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.
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.
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.
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 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
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.
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
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.
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 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
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 😊
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.
@@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.
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!
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.
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."
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.
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.
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!! ;)
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.
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.
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.”
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.)
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.
When the US military noticed that the F16 and F17 where both capable aircraft they rightfully decided to build both. Why did the US not do the same with the F22 and F23?
Because contrary to public opinion the YF-23 has significant design flaws and would have required a near total redesign before it could have gone into production. The biggest problems were in the stacked weapon bays and the design of the aft section of the plane made thrust vectoring impossible. If a production model F-23A had ever been built it would have looked quite a bit different from the YF-23 prototype
The AF chose the F16 over the F17. When the Navy wanted a new fighter Congress told them to take the F17. It was modified to meet the NAVY requirements and renamed the F18.
I still have my old air force magazine here about the 2 acs, the F22 is far more maneuverable than the F23. The only consolation with the latter is its stealth - F23 has a small RCS.
I never quite understand why ground announcers attempt to compete with the noise generated during close passes. They need to allow the jet to be the centre of attention and provide short statements during the moments when the decibel level falls to an accetable level. Otherwise you are just wasting your breath!
Flares are allowed in the UK and are very common at some shows. However, RAF Fairford does not have a suitable area for the handling and loading of such material.
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
That was by far the best F-18 display I've ever seen. EVER💯
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
The best display I ever saw from an F18. And the older model. Realy impressive, superb pilot.
I still like my F16 but my feelings are a bit hurt because of this awesome pilot from Finland. Salute to you sir...!!!
Fantastic rudder work! 4:16 was just sick!!!!👏
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
Props To The Pilot! He Has Major Skills! Love From America!
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
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.
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.
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Full Sisu mode.
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
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 have to say excellent camera work. I've been filming these since the A model was new.. it's not easy.
Thank you!
Crazy talented! Gotta be proud of our pilots \m/
Best solo display this year!
Would not like to be on the opposite side to this ,this IS a machine!!
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
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 ;)
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 😊
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.
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?
Thank you for this video!
Amazing, beautiful, elegant flying!
Hornett never seem to not amaze me they are pure awesome great video
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!
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.
And no thrust vectoring!
That's obvious by the way it moves....
There's me watching until the end for the "spectacular finish" .
Fantastic video and flights display, This is Flight indeed! :D
At first I thought it was just 'Rushin' around, but then it became clear that the Plane (& the Pilot! ) were of excellent Finnish!
“Up there, we gotta push it” - Top Gun 1986
lol :)
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
Finns again !
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.
Whaaaatt!????? Amazing!!!!!!!!!
Great skills from the pilot, also camera man needs credit for this video 👌👍
Wow, it almost looks like it has thrust vectoring now and then.
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.
He was Finnish from the start.
And in the end he was Swedish :D
- finnish
Excellent piloting bro !
Finnish airballet 👍
Amazing what you can do with a couple of awesome GE engines!
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!! ;)
Still a badass even after all these years!
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.
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!
Greetings Finnish Air Force and all pilots at the show great job from all 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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.
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...
That pilot didn't get into that Hornet. They put it on like part of the flight suit!!
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.
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.”
The Finns can drive anything very well. Rally, F1, planes.
Still my favorite jet of all time!!!! Bad to the bone!
3.27 almost stalling, pretty damn good Finish pilot, if all the pilots fly like that, all the Russian have to fear.
Some pilots are born ...not made!
Oh My Lord
Talk about pulling some G's!
Une purrrr beauté.
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.
Interesting the afterburner went up in intensity right before the climb out. I wonder if the Super Hornet could do even more impressive stuff.
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.
Fantastic!
Very impressive!
At 1:31 you can see where the pilot disengaged the gravity master arm.
This guy can flight!!
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. :)
Good camera work.
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.
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.
Super!
Bad ass pilot..😳😍
1:33 3d drifting
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.
I miss playing with those birds. Now my old squadron flys the Es and Fs, Super Hornet. I would love to check those out. 😃
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 had no idea you could throw a Hornet around like that.
Wau.... sooo nice
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.
When the US military noticed that the F16 and F17 where both capable aircraft they rightfully decided to build both. Why did the US not do the same with the F22 and F23?
Because contrary to public opinion the YF-23 has significant design flaws and would have required a near total redesign before it could have gone into production. The biggest problems were in the stacked weapon bays and the design of the aft section of the plane made thrust vectoring impossible. If a production model F-23A had ever been built it would have looked quite a bit different from the YF-23 prototype
The AF chose the F16 over the F17. When the Navy wanted a new fighter Congress told them to take the F17. It was modified to meet the NAVY requirements and renamed the F18.
@@matthewsutton5946 - Ya never know, it may be resurrected in Japan as part of the Shinshin project.
I still have my old air force magazine here about the 2 acs, the F22 is far more maneuverable than the F23. The only consolation with the latter is its stealth - F23 has a small RCS.
Maybe they were too expensive.
Dynamite 🧨 comes in small packages.
Awesome plane .
Ok time to start DCS World :). Love this plane and a nice display, sadly lots of clouds this time.
I never quite understand why ground announcers attempt to compete with the noise generated during close passes. They need to allow the jet to be the centre of attention and provide short statements during the moments when the decibel level falls to an accetable level. Otherwise you are just wasting your breath!
That is only one, what if there is 70 of them?
I thought he was Finnished at one point.
I'd like to see what that pilot could do with an f22 or f35. The pilot makes the plane.
U should see how the su 30 manouver
Display had big flare spam when I saw it in finland, but brits dont allow flares.
Flares are allowed in the UK and are very common at some shows. However, RAF Fairford does not have a suitable area for the handling and loading of such material.
Nimble little minx
F18s are great at "getting slow".
*PURDY KEWL!* 👍🏻🧔🏻
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
OK, they can drive, they can fly...anything else??
Excelent marksmen. Ever heard man called Simo "White Dead" Häyhä?
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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!!!
torille
Like an old man Said: planes can be best in The world, but you need bedt pilots to fly them
11 people just read - "spectacular Finnish" and were expecting a crash at the end of the video?!? HAhahahahah