It’s like a Hornet. Only fatter.
And yes, I was envious. Apart from that night trap bit.
That, I don’t miss so much.
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Analysis » “Super” HornetBy lex, on April 25th, 2008
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Eh, it’s no Intruder…
A few observations:
1. A lot of flares were wasted in the making of this movie.
2. There is something missing… oh yes, the mandatory tanker!
3. I’m always surprised at how far down the deck the aircraft actually land.
Lousy tunes.
Ref #2. The tanker was shown continuously!
Awesome footage. Just awesome.
I got a question for you jet-types who are no longer flying jets: When you watch something like that, do you feel it in your body–the Gs, the stick in your hand, buttons under your fingers, pedals, the vibrations from the engines/air, etc?
fbl,
Always playing the “shrink”, ain’t ya?
Haven’t seen the video above yet..but I can tell you “yes”. In fact I still have scary dreams about it once or twice a year! Where I walk around on base I look up at anyone in the break/pattern and sometimes I whiff JP near the taxiway or when I go on the line to look at stuff. Can’t tell you how many times a week I wished I could leave all them emails behind and just go out and bust a few clouds. Lex is lucky he’s got that part-time job! I suppose if’n I was living away from it all up in Montana or yonder I may forget it faster. All those memories leak out- hard to explain-age I guess, maybe I oughta start taking that “Kinky Biloba” or whatever it’s called! That’s why it’s fun coming here and hearing the sea stories, old and new, that help with at least remembering the important stuff.
b2
Great vid. As much as I pule about the jet, the Hornet is a thing of beauty in the air. (But those drop tanks canted outboard hurts the very small part of my brain that holds my meager aerodynamic knowledge…)
I did get a quick cold sweat and threw up in my mouth a little at 2:17.
Incidentally – a piece of trivia: At the end of the vid you notice the night shot of the single climbing in burner and you can see the triple flash of the tail strobes. That distinctive flash was so that us gomers on the back end of the boat knew it was the “big” Hornet vice the “little” Hornet which has a normal strobe on the tail.
Thanks Lex, nice break to the day.
N
You just don’t see cool vids like this for submarines.
Alas, no love for the underwater pilots.
Nice clip though!!
Not trying to play the shrink, B2. I just wondered how intense memory was when watching things like that, because I think I have a similar experience–
I haven’t played the organ in about 3 years and the piano in about one, but I was more than good back when I did. When I hear pieces performed that I used to play, I feel “echoes” of them in my fingers and feet. However, it’s not very intense… maybe because I didn’t learn them well enough, haha!
But I do remember how it felt to balance just right on the front half of a bench, how the organ shoes felt on my feet, or the different texture of the keys on the unique organs I played. And I know I hear an echo of the unique sound of each instrument I knew well… if I focus on the memory.
Anyway, I wondered if pilots felt something similar when watching videos like that, but it never really occurred to me to wonder until I saw that video.
And btw, there’s another parallel, perhaps. In most instruments (except piano), the performer is usually larger or of comparable size to the instrument (a la a double bass). But a pipe organ is so big and mechanical, with thousands of moving parts that it’s another kind of beast–an integration between human and machine on another level than something you can pick up and move around or easily change/adjust to fit your physical idiosyncracies/preferences. This is especially true of the “old-style” pipe organs that are modeled after instruments built before the days of electricity. With the blowing and sighing of the bellows and all the little moving parts, it seems very alive. One never feels that he bends the instrument to his will (there are fundamental limits imposed on him), but rather that the instrument allows him to do certain things and will make a fool of him if he tries to do something stupid.
It’s a parallel I never thought of before this moment, so please forgive me if it is nothing but silliness. I just found it interesting to consider…
And the cooperative aspects are not entirely unique to the organ–but the sheer immensity of the instrument changes the character of the cooperation, I think.
Could anyone id the target in the gun piper?
Finally get ready to see it and it says video unavailable…Dam NMCI!
Sounds good and I wanted to see that ext light config Nose talked about..
Fbl,
I never played an instrument , not even the harmonica,and I’m tone deaf, but I think you’re right! The G’s, the seat of the pants sensory stuff, the scan on the steam gauges (now they got HUD) and having to strain to look around sound like what you’re saying.
The jet you get to fly is like a rental car with a lot o’miles that’s been sitting in the sun. Some can be sorta smelly when you man up but it all equals out when you go 100%. Audio noise is mild compared to what folks may imagine or what people watch in the movies. Of course maybe that’s why my hearing ain’t so good today! It’s all pretty quiet inflight except the noise and turbulence increase and decrease depending on how you manuever. An increasin/decreasing whoosing sort of sound with a lot of electrical motor noise humming and clicking in the background. Jet engine noise is always behind yah except when you’re in the pattern when you hear everything. Hard to describe but a certain amount of buffeting and “flapping” for lack of a better desription, can be normal while a wierd vibration, any popping or pinging along with any faint smell o’something burning quickly gets your attention.
Nowadays I guess they got either a soothing female voice or an irritating one constatly telling ‘em if they’ve been a good dog or a bad dog in the background…In my day we had to provide our own!
b2
Chris, that was an F-15 I’m nearly certain. The shape of the horizontal stabs and the squared off intakes forward were best clues, since the rough outlines of the Eagle and the Super Hornet have merged with the latter’s huge leading edge extension.
FbL, for me anyway, being inside a really good video always leaves me feeling a little strange since I don’t feel the in-cockpit forces and airframe shuddering. It’s like watching someone shout on TV with the volume off.
Like Nose however, my mouth went a little dry on the night trap. I always preferred a long set up, rather than being beamed in to a quarter mile.
B2 & Lex, thanks for the thoughtful replies. Interesting that you two have such different reactions. I wouldn’t have expected a wide divergence. I wonder if the feelings that viewing a video create have anything to do with how visually-oriented (vs. primarily auditory or kinesthetic) a person is…
Love that TV simile, Lex. Very vivid.
Okay B2, that first paragraph I probably AM playing psychologist.
I just think the human mind is fascinating.
Ahhh. R.T.F.Q.T, B2 you dummy!
I haven’t seen the video but re Lex’s “It’s like watching someone shout on TV with the volume off” .- I agree with that.
I was just holding forth on all those sensory things I used to be subjected to and can remember. Although like I was saying, when I eyeball a Hornet come into the break at 400+ kts, 2-3 times a day at PAX, I can feel and hear and remember the sensations. I always look and get that envy to be 25 again! And I can tell ya- my mind ain’t fascinating neither.
Hey Lex, should ya watch an x-rated movie with the sound on, or off? LOL.
Ooops, here comes the Snake.
b2