F-18 solo display from cockpit minicam

[SidewinderAIM]

Dear Santa ......... +1

[TheUnionSovietica]

Dear santa..........

[camparton21]

I just watch this over and over and over.... Don't think I'll EVER grow up. (The upside: At least I'm not watching porn!!!!)

[Gregman420]

6 Douchebags are pissed, not only because they couldn't / we're too lazy to join the airforce, but couldn't have flown a commercial jet if they wanted to, because their too fucking dumb and inept.

[WardJoosten]

6 people wanted to be a pilot but never made it through groundschool..

[VeZghen]

thats a lot of g's :O

[doinwork34]

How do you pop your ears fast enough when your changing altitude at these rates?

[TiBossII]

As the Geico pig says..."Pure Adrenalyn"...LOL...Awesome video...loved the views...

[mastergamer591]

when it takes off you can see the air current on the tip of the wings

[F22ARaptorACE27]

At 6:50 his right shoulder strap started to fall off! that's scary!

[MattCarrKPRHS]

im on my way to getting a pilots license and all i want to do is be an f-18 fighter pilot

[Jussi68]

FAF hornet

[jaidafat11]

the five ppl who didn't like it must have flown RCs

[jaidafat11]

about how many g's does a normal g-suit takeoff yur body (plz answr)

[youdoitillwatch]

@jaidafat11 About 2 g's. A trained and fit pilot can only take about seven g's before blackout but the suit lets them go to about nine g's. (Many of the most modern fly-by-wire jets actually limit themselves to 9 g's in a turn so that the pilots can stay conscious.) The flight suits accomplish this by inflating bladders around the legs and squeezing them, thus pushing a bit more blood back into the upper body. Training and fitness is still key to make it through that many g's, though.

[andy1may]

guy get some serious breathing ....great vid

[BBslider001]

WOW WOW WOW!!! I don't comment much on these, but this is the best vid on cockpit view I have seen. This guy did some serious maneuvers.

[peperboots]

WOW. Very Nice ! $3.800 in fuel ?

[armst012]

I remember being 15 and Independence day came out. I wanted to be an F-18 Pilot so bad after that film.

[kitchin5]

3:29 "Do a barrel roll"

[SPNFENDER]

BAD AZZ video!This guy pulled some serious G's in this VID.

[123thatoneguy]

can someone tell me where the tube connected to the pilots mask goes? i know it helps with air but i dont know if its connected to his suit or a oxygen tank or the jet itself, anyone wanna tell me?

[occamsrezr]

@123thatoneguy The F/A-18 has an onboard oxygen generating system that pulls from the outside air, concentrates the oxygen and delivers it to the pilot.

The hose itself is actually connected to a port in the cockpit.

[jaidafat11]

@123thatoneguy I don't think it leads to his suit bcuz of the g's it would probably crush him

[cwest1977]

@123thatoneguy The oxygen line goes through a regulator on the pilots chest. From their it goes into the left console in the cockpit. The oxygen comes from bleed air off the engines through the On Board Oxygen Generating System (OBOGS).

[TheIsky27]

wow! wow! wowwwwwwwwwww.... amazing!!!!

[AlanShanagher]

Hostile fast mover in our AO over.

[fa18chornet]

Best fighter jet vid on the all YT.

[darrenblondin]

Excellent, thanks for no music.

[razgriz7]

Yes, if it happen to be a soundtrack of a particular song, they may shut down the whole sound, so it's best to show video with out the lame music.

[ronkreed]

Great video w/o music.  Nice to hear the engines and raw sound in general.

[SHRIKE427]

Hey Producer, Nice work!!... Can you give us one w/a split screen and one side showing the control inputs for these manuevers??... Is this possible for you?.. Who produced this. ??...

[TheMudron]

we have spotted an enemy jet in your AO proceed with caution over.

[gumballproductions08]

Very nice work. Motivating!

