Now that is impressive....... fresh underwear anyone?
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Now that is impressive....... fresh underwear anyone?
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The hook touched the deck between the 1 and 2 wires' pendants but I can't make out if the hookwires are actually rigged? If they were, he was lucky to miss them.
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Watched them launch 5 in VERY short succession a while ago. Number 6 appeared to fail to unfold the wings, which would have made launching a little sporty. Think the pilot of this one is pretty pleased he has so many ergs coming out the back!
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While we're enthusing about the Flanker, this vid has the Cobra manoeuvre filmed air-to-air at 2.20. Yikes!
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Cold power go around too - that is impressive!
Actually the high AOA and near miss didn't impress that much - maybe I've been to too many airshows, or flown with too many cack handed nose gunners
Actually the high AOA and near miss didn't impress that much - maybe I've been to too many airshows, or flown with too many cack handed nose gunners
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In Jacko's video what's the story on the 2nd aircraft, and the splash behind it? Surely not the following aircraft - wouldn't it have been waved off?
Presumably the first fella had closed his throttles before assured of a stop so unable to do a bolter - is that correct?
Presumably the first fella had closed his throttles before assured of a stop so unable to do a bolter - is that correct?
Agaricus,
If you watch very closely you can that the Flanker has caught a wire as normal - the hook is seen pulled horizontal behind the aircraft. The pilot would have felt the deceleration and closed the throttles. Unfortunately for him the wire breaks (you can just about see that too) and he's too fast to brake, too slow to bolt. No way out - that's carrier aviation for you!
If you watch very closely you can that the Flanker has caught a wire as normal - the hook is seen pulled horizontal behind the aircraft. The pilot would have felt the deceleration and closed the throttles. Unfortunately for him the wire breaks (you can just about see that too) and he's too fast to brake, too slow to bolt. No way out - that's carrier aviation for you!
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Agaricus
I don't think the video is clear enough to be absolutely certain, but I think the splash you are referring to is the ejection seat hitting the water. It is well beyond the aircraft impact point.
You can see the ejection and the pilot's chute opening, and the splash seems to me to be in the same area as he is coming down in.
Edited to add:
Sorry Agaricus, I mis-read your post. In the second one ISTR something similar coming up before and it was part of the catapult system (though I imagine it could also be part of the aircraft?)
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I don't think the video is clear enough to be absolutely certain, but I think the splash you are referring to is the ejection seat hitting the water. It is well beyond the aircraft impact point.
You can see the ejection and the pilot's chute opening, and the splash seems to me to be in the same area as he is coming down in.
Edited to add:
Sorry Agaricus, I mis-read your post. In the second one ISTR something similar coming up before and it was part of the catapult system (though I imagine it could also be part of the aircraft?)
STH
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That's what I thought initially, like the bridals used up to the 70/80s? But that ship doesn't have catapult launch system. Also the second aircraft has the arrestor hook down, which I would think only happens when trying to land.
