F18 Hornet Surface Flyby

[tenacious645]

hahaha that bird got screwed over in his jet wash

[personunknown1143]

Am I the only one that noticed the bird that got mauled in the beginning of the video?

[gregrutz]

@personunknown1143 It just scared the bird.

[Georgefoest]

Man, I have got to get me one of those!!!

[garyblueskys]

Sanfrancisco Bay? Woohoo! Awesome!

[vodude]

I'm glad these guys our on our side!

[BIGPAWLAK]

EFEN AWESOME !!!

[Yakko77]

I think that plane might've sucked some fish into its intake!!!!

[CallOfSpooge]

i just came

[markbr2]

Faaaark. These guys are good!

[Amendment8]

oh yea, those people peed their pants

[dormytorry]

first sound - sonic boom,  second sound - jet engine

[tyinykiller5]

hahhahahahah whatch the seagull on the left at the beginning of the video....

[Tnesjed]

no sonic boom?

[336kgf]

I wonder how much the salt water that is probably flying upwards onto the plane is affecting the framework of the aircraft, if at all.

[MaxiBoOoY]

Uhhhh....daamn, sounded like he got one stuck up him lol......

[Rpcjak]

Ok, something is wrong with this video. I understand what happens when the sound barrier is broken (ie-compressed moisture, big boom). However, those cloud-disks occur below the speed of sound (especially in humid conditions or during high G-turns).

So, can one of the experienced pilots explain why there's a could-disk in the vid? He is clearly sub-sonic.

[RyIzzle]

@Rpcjak The plume (vapor) is right before breaking the barrier.

[huracan200173]

@Rpcjak That's called "transonic" speed. The aircraft is bellow the speed of sound, but some parts of it are at, or above it. (relative to the speed and direction of the air). The moisture disk is only visible under high humidity conditions like in this case, a few feet above the water.

[cbrittain77]

@Rpcjak It has to do with the formation of shock waves (bow wave) as part of the airflow around the aircraft is supersonic. The area behind the wave is lower pressure and that's why you get the vapor. Check out Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators and it explains it better. That book tortured me going through flight school. USMC F/A-18 WSO here.

[blueyed78]

speed of sound

[spooky02]

Thats as fast as you can go without breaking every window within a mile. Damn!

[popsnacks2]

bird at two IS like SHIT YOU FU**ING HACKERS!!!!!!!!

[Thrills2010]

Mannnnn, that jet is haulin' ASS!

[davesnothereman1]

Now that's jet skiing!

[MarcoTUV]

5 pelicans dislike this vid

[wehavewaffles247]

bird:SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

[Kazoo4U]

if you don't get pussy with that...

[xzxFUNNYMANxzx]

You see the white cloud around the plane, thats mother nature telling us to slow down, but the Us navy just gives her the finger and lets er eat

[BackhandAtom]

@Darkmanskin I got a wife but that doesn't stop me from getting a chubby from seeing something that bad ass bro 90 %of the people on this video that had the dream of flying a fighter jet and couldn't because of poor eyesight get a chubby when they watch these videos it hasn't got shit to do with getting a girl

[ionuttamasan]

That will get you up in the morning. You don't need coffee anymore that's for sure.

[BackhandAtom]

I just got a chubby

[Darkmanskin]

@BackhandAtom you need a girl

[deeperwaterz]

Okay I want one =]

[pelagic6]

Fucking sick!

[Sting3733]

That bird wasn't even close.......... just look at the size of it, you can obviously tell that the bird is much much closer to the camera than the F-18.

[snakeNbits]

Fuck, are some of you people dumb! If this was a video of a bird hitting the Hornet it would be a video of the plane crashing.

[123samnolan]

That pilot is shit! My nan could do better!

[911IceMike]

@123samnolan

so lame i'l not even going to begin to argue

[123samnolan]

@911IceMike Go on! Argue! ;)

[NAILGUN3000]

@123samnolan Are you dumb brosis?

[DubyaRidesZX6]

@911IceMike He wouldve been so good, he wouldve ran the F-18 into the water!

[therealTOTOfan]

the bird wasnt hit at all

[1BustedMyth]

Their not called Hornets for nothing!

