@GutsLCF I didn't mean whether he could physically handle it, I was thinking of being able to practice his flight demo in a simulator so he could maximize his time in the aircraft. Land based pilots have that option and I was wondering if carrier bases pilots have sims too.
@JetMechMA Haha I was talking about your other comment about Mach 1.6 :P But its cool, I guess they might considering it isn't the same kind of landing at all.
If you wanna be a fighter pilot and go to concerts a lot, wear ear protection. It sounds obvious but I wish I would have taken that advice from my mother. I learned I cannot be a pilot because of hearing loss that could have easily been prevented. So if you've been hitting the clubs and want to pursue this dream, pop in those ear plugs. Just a tip!
@wtong89 False, the Super hornet will fight alongside the F-35 (if it ever gets finished). The older Legacy Hornets are the ones that need replacements.
Thats what i meant Lol, of course they will fight along side F/A-18, but over time F/A 18 will slowly be replaced by the successor F/A-35. Isnt it suppose to be one of the carriers is due to be retired so the new Ford Class Carrier along wiht the F/A-35 is suppose to replace it?
Im currently taking the required subjects at school to maybe one day earn my seat in one of those babies, off course I wouldn't be taking part in carrier operations considering Australia don't have carriers! (hmph!) But i hope to one day fly an F/A-18 out from Avalon, VIC. Its my lifelong dream :)
@skippyskater mate also before hand do iq tests, losts of them, mental maths, some fitness (not too much they are not too strict on that as long as your healthy), and also do anything you can involving leadership and teamwork as they test you on these things to. gl (im sure you know most of this but jsut to give you the best chance, i know im only 17 but i have done the raaf recruitment process and if you put ya mind to it you can do it no probs :D )
@stiksoldier Thanks for your interest :), I've been going crazy on the maths and have been looking for leadership opportunities throughout my school, In primary school I was a well respected prefect and backup house leader (athletics carnivals and such).but I wouldn't think they would take into consideration primary school achievements would they? All I can do is try to do the same in senior school and keep my grades up, and of course what you mentioned, thanks for the kind words :)
@skippyskater you also have co-ordination, speed reading tests (for dials and controls and so on) , spatial awarness, and they ask you every time you seem them have you/are youpassing physics most important subject (for recruitment anyway)
@stiksoldier Oh I love my physics :D, i have no problem reading gauges on fsx, or on the cessna 152 out at bankstown airport, I know, I know, fsx is nothing compared to real life, but just saying, my next door neighbour's nephew just got into the RAAF as a trainee pilot, he gave me alot of motivation when he lived next door.
This video is awesome. Makes me sad for Scott Speicher though. Wonder if we will ever really know what happened to him that night in Jan., 1991 over Iraq. Was it a Mig? or something else? Did he eject or not? We may never know unfortunately.
I'm an artist and I've drawn & painted all types of aircraft from P-51s to B-52s but have never drawn an FA-18. I shall draw or paint on before I die. It's a very remarkable aircraft.
Saw an article in the local newspaper about a young man who graduated from my high school in 2004 who now flies these F/A-18s, Feeling so happy for him.
@EmphaticItalic My parents are friends with some people who's son flies F/A-18s off the CVN 76 (Reagan). They live on a back road with no neighbors for hundreds of yards. Someone who lived surrounded by nature now flies one of the most advanced pieces of technology known to man. Can't wait to join the Navy and follow his course.
I don't know about you guys but when I'm having a bad day or I am just completely depressed, I just play this video and escape from reality. It is my dream to be in this guy's position. There is absolutely nothing better out there. I get the chills every time I watch this! I fall asleep hoping to be that guy! I'm going to give it all I got to be up in that sky someday. Amen!
