Spanish F-18 Spectacular Aerobatics!! ✈️ Best Moments from Ala 15's 15-28 Hornet
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Watch the best moments of the Spanish F-18 Hornet in this captivating compilation; a journey through the years of Ala 15 squadron EF-18A #15-28's most remarkable moments, showcasing its extraordinary displays at airshows that have left crowds mesmerized!
Against a backdrop of boundless blue skies, the Spanish Hornet carves through the air with precision and power. Its thunderous roar resonates as it gracefully maneuvers, leaving trails of vapor and clouds in its wake.
Whether you're an ardent 'Top Gun: Maverick' fan or simply an aviation enthusiast, the breathtaking shots of the EF-18A in action will undoubtedly leave you in awe. The compilation's highlights include jaw-dropping square loops, thrilling runway touch and goes, dramatic high-alpha maneuvers, and spine-tingling formation passes alongside a Vueling Airbus A320 over Barcelona's iconic beach. And not to forget, the heart-pounding transonic flybys that showcase the aircraft's sheer power!
Join us in celebrating the prowess of the Spanish Hornet and its remarkable pilots from Ejército del Aire 'Ala 15' squadron (Spanish Air Force). Prepare to be captivated by the prowess of this magnificent aircraft as it takes to the skies with astounding agility and grace!
This C.15 bort number #15-28 (C.15 is the spanish designation for the F-18 Hornet) was painted in a beautiful 'NATO tiger meet' style livery, to commemorate 25 years of the foundation of 'Ala 15' squadron.
The F-18 Hornet is a twin-engine, supersonic, all-weather, carrier-capable, multirole combat jet, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft. Designed by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing and Northrop), the F-18 was derived from the latter's YF-17 in the 1970s for use by the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
The Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire) ordered 60 EF-18A and 12 EF-18B Hornets (the "E" standing for "España", Spain), named respectively as C.15 and CE.15 by the Spanish AF. Delivery of the Spanish version started on 22 November 1985 and lasted until July 1990. These fighters were upgraded to F-18A+/B+ standard, close to F/A-18C/D. The plus version includes newer mission and armament computers, databuses, data-storage set, new wiring, pylon modifications and software, ability to field AN/AAS-38B NITE Hawk targeting FLIR pods, etc.
In 1995 Spain obtained an additional 24 ex-USN F/A-18A Hornets, with six more on option. These were delivered from December 1995 until December 1998. Before delivery, they were modified to EF-18A+ standard. This was the first sale of USN surplus Hornets.
The F/A-18 has excellent aerodynamic characteristics, primarily attributed to its leading edge root extensions, that coupled with a digital fly-by-wire control system, allow the Hornet to remain controllable at high angles of attack. The trapezoidal wing has a 20-degree sweepback on the leading edge and a straight trailing edge. Canted vertical stabilizers are another distinguishing design element, one among several other such elements that enable the Hornet's excellent high angle of attack ability, including oversized horizontal stabilators, oversized trailing-edge flaps that operate as flaperons, large full-length leading-edge slats, and flight control computer programming that boosts the jet's maneuverability.
The Hornet is also notable for having been designed to reduce maintenance, and as a result, has required far less downtime than its heavier counterparts, the F-14 Tomcat and the A-6 Intruder. Its mean time between failures is three times greater than any other Navy strike aircraft, and requires half the maintenance time. Its General Electric F404 engines were also innovative in that they were designed with operability, reliability, and maintainability first. The engine, while unexceptional in rated performance, demonstrates exceptional robustness under various conditions and is resistant to stall and flameout.
SPECIFICATIONS
Crew: 1
Length: 17.1 m
Wingspan: 12.3 m
Height: 4.7 m
Wing area: 38 m2
Aspect ratio: 4
Airfoil: root: NACA 65A005 mod.; tip:NACA 65A003.5 mod.
Empty weight: 10433 kg
Gross weight: 16769 kg
MTOW: 23541 kg
Fuel capacity: 4930 kg internally
Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F404-GE-402 afterburning turbofan engines, 49 kN thrust each dry, 79 kN with afterburner
Maximum speed: Mach 1.8 (1915 km/h at 12000 m)
Cruise speed: 1062 km/h
Range: 2017 km
Combat range: 741 km air-air mission
Ferry range: 3334 km
Service ceiling: 15000 m
Rate of climb: 250 m/s
Wing loading: 450 kg/m2
Thrust/weight: 0.96 (1.13 with loaded weight at 50% internal fuel)
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Awesome video and maneuvers of this Spanish Air Force EF-18 Hornet! The special livery also looks very nice! All thumbs up! 😊👍👍
Thanks Ollie!
Long time no see... how's everything going? :D
@@Airguardian Everything is fine, thanks Jandro! And with you? Are you still studying? Congratulations also to 52k subscribers! Your channel has developed very well. Keep up the great work! Greetings to Spain, Olli 😊👋
@knightflightvideo Not as fast as I would have wanted but it keeps going... and yes, I graduated in Aerospace Engineering back in 2018 :)
If all goes well I'll be able to start my own business soon! :D
@@Airguardian That sounds great! I wish you much success with your own business when you get started it....and It's similar in my case. The growth of my channel is currently quite slow. Seems the algorithm doesn't like my videos as much as it in the past. 🤨🤔
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That opening maneuver! Like Marc Marquez was piloting.
Something like that! 😂😂😂
Love the Hornet! Il admit it’s not as flashy as the other Us fighters but this pilot really brought it out to play. Incredible
Right!
Actually, from the shows I've seen, this one looks much more aerobatically capable than, say, an F-15. Have also seen F-18 do cobras (unlike 15s and 16s)... so there's that!
@@AirguardianI have seen F-15s do some crazy things in air shows but I see what you mean depends on who is flying it that. The Hornet has excellent handling at low air speeds and can do it at high AOA, meaning it can do a cobra. 15s and in particular 16s are meant for high speed maneuvers they don’t handle well at low airspeeds.
@enriqueelresitas9901 Well, I wouldn't say an F-16 doesn't handle well at low speeds... just check my belgian F-16 solo display videos with Vrieske at the controls... on many levels it handles much better than the Hornet! ;) ...just... not cobras I guess! :p
@@Airguardianright the Hornet has better AOA with its nose on average than the viper, but thr vipers can’t handle at low speeds well for a long time. They can for a short time but I seen footage of it where it almost stalled due to staying at low speed for an extended time.
@enriqueelresitas9901 That makes sense I guess. I do recall the Hornet has better sustained AoA capability than most jets, being still stable and controllable at 60° AoA.
Wow Amazing 👍😱
:DDD
Im spanish and i have seen a lot of f 18 but i want to go to an airshow can you recomend me an airshow in europe?
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Niiiice! What bird will you be flying on that setup? :D
I got an fpv long range bird. I got a lot of birds now I have collected and will try to "back up" using 3d scanner and printer techniques at least for the ones that are discontinued. I got a drone and am planning on getting a long range drone and will experiment with the ranges and stuff.@@Airguardian