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The Cool Video Thread
SpazSinbad:
OH NO not another Super Hornet F/A-18E catapult shot? This time in slow motion with a screenshot of the right hand on de TOWEL RACK (must be heated because that is why they were dem fingertipless gloves - am I right?) ;D
Ely Flight 14 Nov 2012 Guest Blogger ~ Captain Dave Kindley, PMA 265
--- Quote ---"...Imagine that you’re sitting on the deck of a carrier, about 50 feet above sea level. It’s the darkest night you’ve ever seen, not even starlight to give some illumination. You’ve just signaled the shooter that you’re ready to go. Your Super Hornet is straining at the holdback fitting, 44,000 pounds of thrust visible as two bars of superheated fury roaring into the jet blast deflector behind you. You’ve got one hand on the throttle, holding it in afterburner. The other holds on to the towel rack handle on the canopy, safely keeping your hand from the stick because the jet knows a cat shot and how to rotate away from the waves.
Then the cat hits you, a mule kick to your back. You’ve already shoved your head back against the seat but you’re pressed harder as you accelerate from a standing start to 150 mph in about 1 ½ seconds. But as soon as it starts, it’s over and you’re airborne and climbing away. Your senses are reeling, and all you see ahead is blackness, no reference at all to up or down. You remind yourself to trust the glowing green symbols in your HUD and you climb away, one adventure behind you, another about to begin....”
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http://www.navair.navy.mil/nawcad/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.blog_post_detail&blog_post_id=108
SLOW MOTION Catapult Super Hornet F/A-18E
neutrino:
Is this for real: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1008586185831107&set=vb.146505212039213&type=2&theater
SpazSinbad:
Ex-Oz ARMY Helo Pilot Flying (and another on the ground):
http://www.wimp.com/helicopterflying/ OR
SpazSinbad:
The best introduction to NavAv I have seen - from the beginning.
Angle Of Attack - "How Naval Aviation Changed The Face Of War" [1 hour and 49 minutes] TheWhiplash007 Published on Jul 5, 2013
GOONIE:
always cool to see a F/A-18 Charlie go supersonic
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