Posted on 02/11/2017 10:10:02 AM PST by Rebelbase
This is one of the best photo shoots we’ve ever seen. The folks over at the facebook page called Aero-Pictures just posted this and we had to share it. We’re not sure if this is their work, but either way, it is pretty spectacular.
From the description, we gathered that this was a photo op showcasing the F-18 Hornet. It was done by the Spanish Air Force and boy, did they get close.
To make things even more exciting, the Hornet popped a few flares as well to make the pictures look even better We’re trying to get more info on this as we speak and get the final pictures if possible. Those in high resolution must look great.
The video link is a jpg.
Good pic. Flaps/slats down, nose cocked up...the Lawn Dart is going slooow to stay behind the Hercules. C-130s can fly fast enough to do IFR with such as Hornets, but must be a speed restriction when they have the ass end open.
Very cool video. Thanks.
F-18 pilot needed a bathroom break
Just a guess, but I think the B-29 was probably moving quite a lot faster than the Herky-bird in your video, yet observe how unstable the F-105 is at that speed.
I assume a big difference between then and now is computational aerodynamics used in the design of the F-18. The F-105 was designed by guys with slide rules.
Then again, the SR-71, and Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space craft were all designed by guys with slide rules.
Thanks, good stuff. Navy was my service (F-14s), and we of course use the probe & drogue system, now with a retractable probe on the right side of nose. Does require some skill to hit the basket without tipping it and sending it whirling! Worst is night tanking after a blue water bolster.
Modern aircraft use blended wings so they generate lift at a range of speeds and angles-of-attack when older aircraft would simply quit flying. Witness an F-15C that had a wing sheared of in a midair and was able to keep it together and safely land. Savvy pilot kept the airspeed in the range where the fuselage was generating lift. Missouri air guard, IIRC.
BTTT
Oh, I meant no disrespect; when I said "the F-105 was designed by guys with slide rules," I meant it in an admiring way.
And I should have said "slide rules and wind tunnels."
SR-71 was the work of a bona-fide aeronautical genius, of whom I stand in awe.
Airplanes, like bicycles and heat exchangers, become less stable at low speeds.
Rockets, including Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo — as well as Shuttle during ascent — are unstable at all speeds. They are inherently unstable; if they lose engine power on the way up, the results are not pretty.
Fast-forward to 1:55 on this video to see what happens when the main engine shuts down on a Delta booster, as it launches the GOES-G weather satellite on 3 May 1986. When the engine quit, the rocket was moving at about 4500 mph
LOL The last clip, with the single prop, flying slow, past the 15th sign was hilarious.
Israeli pilot lost half of the starboard wing of his F-15 from a midair with an A-4. Fuel spray blocked vision, so extent of damage wasn’t clear, only knew roll control was sluggish and sloppy. As stated, he came in for a hot landing and then the extent of the damage was evident. Wasn’t supposed to fly, but did!
https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=990452
Correction gratefully accepted. I think I confused the IAF incident with the disintegration of am Missouri ANG F-15C around that same time, give or take.
Anyone remember the full name of Kato, the 1997 Japanese photographer who accidentally pickled a fuel tank off an F14 south of Japan?
He was sitting with my C-2 aircrewman. Wearing gunners belts dangling feet out into the wind at 180 knots (max ramp open speed) over Fuji and the Izu peninsula. Alvin on ICS says, “He’s in”, and they had to back up out of the way for the F18 (1997 baby hornet - it was DCAG I think).
I have a USS INDY / CV62 book in another country by Kato but can’t find it online. Hard to find on line because his military picture books are all in Japanese.
Anyone remember Kato the photographer? I think he visited the Yokota guys too.
Iirc an Israeli pilot flew with only one wing too.
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