The Aviation Magazine Volume 6, Issue 4, May 2015 Special Edition | Page 24
© 2015 Mathias Leischner
To get on the USS Carl Vinson while de‐
ployed in the Persian Gulf, one has to
get a lift from the C‐2A. This is one wild
ride, one must wear a helmet, hearing
protection, goggles, and a life jacket.
Sickness bags recommended too, and it is a rough landing to
say the least as the tailhook catches the arrester cable, the
C‐2A decelerates very quickly with a force of negative of
somewhere between 2‐3 Gs. As one is seated facing to the
rear this actually becomes a positive force, the occupant is
pressed into their seat.