signals?

At the LHD there's an ALDIS lamp that provides light signals.

 

[brownshoe]

^^For 3 cruises I slept under the #3 wire, after a while you get use to the rhythmic pattern. Now I can sleep through a 7.0+ earth quake and not wake till I'm ready.

Like AE606 says, it all simply becomes white noise.

 

[Austin-Powers]

At the LHD there's an ALDIS lamp that provides light signals.

Awesome thanks!

 

[Pags]

What if there's a man overboard drill or something and you don't hear it?

Are these headphones also sarcasm cancelling?

You learn to sleep through a lot of noise at the boat...and still wake up for man overboards. It's actually really weird if you wake up and it's dead quiet.

 

[jmcquate]

Everything during the day is zip lip. No comm required.

Really? Day Case I, you don't squawk NORDO? What if your in marshal or the bolter/wave-off pattern? No one joins on you?

 

[wlawr005]

What if there's a man overboard drill or something and you don't hear it?

Headphones notwithstanding, most enterprising JO's will turn their 1MC off anyway.

 

[wlawr005]

Really? Day Case I, you don't squawk NORDO? What if your in marshal or the bolter/wave-off pattern? No one joins on you?

None of those things exist Case I, everything is VFR.

 

[Austin-Powers]

More of a personal question, how do you guys prepare mentally for a flight? Is it anything like listening to your affirmations? (kidding)

 

[Python]

Really? Day Case I, you don't squawk NORDO? What if your in marshal or the bolter/wave-off pattern? No one joins on you?

There is no marshaling, or bolter waveoff pattern during day Case I. Just low holding, see and avoid, and the normal pattern.

 

[Pags]

More of a personal question, how do you guys prepare mentally for a flight? Is it anything like listening to your affirmations? (kidding)

After awhile it's like driving a car. Do you mentally prepare for a car ride?

For more complicated flights you prep via extensive planning, rehearsal, etc.

 

[Austin-Powers]

After awhile it's like driving a car. Do you mentally prepare for a car ride?

For more complicated flights you prep via extensive planning, rehearsal, etc.

How do you "rehearse" in the sense of flying, performing a maneuver etc?

 

[Caesium]

Are these headphones also sarcasm cancelling?

Ah, sarcasm. My old foe. We meet again it seems.

 

[Brett327]

I listen to the John Williams theme from Superman - over, and over, and over.

 

[jmcquate]

I listen to the John Williams theme from Superman - over, and over, and over.

Or the not to be named Kenny Loggings song.

 

[Swanee]

More of a personal question, how do you guys prepare mentally for a flight? Is it anything like listening to your affirmations? (kidding)

A poke, a smoke, a joke and a coke. Not necessarily in that order.