Spectacular Finnish F-18 at RIAT 2019 - no angle of attack limits!
Vložit
- čas přidán 20. 07. 2019
- The double-award-winning Finnish F-18C Hornet solo display on the final day of the Royal International Air Tattoo 2019 at RAF Fairford. This aircraft has updated avionics with no angle of attack limits, unlike most other Hornets.
Video by Adam Landau
I never realized that the legacy Hornets were capable of this. I've seen the FA-18s numerous times at airshows and not once did I see them perform aerobatics like this. Kudos to the Finns for showing this jets long hidden potential.
That's because of two engines, two engines is always better and useful, not only in combat, to brought chicken at airshows....)), jokin' but Finish have in their ribs the Russians with SU-27/30, so, they have to flight like that, remember that.
If finns can do this, is it that other are forbidden to try? Anyway from small finnish nation many stars have come out, Ilmari Juutilainen, Simo Häyhä
What a CRACKING display! First time I've seen the original Hornet pushed to these limits. Very impressive! 👍
Do a search a bob Wade cf-18 many consider him the best demo pilot ever some of the things he did with a cf-18 are absolutely incredible
High flowing alpha. Best display by an F18. Bolshoi ballet has competition. A Finn! Superior display pilot. Not the first time foreign pilots put on an amazing show using the American F18. What up America? Dull.
@@derrickthesen7008 Just watched it, holy moly thats impressive
My second time. Very impressive!!!
The og hornet can and is more manoeuvrable then the superhornet
That was by far the best F-18 display I've ever seen. EVER💯
I still like my F16 but my feelings are a bit hurt because of this awesome pilot from Finland. Salute to you sir...!!!
This is the first time we’ve ever seen the hornet actually get pushed to the limit and it certainly does perform I think it was a real well-kept secret
The best display I ever saw from an F18. And the older model. Realy impressive, superb pilot.
Fantastic rudder work! 4:16 was just sick!!!!👏
Props To The Pilot! He Has Major Skills! Love From America!
Finns flew their MiG-21's So hard the planes undeployed flaps started To bend. Finns took MiG's into such G-manouvers that were supposed To be impossible with such a plane
Full Sisu mode.
It is flown as if it has thrust vectoring, very impressive. It makes wonder just how useful thrust vectoring actually is if a regular aircraft can be flown in this manner.
Thrust vectoring is only for heavy laden attack birds.
Nothing normal about the F18 as it was developed from the YF-17 R&D with digital fly by wire, advanced modular components and high maneuverability as a basic requirement. Awesome to see it showcased like this!!
This plane isnt fully loaded.
@@invertedv12powerhouse77 I haven't seen any manouverability showcase with full weapons load. Not F-15, not SU-27
Americans already made their research on super maneuverability and thrust vecturing decades ago and realised the fact you dont need such things
I was There! You could feel the Afterburners long after the aircraft had passed you. Absolutely awesome display, and so was the Sukhoi, and the MIG.
This was a seriously impressive display, especially that take-off with a double AoA limit demo.
Even with the MiG-21, decades ago, we didn't obey the flight manual's alfa limits. Thanks goes to our advanced test flight group in the Finnish air Force. They test aircraft far beyond the manuals, be it russian or american or french or swedish, just to see beyond the publicity.
Finns are the best, no fear and great skill
Hats off to the Finns!! Double respect for using American equipment and pilots who fly like no others. Finns are the best...the American Blue Angels use the F/A 18, but this Finnish pilot was an Ace...
Finns are the best in every discipline where you put a helmet on! F-1, piloting, ski jumping, waging war...
I saw it yesterday this show. The ground shook.
I thought this was a clickbait, but no! You don't see this kind of stuff at airshows at all.
