buzzlatka wrote:Saw the carrier about a half second prior to the trap.

Did you ever see the discovery channel show on carriers that was aired several years ago?

I think it was towards the end of the show they had a shot from a camera mounted at the front end of the deck but off to the side where several aircraft were parked. It was night, snowing, windy...pretty much every pilots nightmare.
The narrator is talking away about life on the carrier and the navy in general, when all of a sudden an F14 hits the trap. Right out of nowhere. They didn't show his shorts.