[Aircraft Carrier Footage]

wait and finally got to hook up and clears the gear there's a signal that Claire book down wheels down flaps down those hook release when I write on their toes plenty of what you catch on these wires sometimes with no bait to swallow keep on that landing area as soon as the first barrier goes up the deck clear signal is given back we're here come the big ones as the cut director signals hook up close flaps starts playing up 2day passing it to the next director wing folders they break when the torpedo planes come aboard pilot falls the wings by hydraulic control in the cockpit when signaled by the plane director by the time the plane crosses the barriers wings should be completely folded so as to cause no delay in taxing into the final spot the next plane enters the groove signal officer picks him up a little high little fast to if you ask me wave off hey you can't come Louisville look on the catwalk that's best to suit men firefighters woman and flight surgeon all converge on the plain white deck crews must be ready danger of fire is ever-present in a christ-like this red flag filed a the first consideration is personnel second the plane it wasn't lucky that no one was hit in the catwalk those men had their spots picked and ducked clear no deck rigging this boom and all the gear and tackle required is a small difficult job at best all carriers are not provided with the mobile crane which greatness speeds up the clearing of the wreck a crash of this kind should be cleared in a matter of minutes in such accidents the cross deck pennant is frequently damaged it must be replaced spare penance are kept readily available in the catwalks the plane still in the air may be running short of gas there's no time for lost motion in getting the deck ready again okay retrieve it the crash has been cleared and is sent below planes reenter the landing circle that's one that's fast too when you hear that duck for cover he fooled us that time let's settle down I can't stand his face director signals fall wings chuckman move in man working here just bought of the barriers must be constantly alert to the danger of the succeeding planes coming in it's really getting crowded up here now the clearance between planes is only a matter of inches you see the importance of having the tail wheels locked and quickly getting the wing lines on as soon as the planes apart here's why the directors really earned their salt one plane out of place can throw the whole works out of gear dec we're hooked down wheels down flaps down there's the cut the last plane it's a day red flag all planes aboard this last plane is held in the gear director signals up hook laws flaps fold wings motions for the handling crews to come in direct Paula to open bomb bay doors in preparation for rearming respawning for takeoff begins immediately handling crews start the plane after even before the prop stop turning chuckman assist in pushing but I ready to stop the plane if it gets away handling crews on each plane are supervised by plane director as in the bow these first planes are spotted outboard stern rail has been put up a three-spot begins as the plane there's the spot is pushed ahead slightly to align and lock the tail wheel and then eased back into its final spot tales of these planes are cooked slightly outboard to facilitate taxiing out during the next launching wheels are chocked and crews run forward to get another plane red shirts are there to start gassing the last planes to land must be refueled and rearmed in the after spy plane captain secure the planes as soon as they reach the final spot remember the bite of the line goes under the clean planes are rearmed immediately to be ready for subsequent launching all planes left on deck must be in a fully ready condition