[ airplane flying in ]
First-time l landed on an aircraft carrier
the weather was kind of iffy and like
the waves are kind of bad and the first
time flying over the ocean.
[ airplane landing ]
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The aircraft that I fly is the C2
Greyhound. Our mission is logistics we
bring all the people, parts, mail, anything
that needs to get out of the aircraft
carrier we are responsible for so we're
kind of the supply line strike group.
Flying this aircraft in particular is
extremely challenging we have these huge
props which are overpowered. So, these two
big props spin in the same direction
which causes a P factor which causes a
big yah. So every power correction you
put in you're moving both your feet and
they call it riding the bike.
I work in the E2-C Hawkeye, which the AW platform.
So every morning, I would do the panic control type stuff to help the strike group know that's out there.
After I graduated from the Naval Academy, went through flight school and then I selected the P-3 Orion.
The P-3 Orion primarily their anti-sub
hunters.
[ cockpit radio chatter ]
They're being phased out now and the P-8s are coming in so I'll be excited to move over that aircraft.
We're talking new software, new radar, new ESM, new
acoustic system, that makes us able to do
our mission better which kind of creates
more demand for our communities.
Once we get on station it's very dynamic
because as we're searching for that
submarine or as we're searching for that
vessel of interest and the plane just
sort of feels different at 500 feet than
it does at 2,000 feet or 5,000 feet and
it's up to us to you stay in
contact with whatever we're looking for.
[ radio chatter ]
Not only am I a pilot here but I have 
a ton of responsibilities on the ground
here as well. It's the most challenging
part of being a pilot besides landing
on the boat is just when things aren't
going as you planned and just trying to
figure out a solution. I knew when I
joined the Navy that I wanted to be a
pilot and I got lucky enough that it worked
out that way.
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