@slafkec I agree with you. Since the Tomcat was retired and others like the Viking and Prowler are going away, the Navy is facing a fighter short-fall right now. Instead of retiring the Tomcats and spending millions if not, billions of dollars on a new plane that many say "not as capable." The Tomcats could've been been re-modernized, life extension, increased structural strength, and other major upgrades. Sadly, the idiot Dick Cheney killed the Tomcat program and favored the SH..what an idiot.
To be accurate, I happened to see a killer flight demo by an F-18 pilot at Carswell AFB in the early 1980's. Carswell happens to share a runway with the F-16 factory, General Dynamics. So I'm sure this F-18 pilot was well aware of who he was performing his flight demo in front of....and he acted accordingly. I'm QUITE sure that he demonstrated his F-18 that day, to it's maximum potential. It was jaw dropping. He left no doubt that the F-16 wasn't the only super-fighter in the skies.
Pretty lame for an F-18. I saw a lot of swooping and zooming but not much maneuvering. Check out the video "F-16 Demo Flight". That's the Gold Standard of flight demonstrations. Also check out two videos featuring the F-15 West Coast Demo Team.....the two videos featuring in cockpit video as well as outside footage. For those that don't know, the F-15 is actually quite massive...for a fighter. But just watch these real world Jedi Knights rack these things around the sky.
@xTomcatsForeverVF84x The Tomcat was definitely the crowd favorite at the Chicago Lake Front Air and Water Show. It would send a chill up your spine when he would do the knife edge pass while accelerating and sweeping the wings....just beyond words. Beautiful aircraft. On the next pass he would come in slowed down again with wings forward, pull a hard G turn with afterburners pointed at the crowd for maximum effect and then accelerate going straight up out of sight on a crystal clear day.
@HornetSUCKSForever And you listen, because every F-18 video I see you've posted a gay anti-hornet comment on. I want to know right now, have you ever flown an aircraft in your life? If not, shut the fuck up because you have no goddamn idea what you are talking about. And btw, I wouldn't call anything that can go Mach 1.7 slow cumstain, so get your fucking facts straight.
@alexxxandre91 they are deploying squadrons for F-35. It is the joint strike fighter, and are receiving their own model which has a beefed up chassis for carrier landing. It will still only have a single engine, but the reliability tests have been so high the need for a second one it a non issue.
It now seems the USN made the correct choice of buying a bunch of Hornets instead of going broke buying super high tech aircraft like the Raptor. The Raptor is the best, but we cant afford to build it in large numbers due to cost. The USN hornets hit the fleet over 30 years ago, but they still provide a powerful and affordable sting when it comes to combat aviation.
It must be so awesome being a pilot. For anyone out there is it too late for me to become a fighter pilot. I'm 29 years old in the Marine Corps with no College, but an iron will. How Hard will it be for me?
Man, I just keep watching this vid over and over again. I luv the music. The HUD shots are too low fidelity (grainy), I dunno why the navy doesn't go hi rez on these things. I know it sounds cliche, but I'm so damn envious of these young gun pilots. You should publish more vids like this one.
i will go ahead and guess they will wait for the f35 they come out in 2011 so not to far away, plus all the hornets have had the shit flown out of them
Forty-odd years ago, some of our Dragon pilots of Nam days would dodge SAMs, then snap pics of them flying by with personal cams they sometimes carried.
I was a Hornet driver, and I wore contacts or glasses. The key is 20/20 vision at initial health check prior to selection for US Navy/Marine Corps flight training and health screening at Pre-Indoc. If one's vision degrades while in flight training, they will not pull one from flight school. You get either contacts or glasses or elect for lasik. Only in rare instances will a winged pilot be pulled from lfight status for vision (something really bad).
you cant wear contacts becuz of the g force that can move them around and cause fuzziness ans color blindness keeps you from seeing differnt color equipment on the hornet which might keep you alice or kill you and it can also mess around with you vision under g force, the black fades and the white brightens and can cause temperarly blindness.
yes you need 20/20 vision, no glasses, contacts or anything like that. if you have fuzzy sigh at all you cant join.and you need good eye sight so you can read the gauges
does anyone know if you can wear contacts to be a pilot? i only wear glasses sometimes cause i get eyestrain & i cant read things far away. do you need PERFECT eyesight to be a pilot?