[RedDeadRocka]

Happy LANDINGS;-)

[TomppaSoft]

Suomi perkele! :D

[SNGVproductions]

Imagine the G force

[solaroz]

Sweat flying with a greaser landing to boot..Great to see and hear the routine looking rearward.

Thanks

[llllMMGllll]

he must b having sooo much fun

[Sieglinde2008]

nr 1 great clip..

[master09shredder]

I'm surprised its that quiet in the cockpit considering how loud the F-18 is from the outside.

[jem1003]

Great video, thanks for no music!

[Stinktier619]

amazing

[dj17q]

Far out outstanding sir, one of the best in-cam aerial video I've ever seen. The sound of rushing air, the humming compressor etc. Couldnt ask for more.....

[MegaBuckBuck1]

Great video. Thanks for not putting music to it!

[MarkD360]

That's one smooth landing

[tanmyman777]

Man look at those wings flutter.  Awesome Flying!

[headcoachmissy]

show off...lol

[a1sauce0806]

pull those G'S

[nastro1298]

i want to do this someday

[stiffdogg06]

Is this pilot wearing a compression suit?

[Adrian351]

@stiffdogg06 Yeah, he'll be wearing what's called a G-suit. They help increase your G tolerance by about 1.5G. But you'll be surpised to know the Blue Angel F18 pilots don't wear them.....under G they inflate and bump your forearm resting on your leg when you're trying to fly smoooooothly in a real tight formation!

[stiffdogg06]

@Adrian351 Yeah, at air shows, I've heard that the Blue Angel's do not wear them. But the Thunderbird pilots do.

[JenovaDoll]

I can do this without an airplane

[vladvlad24]

and hes getting paid for this LOL

[kosnow11]

what's on the attack side of the wings that keeps dropping during high g's? never noticed before? almost like a flap. used for more lift in turns maybe?

[Adrian351]

@kosnow11 They are Leading Edge Flaps. They work in relation to the Alpha or angle of attack of the wing. When the AoA is high, the LEFs extend down increasing the camber of the front part of the wing.....they keep the air flowing nicely over the wing to prevent stalling. When you see all that white fluff ripping off the front sides of the plane, that means the aircraft is at high AoA. They don't really work in relation to g-force. If you pulled 8G @ 600kts, they won't move as the AoA is low.

[Adrian351]

@kosnow11 This display is mainly flown at low speed, so whenever the pilot does pull G, the AoA builds very rapidly and the LEFs deploy quickly. They start to work generally when the speed is below about 300 knots.

[kosnow11]

@Adrian351 Awesome, thanks for the info. Father's an x14 pilot. Got my wings too for civilian. Never noticed the LEFs on the 18's before. Makes sense though. I would assume they're used on other aircraft as well?

[Adrian351]

@kosnow11 Yep, they are used on a lot of other aircraft, passenger planes and fighters, but not all. The F-15 for example has what's called a "stiff wing" where it has no LEFs, just a small fixed amount of camber or down curve along the front of the wing. For this reason, it can't pull as much AOA as the Hornet, so if an F15 gets real slow, the F18 could have the advantage. Big passenger jets have LE SLATS - they have an air gap between the flap and wing which helps recharge air over the wng.

[BowHunt1229]

check out the flex in the wings at 2:38....so amazing

[utubeghans]

First video I have seen where you can hear the vapor coming off the wings...cool

[ericpkedyou1]

THIS IS SOOO FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!

[sotizz]

Finnish airforce

[MrChrisGrieve]

Thank you.  Awesome video.

[underleft]

You can almost feel the G's in this video.

[Gooombla]

Whether it be a Fiat Panda, or an F18, you still have to adjust your mirrors before you go.

[gofaster2011]

watch the wings bend when he pulls up

[lopz2557]

Yep and he gets paid for this

In my next life I will definitively sign up for UAV pilot (probably no need to be in the plane by then)

[DiamondPilotDan]

poor guy is pulling serious Gs! I'd be puking me brains out if i wasn't too busy blacking out...

i've pulled out of a spin and seriously... 5 seconds at 1.5 Gs is enough to make me start to think "ok this needs to stop cuz if i keep it up ill puke"

[MsRifle]

Your video needs more likes. Im gonna give you one extra. You deserved it :)

[namco21gamefreak]

INTENSE!!!! Awesome Vid

[Agora2021]

Finally a video without music.

