Catapulting off an aircraft carrier is a sharp, jarring experience even more intense than the landing, and I recently experienced this firsthand in a US Navy C-2 Greyhound.
Jake Epstein/Business InsiderThere were a couple of very small windows on the aging Greyhound, but they were behind me, mostly out of sight.
Jake Epstein/Business InsiderAside from facing the wrong way, taking off from Bahrain felt a lot like any other commercial flight I've ever been on.
AdvertisementMy first look at the flight deck after landing on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Jake Epstein/Business InsiderSuddenly, we shot up at a force that felt far greater than the catapult launch, gaining a lot of altitude in a quick spurt.
Persons:
—, Dwight D, Eisenhower, Houthi, Ike, Jake Epstein, rocketing
Organizations:
Service, US, Greyhound, Grumman, Navy
Locations:
US Navy, Bahrain, Red, Iran, Yemen