Who's name is that on 300???? MINE. Yeah buddy!!! LS2 (AW) in the end. Great times. I miss Japan.
manutd12us 2 days ago
Hi why can't I watch this video on my iPod?
Ps. Great video
Python231 5 days ago
amazing. simply amazing.
brandonch21 2 weeks ago
They stole their idea from battlefield 3..
classified64 1 month ago
the only reason i would dislike this is because of the shitty music.
sarcasticscrodum 1 month ago
Hey, do you guys want to know how to fly these for free and get paid to do so? It's called joining the Navy.
how2krushkings 1 month ago 4
@how2krushkings Actually it's called the Air Force
20bShawn 3 weeks ago
those negative g's on that nose dive have to hurt!
hockeydude303 2 months ago
Does anyone know, do they have flight simulators on an aircraft carrier so these guys can practice stuff like this?
JetMechMA 3 months ago
@JetMechMA i dont think so man the pilots are supposed to be ready and have had enough practice
CajunViper504 3 months ago
Mach 1.06. Gs.....1.6
JetMechMA 3 months ago
@JetMechMA Yeah you're expected to be able to take 6 or 8 g's for 20 seconds without any equipment helping you so I'm sure this guy can handle it.
GutsLCF 1 month ago
@GutsLCF I didn't mean whether he could physically handle it, I was thinking of being able to practice his flight demo in a simulator so he could maximize his time in the aircraft. Land based pilots have that option and I was wondering if carrier bases pilots have sims too.
JetMechMA 1 month ago
@JetMechMA Haha I was talking about your other comment about Mach 1.6 :P But its cool, I guess they might considering it isn't the same kind of landing at all.
GutsLCF 1 month ago
If you wanna be a fighter pilot and go to concerts a lot, wear ear protection. It sounds obvious but I wish I would have taken that advice from my mother. I learned I cannot be a pilot because of hearing loss that could have easily been prevented. So if you've been hitting the clubs and want to pursue this dream, pop in those ear plugs. Just a tip!
ltsmum3316 3 months ago
ive met a couple of these pilots and there real cocky and shit how could you not be though flying these beasts
JesseCypress 4 months ago
esse vídeo ficou ótimo, parabéns!!!
teomacedo49 4 months ago
Is it wrong that I got a boner while watching this?
insanemedic 4 months ago
This is really the only thing fighter-jets are good for.... Enjoying the beauty of flight! Not dropping bombs.
MrHerremannen 5 months ago
@MrHerremannen I'm agree with you! The flight is fantastic without the war...
zurru88 3 months ago
@MrHerremannen fucking hippie
EnemyDown619 2 months ago
@MrHerremannen goddamn tree hugger
RAHHnc 1 month ago 3
368 people like this. The other 11 are jealous freaks with no lives.
StarwasterPrime 6 months ago
hey, he F/A-18 super hornet has 11 weapon racks!!! looks like 11 people got their own bomb
UAL8658 6 months ago
11 people are chinese airforce lol
SuperBakteria 6 months ago 2
Navy pilots> airforce pilots
jonnusmarcus 6 months ago
11 People are brainwashed Russians, whose military is known for 'Russian' to there graves.
TheCSSshowcase 7 months ago
that would be fun as hell
xmikerinehartx 7 months ago
Used to be onboard the USS Independence and we had the super shit hot world famous golden dragons onboard.
rvicencio 7 months ago
I'd rather the F-5... :D *lie*
lilo689 7 months ago
looks like 11 people fell overboard and didn't see it
jacobw992 8 months ago
I remember seeing my first F-18 Hornet aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln It was impressive. The cockpit is so technologically advanced.
15thsquadron01 9 months ago
Great video and excellent choice of music! We all want to be flying that plane!
