Today's flying video...

Matt- this one is for you- it's my view of a trap on the USS Kitty Hawk.  Sitting in 'ECMO 1' or Shotgun, or front right seat in the mighty EA-6B... anyway- the LSO comments were, 'A little low start, fly through up in the middle, a little high in close to a fly-through down, drift-left at the ramp for a skip the 3 for a fair 4.'  Not the prettiest pass in the books, but safe enough according to NATOPS.  See if you can follow the fresnel lens (probably tough on YouTube)left of the LA (landing area) you can watch the amber 'lens' drift down in close, and of course, see how we ended up fully left of center line once we stopped.  The engines are immediately spun up to MIL as soon as we hit the deck as well in case of a hook-skip, (as we did in this case, but still caught the 4)  You can also see how close our nose is to the deck-edge or 'round-down' as we call it when you catch a 4-wire.  By the way, it looks much closer than it is, because the camera is about 11 feet off the deck when we stopped.  Realistically, the nosewheel is about 15 feet from the round down when you catch a 4-wire.  It's actually better at night catching a 4 wire, because you look down and see nothing but darkness as soon as you stop.  Much more comforting.  Enjoy.