Go to the MAKS end of this month ;)
Qualitas Potentia Nostra, Quality is our Strength --- the motto of the Finnish Air Force
Isn't it American quality tho?
guapsauce quality of The pilots
@@SniperMro1 Kinda yea - but the Finnish F-18 are built in Finland....the pilots are Finnish quality for sure
Americans: THE PLANE CAN ONLY DO THESE LIMITS, NO FURTHER
Finns: HOLD MY VODKA
Yeah but we have better pilots i than drunk Russians
I must say, didn't think the hornet could do this, never seen it
@@jamesdoermann233 the stereotype of drubk russian pilots is very true
@@Audfile It can, but notice how it's a clean jet (the pylons are actually the biggest surprise lol) and we don't know how much shorter of a service life it gets due to this. Also, Finn planes don't have to take the stresses of repeated daily carrier landings, so probably their airframe life requirements are much more relaxed.
You actually think the Americans don’t know how to fly the planes they build?
Would not like to be on the opposite side to this ,this IS a machine!!
Those hornets can do amazing things. I worked for 6 months on an air force base in Canada and got to watch our CF-18's do even wilder stuff than that but at quite a bit higher altitude. It was awesome.
Zak Jansen The moose tend to fly nap of the earth, making them hard targets.
Why do we have an airforce? Three reasons I expect:
1. We have a couple dozen attack jets so we can contribute a token number of bombing sorties to any NATO effort.
2. We need lots of cargo jets to for the support and logistics missions Canada often takes on. There’s more to an Air Force than attack and fighter jets; Canada does very well with the less glamorous air missions.
3. We have to be able to intercept Russian planes coming over the Arctic. Even if that capability is never called on, a country has to be able to defend its own borders or it isn’t really a country.
Filming of a planes full capabilities is actually not allowed i believe. We had 2 f18s do a mock dogfight above our cottage in quebec and anyone who hasnt seen a fighter jet pushed to the limit will be in awe.
The f18s are extremely capable. Even fully loaded. Remember canada doesnt even have the superhornet. Imagine that one
@HaloLoreNerd oh boy i cant wait to mess with some abused aussie planes
I love the story of a Finnish F-18 marrying a Canadian CF-18 and the result didn't have any A in it until the dreaded MLU. Those kind of stories make you believe in humanity.
czcams.com/video/j-AMPepY4UQ/video.html
Very nice to see the 18s can do more than the US government says👍🏻🇺🇸
The planes full capabilities are usually not showcased until it has been retired of service to keep the enemy guessing.
A little software goes a very long way!
They can also do more than mine in DCS says too 😀
Nobody ever said the Hornet can't do this. The aircraft normally has software limitations on AOA and control deflection at certain angles and speeds. The whole point here is that the Finnish Demonstration Team disabled these "safety features" and put everything into the hands of the pilot. For a highly trained and experienced pilot this is fine in a sterile air show environment. In combat, it is nice to have the software keeping you from getting into trouble.
Early 1980's aerial displays at air shows were a lot more interesting than today.
Crazy talented! Gotta be proud of our pilots \m/
Best solo display this year!
I have to say excellent camera work. I've been filming these since the A model was new.. it's not easy.
Thank you!
Was watching war news clips from Ukraine, then fell down the utube rabbit hole and found this! What an amazing display, found my new bucket list item, RIAT 💯 thanks for this great video, it's so well done. 🙂 Made me proud of our pilots, too, this was sooo good to watch, I felt like I was high 😊
At first I thought it was just 'Rushin' around, but then it became clear that the Plane (& the Pilot! ) were of excellent Finnish!
Nice Manoeuvrability of this F-18 Hornet from the Finnish Airforce! I also saw the Swiss F-18 in the Flying Display at RAF Fairford, but the Finnish F-18 Hornet do mostly the Famous Cobra Manoeuvre, I hope to see The latest Modell F-A 18 Super Hornet at RIAT again. I guess Next Year!
And no thrust vectoring!
That's obvious by the way it moves....
He was Finnish from the start.
And in the end he was Swedish :D
- finnish
There's me watching until the end for the "spectacular finish" .