BobKassel 9 months ago
Speed breaker
Runescapez1997 10 months ago
Awesome vid, is it wrong to get hard while watching that?
greasemo12 10 months ago
I love the F/A-18 Super Hornet but i have to concede to near comming F-35, its successor.
wtong89 11 months ago
@wtong89 False, the Super hornet will fight alongside the F-35 (if it ever gets finished). The older Legacy Hornets are the ones that need replacements.
Imladris18 10 months ago
@Imladris18
Thats what i meant Lol, of course they will fight along side F/A-18, but over time F/A 18 will slowly be replaced by the successor F/A-35. Isnt it suppose to be one of the carriers is due to be retired so the new Ford Class Carrier along wiht the F/A-35 is suppose to replace it?
wtong89 10 months ago
What a fucking feeling that must be
thugflow1 11 months ago
How much time do naval aviators spend on a boat? 6 months?
msalak87 11 months ago
oh my god, he's crazy!
RollyU 11 months ago
i am pumped to go fly some planes right now
ArcticCatsRape 11 months ago
i would pay to do this job
ArcticCatsRape 1 year ago
Did he died?
SPOOKSTR 1 year ago
Easily one of my favorite vids on Youtube. Thank you.
markfrav 1 year ago
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MAXOU10428 1 year ago
makes me wish i had chosen a different career
jdymes101101 1 year ago
nice paint scheme
RepublicCommando29 1 year ago
how can you dislike this??? beats me...
fighterjetfreak09 1 year ago 19
@fighterjetfreak09 maybe because they're jealous lol idk!
FightingFalconFilms 5 months ago
@fighterjetfreak09 You would only dislike this if you are a terrorist. Boom!
lakewood85 3 months ago
@fighterjetfreak09 Failed the aptitude test
AreaQNH870 1 week ago
Great video!
Judyiack 1 year ago
Im currently taking the required subjects at school to maybe one day earn my seat in one of those babies, off course I wouldn't be taking part in carrier operations considering Australia don't have carriers! (hmph!) But i hope to one day fly an F/A-18 out from Avalon, VIC. Its my lifelong dream :)
skippyskater 1 year ago
@skippyskater Since when has there been an FA-18 base at Avalon?
ceskazbrojovka17HMR 1 year ago
@ceskazbrojovka17HMR Lol sorry, I was reffering to the airshow, they have one every year and display hornets.
skippyskater 1 year ago
@ceskazbrojovka17HMR Also saw your F/A-18 vid - Naice :)
skippyskater 1 year ago
@skippyskater mate also before hand do iq tests, losts of them, mental maths, some fitness (not too much they are not too strict on that as long as your healthy), and also do anything you can involving leadership and teamwork as they test you on these things to. gl (im sure you know most of this but jsut to give you the best chance, i know im only 17 but i have done the raaf recruitment process and if you put ya mind to it you can do it no probs :D )
stiksoldier 1 year ago
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skippyskater 1 year ago
@stiksoldier Thanks for your interest :), I've been going crazy on the maths and have been looking for leadership opportunities throughout my school, In primary school I was a well respected prefect and backup house leader (athletics carnivals and such).but I wouldn't think they would take into consideration primary school achievements would they? All I can do is try to do the same in senior school and keep my grades up, and of course what you mentioned, thanks for the kind words :)
skippyskater 1 year ago
@skippyskater you also have co-ordination, speed reading tests (for dials and controls and so on) , spatial awarness, and they ask you every time you seem them have you/are youpassing physics most important subject (for recruitment anyway)
stiksoldier 1 year ago
@stiksoldier Oh I love my physics :D, i have no problem reading gauges on fsx, or on the cessna 152 out at bankstown airport, I know, I know, fsx is nothing compared to real life, but just saying, my next door neighbour's nephew just got into the RAAF as a trainee pilot, he gave me alot of motivation when he lived next door.
