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Navy Chief

Navy Chief

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When the pilot goes to full power on the catapult, he looks over his instruments, cycles the controls, puts his head back in the headrest, salutes, and about 3-4 seconds later, the Catapult Officer give the command to launch the catapult. If, after saluting, the pilot does NOT want to fly for any (good) reason, he keys the mic and says "Suspend, Suspend, Suspend". The Air Boss, in the tower, has this very large mushroom type push switch over his head, and when he slaps it, it shuts down ALL POWER to ALL CATAPULTS. The pilot does not reduce the power until the Cat Officer stands right in front of the jet and gives him the signal. If you say "Suspend", you better have a fine reason for it, as it shuts down the flight deck.
 
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