I never knew the plane could do all that.
When the USSR showed off the Sukhoi doing the Cobra maneuver, a USAF General made a comment at an event that it would be nice to have that maneuverability. A McDonnell Douglas representative replied to the effect of, "The F-18 is very capable of that AOA, but you guys wanted the F-16."
@@ParkerUAS yeah f16 is shit
Whaaaatt!????? Amazing!!!!!!!!!
Hornett never seem to not amaze me they are pure awesome great video
“Up there, we gotta push it” - Top Gun 1986
lol :)
Finns again !
Since one way to do your national service is to become a pro fighter pilot, Finnish Air Force has had every year tens of thousands of candidates from where to pick the best of the best. This was the recipe for success in WW2 and still stands unchanged today.
In WW2 The Soviet Strategical Air Force failed to destroy Helsinki, Soviet fighter pilots were far inferior with often better (American) equipment and at the same time 1/3 of Finnish pilots were Aces and still today Finland has the highest number of Aces per capita.
Thank you for this video!
Amazing, beautiful, elegant flying!
I was on the northern coast of Germany a few years ago and Nato was having some excerises with air support. It was a nice day, just a few clouds and I swear you could not see the F-18s. I know the sound travels slower so you need to look upstream but despite the roar which told me they were close by I could only catch a glint of reflection once in a while.
That Finn can fly!
Well, the FinAF doesn't have any special show attachement. This pilot is one of the line pilots or instructors. Every year there will be another one to demonstrate. Look at the achievements of the team "Midnight Hawks" as well. Then you will understand the quality level on FinAF.
Great skills from the pilot, also camera man needs credit for this video 👌👍
3.27 almost stalling, pretty damn good Finish pilot, if all the pilots fly like that, all the Russian have to fear.
Finland bought 64 planes between 1995 and 2000. Originally they were F-18's without ground attack capability. Since MLU 2 (second MidLife Update) all excisting 62 planes (two has been lost in accidents) are now converted to F/A 18 C and D -models. JDAM, JSOW and JASSM are now weapon of choice. JASSM is ground attack missile, range is 370 km, speed 0.8 Mach and warhead 450 kg. If needed, some Russian air base commander will have a f**king baaad day with baaad head ache!! ;)
flown by Captain Arto Ukskoski at #RIAT19
Thank you for giving his name, I will remember it for the skill and talent that officer displayed. He's also given me new respect for that aircraft, Captain Ukskoski is truly a legend.
The Finns can drive anything very well. Rally, F1, planes.
That pilot didn't get into that Hornet. They put it on like part of the flight suit!!
Greetings Finnish Air Force and all pilots at the show great job from all 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Finnish airballet 👍
Wondrous exhibition. Way too many can go pretty fast. There's just a select few that can handle pretty low stalling speeds and live to fly another day.
Some pilots are born ...not made!
Excellent piloting bro !
Still a badass even after all these years!
The shape reminds me of a star wars x wing.
Funny that... as the YF17 was developed back in the 1970's so xwing reminds me of an f18. Newbs...
Amazing what you can do with a couple of awesome GE engines!
Fantastic video and flights display, This is Flight indeed! :D
I saw an F/A-19 do a demo almost this good at Paine Field (Everett, WA USA) in about 1985. The "square" loop was especially impressive!
Talk about pulling some G's!
Wow, it almost looks like it has thrust vectoring now and then.
Fantastic!
Pilot, strapping into aircraft while simultaneously ripping AOA indexer off of canopy rail and casually tossing it over his shoulder and out of the aircraft: “We won’t be needing THIS.”
Oh My Lord
You should be at the Oshkosh, Indiana air show. They need a,cameraman that can stay on planes like you do. Good vids sir.
Thanks Dave. I almost went this year but it didn't work out. Maybe next time!
Isn’t it Oshkosh, Wisconsin?
