[Seven_0]

I'm surprised that the F-16 could fly SLOW enough to keep abreast of the Cessna.

I saw an F-18 do a slow speed fly-by when I was at a flight show on the USS George Washington. They are fairly stable down to about 120 Knots. They just put the nose up and the thrust helps to hold up the plane. Might work on the F-16.

[Blood of Tyrants]

But an F/A-18 is a very different animal than a F-16. The F/A-18 was designed to fly slow to get the approach speed down for a carrier landing. The Air Force only required the F-16 to be able to stop before it came to the end of their 10,000 foot runways.