[bluesuit5]

Very good ride Hornet Driver! Nice job flying the F/A-18 c

[rwsmith29456]

How do I get one of these??? Maybe with a back seat with this guy in it to take me up and down and let me fly where I can't hit anything.

[TheKhaibear]

Yea music would have ruined this

[TheJapozi]

How come everybody thinks this is some USMC douche(Really)..... 0:51 The flag of Finland!!!

[NewYorkCity212]

@TheJapozi People are dumb. USMC doesn't use F-18's anyway lol

[akngac5]

@NewYorkCity212

Go to google and type in VMFA, you may be surprised at making such a inaccurate statement about what the USMC has in their aircraft inventory.

[NewYorkCity212]

@akngac5 Many pardons, I guess I stand corrected. But please don't take it so personally next time lol. Just fyi, I'm part of the NROTC program, and I've chosen pilot as my pipeline, and to this day I had never heard of Marine F/A-18's, only F-16's. With that said, I admit that I was wrong.

[akngac5]

@NewYorkCity212

Hey, sorry if I came off sounding that way, didn't mean too. Good luck in your new aviation career pursuit. I am in Naval aviation twenty years and have worked in joint training ops with Marine Corps. aviators who fly the legacy Hornets. The Marines do fly the F-16 Falcon aggresors. Marine pilots are the elite and really do some damage with Falcons in thier inventory of war machines!

[NewYorkCity212]

@akngac5 That's pretty awesome, I had the option of becoming a Marine Pilot, but my family has a lot of Navy history so I decided to stick to my roots. I still have another year before I really start flight training though, but I'm definitely excited for it!

[updisho]

@NewYorkCity212 do you mind me asking what your highschool GPA was when you went into ROTC.

[NewYorkCity212]

@updisho My high school GPA was actually pretty average to be honest. Anywhere between 2.0 and 2.5 at times. I think I left high school with a 2.4 lol. But I didn't join the NROTC until after I was in college to become a commercial pilot. I found out later that I could join the NROTC, as long as you are under 24 years old you can join, having good SAT and ACT scores are handy.

[TheJapozi]

@NewYorkCity212 Think they do..

[NewYorkCity212]

@TheJapozi Yeah I was wrong. I don't really associate much with Marines so I was unaware. But this isn't even an American pilot anyway, so the USMC is irrelevant anyway.

[TheJapozi]

@NewYorkCity212 k

[flyer203]

Look how fast the wingtips are shaking during high AOA turns!!!!

[mrclilly77]

Thank you for not adding a sound track. Great video!

[tobiasw1717]

Was this at RIAT at RAF Fairford????

[flyer203]

@tobiasw1717

I think it is..And I think I saw the Red Arrows parked in the apron...

[tobiasw1717]

@flyer203 Yeah I saw them too. I also recognised the BAE systems banner on the side of one of the hangars, thats there every year :)

[MrV1PER9]

BAD ASS VIDEO. THANKS FOR SERVING THIS GREAT COUNTRY.

[TheJapozi]

@MrV1PER9 Actually this clip is finnish ...served

[diziplesp]

This is how a YouTube video should be done!!! No lame ass music just the sound of the turbines and the airframe battling against the air. Fucking awesome!!!

[aaron8862006]

@diziplesp - Actually it should be done in full quality, not this crappy re-upload.

[carpadeus]

@diziplesp Yes sure, without music and voice.

[MrAviator81]

This is awesome!!!

[deyvi69]

Dudes seat belt slips off @5:51. Like Chuck Norris, He don't care.He just keeps on flying with total disregard for personal safety.

[Surfmotion72]

I love that raw sound of the air against the wings

[clayps88]

I can feel myself getting sick just watching this.

