F-18 HORNET EPIC ENGINE STARTUP AND TAKEOFF WADDINGTON Plane Spotting

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @charlesstevens1994
    @charlesstevens1994 14 дней назад +15

    Give this pilot a medal for the most original arrival ever. This dude has sense of humor!!

    • @charlesstevens1994
      @charlesstevens1994 14 дней назад

      But next time, please arrive on a badass Hutch bmx from the eighties. Nothing more legit than that!!

    • @LoudestHoward
      @LoudestHoward 14 дней назад +3

      There are bicycles everywhere in the video, it seems like it's the norm there rather than anything specific to this guy.

  • @BigSwift9
    @BigSwift9 18 дней назад +42

    Riding a yellow bicycle to the plane has me in absolute fits

    • @Boxmeister18
      @Boxmeister18 13 дней назад +1

      And looks like a RETRO GRIFTER or CHOPPER😂😂😂😂

    • @harmistunutkansalainen2855
      @harmistunutkansalainen2855 11 дней назад

      The bike is Helkama Jopo that is very popular in Finland. It is available in most colours but I am not sure if they have matte gray or camo coloured bikes available. Yet…😂

  • @adam9315
    @adam9315 18 дней назад +19

    This bike is epic. Especially with that shopping basket on the handlebars. Perfect place for a kneeboard, a second breakfast, a thermos of tea.😀

  • @GG-pr3yo
    @GG-pr3yo 15 дней назад +6

    OMG - the bike intro is funny, but the F-18 is a BEAST...!!!!

  • @buckbuchanan5849
    @buckbuchanan5849 14 дней назад +3

    Gorgeous single seaters. And those clean canopies!

  • @kellywilson8440
    @kellywilson8440 17 дней назад +7

    Good to see some legacy f-18 hornets still in service , Back in my US Navy days i was stationed in the very first f-18 squadron on the east coast 1984/1988 VFA-131 Wildcats out of NAS Cecil Field fla. Was a aviation ordnanceman weapons loader on this aircraft !

    • @patricklorio7657
      @patricklorio7657 17 дней назад +1

      If you ain't Ordnance, you ain't shit! Go Navy!

  • @briansmith2616
    @briansmith2616 17 дней назад +9

    The bike with ape hanger handlebars is legit!

  • @gabrielv.2647
    @gabrielv.2647 16 дней назад +7

    Love it, that little boy in all of us guys, always wanted to be a pilot, or a firefighter or an astronaut,.etc,we all loved riding our bikes, this pilot riding his bike up to his amazing aircraft 🙏💯😆💯

  • @pointnozzleaway
    @pointnozzleaway 13 дней назад +2

    I can watch this stuff ALL Day ! 🏁🏁

  • @user-ov6gm9to3l
    @user-ov6gm9to3l 17 дней назад +6

    Bike power then BEAST POWER ……. NICE

  • @Roy-qn2ie
    @Roy-qn2ie 4 дня назад

    Some proper cyclic ops at the start there ;)

  • @mattbates6887
    @mattbates6887 15 дней назад +3

    In my next life I will be flying the F-18 Hornet, no doubt about that! 🙂

  • @TorchMagick
    @TorchMagick 18 дней назад +3

    "It's all in a day's work for Bicycle Repairman..."🎸✈️😀🖖

  • @ชินวัตน์นพดลจินดา

    No different from student riding bicycle to school 😂😂❤❤

  • @BenderIsGreat_34
    @BenderIsGreat_34 17 дней назад +9

    This legacy Hornet is way more sexier than the Super Hornet

    • @Juno58
      @Juno58 15 дней назад +1

      Agree 100%!

  • @MrZappeur01
    @MrZappeur01 8 дней назад +1

    Most better arrival in the history of military aviation !🤣🤣🤣

  • @p.s.6021
    @p.s.6021 17 дней назад +1

    Excellent 👌😅 en vélo jusqu'à l' avion...

  • @analista1260
    @analista1260 18 дней назад +2

    Good Job sir!

  • @peterdhanis4542
    @peterdhanis4542 14 дней назад +1

    Puts biking to work in a different perspective.

