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?)  

Ely Flight 14 Nov 2012 Guest Blogger ~ Captain Dave Kindley, PMA 265

"...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....”

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

[SpazSinbad]

  Boom Here Comes the BOOM - ready or not - these guys without ear protection look very nonchalant indeed. 

[Victory103]

Also notice they had to strip everything hanging of the Bug in order for the "boom" to happen.

[SpazSinbad]

A REAL Super Hornet SIM video 2mins 27secs: http://bcove.me/j37opexs

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/12/mach-2-hair-on-fire-ars-flies-the-navys-fa-18-sim-into-the-danger-zone/

http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/JT3A1120.jpg

[SpazSinbad]

Flight Ready: Cognitive fidelity in synthetic environment live virtual constructive

Published on Dec 9, 2014 NavAirSysCom
"Discovering the science behind the simulator; Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md. scientists and engineers team up with academia and the medical community to improve virtual training environments for F/A-18 fleet pilots.

[Azframer]

A January 2015 Naval Air Systems Command test of a Tomahawk Block IV guided by a F/A-18 into a moving ship target. Go to USNI News for the rest of the story.
http://news.usni.org/2015/02/09/video-tomahawk-strike-missile-punches-hole-moving-maritime-target

[Azframer]

[Azframer]

[SpazSinbad]

VFA-27's "That's a Shack!" Cruise Video Teaser Published on Mar 7, 2015 MIYF27

"Once again, the Royal Maces present the teaser to this year’s full-length cruise video: “That’s a Shack!”

For more information about the upcoming 2014-2015 cruise video and our squadron, please contact us through the VFA-27 Public Affairs Office at vfa27pao@gmail.com.

Mace in your face!
www.facebook.com/VFA27

Music: Daft Punk & The Glitch Mob - Derezzed (Remixed by The Glitch Mob)"

[SpazSinbad]

Super Hornet landing 600 fps - Fighter jet landing in slow motion [FCLP Landing FENTRESS only]

[SpazSinbad]

F-35Bs testing on USS Wasp has been in the news lately so here are some various F-35 Training Flight Sim Hardware in this video with the best being the Full Mission Simulator FMS seen as the pilot moves into the dome (surrounded by screens inside).

F-35 Academic Training Center Luke AFB