Ya gotta see it in person! Waaaayyyy back when, I got to see an F-4Phantom II and an F-104 Starfighter do max performance take offs. There is no describing how a J-79 on afterburner can liquefy your insides from the sheer noise. Or to see the aircraft go into a near vertical climb and be out of sight in mere seconds. What was particularly poignant, was the 104 pilot is my dad. That was over 50 years ago and the memories are still laser sharp.
Bill Gund * back in the day here in Phoenix Arizona, we would park at the end of the runway Luke Air Force Base and have 2 F-4 Phantoms takeoff right over the top of us full afterburner to go do cat & mouse training mission...AWSOME ! J 79 !
I was an F-16 comm-nav-ECM specialist in the 311th AMU, 58th Tactical Training Wing at Luke AFB in the early 80's, working on these magnificent aircraft was one of the coolest things I have ever done. Seeing them do FCF (functional check flight) full burner take offs going vertical got everyone's attention on the line every time. Especially at dusk with an faint orange sky, silhouette of the mountains in the background and the diamonds of the afterburners extending out from the engine as long as the plane itself. If that sight doesn't give any hot rodder a wiggle in your loins check your pulse. Easily the baddest looking plane ever built, right next to the SR-71.
Anyone that lives aviation will always find a variety of most beautiful opinions... me? P-51, spitfire, the super constellation, the f16 and the Concorde. The most complete package of beauty, strength and sex? F14. Btw I work on f16, it's prettier up close.
Wow, still amazing to see that the seventies era fighter jet (the RNLAF purchased the first batch in 1979) can accelerate vertically. And th Viper still is the most elegant, shark-like looking fighter out there. Great video. Thanks.
I was in the 388th TFW at Hill AFB in the 80s. My son and his friends would ride their bikes to a spot overlooking the runway and watch the F-16s come and go all day.
Oh boy, slick config for FCF, I love that. Damn thing is an "A" model from 1980 that I worked on when the Dutch trained at Hill AFB. Glad to see it still going. Most are on sticks or at the boneyard.
Yes its lasting through maintenance and upgrades right! Could it have been built somewhere between 82 and 84 according to this site. www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article8.html
I worked in an auto body shop right next to the runway at Lambert, St Louis in the 90's. We watched a lot of cool take offs and landings then. F-18's, I believe F-15's, they had two vertical stabs and could for straight up with afterburners. Some were In the yellow primer, test flight before painted I suppose. Saw some Hercules once in awhile, and once a C-17 Globe master. Even saw President George Bush senior's air Force one when he visited McDonald Douglas or Boeing Lockheed Martin. Miss those days of watching jets take off. When they say on runway and tested the engine pre take off was our cue to run outside and watch.
Back in the day when I was a controller at Campbell Tower... I got to see an F-14 do an unrestricted climb, full afterburners, at night... it just lit up the sky!!! So freakin’ cool!!!
That is a CV-II (CV2) take off where they climb and continuously level up to climb again and again level off, an unrestricted "Gate Climb" is where they climb straight up as if through a gate in the air. I am a former airforce air traffic controller and have enjoyed each of them every day.
It's an F-16 FIGHTING FALCON since the 70's when it came out. Why are people calling it a Viper now? I know that one Asian Air Force don't remember who, put those weird conformal tanks on the shoulder of the wings and called it something different,but those are license built in whatever country it was. This is an American Falcon jet!
Wow, its not that often that we see a 'clean' Viper. Nice catch! Interesting badge, Weapons Instructor. Curious what it was he was testing. And the cherry on the cake is the unrestricted climb, awesome!
I remember seeing a documentary where they converted an f16 and gave it a ceramic core ect purely for the take off and climb time and I know I will get the time / height wrong but I am sure it got from a stand still to 60,000 ft in 117 seconds! Please if someone remembers the documentary and the exact figures could they put them in.
it is a good fighter jet - but the Russian's have jets that go from a standstill to vertical and to the very edge of space and can stay there for a few minutes in less time than anyone else. I saw the video on it - it was breathtaking and amazing to watch from the inside of the cockpit. It was real and not a flight simulator. The Russians have some fearsome jet aircraft. Don't poo-poo or discount their abilities. If they didn't, do you think the USA would constantly be upgrading their own fleets?
Lindsey Allison Westhaven there’s only 1 Russian fighter capable of doing that. The MIG-25. Other Russian fighters have max service ceilings around 50-60,000 feet.
@@glebz7294 AB is estimating the distance in inches the jet nozzles is from the tarmac. But FYI the pilot is just interested in his nose angle for max drag without resulting in tail scrapes. But sometimes they might drag a few degrees higher, and some less experienced a little higher yet again. Being a display pilot he knows and understands how to fly his jet to max profile! It's just the damn visor cover isn't programmed into his muscle memory as well.
