F-16 Ride Along during Lockheed Martin Demo

[takach66]

F 16 !!! -:)

[andysim232]

he must be knackered hehe. Ive never felt 9 g but I bet I would pass out at about 6. Most Roller Coasters are max 3g for very short time (2 or 3 seconds) and they make me giddy hehe.

[Maverickf22flyer]

I wonder if this was a Block 30 or 40, cause it can clearly be seen that it has a GE 110, telling by the nozzle type, and this one normally produces at least 28500 pounds of thrust!

Cheers, F-16 FTW!

[mohamedfaroukzmw]

there is something i need an explanation about it in this video, the aircraft was stopping and to go airborne it is just took roughly 6 seconds, is it true, in addition, from the video, I cann't say that he was deploying the afterburner also i heard the word afterburner. the question is? did he moved that slowley and then went airborne in 6 seconds and low speed as it seems in the video. the speed readings is not displayed in the HUD

[drbackjack]

@mohamedfaroukzmw

The speed is the tape on the left of the HUD.

[JetMechMA]

@mohamedfaroukzmw He took off at 150 knots. You could hear him say that. Minimum Take-off Distance F16 C. 1500 ft. Pretty amazing. I'm not sure how that stacks up against more recent fighter designs. The whole thing is amazing from start to finish. He doesn't even particulalry line up on the runway....because he doesn't USE the runway. He gets airborne almost immediately.

[KillerNeuron]

watching this makes me tired.

[GelandnaleG]

3:57

[GelandnaleG]

4:06pmMonday (CST) - TimenM

M:EDIUM

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[GelandnaleG]

2:03

3:02 5:55

2:03

[room128]

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't this performed at the same Paris Air Show where the Mig-29 crashed?

[JetMechMA]

@room128: I read on another posting of this video that it is a General Dynamics factory test pilot at the '89 Paris Airshow in a borrowed aircraft. Borrowed from Turkey I think. (who also manufactures F-16s under license) You can tell by the insignia and the tail drag-chute housing, which American F-16s didn't have at the time. There at :40 seconds you can see both clearly.

[fly4vino]

Outstanding

[danielks57]

Awesome...

[kingneptune117]

why is the master arm on?

[rfoshaug]

@kingneptune117

My (uneducated) guess would be that it's necessary to "fire" the smokewinders.

[JetMechMA]

@rfoshaug That just sounds right as soon as you read it. I bet you're right.

[kerdougan]

@rfoshaug Surely for being able to turn the Smokewinders on

[rickrollins2008]

That guy sounds like he's rubbing one out while flying.

[DoubleDutchBust]

1:44pm Sunday (CST) - Time in Mississippi, United States of America

[slashsound]

What I want to know is how the hell he did a loop while maintaining 150 knots the WHOLE time....and it was a low G loop.

[JetMechMA]

@slashsound The F-16 has more thrust than weight and at 150 he's still aerodynamic so his flight controls still work...just barely. That's as much a demo of the powerplant as it is of the airframe.

[Maverickf22flyer]

@slashsound

F-16 is the answer!;)

It has great control at very low airspeed and high alpha due to the onboard computer taking care and filtering his inputs!

Virtually, the onboard computer would allow the aircraft to be controllable even at 50 knots, but with low input response...! For short, it keeps it within limits anytime!

[emanham]

This is what i wanna do when i get older... It has always my dream to be in the airforce... i think it is amazing what people can do in a F 16. i resently took a trip down to florida... when we were there we went to the Eglin Airforce meusem. We flew into FT walton beach and seeing the Fighters waiting to take off when we were taking off and landing was amazing

[scottp118]

I think people are too hung up on landing speed. I'd focus instead on the angle of attack bracket, sliding up and down the flight path marker. Centered, that's 13 degrees AoA, ideal for landing. The speed that corresponds to 13 AoA varies widely... no charts in front of me, but I'd bet it's at least a 40 knot window.