Oshkosh is in Wisconsin not Indiana.
Still my favorite jet of all time!!!! Bad to the bone!
Very impressive!
ITS STILL TOO SOON TO RETIRE THIS MAGNIFICENT,BEAUTIFUL,MULTI MISSION FIGHTER AIRCRAFT,HORNET HAS LOT OF YEARS AHEAD OF ,TO SHOW HER REALLY POTENTIAL.
Une purrrr beauté.
Super!
The Finns can out drive us and out fly us! I'm glad it's only a little cpuntry.
Finland only has defensive force, not army! :)
EPIC.
Good camera work.
Very nice 👍🏼
Wau.... sooo nice
This guy can flight!!
It's impressive for sure, but it do all that w/ ordinance attached? Even in fighter mode packing 6 to 8 missles and/or drop tanks?
I miss playing with those birds. Now my old squadron flys the Es and Fs, Super Hornet. I would love to check those out. 😃
1:33 3d drifting
Damn, that thing can turn on a dime. Incredible maneuverability for an aircraft without thrust vectoring. You take this jet with its AESA radar and it will hold its own against any Russian fighter.
HaloLoreNerd Sorry, but I am not impressed with the Su-57. To date it hasn’t even shot its guns or air missiles in flight, and only prototypes have been built. India left the partnership stating numbers of problems, and Russia has not been able to find any other nation interested in developing it. Russia would be smart to just put the money into research and partner up with another country like China to build something new.
Interesting the afterburner went up in intensity right before the climb out. I wonder if the Super Hornet could do even more impressive stuff.
Dynamite 🧨 comes in small packages.
Awesome plane .
I had no idea you could throw a Hornet around like that.
Bad ass pilot..😳😍
I’d love to see some power upgrades to get the 18 above 1 TWR. The 414 is somewhat weak in performance compared to other modern TFs.
Ok time to start DCS World :). Love this plane and a nice display, sadly lots of clouds this time.
Don't get me wrong, I love the Blue Angels, but seeing a display that showcases the aircrafts potential instead of the pilot is where it's at.
Phuck... this pilot suffers a lot with the Gs..oh man..great performance
And it is hot in Sauna, soo
@@ralfhaggstrom9862 yeah, especially when you sit down on the stones ;) these tightened turns are causing pain even watching
👍🏻🤯👍🏻
I thought he was Finnished at one point.
Nimble little minx
The commentator says "Draken and MiG-23". No Sir, it was the 21bis, and that was a Mach 2.2 hot rod. Horrible in turning furballs but so fast. You could tell the cockpit carved in there was something of an afterthought, maybe the delta wing too. :D
(Russian sources say it was 2.4 in a shallow dive, and a modified version with the intake cone going further forward to inhibit the intake pressure hit 2.7 before rivets started flying, but that's anecdotes. Wish they publish their stuff someday.)
If you are referring to the comment at 3:30, he does indeed say "Draken and MiG-21".
@@ThisisFlight I stand corrected.
Not that it wasn't a hot rod. :)
Olen maalannut ton koneen...
Its too bad they couldn't have added the "wings level High Alpha 360". Ive only seen done once. And that was the Canadian demo team.
OK, they can drive, they can fly...anything else??
Excelent marksmen. Ever heard man called Simo "White Dead" Häyhä?
czcams.com/video/JOBxKnM9J2s/video.html
Greetings from Finland!
Just a one Word why we are the best: PERKELE!
Make love, of course!
Do some software and games...
Angry Birds 😁 are made in Finland
Nightwish!!!
F18s are great at "getting slow".
At 1:31 you can see where the pilot disengaged the gravity master arm.
That's Tom cruise flying
torille
*PURDY KEWL!* 👍🏻🧔🏻
Like an old man Said: planes can be best in The world, but you need bedt pilots to fly them
That is only one, what if there is 70 of them?
U should see how the su 30 manouver
🎅👌🇫🇮