[Longdic17]

this is awesome...gives me goose sperms..

[bremenmx]

this dudes all about pullin G's

[mangore623]

Thank God, no ridiculous music!

[hexie27]

A real vid with real sounds and no music. Thank you so much.

[ItsMinecraftify]

Finnish fighter pilots rulezz!!!

[jwalsh8]

Great vid but all i could look at was the shoulder strap slowly falling off his right shoulder lol i just couldnt stop watching it. If he ejected he would be fucked.

[TheKhaibear]

I love that this video was not ruined by some stupid soundtrack.

[Afterburner47]

The best job in the world that im ganna be doing one day

[teluproductions]

You are doing something very few get a chance to do, Thank you for sharing with me...the ride of my life...

[gerry7man555]

@teluproductions you need good results at school to get to pilot school then start! thank god i can handle lazyness :)

[p61guy]

Thanks

[SootyUk10]

Makes me feel sick just watching it.. God help me if i ever have to go in one of them..

[iosulere]

@SootyUk10 I am willing to put my ass on the seat of one of these :P

[iosulere]

Air force of?

[Aleksitusasd]

@iosulere Finland

[iosulere]

@Aleksitusasd really nice man

[GRANDUCA58]

One of the saw more beautiful than has ever seen.

Very beautiful!!!!!

[mariofontes77]

impressive!

i have never seen a vid like this one...

the best solo video i ever seen in YT.

[Nfarce]

There are a lot of videos in the cockpit of fighters on YT. None provide the true sound of the airflow over the forward wing strakes/leading edge extensions (LERX) of the Hornet like this one does. It sounds like one pissed off tornado, which it essentially is every time a high load turn/climb is done. Absolutely stunning. Great video, great pilot, great aircraft.

[faztclix]

Love the vapour trails as the plane slices through the sky!

[Mastermind2011]

I can do this only in my f18 simulator 8)....

[1hornet1]

Great video. Loved it!

[MentallyJuiced]

Man I wish could do this.

[supermirkuzzo]

mio dioooooooo!!!!!!!! stupendo!! complimenti!!!

[JuiceOg1]

hes flying so hard awesome

[Mr405m]

mig 35 would blow this baby right out the sky

[TrackStar828]

@Mr405m Keep dreaming buddy

[Mr405m]

@TrackStar828 im sorry are u a pilot ? looks like NOT, im not talking about mig 29 lol that one will even give the hornet a hard time :) but its all about the pilot when it comes to those two :) M TALKING ABOUT MIG 35 BABY LOL look in to it, hornet sgot nothing on mig 35 :)

[TrackStar828]

@Mr405m You just said it depends on the pilot, then you go on to say the f18 has no chance against the mig35. Hypocrisy? Dude, it does depend on the pilot. There hasn't been a dogfight between the two jets, and you are obviously some armchair expert who hasn't flown both. On paper the mig35 is stronger in most areas but that is not sufficient enough to judge which would win in a dogfight.

[Mr405m]

@TrackStar828 i said for the mig (29) it depends on the pilot lol im a licenced pilot for 5 years now, and my flight instructor was in the canadian airforce for 9 years he flew the f18 we talked about it on many ocasions, he said one thing that they were told is if u ever get in a close dog fight with the mig 29 and ur on ur own (meaning u got no wingman) get the fuck out of there as soon as u can, the mig 29 carries a helmet mounted sight and in a close dog fight ur fucked

[planesareawsome]

@Mr405m For a "5 year pilot" you don't seem to be very professional. You don't even capitalize anything you say. Why should we believe you?

