F/A-18F Engine Start

Who doesn't love the sound of an F414 spooling up? This was filmed at the Langley AFB show...unfortunately an approaching storm forced the team to shut down a couple minutes later. The good news is that they did fly later in the evening.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• f18
• F-18
• F/A-18
• Super
• Hornet
• Navy
• Langley
• Rhino
• VFA-11
• VFA-106

[belka85]

You only need one person to start a F-18. I don't know why the US finds it necessary to have as many as 6 people for a start and park.

[skatetolive101]

thats not just a hornet, thats the super hornet! its the old hornets predecesor

[Legendary588]

@belka85 its for safety precautions, Just to make sure everything is good to go.

[killjoy270]

its a demo team but really in real life on the flight line they have about 2 people he starts the engine and 1 person watches for things and the other taxi him out of the ramp

[lexlov250]

@belka85 good example of where our tax dollar's are going. no wonder the US is in deep financial shit

[FloOFy2]

@belka85 their there checking the whole plane out to see if everything's in good order, not to start up the plane. Would be ridiculous if the plane crashes because no one noticed if a rutter didn't work.

[mike71085]

@belka85 Because it's a demo team, the other guys are all part of the team and are just playing their part standing out there for the air show. There's only one that actually assists with the start-up and system checks with the pilot. Looks like someone just wanted an opportunity to jump on Americans and make us look dumb. Besides, seeing as we're the only country in the world that conducts carrier fixed-wing flight ops at the pace and scale that we do; a few extra safety observers don't hurt.

[Skippy585]

@belka85

Thats a good question. I guess they only do that for Airshows. AS a matte of fact I believe you can crank up both powerplants up simultaneously. But I think you can only use Bleed Air from the JFS (APU).

The F-15 has airstarters that uses bleed air from the JFS-100.

[zarniwoop42]

Also u need to remember one thing. This is Navy. Where do Navy planes often fly? The carrier. That deck is a tight place with lots of ppl around and noisy as heck. U need the safety of those hand signals. Yeah this vid is on land but u do the same so u don't mess up on board.

[zarniwoop42]

Sorry hit my rtn button. But after going fed. 40ft. They all ran under the plane and checked it all again.

[zarniwoop42]

No balks what they were doing is not laughable. What is was I was doing some work with the A.F. They had all the guys do the checks, started up the 15, taxied forward about 20 ft. The