Posted on 12/03/2006 5:21:12 PM PST by EnjoyingLife
It's a 3 minute and 46 second demonstration of the superb flying skills of the United States Navy's fighter pilots in the F/A-18F Super Hornet jet fighter. Once again we see why the U.S. military pilots are the best in the world.
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Incredible [stick around till the end and watch the "stall crawl"]
I've the entire video multiples times now. In fact, I'm watching it again right now. That "stall" at the end is incredible!
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OK for short attack missions (less than 700mile radius) with 4 1k bombs. Sucks as air superiority fighter...combat radius is less than 200 miles (fuel has to be reserved for engagements) with a total flight time of around two hours.
We REALLY needed a replacement for the F14...or we needed to suck it up and keep them in service.
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Great video, but the days of the pilot in the cockpit of new "F/A" type aircraft are about over.
Great post!
I think this is an appropriate thread on which to congratulate the USNA class of 2007 on their amzing acoomplishment - Saturday they earned their 4th straight CinC trophy.
There can be no finer place on earth
Than where these young men reside.
To find this piece of heav'n on earth
It's where the Severn meets the tide.
Concur..that near-stall is an amazing maneuver. COuld you estimate his altitude when he did it..Didn't look like much margin for recovery..
To your question, which unfortunately I don't have an answer for, here are a couple more that hopefully someone(s) can answer:
1. Are the pilots active duty U.S. Navy aviators, or Boeing test pilots, or both?
2. And where in the F/A-18 design specs is that awesome F-18-hovering-like-a-helicopter maneuver hidden? Whoever put it in, give them a big pay raise!
Check out the "First Time in F18" on the same page. The GIB GLOCs three times. It's been a while, but it seems to me that he's got the straining maneuver all wrong...all the way up to chewing gum.
Check out the "First Time in F18" on the same page. The GIB GLOCs three times. It's been a while, but it seems to me that he's got the straining maneuver all wrong...all the way up to chewing gum.
Thanks for pointing out that video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF4r-knEZTA). I really felt sorry for him. How does one overcome the blackouts? Practice? Different flight suit?
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It's been a while for me...I don't have to worry about such things flying in the pax section of an airliner. It looks like he is not doing the straining maneuver correctly. Maybe one of the fighter jocks can shed some light.
It is done through a combination of a G-Suit which connects to the cockpit and has a set of inflatable air bladders in the abdomen and leg areas and compress to keep blood from pooling away from the brain, and a straining manuever (similar to managing constipation) to also keep blood in the brain.
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