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We've gathered some videos together that you may download and watch.  A few of them appeared as stories in the April-June issue of Mech magazine.  To download the file, click on the link to download or right-click on the link and select "Save Target As" from the menu.  They are all in .mpg format and estimated download time is provided for 56K/28.8K connection.  Enjoy!


Preview image of mechs being knocked down in the landing area with a nitrogen cart.

A Hornet recovers and maintainers try to push a nitrogen cart across the landing area, but the 2-wire rapidly retracts and knocks a mech to the deck.  Read about it:  Everything Came Down to the Wire

Download 6.8 Mb  
Estimate 16 min 56K/33 min 28.8K


Preview image of an airman sprinting across the flight deck...seconds before a hornet recovery.

What's faster than a speeding bullet? An airman crossing the flight deck with a Hornet on final.  Read about it: Faster Than a Speeding Hornet

Download 2.9 Mb
Estimate 7 min 56K/14 min 28.8K


Preview image of an airman taking a stroll across the flight deck

An airman takes a late night stroll across the flight deck causing a fouled deck waveoff of an S-3B.  Read about it:  Foul Deck Waveoff and Two Seconds From Death

Download 1.7 Mb
Estimate 4 min 56K/8 min 28.8K


Preview image of green shirt about to be knocked down by the wing of an aircraft.

A flight deck greenshirt gets knocked to the deck by the wing of a T-45.  Read about it: Flight-Deck Communication

Download 5.5 Mb
Estimate 14 min 56K/27 min 28.8K


Preview image of the cranial being sucked off a maintainer's head.

A maintainer gets the cranial sucked right off his head when he gets too close to the intake of an A-6E.  The cranial FODs the engine.  Read about it: Too Close to the Action

Download 2.5 Mb
Estimate 6 min 56K/12 min 28.8K


A Maintainer gets sucked into the intake of an A-6.

This maintainer got sucked right into the intake of  the A-6E. Talk about FOD. He lived to tell his tale. Sucked Down an Intake

Download 1.7 Mb .mpg file
Estimate 4 min 56K/8 min 28.8K

Download 7.5 Mb .mov file
Estimate 20 min 56K/90 min 28.8K

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