[Mr405m]

@TrackStar828 the old hornet has no headmounted sight, the fa18superhornet does i was told, but only the newer models, and thats regarding mig29 not mig35 i was saying mig35 there is no chance in hell the fa18 has a chance against that one lmao mig 35 has long and short radar capabiities and better thrust to weight ratio then the mig 29 and the mig 29 already has better weight to thrust ratio then the hornet, what i was told by an expert is run if u get close to a mig

[Mr405m]

@TrackStar828 also there was a flight traning conducted in germany a few years ago against the best mig 29 pilots in germany, the new american students wanted to face the real mig29 in traning, so they flew to germany, the german pilots had to cut down on their tactics to let the students get a chance on the mig29, wich in my opinion is a clear sign the mig out preforms the hornet in a dogfight, also the usa pilots said they were dazeled by the migs abilities on take off, the thing is a rocket

[TrackStar828]

@Mr405m You're an idiot. They were STUDENTS. Of course they aren't going to be able to take on the conditioned german pilots. Give me three USMC ace pilots and the story would be different, trust me. Again, this was a training exercise and there are many variables which aren't evident in the real scenarios. You can't say a MIG35 can take on a F/A 18 based off of a training exercise with a few students in Germany. Also, link me to where you found this info. I think you might be making that up.

[Mr405m]

@TrackStar828 did u get my other messages ? about me being a pilot for 5 years and having talked personaly with pilots who fly the f18 and are now retired, who were told in the army if u get in a close fight with the mig29 and ur on ur own (meaning no wingmen with u) get the fuck out of there right away, the hornet is good for far long range attack but long rage attacks can be easely avoided lol im talking about a dogfight lol close fight mig29 prevails go talk to a few pilots and ul be suprised

[BAACCOOOOCk]

@Mr405m I have talked to a few pilots and they have told me the MiG platform will not outperform an F-18. They said the F-18 can outrun and out maneuver any MiG or Sukhoi jet. The Army does not fly jets, the Air Force, Navy, and Marines do. Look at the MiG track record against American Jets. It is totally not good. Also, the MiG was made before modern day Hornets or Super Hornets, and the Hornet was designed specifically to counter Russian Aircraft. I am a pilot myself. Hornet wins. Trust me.

[DCkyleDC]

@Mr405m no

[connerbradley3]

Anyone notice his right shoulder strap becomes totally removed during the flight? Watch the strap come loose as the mission progresses. Good thing he didn't have to eject, or he would have had a problem hahaha

[tankerjd66442]

what the mpg on this thing...im thinking about buying one!!

[snork707]

@tankerjd66442 probably about 30 gallons to the mile

[lamborghini0947]

@tankerjd66442 lol ummmmmm they cost about 25 million dollars

[Gregman420]

Guy's heart / beathing rate is insane on the first airfield fly-by, cant but wonder if he hadn't pondered an early landing.

[sikupnfed]

It isn't smoke. It is vapor caused by a vortex (whirling mass of air). Wingtip and stabilizer vortexes also produce a stream of vapor seen toward the left and right of the plane.

[thewalrus151]

when he does a sharp turn right what is that smoke stuff that shows on the winds in a big cloud and when he takes off that little tiny line of smoke shown mostly on his right wing 

[angels7971]

good you good me love f-18

[angels7971]

good you

[TESLAisHERO]

EU QUERO UM DESSES PRA MIM!!!!

[muratdemirable]

is this a special pilot

[CJGiovanni]

not bad....

[TH7596]

4 people were rejected by the navy.

[superjezz]

@TH7596 They weren't gay....



[TH7596]

@superjezz xD

[greetenmax]

watching this kames me dizzy! Wow excellent video! Compliments for the pilot!

[eezreeq]

bet he wouldn't be this calm when a missile is chasing him

[JazzyCakez7]

Bad Ass!

[00peter000000]

Great video....thanks for sharing



[TheFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeee

[magicstix0r]

Man just look at how his wings shudder when he turns...

[wallpaperkilla]

fake

[Apachestonedman]

@wallpaperkilla are you really that dumb, ohh yeh thats fake and all you dumbarse haha

[wallpaperkilla]

@Apachestonedman fake

[FlightlevelHD]

@wallpaperkilla

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Vipers810]

Its made on the RIAT @ Fairford.

[TheRipperSPN]

this pilot is the fucking boss.

[vincentvangemert]

What a great video :-)

Thank you for sharing this!!