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A C-2 Greyhound Pilot On The Tradition Of Growing A Mustache While Underway On Deployment

November 24, 2022 David Cenciotti

Here’s some background about one of the most famous traditions in the military. While their roots are not completely clear, “deployment mustaches” (i.e. a mustache grown by soldiers during a military deployment) have without any […]

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Here’s What A Catapult Shot On Christmas Day In A U.S. Navy C-2 Greyhound Looks Like From The Cockpit

December 27, 2020 David Cenciotti

Strap in the cockpit of a C-2 Greyhound as it launches from USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier on Christmas Day a few years back. Although Christmas Day is just an ordinary work day for […]

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Awesome Split Screen Cockpit Video Shows C-2A Greyhound Trap Landing On USS Truman In The Persian Gulf

November 15, 2020 David Cenciotti

This is what a trap landing on the flight deck of USS Truman aircraft carrier looks like from the cockpit of a U.S. Navy C-2A Greyhound aircraft. The Grumman C-2A Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing […]

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Cockpit video shows U.S. Navy C-2 COD trap land and launch from French aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf

March 12, 2015 David Cenciotti

VRC-30 DET 1 made a video of a trap/cat shot onboard the Charles de Gaulle. Not only did French combat planes operate from the flight of USS Carl Vinson and were refueled by VFA-81 F/A-18E […]

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Look Ma, No Hook: how a C-130 Hercules managed to land on an aircraft carrier

July 16, 2014 Dario Leone

The story of  the C-130 Hercules that landed on USS Forrestal Even if, nowadays, the C-2 Greyhound is the biggest transport aircraft designed specifically for carrier operations, on Oct. 30 1963, in an attempt to […]

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