Low speed is max lift, BTW. He doesn't need to be anywhere near full mil power to keep the plane under 15 AoA during the low speed pass. That's more a demo of the impressive wing.

[stove6]

the pilot is 'grunting,' a technique to keep

the blood from pooling under intense G forces..

In positive g turns, blood moves down, away from the brain and you tense your muscles to keep the blood in the brain.

[airplaneman123]

on the other hand if he pushed forward on the stick 9 G's his brain would explode because of such weight to his head and too much blood forced and compressed into the brain

[StudioTibet]

is it normal like this? he's breathing like crazy..

[cafeine]

this video is perfect...it actually made me feel difficult to breathe....:S....i can't imagine how 9 G feel like....

[sk8allday25]

pretty heavy lmao

[ReductioAdAbsurdum]

"I think the pilot is dying..is it that painful sounds soo bad like he is gasping for air.."

Yeah, pretty much. The pilot is struggling to breath and stay conscious. At 9Gs, you are being crushed, your body weighs nearly a ton, and without special suits and breathing techniques, blood is forced out of the brain and you quickly go blind, then unconscious. Modern fighter planes can take a lot more than their pilots can.

[stove6]

He is not dying. He is getting force-fed oxygen via his oxygen mask. That is to ensure that if he starts to go "night-night",

he will get enough O2 to keep his body functioning, should his blood pool for too long. He is also 'grunting' to keep the blood up in his brain.

[airplaneman123]

where does it show the G

[stove6]

Right above the airspeed tape; on the left.

On the 9g turn, watch the numbers increase rapidly.

[airplaneman123]

ok thanks

[Butcher851]

The number above the NAV by the way is the maximum number of Gs pulled. It's also mentioned at the start of the video.

[ntabonkerleo]

he sounds like sneezing. LOL 8 G, i will throw up lol

[roguesword51]

m8 i think u will make dying sounds if u was pulling that many G,s its a breathing method to keep his conciosness

[LeoXV78]

Riding in on a high horse.

[gilh1986]

Hi

The F-16 at the 89 Paris air show was a company-owned aircraft (F-16C) flown by the then General Dynamics CTP Blann Smith.

The F-16 shown here is intended for turkey,but the pilot is Steve Barter (Lockheed Martin CTP).

He flew the F-16 at the paris air show 1995 as well.

[GHOSTRIDER811]

is this BlOCK 30 ? and is she still active one airshow ? if you can give me information it will be very nice thx any way :)

[Butcher851]

Looks like a Turkish Block 30 yes.

[590064]

The only one correct is my comment. This WAS from the 89' Paris Air Show. Don't believe me?

[directech111]

Amazing, the number of people who have no idea what they are talking about. Every single person on this page - got it wrong.

[590064]

The only one correct is my comment. This WAS from the 89' Paris Air Show. Don't believe me?

[soufafalcon]

TURKISH F-16

[konjfuzed]

Oh man, you turks are such mongoloids.

[590064]

This video is from the 1989 Paris Air Show. It was a borrowed jet, I think from the Danish Air Force.

[590064]

Correction, Dutch F-16.........

[simf6]

no expert here but anyway :-)

125kts is slow for an approach thats true but for touchdown I think its ok ... if the plane can fly 105kts at 25 degrees AoA then it can probably go 125 at 13 degrees just before touchdown ,with low fuel and no stores ofc

[DefaultSlayerSWE]

hm, im not watching it agian but as far as i know from falcon4, 125 knots is very very very slow, u almost break your plane cuz u will land to steeply at 125knots, 160 is good i think, but im not an expert, that is only what i know from falcon4AF. I also know from falcon 4 that the pilot in f-16 can change the apperance of the HUD a bit.

[Airshowfan2]

It is not that slow at 120. The Viper Demo teams go around 120 for a high angle slow speed pass, known as the High alpha. Which speed ranges from 125-150.

