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Originally Posted by Tiger27

That's why they needed the arrestor hook, it was stinking hot and there were a couple of slabs of beer in the fridge, and the crew didn't want too miss out by landing at the other end of the runway, this also explains why one of the crew jumped out leaving his mate behind

yep, here's a pic of the ATC tower

[xnomad]

That bit at the beginning when they fly over the coast very low reminds me of when I was surfing in the middle of nowhere and an F/A-18 did the same to me. Scared the living crap out of me!

[Skoshi Tiger]

The hook must be a fairly standard procedure for emergency landings where fitted. The F-111G isn't a naval aircraft yet it still has a hook. Back when we operated Phantom II's hooks were used used during emergency landings and most of our big RAAF bases have arrestor cable systems.

I guess that using it is to stop the plane in the shortest amount of time. Ejection from an F-111 is to be avoided if possible. From memory it almost always causes back injuries to the pilot and navigator.

Anyway they are the experts so they should know what they're doing!


Cheers