Early block 15 aircraft doing what appears to be an OCF or FCF. It's flying clean so I'd assume it just came out of a major hourly maintenance. It definitely brings back some memories!
My wife used to work for delta loading planes. Whenever an f-16 took off, the tower would clear them direct to 35,000ft. Or higher. She said all the baggage handlers would line up at the outer edge of the taxiway. The fighter would go about 1/2 way down the runway, pull back on the stick and go straight up, till they were out of sight!
Should have waited to open the hangar doors after landing. The bell is annoying while watching the jet. I'd like to see that climb with extra tanks and combat load. That's how performance (if needed to get away from the enemy) is really measured for a fighter jet., not clean. Still impressive and awesome. Thanks for posting.
Amazing video love how his visor cover wouldn't go on. It's like its saying no, not today. Anyway I have just subbed . Merry Christmas and happy new year
pops wrench The plane just looks small. I've been following the F-22 and on line it looks tiny. Then I went to the 2017 Andrews Air Force base air show and was stunned by how big it actually is. Make no mistake she is large and in charge!
@@danielfronc4304 Yes, the F-22 is a big bird. It actually has an empty weight of 43,340 lbs and a max. takeoff weight of 83,500 lbs with 18,000lbs internal fuel and another 8,000lbs with 2 drop tanks(4,000 lbs. each or 592 gallons each, F-22 can carry 4 for 16,000 pounds total external). The F-16C-Block 50 weighs 18,900lbs and its MTOW is 42,300 pounds with 7,200lbs. internal fuel. The F-22's empty weight is more than the F-16C's MTOW. For comparison the F-14D weighs 43,375 empty with a MTOW of 74,350 and has 16,000 pounds of internal fuel, 2 drop tanks(2,000lbs each) bring total fuel up to 20,000 pounds. While I'm at it, the F-15C weights 28,000lbs empty(F-15E "Strike Eagle" has an empty weight of 31,700lbs) with a Maximum Take Off Weight(MTOW) of 68,000 lbs(F-15E Strike Eagle is 81,000lbs) internal fuel is 13,850 lbs I (24,950 lbs with Conformal Fuel Tanks) with up to 3 drop tanks (610 US gallons-4100lbs each x3= 1830US gallons=12,300lbs total drop tank capacity. Lengths:F-22 is 62'1" F-14 is 62'9", F-15 is 63'9" and F-16 is 49'5".
Oh my God! This Vertical climb Remembering at an Airshow Take Off. The F-16 have very good Capabilities, Next Year are also the Luchtmachtdagen at the Volkel Airbase. Last time was in 2013 at Volkel Airbase. I hope to see the F-16 Solo Displayteam from the Royal Netherlands Airforce in 2019 and also the Apache Solo Displayteam from Gilze-Rijen Airbase. Much more better were The PC-7 Solo Displayteam from Woensdrecht Airbase again. They had the last Appearance in 2007. Greetings From the German Aircraft Spotter Coleague.
What a pilot ! Flies like that , and can't fasten a piece on his visor! I shot down 25 X M.E. 109's , and I can put my own nappy on! p.s. then I woke up.
My Grandfather was credited with the downing of over 30 enemy aircraft during WW2, To this day, the Luftwaffe still consider him the worst mechanic they've ever had, 🍻
I used to do this as a kid, sit by the airbase and watch fighters take off and land. Nice video, but no joy on the test flight footage. The pilot is running touch-and-goes, and the background chatter raises question what country the base is in or whether this is just an air show demo. Most likely it is the latter.
Did you happen to notice at the beginning of the video where the navigation lights are on the F-16? The red and green lights are on the sides of the front engine air intake. The purpose of the navigation lights is to let other aircraft know whether an airplane at night is coming or going. If you happen to be flying at night and see a red light on the left wing and a green light on the right, then you know the airplane is going the same direction as you. If reversed, he is coming at you. But the lights are so close together on the Viper that if you happen to even see them you might think it's a model airplane coming at you. I didn't see any lights anywhere near the wingtips. Not the best design IMHO.
If the airplane is pointed away from you then you will see the white position lights not red or green. Usually from the front you will only see either a red light or a green light it makes no difference how close they are. The red and green lights are bright enough to be clearly seen.
So our Air National Guard have F16’s at BTV in Vermont. I hear this sound that I am curious about. In this video it is audible at 2:31 and 2:35. Does anyone know what that is about?
that noise is the CENC convergent exhaust nozzle controller that opens and closes the “turkey feathers” on the exhaust nozzle opening and “closing” to allow for a higher velocity of air to pass through increasing the speed thus allowing for faster acceleration. I included links that you should check out showing how the pratt and whitney f-100 engine differs between the f-15 and f-16 so check them out :) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propelling_nozzle ruclips.net/video/fLhoUfd4shQ/видео.html ruclips.net/video/0a_DU1JC-uY/видео.html ruclips.net/video/wNgJoExxptI/видео.html
For a while...to accelerate straight up, thrust has to exceed both weight and drag. As the airplane accelerates, drag increases, while thrust decreases with altitude. Eventually, thrust becomes less than weight plus drag and the airplane begins decelerating.