skippyskater 11 months ago
I guess the CAG doesn't have to do a hands off.
markfrav 1 year ago
This video is awesome. Makes me sad for Scott Speicher though. Wonder if we will ever really know what happened to him that night in Jan., 1991 over Iraq. Was it a Mig? or something else? Did he eject or not? We may never know unfortunately.
billfish6244 1 year ago
nice HUD feature @2:58 - in case pilot falls to spatial disorientation?
slafkec 1 year ago
2:30-2:40 is like a rocket launching amazing view
MrAeroguard 1 year ago
u just have to love this ay
CommanderJKnight 1 year ago
What an incredible fighter plane that is!!!
PaladinHludwig 1 year ago
EXCELLENT VIDEO!
raymondgiral 1 year ago
Absolutely outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!!
PaladinHludwig 1 year ago
that is my favriot jet plus the blue angels use the F/A-18 hornet i just saw them at the nh airshow that the F/A-18 hornet is so badass
trexmike 1 year ago
I'm an artist and I've drawn & painted all types of aircraft from P-51s to B-52s but have never drawn an FA-18. I shall draw or paint on before I die. It's a very remarkable aircraft.
xxchinookxx 1 year ago
How do you stay fit to be able to do those hard tasks? I want to fly navy jets and I don't how you get selected to fly jets
clarkdoc 1 year ago
And breaking the sound barrier. Sweet!!
meinsonnig 1 year ago
Saw an article in the local newspaper about a young man who graduated from my high school in 2004 who now flies these F/A-18s, Feeling so happy for him.
EmphaticItalic 1 year ago
@EmphaticItalic My parents are friends with some people who's son flies F/A-18s off the CVN 76 (Reagan). They live on a back road with no neighbors for hundreds of yards. Someone who lived surrounded by nature now flies one of the most advanced pieces of technology known to man. Can't wait to join the Navy and follow his course.
navyguardf18 1 year ago
I don't know about you guys but when I'm having a bad day or I am just completely depressed, I just play this video and escape from reality. It is my dream to be in this guy's position. There is absolutely nothing better out there. I get the chills every time I watch this! I fall asleep hoping to be that guy! I'm going to give it all I got to be up in that sky someday. Amen!
ltsmum3316 1 year ago
these planes are insane. makes you feel bad for the enemy!
hofferman132 1 year ago
I wish I had better eyes when I was younger. This was my dream job. Sadly, not to be. Kids if you have the opportunity...Take It!
lakewood85 1 year ago 9
@lakewood85 SAME HERE :((
apache3601 3 months ago
I've been looking to join the air force for a long time,.,. but this video makes me reconsider the navy.. i just can't decide. They're both amazing!
scottrules95 1 year ago
@scottrules95 in the navy you don't usually have any restrictions on breaking the sound barrier! :)
agro6060 1 year ago
very nice video
johnCfu1 1 year ago
im joining soon
xcfreak123 1 year ago
wow.... that is amazing, but it must be frustrating at landing and a dream at flying!
deidaraunpro 1 year ago
yeah there a bitch to work on though
TriellaTHEdelux 1 year ago
im a wanna be pilot this is the only reason i still want to be alive is to be a fighter pilot i hope i get the chance, love this song btw
Crossfade543 1 year ago
nice vid.
i still don't like the super hornet as much as f14. why US navy choose to upgrade the f-18, instead of updating f14 design?
slafkec 1 year ago
@slafkec I agree with you. Since the Tomcat was retired and others like the Viking and Prowler are going away, the Navy is facing a fighter short-fall right now. Instead of retiring the Tomcats and spending millions if not, billions of dollars on a new plane that many say "not as capable." The Tomcats could've been been re-modernized, life extension, increased structural strength, and other major upgrades. Sadly, the idiot Dick Cheney killed the Tomcat program and favored the SH..what an idiot.
xTomcatsForeverVF84x 1 year ago
Was a former Midway & Independence Sailor. The SSHWFGD still rock!
rvicencio 1 year ago
Love this video. Just to get mood to get fly.
