Comments on: Spaceship Two and more

By: MPH

MPH — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:58:06 +0000

Er….um… Mr. Safety guy… wasn’t the sink rate of that A-4 toward the end almost terminal?

Not an A-4.

My uneducated guess is a Rafale.

By: ELP

ELP — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:35:20 +0000

Er….um… Mr. Safety guy… wasn’t the sink rate of that A-4 toward the end almost terminal?

By: SSG Jeff (USAR)

SSG Jeff (USAR) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:56:41 +0000

Yeah, but the Hornet made up for it with the vapor effects.

By: HummerDude

HummerDude — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:37:06 +0000

Cool. Cool. Noticably absent from the ‘speed’ category: le Hornet (save the Rhino that appears to be neck and neck with a “puffy white cloud”.)

(Just a wee bit o’ jealousy…from someone who only knows this side o’ 300 k-nots.)

By: sid

sid — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:09:28 +0000

The Viggie in the video is actually the original “straight back” bomber version, the A3J.

That particular footage appears to be from the initial carrier suitability trials.

Got a good show by the Omani “Jag-yew-ares” south of Masirah. Looking back, it was during the monsoon and choppy, so it must’ve been rougher than a cob for them as they got into ground effect and started leaving their wakes.

Kind of incongrous listening to the Brit expats’ radio calls in that characteristic calm monotone they use while watching them do what they did…

By: Skippy-san

Skippy-san — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:26:41 +0000

The Viggie at the begining is cool if you ask me.

1978-USS Nimitz. Me, on the bridge, watching one go off CAT III in burner. It lit up the whole flight deck. COOL!