I worked on mostly C and D model aircraft in the middle 198o's and they were known and referred to as fighting falcons. Had a falcon decal on the vertical stab (HahnAB). Never heard of it called a "viper" . Not til RUclips made it popular with those that don't know any better.
@@tomcline5631 No, it isn't. All pilots call the F-16 the Viper, it is their nickname for it, Fighting Falcon is the name that General Dynamics gave it. The A-4 naval Strike aircraft was called the Skyhawk by Douglas Aircraft but all pilots called it the Scooter. 30 seconds on Google and I'm sure you'll realize that I'm right.
MY HUMBLE SUGGESTION IS TO HAVE PULSE AND PRECISION WITH THE HANDS TO OPERATE THE VIDEO CAMERA AND FOLLOW THE FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MORE IF THEY ARE OF THIS CLASS ... AHH THE MOST OF THE VIDEOS USE A LOT OF THE ZOOM AND THEN THEY LOSE IT AND YOU SHOULD COLLECT THE ZOOM AND BACK AGAIN TO FOCUS .. WITH 15 OR 20 X OF ZOOM IS SUFFICIENT ,,, THE IDEAL AND BEAUTIFUL OF THESE EXHIBITIONS IS TO APPRECIATE THE FLIGHT AND AS IT DOES IN AN EXTENSION OF THE SKY ..HOW YOU PERFORM YOUR TURNS AND ELEVATIONS ... ARE ONE OF THE NEWS
In 2008, I was waiting for a bus right beside Nashville airport. Two F-16's took off and went completely vertical. It was no airshow, no nothing. The pilots just did it for whatever reason, I don't know.
![[4K] F-16 suffers Blown Out Tire - Leeuwarden AB](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MJ0C-Frs2L4/mqdefault.jpg)
Ya gotta see it in person! Waaaayyyy back when, I got to see an F-4Phantom II and an F-104 Starfighter do max performance take offs. There is no describing how a J-79 on afterburner can liquefy your insides from the sheer noise. Or to see the aircraft go into a near vertical climb and be out of sight in mere seconds. What was particularly poignant, was the 104 pilot is my dad. That was over 50 years ago and the memories are still laser sharp.
Bill Gund * back in the day here in Phoenix Arizona, we would park at the end of the runway Luke Air Force Base and have 2 F-4 Phantoms takeoff right over the top of us full afterburner to go do cat & mouse training mission...AWSOME ! J 79 !
I was an F-16 comm-nav-ECM specialist in the 311th AMU, 58th Tactical Training Wing at Luke AFB in the early 80's, working on these magnificent aircraft was one of the coolest things I have ever done. Seeing them do FCF (functional check flight) full burner take offs going vertical got everyone's attention on the line every time. Especially at dusk with an faint orange sky, silhouette of the mountains in the background and the diamonds of the afterburners extending out from the engine as long as the plane itself. If that sight doesn't give any hot rodder a wiggle in your loins check your pulse. Easily the baddest looking plane ever built, right next to the SR-71.
Being a fighter pilot of any kind of jet has gotta be the coolest job ever
Well,
That's until war breaks out
Being a pilot is the coolest job ever.
Until a UFO comes cruising by
@@yassinerizzani4600 but your opponent is weak af
@@vishalgiraddi5357 as a pilot of an f-16, you average opponent would be a mig-29,
And you can't call that weak af
For me its the most beautiful aircraft ever built!
I agree, the SU-27 and the MIG-29 somehow is also beautiful though. I think it's the airflow :-)
Check out the f 20 tiger shark..
For me, and it's only an opinion, the most beautiful aircraft ever built was Concorde.
Anyone that lives aviation will always find a variety of most beautiful opinions... me?
P-51, spitfire, the super constellation, the f16 and the Concorde. The most complete package of beauty, strength and sex? F14. Btw I work on f16, it's prettier up close.
The British Spitfire, the P51 Mustang, and the F14 Tomcat. Nothing else comes close
Wow, still amazing to see that the seventies era fighter jet (the RNLAF purchased the first batch in 1979) can accelerate vertically. And th Viper still is the most elegant, shark-like looking fighter out there. Great video. Thanks.
I was in the 388th TFW at Hill AFB in the 80s. My son and his friends would ride their bikes to a spot overlooking the runway and watch the F-16s come and go all day.