"silver wings"
omxshark 1 year ago
thank you capitan (i hope) Nelson for this video and for what you do for us.
marco95959595 1 year ago
By far my favorite fighter jet video of all time. God Bless.
ltsmum3316 1 year ago
Australia just purchased 15 more F-18's
to replace it's F-111's
pakreecekennedy 1 year ago
To be accurate, I happened to see a killer flight demo by an F-18 pilot at Carswell AFB in the early 1980's. Carswell happens to share a runway with the F-16 factory, General Dynamics. So I'm sure this F-18 pilot was well aware of who he was performing his flight demo in front of....and he acted accordingly. I'm QUITE sure that he demonstrated his F-18 that day, to it's maximum potential. It was jaw dropping. He left no doubt that the F-16 wasn't the only super-fighter in the skies.
JetMechMA 1 year ago
Pretty lame for an F-18. I saw a lot of swooping and zooming but not much maneuvering. Check out the video "F-16 Demo Flight". That's the Gold Standard of flight demonstrations. Also check out two videos featuring the F-15 West Coast Demo Team.....the two videos featuring in cockpit video as well as outside footage. For those that don't know, the F-15 is actually quite massive...for a fighter. But just watch these real world Jedi Knights rack these things around the sky.
JetMechMA 1 year ago
@JetMechMA F-14's always stole the crowds =D
xTomcatsForeverVF84x 1 year ago
@xTomcatsForeverVF84x The Tomcat was definitely the crowd favorite at the Chicago Lake Front Air and Water Show. It would send a chill up your spine when he would do the knife edge pass while accelerating and sweeping the wings....just beyond words. Beautiful aircraft. On the next pass he would come in slowed down again with wings forward, pull a hard G turn with afterburners pointed at the crowd for maximum effect and then accelerate going straight up out of sight on a crystal clear day.
JetMechMA 1 year ago
Simply breath-taking. Hopefully this will be me next year
ssvelikiye 1 year ago
how and scary
stevejohn713 1 year ago
best video on utube of an f18
f18esuperhornet13 2 years ago
Could you ask for any better job tbh? :L My dream job i know that!
JKAJENKO 2 years ago 19
@JKAJENKO same
QWEFFF146 2 years ago
@JKAJENKO ....ur right mate u couldn't ask for a better job then that.
legendzackina 2 years ago
@JKAJENKO Damn right
Aleksitusasd 2 years ago
wtf was that landing??? haha how he did that?
trancebeliever 2 years ago
there are catch cords on aircraft carriers that stop the plane otherwise they wouldnt have enough room to stop
FELiPES101 2 years ago
Great video with great music.
omxshark 2 years ago 2
Man i really wana fly one of them!
poyanator 2 years ago 3
Yeah man me to! we'll make it :D
LiveAndLetDie222 2 years ago
hahaha I HOPE SO!
poyanator 2 years ago
u will dude. as will i ! us three in the air just like this ! man i cant wait ! they get PAID to do this !
louie111887 1 year ago
The F/A-18 is the greatest fast jet of all time - awesome video!
PRSOV 2 years ago 3
same my goal is to be flying that plane just graduated college now attending a you session for defence force hopefully i get in.
TanDoan1991 2 years ago
That is cool!!!!!!!!!!!!
ninjamaster564 2 years ago
i love this plane
rurokenshin4 2 years ago 3
joining the navy in 3 years right after I finish military college :)
one day ill be in that plane
alexxxandre91 2 years ago 44
Nice one m8, i wish i was born again knowing what i know now...(i´d study hard, lol)
vascoramaPT 2 years ago 2
@alexxxandre91 F-18's suck. Don't go for it. No plane in the Navy is worthit because the F-14 is gone. F8CK the Super Slow Hornet!