[phil656565]

looks like he's flirting with supersonic, nice

[2k5mike]

@phil656565 he isnt supersonic

[bitemysausage]

the seagull thought he could outrun the plane then decided to bail

[puppypuncher07]

ok now that is sooooooooooooooooooo bad ass!!!!!!!!!! o i wish i could fly one

[finx2much]

now thats what i call arriving in style.. can you hear the bint squealing in the background.. such a nice touch!

[Sjunneh]

@finx2much is that the sound when he pulls up, cuz thats beautifull

[oTECHNETIUMo]

@Sjunneh no actually its another jet flying over the cameraman

[m1leswilliams]

@finx2much HA HA ... bint. Classic.

[bylhamclarabella]

Isnt it strange how the water appears streamed where he passes over it. Like he has forced the air down into the water.

[2pacalypse25]

that looks so fucking cool ...

one fuck up and your dead

[TuAFFalcon]

Ye take that seagulls! Run bitch!

[photopicker]

great capture ... Fleet week continues to astound!

[bfgray]

Gorgeous~!



[usnavyseals99]

lol that will cause a wake

[fonzman1984]

I love fleet week! Those jets are amazing! Only thing better than motorcycles! Lol

[mrmakemakkara]

f-18 hornet pilot mp finnish air force

[spidergem1]

crazy :)

[johnmason2354]

Thumbs UP!  It is an AIRSHOW!

[ALEKSANDREXE2]

the extreme level is 50 meters above any surface, certainly the pilot broke the rule..

[Dan31387]

Sikorsky158 - I don't know what kinda dope you're smokin but the f-18 is and improvement on almost everything in the tomcat. Having said this the tomcat is a great aircraft and will forever be one of my favorites. However the f-18 more agile and maneuverable than the 14. Sorry to burst your bubble but read up on the facts first. Opinions are great but like assholes, everyone has them. Facts speak for themselves.

Now, great vid! Wish I could be in one of those!

[TuAFFalcon]

@Dan31387 LoL thanks for backing me up :) A bit harsh but ye lol. F-14 has better range though and had the AIM-54.

[Leeanmarjon]

very fast hornet maybe you will crash

[sikorsky158]

This would be better if it was an F-14...

[crazynorthamericanje]

helllls yeah

[336kgf]

@sikorsky158 Dude...Tomcats in Blue Angels colors? HELL YEAH. Thumbs up.

[sikorsky158]

@336kgf yes. because the tomcats are more maneuverable than the hornet.

[TuAFFalcon]

Ye F-14's are gone. No one uses them anymore except the shitty "A" model by Iranians. Try another aircraft.

[sikorsky158]

@TuAFFalcon Any model of the F-14 can beat the the F-18. When our "Super" Hornets figt Iranian F-14's, I'm betting my money on the F-14.

[TuAFFalcon]

F/A-18 Super Hornet are considered by some experts to be the best fighter in the world. It has net centric capabilities, advanced AESA radar even some form of stealth. It is equiped with AIM-9X and AMRAAM-C missiles. What exactly does the Tomcat have? If it wasnt for its ability to fire the AIM-54 Phoenix missiles i wouldnt shit on it.

[TuAFFalcon]

And all this for $50-60 million a piece rather then $100-150 million for a F-22.

[wildmetal16]

DEAD bird xDDD

[shrivaldo]

TOOO LOW!!!!!!

[crazynorthamericanje]

bahahahahaha he hit a bird

[lucianmop]

where?? o.O

[crazynorthamericanje]

in the very beginning

[paragonx88]

wow...

[jacked080]

lol the woman screaming at 0:02 XD

[Lemarseillaisdu38]

Sa serais pas un Blue Angel ??

[lucianmop]

oui

[JAMinguitardude1]

thats the wings splitting the mositure in the air

[cemtuncay]

what is that falling right before the jet comes into view around 0:02sec ???

[HuynhRieu]

bay gull or sea gull w/e you call thems

[IRONSEAN7]

my jaw dropped,, sorry,, hey check out, Blue angels 3 sneak passes",, its the bigger version with music, and it gets ya motor runnin

[ActionJackson1997]

It looks like a missle if u pause it. lol. I no tht it's not though!!!