[JetMechMA]

Don't kid yourself, that's sloooow. DefaultSlayer is right. That's the point of the high alpha demo....they are standing on thrust alone. The F-16 has more thrust than weight in the wings clean config.....that's what the high alpha demo is demonstrating. F-16s and F-15s were prone to landing gear damage if they didn't keep their speed just right on landing. That's why they are fighter pilots. They are flying high strung thoroughbred aircraft.

[simf6]

well on touchdown speed is 125 thats not near 150 :-)

[gio31brasil]

i think 15=150 knots

[LeonSzillard]

Note his altimeter has the runway set to -50ft altitude.

Gives pilot an extra 50ft margin for error

[Hegegutt]

What is strange is that his landingspeed is under 50 knots, when it should be around 150 - 155 knots with an F-16.. The speed-ladder also usually shows the knots as with full numbers, and not 10=100, 05=50 and so on.. I'm wondering if it's a foreign pilot with a foreign speed indicator that is not knots, but something else

[86gmhvl]

If you look closely at the HUD, The airspeed indicator is around 140-150 knots when he lands. I think you got confused with the line showing the horizon. Look closer.

[Hegegutt]

Oh I see that now, Strange, thats not the normal settings on the heads up display anyway. The knots are usually set to whole numbers, and the speed-needle isnt usually that small, and it is locked in way.

[marshalbuff]

I believe its KM/H we use it in Russia

[Hegegutt]

we use km/h in norway too, but not in the air, and i dont think russia do either. Its an international system, and there have to be common rules for each cuntry. This is in knots though, just that they are shortened down so 100 knots = "10" here. In the usual way to display the HUD is a "needle" with the whole number inside it on the speed-ladder. thats why i was confused at first

[marshalbuff]

No Russia Uses Km/h in the air as well, I find it better than Knots.

[Hegegutt]

Yes you are right. I checked it

[chanrobi]

Well you clearly don't know what you're talking about. He landed at nearly 150knots as indicated by his hud at 05:34.

[Hegegutt]

yes? that is what we are saying? you clearly dont know what we are talking about

[ZakMkKraken]

if the pilot is from TAI he is Turkish, if he is General Dynamics' then ok. Btw, Americans are not the only ones that can speak english.

[tomcatter84]

General Dynamics test pilot Neil Anderson was flying this display at the 1989 Paris Airshow. I own the original video.

[DavidNorum]

Pilot has worked for TAI.

[ZakMkKraken]

TAI F-16 test pilot is not from USA he is a Turkish. His name is Sener Koltuk.

[Frost1e]

I guess that'll explain his American-English voice then;)

[DavidNorum]

I dont konow who is the TAI's test pilot at the moment but this pilot worked for TAI.

[Eihort]

This is at an airshow, and the pilot has a perfect American accent. You can hear the tower talking to a plane with a British Aerospace callsign.

[jefejefejefe]

he sounds like hes suffering hella...lol air shows are no fun for the pilots

[JetMechMA]

His accent is actually a Fort Worth, Texas accent. Very patrticular to Fort Worth. The owner of the video says it is Neil Anderson and from the accent, that's what I think as well. His commentary to himself is typically understated Texan. He's flying the greatest fighter in the world and up there pulling gut wrenching 9 g maneuvers and he sounds like he just dismounted a rodeo bull at the Fort Worth Stock Yards. What a character. He wasn't born in Fort Worth but clearly became a native.

[JetMechMA]

I stand corrected....apparently not Mr Anderson but still, that's a Fort Worth accent. A Texas accent.

[suds42]

good video mate!

[jefejefejefe]

who that breathing sounds like his suffering...i dont wanna b a piolit

[Eihort]

He's pulling 9Gs. He weighs 9 times what he normally does, blood starts to leave the brain and can cause a pilot to pass out, starting around 4gs. With a "G-suit" that hugs you like a bear, and the breathing to increase blood pressure, and tightening muscles, you can sustain 9Gs for short periods.

[DavidNorum]

Pilot is from USA. He is the test pilot working for Turkish firm TAI.

[razorseal]

woohoo for the Turkish airfoce on the outside view :)