What you’re looking at here is a 16mm film shot off of an aircraft carrier’s on-board closed circuit television system. The film shows an F-8 Crusader making a landing pass at about :20 seconds, but the plane fails to catch the cable with its hook. The aircraft makes a go-around but apparently there is a problem. The crew then deploys the barrier system so that the aircraft can make an arrested landing, around 3:11 you can see them beginning to set it up. At 5:00 the entire deck crew is busy securing the barrier. At 7:20 the barrier is up and the view returns to the deck POV of the sky, with the aircraft streaking in towards destiny. At 8:00 the aircraft hits the deck. Markings on the tail of the aircraft “NM” indicate it was likely part of CVG-19, Carrier Air Group 19, tail 50335, VF-191 “Satan’s Kittens” although precise information is still needed.

In this short silent film, shot by the Pilot Landing Aid Television system, known as PLAT, a crippled Vought F-8 Crusader makes a barrier landing. The Mark-V barricade shown in the film was developed to arrest disabled aircraft which, for whatever reason, are not able to land by conventional “hook on a cable” means. In this instance, the landing is a success, the pilot walked away unscathed and the aircraft was salvageable.

We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 — President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.”

This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com