NAVY LOG 1956 The Gimmick Aircraft carrier U S S Shangri La rare navy anthology TV show IC

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Navy Log is an American television drama anthology series created by Samuel Gallu that presented stories from the history of the United States Navy.

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00:00This is Navy Log.

00:11The dramas you see each week on Navy Log are from official U.S. Navy files.

00:17They tell of ships and planes and those who man them,

00:21recorded through the years in Navy Log.

00:28Hardest punch.

00:30You get off the easy way.

00:33This is about how you do it.

00:40Here is the true story of a pilot who tries to get on the hard way.

00:45Time, 1,200.

01:04Place United States aircraft carrier Shangri-La 100 miles off lower California.

01:09Assignments, qualify for carrier landings.

01:1320 landings without a wave off, Angie.

01:1720 landings without a wave off, Angie.

01:20I still don't believe it.

01:22My gimmick never fails, sir.

01:23You're riding a beam, Angie.

01:24Pass it on to the next guy.

01:25If it works for me, it'll work for him.

01:26Yes, sir.

01:27Whoever he is, he's getting the sweetest bucket of bolts in this ship to qualify you.

01:30Yes, sir.

01:31Whoever he is, he's getting the sweetest bucket of bolts in this ship to qualify you.

01:33Yes, sir.

01:34Whoever he is, he's getting the sweetest bucket of bolts in this ship to qualify you.

01:39I'm sorry, sir.

01:40I'm sorry.

01:41I'm sorry.

01:42I'm sorry.

01:43I'm sorry.

01:44I'm sorry.

01:45I'm sorry.

01:46I'm sorry.

01:47I'm sorry.

01:48I'm sorry.

01:49I'm sorry.

01:50I'm sorry.

01:51You're right in a beam, Angie.

01:52Pass it on to the next guy.

01:53If it works for me, it'll work for him.

01:54Yes, sir.

01:55Whoever he is, he's getting the sweetest bucket of bolts in this ship to qualify you.

02:09And the third one will be able to go to the next ship.

02:15D'Angelo?

02:16Yes, sir.

02:19Yes, sir.

02:21She all set?

02:22Rarer to go, sir.

02:23Real hot to try.

02:24All gimmicked up, huh?

02:26Yes, sir.

02:27It's aboard.

02:28All right, D'Angelo.

02:30Let's get off on the right foot.

02:32I've got 20 tough landings ahead of me to qualify, but I've got 140 propeller landings behind me.

02:38And I shot every single one of them without gimmicks.

02:41But, Lieutenant, look...

02:42Now, I'm going to have my hands full without having to worry my head

02:45about some gimmick you rigged up in the plane.

02:48But it's nothing like that, sir.

02:49Wait, I'll be asking.

02:53They socked half a million bucks into this crate.

02:57Do you honestly think any gimmick of yours is going to make a difference?

03:01Well, sir, it always has.

03:02Not for me, it won't.

03:04Look, Lieutenant, just give me a chance to...

03:06D'Angelo.

03:08I'm driving this hot rod, not you.

03:11And I'll do it without any gimmicks.

03:13So whatever it is, unship it, unrig it, strip it, unscrew it, take it out.

03:18Lieutenant, I wish you wouldn't feel that way.

03:20I've got a perfect record on qualifying.

03:22Now, one pilot turned the gimmick down once he understood exactly...

03:24I understand only one thing, D'Angelo.

03:26I fly or I flub on my own.

03:29No gimmicks.

03:33Try and see it my way, will you?

03:34I'll do it without any gimmicks, sir.

03:37But there's only going to be me up there tomorrow.

03:40Just me.

03:42So, no gimmicks.

03:45So, no gimmicks to this.

03:47We'll do it without any gimmicks.

03:56We'll do it without any gimmicks.

03:59Okay.

03:59Before a flight, a plane is checked and rechecked.

04:20Handled with kid gloves on its way to the launching spot, she's ready when the pilot takes over.

04:43I'll give you a minimum number of signals before a wave-off, three at most, but the wave-off is mandatory.

04:50Now, you must accept the wave-off, whether you think I'm right or wrong.

04:55Have you got that?

04:56Appleton.

04:57Sir.

04:58What do you do if I give you a fast?

05:00A fast?

05:01Well, sir, I...

05:02Mr., I'll give you a fast.

05:03I'll give you a fast.

05:04A fast?

05:05Well, sir, I...

05:06Mr., I'll give you a fast.

05:07I'll give you a fast.

05:08A fast?

05:09Well, sir, I...

05:10Mr., I've got news for you.

05:11You just crashed.

05:12And that goes for all of you.

05:13Some of you have been flying Corsairs.

05:14You think you're pretty hot.

05:15But flying jets, you'd better get aboard fast, or you won't get aboard at all.

05:17That's all.

05:18I must have looked stupid down there a minute ago, not answering that simple question.

05:25Darn that gimmick business, anyway.

05:26I wouldn't be thinking of that.

05:27Just my luck to get a superstitious ape as a plane, Captain.

05:32You don't get a full-time secret, colonel.

05:34If you're very small, you're very small.

05:35You're very strong.

05:36I've got no time for a run.

05:37You're super-time secret.

05:38You're too dark.

05:39I mean, you're all too late.

05:40You're too late.

05:41You're too loud.

05:42I'm too late.

05:43A fast.

05:44I'm too late.

05:45You're too late.

05:46I know you're too late.

05:47I'm too late.

05:48I'll see you.

05:49I'm too late.

05:50A fast?

05:51I'm too late.

05:52It's too late.

05:53I've been waiting for a long time.

05:54I just saw a little bit of a man, but you're not going to tell him,

05:55what's going to do?

05:56I'm going to tell somebody.

05:57I'm too late.

05:58All okay? All okay, sir.

06:10What I said, D'Angelo?

06:11Sir, with the gimmick, the gimmick.

06:14Well, yes, sir, but if you want to change your mind, I'll...

06:19Flat top.

06:20You get off them the easy way,

06:22if a hundred mile an hour thrust can be called easy.

06:28It's all up to you now.

06:58you're number four in the pattern so far not much difference between the

07:02corsair you're used to and the cougar you're driving

07:04so far so good but now the hard part

07:12assignment standing by the land aircraft

07:34one down

07:42three down one to go your boy

08:12first wave off today what's his trouble low and slow well that figures he's been flying

08:26corsairs the lso's fixing that zebra dog this is paddles over this is zebra dog some power in

08:33there jack up your altitude keep at least 125 knots coming in over roger okay shoot one again

08:40we'll go and out all hands not on duty clear the catwalks and flight back

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