HornetSUCKSForever 1 year ago
@HornetSUCKSForever And you listen, because every F-18 video I see you've posted a gay anti-hornet comment on. I want to know right now, have you ever flown an aircraft in your life? If not, shut the fuck up because you have no goddamn idea what you are talking about. And btw, I wouldn't call anything that can go Mach 1.7 slow cumstain, so get your fucking facts straight.
navyguardf18 1 year ago
@alexxxandre91 well youll be in a hornet but not the C model's almost all if not all of them have been retired. its a super hornet age now baby =]
Ghost096 1 year ago
@alexxxandre91 you dont wana fly the f-35?
MrBlonde707 1 year ago
@alexxxandre91 i hope you can complete your dreams thats an awesome plane
gferngren 1 year ago
@alexxxandre91 I might be seeing you around then, I'm with VMFA-232. I'm a Marine Corps squad, but we could be on the same carrier.
MattyMeatpie 1 year ago
@MattyMeatpie Red Devils ;)
skippyskater 1 year ago
@alexxxandre91 i would like to know if you're still alive.. and dont do it..
Brotha633 1 year ago
@alexxxandre91
GO GET UMM
triplehhh478019 1 year ago
@alexxxandre91 dude i hope not, the f-35 will be opeing its pipeline by then. Do that.
knightnvy 11 months ago
@knightnvy navy wont fly f-35 for the only reason it is a single engine plane i heard
alexxxandre91 11 months ago
@alexxxandre91 they are deploying squadrons for F-35. It is the joint strike fighter, and are receiving their own model which has a beefed up chassis for carrier landing. It will still only have a single engine, but the reliability tests have been so high the need for a second one it a non issue.
knightnvy 11 months ago
@alexxxandre91 i watch this every day to remind me what i go to school for
ArcticCatsRape 11 months ago
@alexxxandre91 same here :D
weetnietgeen 9 months ago
Amazing vid'. the music makes it more pationate lol I hope to fly in the RAF one day its mi ambition!!
Louisthefish23 2 years ago
57-60 great footage
f18esuperhornet13 2 years ago
puta madre, qu buenaso. Aquí en Ecuador eso sería solo un sueño.
GUASW1994 2 years ago
this and mig 29 are my fav aircraft's .
GTXMAN 2 years ago
beautiful aircraft....
exiliado2233 2 years ago
It now seems the USN made the correct choice of buying a bunch of Hornets instead of going broke buying super high tech aircraft like the Raptor. The Raptor is the best, but we cant afford to build it in large numbers due to cost. The USN hornets hit the fleet over 30 years ago, but they still provide a powerful and affordable sting when it comes to combat aviation.
AviatorGuy 2 years ago 3
It is almost the exact same for the RAAF or Royal Australian Air Force man but our hornets are being replaced by JSFs
AAFC111 2 years ago
The raptor is not a carrier-compatible aircraft....
augustinappel 2 years ago 3
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It must be so awesome being a pilot. For anyone out there is it too late for me to become a fighter pilot. I'm 29 years old in the Marine Corps with no College, but an iron will. How Hard will it be for me?
smokeyhat 2 years ago
god bless democracey
LiwamGeebon 2 years ago
I'm joining the ADFA in hope to be a pilot in the air force. Flying one of these is my main goal in life.
ConnorTaylorBP 2 years ago
good luck mate
RunescapeMafia09 2 years ago
I hope to be a pilot in the air force as well.
The best of luck to you.
117hockeywolf 2 years ago
thanks mate
ConnorTaylorBP 2 years ago
These guys rule the world. There's nothing that can top this feeling! Awesome video...
kcubukcu 2 years ago
Incredible footage.
pcsbyte 2 years ago
brilliant.. absolutely brilliant
daruprincess 2 years ago
100%love for JET
Mk3m 2 years ago
excellent video!!! Love the jet!
