C17 lands on a/c carrier

[ACORN]

Foun this on YouTube. Looks like Dumbo the elephant hanging in the air.
The the park it like parking their Hyundai at Wally Mart.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ers8VEXQvCQ&pp=ygUXYzE3IG9uIGFpcmNyYWZ0IGNhcnJpZXI=

 

[Rustyt1953]

Another win for AI.

 

[Bekeart]

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Foun this on YouTube. Looks like Dumbo the elephant hanging in the air.
The the park it like parking their Hyundai at Wally Mart.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ers8VEXQvCQ&pp=ygUXYzE3IG9uIGFpcmNyYWZ0IGNhcnJpZXI=

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Had problem yesterday.

Today was able to watch.

 

[Shark Bait]

Very cool. There is another video showing it taking off too. Something looks off here somehow though. Maybe some very good CG or AI work? How is there a camera in the locations for shots? A little more evident in the take off video.

 

[mckenney99]

Simulation. It's in the remarks below.

 

[ACORN]

OOPS! Is my face red!

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Thankfully I was not on board, either the airplane or the ship.

Can AI do the skid marks?

 

[venomballistics]

Very nice rendering... Camera work was the first tipoff though.

 

[ggibson511960]

I don't know why the new catch phrase for computer graphics animation is AI. Why doesn't AI catch the obvious errors and simplifications, no thrust reverser doors opening, abrupt accelerations and stoppings, no deck hands walking about, on and on? That said the animation is getting better each year.

 

[SMSgt]

Cannot believe anything in a video anymore.

 

[swsig]

I don't know why the new catch phrase for computer graphics animation is AI. Why doesn't AI catch the obvious errors and simplifications, no thrust reverser doors opening, abrupt accelerations and stoppings, no deck hands walking about, one and on? That said the animation is getting better each year.

And dumb ol' AI forgot the tail hook.

 

[Shark Bait]

And AI forgot the tail hook.

And the catapult

 

[Rudi]

Laughable, sad.

 

[charlie sherrill]

They built an airstrip at nearby Camp Shelby, Ms. for these large aircraft. They come from all over the country for "touch and goes" and practice short runway landings and "touch and go" cargo delivery. A good friend is a crew chief on one of them and got me, my son and daughter, and very excited grandson onto the railing around the flight tower to watch the plane in action. They have also done several flyovers at low altitude at several Southern Miss football games. They can haul a lot of stuff, including bombs, bunker busters, and other bangy stuff. I see them flying around here several times a week so I guess they do a lot of training. I'm guessing they will eventually replace the C 141. We're still gonna need a lot of C 130's though.

 

[LVSteve]

I'm guessing they will eventually replace the C 141.

I believe the C-141 was withdrawn from service in 2006.

 

[vt_shooter]

AI has a ways to go ....

 

[Pisgah]

Thank goodness they are developing artificial intelligence; the real thing has left the building with Elvis...

 

[Breakaway500]

Maybe the carrier was travelling 180mph, give or take..and just Plop her down on the deck! Fake as todays news but entertaining.

 

[Retired W4]

Very funny. The big tip off was no thrust reversers deployed while backing up. The carrier based guys like AJ would probably say they use Hobarts to maneuver on the deck. Besides that, the arresting cables would have to be beefed up substantially to handle the 17.

It does take me back to Dolittle's B-25's on the Hornet. The big difference is the bombers were loaded on the Hornet with cranes and only took off from the Hornet's deck. They landed where ever they could after the strike on Tokyo. My best friend's father was on the Hornet. Crazy stuff that many thought would never work. Gen. Dolittle proved them wrong of course.

 

[Hair Trigger]

I'm guessing they will eventually replace the C 141. We're still gonna need a lot of C 130's though.

I believe the C-141 was withdrawn from service in 2006.

Active duty AF retired theirs in 2004, AFRES retired theirs in 2006. C-17's went operational in 1995 and eventually replaced the C-141B.

The Starlifter was a great aircraft, I have just over 400 hours in them as a Flight Nurse, I served from 1987-1995. Our squadron was involved in the medivac configuration planning for the C-17 in the couple of years after Desert Storm. I never got to fly in the C-17 though.

C-130's will be like the B-52, probably around beyond our own lifespan. They have landed on aircraft carriers. The video is as fake as Astroturf, probably done on someone's flight simulator. I think the C-17's weight would prevent that possibility even if the other parameters could be met. I didn't even watch all of the video, I could tell from the approach it wasn't real, and neither the Navy or USAF is going to put F-35's at risk, as there were a bunch of them parked on the deck, preventing any possibility of a bolter for the Globemaster.