F-18 Hornet - The Best Airshow Display Ever - Flies Like Vector Thrust!

[mrcharles007]

does not suprise me..the hornet is one of the most agile plane in the USAF...it can still turn with most newer fighters out there..rafale, eurofighter, and the saab gripen. slow speed agility is this speciality

[driveby14000]

even thought he f22 is awesome. this is still my favorite fighter of all time.

[driveby14000]

my dad saw one of these randomly fly over chicago with its afterburners on. wish i had been there.

[Nielsenkc]

it looks like it has thrust vectoring because the f/a-18 gives the pilot the advance of being able to point the nose any where he wants faster than any other aircraft out there.

[The10mileswide]

Thats why may favorite aircraft was the F-18!! xD

[ToonandBBfan]

Fantastic video of a formidable airplane. Thanks

[viperdriver82]

i have never seen footage of a US hornet doing anything close to this , swiss and finnish pilots are the shit

[Nielsenkc]

@viperdriver82 that because we went to save gas when the us do demos.

[MetaliCanuck]

its good but there is much better frm f18s out there. The F18 would blow peoples minds if they knew what it could really do. Ive seen an instructor stand a fully loaded F18 straight up and fly around the base at a 90degree pitch while turning. this is typical

[primolilla]

@MetaliCanuck Yep, I agree. There is actually an Aussie Super Hornet display with a full loadout here on the Tube. I miss the 14's, but the Super Bug has really come into it's own. I like this video too. Anything with burners that pulls G's is worth watching.

[MrAirplanenutz]

@primolilla the point of this video is this f-18 doing flat spins and back flips, without thrust vectoring. most everything else is normal, but an f-18 isn't suppose to be able to do controlled flat spins. back flips, i can see it, since just stall it out. i do wonder how it would fly if McDonnell Douglas incorporated thrust vector tail assembly. most likely, since it is capable of extreme flight already, well would probably out perform every other aircraft out there except our own with vt.

[primolilla]

@MrAirplanenutz Yep, I know the point of the video and commented that I like it. There really is no need for thrust vectoring on the Sup Hornet. It has such huge control surfaces that it does, as you said out perform nearly everything out there. If you want to see what it does with a full loadout search it on here. It's funny, as like the Sup Hornet loaded, the F-35 specs are listed assuming an internal load. Its a nice Vid. I gave U the thumb up.