MikeOfTheUniverse 2 years ago
Awesome video+Great Track=Bookmarked!
SingleRedLine 2 years ago
Best job in the world
Ibbotson1987 2 years ago 2
Man, I just keep watching this vid over and over again. I luv the music. The HUD shots are too low fidelity (grainy), I dunno why the navy doesn't go hi rez on these things. I know it sounds cliche, but I'm so damn envious of these young gun pilots. You should publish more vids like this one.
sydbernice 2 years ago
hey where could you get the video?
kahler12 2 years ago
does anybody know when (or if) vfa-192 will transition to the super "E" hornet? will they just wait until they get F-35's?
DCMclarenFan 3 years ago
i will go ahead and guess they will wait for the f35 they come out in 2011 so not to far away, plus all the hornets have had the shit flown out of them
EttuBrute7 3 years ago
A big salute to all the guys out there doing this 24/7, 365 days a year!
1musiclvr 3 years ago
Does anybody know what kind of cameras are used to captures these videos?
atlboy82 3 years ago
HD? idk
Legendary588 3 years ago
Maybe, but I was wondering what specific time of camera do they put in front of the pilot.
atlboy82 3 years ago
lol, idk, maybe just to see how the pilot reacts to things, idk
Legendary588 3 years ago
Forty-odd years ago, some of our Dragon pilots of Nam days would dodge SAMs, then snap pics of them flying by with personal cams they sometimes carried.
9134207 2 years ago
@9134207 How could you sit in those tiny seats with balls as big as that? 0.o
Fitzcard 2 years ago
A-4 seats were specially built to accommodate such assets. Check with Google search on "Michael Estocin" for proof.
BTW, I was a greenshirt during that era (aviation electronics technician).
9134207 2 years ago
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9134207 2 years ago
awesome
vilma51kerney97 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
im giving it 3 stars ......the video is great but U-2 ? not a good tune for this type of action , i cant even finish the video because of the music.
TrainingPython 3 years ago
awesome video! great work!
Cruzycuzz 3 years ago 2
Alot work was put into that video. Good Job. Very Good Job.
pcsbyte 3 years ago
you can't get an FAA first class medical either if you are color blind. This means that you won't be able to fly in the airlines either. sorry.
azfsiguy 3 years ago
Hornet driver? i'm pretty sure you can't drive hornets lol.
OnionChilli 3 years ago
..... aviators commonly refer to other pilots as drivers. you don't know too much about this stuff do you?
dhl1986 2 years ago
I was a Hornet driver, and I wore contacts or glasses. The key is 20/20 vision at initial health check prior to selection for US Navy/Marine Corps flight training and health screening at Pre-Indoc. If one's vision degrades while in flight training, they will not pull one from flight school. You get either contacts or glasses or elect for lasik. Only in rare instances will a winged pilot be pulled from lfight status for vision (something really bad).
ba7rainisamurai 3 years ago
you cant wear contacts becuz of the g force that can move them around and cause fuzziness ans color blindness keeps you from seeing differnt color equipment on the hornet which might keep you alice or kill you and it can also mess around with you vision under g force, the black fades and the white brightens and can cause temperarly blindness.
thatwhiteguy12345678 3 years ago
why cant you have contacts?
OnionChilli 3 years ago
yes you need 20/20 vision, no glasses, contacts or anything like that. if you have fuzzy sigh at all you cant join.and you need good eye sight so you can read the gauges
thatwhiteguy12345678 3 years ago
why cant you be color blindness either?
jm338 3 years ago
does anyone know if you can wear contacts to be a pilot? i only wear glasses sometimes cause i get eyestrain & i cant read things far away. do you need PERFECT eyesight to be a pilot?
OnionChilli 3 years ago
you gotta be in perfect health to enter AF academy, I tried to, but my vision test failed me. gotta be 20/20
rollieroses 3 years ago
why does it have to be 20/20, i thought computers and radars played the role of eyes
jm338 3 years ago