[mikel1982]

is this some kind of anti-truther backhanded comment lol

[tpaladino]

Hahahahahaha.... +10 :)

[StraightCash081]

i was there watching this from the dock

[deddles]

very dangerous. thats how shit happens no matter how good of pilots they are

[RCTestPilots]

what? flying low

[cajundecoeur]

nice flight demonstration. Jolie, jolie....

[johnmason2354]

F-18 rules

[airbrush4you]

That was very cool but Hornets do not rule. F-15E Strike Eagles rule! Other than the F-22 it's the best aircraft in our arsenal!

[nwsunder]

1) you really cannot tell him what his opinion is. 2)the F-15 isn't nearly as versatile as the Hornet. 3) the F-22 has yet to prove itself as an effective war machine. Please, don't tell people what they should be thinking.

[ryanoose]

just under, enough to form the cone of air that cant move out the way fast enough but not at the speed of sound, otherwise all those nice folks with the shattered boat windows would be hunting down the Blue Angels for blood lol

[eagleboarder128]

@ryanoose. Good luck with that. Lol

[spchamp1]

You know he has to be doing at least 768 mph due to the "halo" around the a/c. He is supersonic during most of the fly by.

[baldwinfajardo]

LMFAO @ bird

[TuAFFalcon]

That bird got owned at the start.

[sexyrenn]

That was awesome!

[CyclonicTuna023]

sweet

[ArianartizaN]

Man that is too siiick...

[ThomasRivette]

Was that Fleet Week in San Francisco?

[meriis91]

hahahah that is crazy..good job..

[pwnzor3000]

0:02

That bird probably shit himself!

[Spydercocaine]

@pwnzor3000

Himself? Can a F18 cause antigravity?

[zPeeNuT]

@pwnzor3000 .... that bird was NO WHERE near the plane .... are you guys blind

[pwnzor3000]

@zPeeNuT Are you retarded? It's a joke...of COARSE it wasnt near the Jet!

[zPeeNuT]

@pwnzor3000 .... 73 people think otherwise

[xWOMBOCOMBOx]

@zPeeNuT Typical Americunts, No point fretting about it.

[vicvicbitter]

Can I say rude words, well... RUDE WORDS.

Excellent.

Thank you.

[futureM3guy]

wow that would be fun 2 wakeboard behind haha

[JIM30747]

Hmmmmm.....: this probably made someone's sphincter muscle relax all of a sudden.

[kellark12]

BLUE Angels baby WOOHOO!!!!

[CaptainMorgan896]

FLY NAVY.

Transonic at 60 feet. haha...love it

[bestamerica]

wow i love that a video F-18 near from the water,,,

i dont like ussr russia mig-29 jetfighter

[RezViper]

that bird looked like it shit a brick even though it was about 1000 feet from that hornet lol

[byrneem]

haha, i went back and watched the bird :) good eyes

[sgtsn1per]

of cource they would fly that low they r the blue angels thats what they do for a living

[StarsAndStraps4E]

Damn Hes Flirting With The Sound Barrier 30' Above The Water... Skill... xliver4 some ass was trying to get them Ban Them From Doing Airshows?

[MiddleFingerSaysHi]

Actually, the vapor cone in this video was formed due to him flying in humid air. Obviously because it was over a large body of water, the air is also filled with a lot of water. The cone formed from the water in the air condensing around the fuselage of the jet from extreme pressure change. A cone is not always a sign of being near to or breaking the sound barrier. Some jets break the sound barrier without you seeing the cone at all.

[rtrThanos]

... if you want to be smart about it, NOBODY said in any previous posts that the "vapor cone" was due to the speed. They simply said he was flirting with the sound barrier. We all know that he is indeed pushing the sound barrier in this video, because this is a well-known manuever at ocean-front Blue Angels shows. And if you want to act like a professor, the scientific term for this is "Prandtl-Glauert Singularity." But we already knew that...jackass

[xliver4]

lol. they would do that the year that one dude was trying to ban them from san fran

[azeron112]

HAHA!!! That Blue Angel almost made that bird see blue angels! The birds too big to be THAT close to the F-18, but I bet that bird shit himself anyways!

[whuffie]

Way cool video. I'd LOVE to see cockpit footage of this!