  • @thealtchemist.x
    @thealtchemist.x 15 дней назад +2

    Plottwist: Kimi Raikonnen is the pilot. He's the one in the flightsuit #stigstyle

  • @stephane-paris
    @stephane-paris 20 дней назад +1

    Beautiful vidéo ,nice work

  • @boostaviation3
    @boostaviation3 20 дней назад +2

    Very very nice video

  • @jimjamssi
    @jimjamssi 16 дней назад +3

    The bike is HELKAMA JOPO

  • @jamesf.ryaniii7918
    @jamesf.ryaniii7918 17 дней назад +2

    At 3:59, what is the huge spotlight thing on the side of the nose??

    • @2010kb1
      @2010kb1 17 дней назад

      Refueling probe.

    • @jamesf.ryaniii7918
      @jamesf.ryaniii7918 17 дней назад +3

      @@2010kb1 No, it's not the refueling probe. The F/A-18 retractable refueling probe is on the starboard side. This 'spotlight' thing is on the port side.
      The Canadian, Finnish, Kuwaiti, Swiss Hornets also have this port side 'spotlight'.
      But the US, Malaysian, Spanish and Australian Hornets do not have it.

    • @aaronterrill-w8x
      @aaronterrill-w8x 17 дней назад +1

      It's an optional bike rack for the next location...they may be out of stock

    • @iirohavana4837
      @iirohavana4837 16 дней назад +2

      @@jamesf.ryaniii7918at least here in Finland it is a good option since it’s very dark on some parts of the year.

    • @marttijee
      @marttijee 16 дней назад +3

      It's the optional identification light for nighttime intercepts. It's quite effective, the Finnish Air Force have published at least one photo where the light was illuminating a Russian Su-27 over the Baltic Sea in pitch darkness and you could easily see the tail numbers, armament etc. Apparently the output is 100 000 candela.

  • @deborahsalem4909
    @deborahsalem4909 6 дней назад

    The bike is also for him to ride back on after the flight - a privilege of rank. Every one else has to walk.

  • @cecilfannin
    @cecilfannin 17 дней назад +1

    The girl bike makes me want to have a glass of wine

  • @lotnylotny671
    @lotnylotny671 16 дней назад +2

    Top Secret military bike with stealh technology

  • @dieterdolezal8317
    @dieterdolezal8317 16 дней назад

    Different airplanes. Sometimes there are A2A on the rails, sometimes rails are empty

  • @kingsalmon5905
    @kingsalmon5905 16 дней назад +1

    Flying a multi million dollar jet...rides in on $125.00 Schwinn..straight up thug life! 🤘

  • @jonkersvideos
    @jonkersvideos 15 дней назад

    I think he forgot to lock his bike, or did he?

  • @yamatubeable
    @yamatubeable 5 дней назад

    The bike's pre-ride tour is not ok, the rear tire is flat 😁

  • @АрдакТолыбаев
    @АрдакТолыбаев 11 дней назад

    Бұл қаижақтың ұшағы екен

  • @TheBucktowncrazy
    @TheBucktowncrazy 16 дней назад

    Must be NATO jets.
    The yellow bike is comical. Would have made it even better if the bike a one of those bells on the handlebars. Pushing it in twice for a ding-a-ling sound would have put it over the top.
    STILL GREAT!!!

  • @No_Use_For_A_Name
    @No_Use_For_A_Name 15 дней назад

    What's with everyone riding around on ladies bikes?
    You sort of feel like with the hardware they are working with you'd see them driving up in black Ford rodeos with tinted windows.
    But if they are going to ride bikes, orange ladies bikes with baskets is just a bit of a pass take, isn't it?

  • @jamesf.ryaniii7918
    @jamesf.ryaniii7918 17 дней назад +2

    What a boring looking fleet of Hornets. They need more lettering.
    'Fighter Squadron 11' or 'Fighter Squadron 31' should be added. 'Finnish Air Force' should be added.
    The blue and white roundel is small and boring. Make it larger.
    HN-417 and HN-452 - the HN designates it as a HorNet and the 3 digit number is a serial #.

    • @iirohavana4837
      @iirohavana4837 16 дней назад +2

      Well clearly you are not Finnish.. 😁

    • @LoudestHoward
      @LoudestHoward 14 дней назад +3

      I like them, they look clean, crisp, efficient, and well maintained. Not everything needs to be flashy.