[snakeNbits]

The bird was several hundred feet away from the jet in this video. If the bird had hit the plane this would be a video of the plane crashing, retards!

[jonesy97]

I wanna water ski in his wake, as long as the skin won't peel away from my face doing it! Wow!

[thad73va30]

you're right. That bird just had a bad day.

[EAFSQ9]

stop at 0:02 and watch the bird that gets clipped.

[kingofengles]

lol pwned by the navy/marines

[Capt777harris]

This footage was taken at a recessed point between the breakwater near Ghiradelli Square and Fort Mason, San Francisco, a football field's distance from the main air show box. For that bird to have been "clipped" by a Blue Angel FA-18, it would have to be the largest seagul ever; wingspan of forty feet.

[RJW1977]

That bird flys out from in front of the building in the foreground, not from behind it. You can see it at the end of 1 second, but you have to look close. The seagull is much closer to the camera than it is to those boats.

[PyroPiraat]

Look at 0:1, it look likes he drop something

[generalLeeISkool]

he smoked a bird or the bird died from him going so fast! ha

[mahony007]

The bird was probably a few hundred feet from the jet. The jet is about 60 feet long so the bird would be visibly smaller if it was closer to the jet. I was actually on the shoreline that day and got some pix of birds diving into the water feeding.

[parallax7d]

anyone see the bird take a nose dive from the turbulence?

[bluemanor]

Fantastic video. Great quality and sound. That pilot is riding the edge of the sound barrier - well done.

[crispycritterz]

I need a cigarette.....

[RJW1977]

The higher your altitude, the faster you have to travel to break the sound barrier because the air is less dense.

[loserwing]

no i i think super sonic has to be at atleast 1000mph I THINK not sure

[nerdfighter78]

Super sonic is generally around 750 mph.

[xXxmasterchief117xXx]

nah mate its 750 knots which is about 860 mph

[Cirux321]

At around sea level the speed of sound is around 750 *MPH*.

[acdcgreat]

The higher you go, the lower the speed of sounds is. I.E. 15,000 feet, it would be more like 615 knots

[DirtyThing20]

yeah..and supersonics depend on the altitude...

[ShittyAssNigger]

it's 720-770 depending on altitude

[allflight57]

that is so FUCKING SICK!

[cod4m14ownage]

First of all they are blue angels.. and my penis just moved

[Sky2yoshimura]

Your penis moved why?

lol

[drumdude46]

looked like around 500 to me, which at sea level, is well under the Sound Barrier. believe that figure is something like 700+

still, quite awesome to watch something moving that fast, so low to the Water (ground)

spectacular!

[crispycritterz]

Yes. High subsonic easily, but close enough to mach 1 to generate a compression wave near the surface.

[skeletalwreckofman]

Thought Mach, just under/right at, at sea level was 670? Just asking not tryin to start a fight, but yeah its kick ass watching that so low, so fast!

[drumdude46]

absolutely "Skeletal"  yeah, not totally sure if it's under 700 at sea level, or the figure you provided. oh well..... no matter! that thing was Rippin' across the water, yes! too cool. peace

[RJW1977]

Mach 1 at sea level is 761 mph.

[crispycritterz]

He's doing about 640 knots.

[casimer76522]

its at fleet week in san francisco

[Maseeri]

bellissimo

[twiggy2694]

awesome

[stayhidden]

dangerous much?

[acdcgreat]

They train constantly for this maneuver.

[stayhidden]

Sure, but it's still dangerous.

Anybody whose flown knows that.

[acdcgreat]

I have enough faith in them ;D

[pgp612]

dude did u jus randomly start recordin or did u now it was comein

[skinnymilk]

amazing!

[1exotic]

wow

[vicbub71]

Nope at 2 seconds you can see the bird infront of the wall towards the camera. That bird was nowhere near the f-18. And if it was that would be 1 big ass seagull !

[1exotic]

lol i relized that, it died!?

[halo10034]

o no!! how terrible(sarcasm)

[ProdigyofPoland]

Rofl the bird!

[lovemehatemeLOLZ]

hahahA FUCKING BIRD DIED

[yuewon12345]

a seagull was killed in this video....