The F-16 is basically and engine with a man and missiles strapped to it. I Love it!!
Ha haaa, I love that bird that comes stylin in at 4.37! Great vid, thanks for the upload MrSoeberg.
Absolutely awesome. Such a beautiful agile plane, despite its age it's still incredible.
That bell going off in the background is because the test maxed out the awesome meter!
really annoying :\
Funny...
I help maintain the f 16 and f 15 while in service...so fun...miss it...never got old watching and hearing all the jets take off....
Oh boy, slick config for FCF, I love that. Damn thing is an "A" model from 1980 that I worked on when the Dutch trained at Hill AFB. Glad to see it still going. Most are on sticks or at the boneyard.
Yes its lasting through maintenance and upgrades right! Could it have been built somewhere between 82 and 84 according to this site.
www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article8.html
Beautiful plane, beautiful day and a very skilled pilot. Great video!
I worked in an auto body shop right next to the runway at Lambert, St Louis in the 90's. We watched a lot of cool take offs and landings then. F-18's, I believe F-15's, they had two vertical stabs and could for straight up with afterburners. Some were In the yellow primer, test flight before painted I suppose. Saw some Hercules once in awhile, and once a C-17 Globe master. Even saw President George Bush senior's air Force one when he visited McDonald Douglas or Boeing Lockheed Martin. Miss those days of watching jets take off. When they say on runway and tested the engine pre take off was our cue to run outside and watch.
MrSoeberg: Thanks for another excellent video. Wright Flyer, USAF (1968-1972)
Designers: "Its a rocket with a seat."
Govt: "We'll take it!"
Thank you💞. Absolutely wonderful. 🌅
Back in the day when I was a controller at Campbell Tower... I got to see an F-14 do an unrestricted climb, full afterburners, at night... it just lit up the sky!!! So freakin’ cool!!!
That is a CV-II (CV2) take off where they climb and continuously level up to climb again and again level off, an unrestricted "Gate Climb" is where they climb straight up as if through a gate in the air. I am a former airforce air traffic controller and have enjoyed each of them every day.
Someone robbing a bank while we are all mesmerized by this incredible Viper?
It's an F-16 FIGHTING FALCON since the 70's when it came out. Why are people calling it a Viper now? I know that one Asian Air Force don't remember who, put those weird conformal tanks on the shoulder of the wings and called it something different,but those are license built in whatever country it was. This is an American Falcon jet!
Also the bell might be a scramble drill or fire drill
tom cline It’s just what folks call it now. It’s like the A-10 being called the Warthog when it’s official name is the Thunderbolt II.
@@tomcline5631 Viper has been an F-16 nickname for a very long time
Viper is a variant, I believe?
Wow, its not that often that we see a 'clean' Viper. Nice catch! Interesting badge, Weapons Instructor. Curious what it was he was testing. And the cherry on the cake is the unrestricted climb, awesome!
Indeed, it is a very spcial vertical climb which you seldom see. Grtz.
MrSoeberg Awesome flight of ravenous beauty and brute power: the most elegant jetfighter ever....we won't miss you: DOUZEN..
Might have just got out of maintenance and needed a test flight to ensure everything was hunky dory.
FCF (Functional Check Flight), performed after deep maintenance/overhaul
I've seen this in person, standing at the end of runway, it was awesome😊✨
I remember seeing a documentary where they converted an f16 and gave it a ceramic core ect purely for the take off and climb time and I know I will get the time / height wrong but I am sure it got from a stand still to 60,000 ft in 117 seconds!
Please if someone remembers the documentary and the exact figures could they put them in.
it is a good fighter jet - but the Russian's have jets that go from a standstill to vertical and to the very edge of space and can stay there for a few minutes in less time than anyone else. I saw the video on it - it was breathtaking and amazing to watch from the inside of the cockpit. It was real and not a flight simulator. The Russians have some fearsome jet aircraft. Don't poo-poo or discount their abilities. If they didn't, do you think the USA would constantly be upgrading their own fleets?
Lindsey Allison Westhaven there’s only 1 Russian fighter capable of doing that. The MIG-25. Other Russian fighters have max service ceilings around 50-60,000 feet.
I believe you’re thinking of the F-15 Streak Eagle. That’s what held the record for a while.
Lindsey Allison Westhaven so your basically just pushing Russian propaganda on ty videos of American planes... with the facts being wrong. Cool. Lol
That bounce on landing though 😆. I thought he almost struck his tail on landing
@@atb002 18 to 24 inch - what do you mean by that? The area of impact?
they've been known to drag the air.speed brakes on landings. They would have weld shop add more metal on the trailing edge.
That was back then. (1986)
@@glebz7294 AB is estimating the distance in inches the jet nozzles is from the tarmac.
But FYI the pilot is just interested in his nose angle for max drag without resulting in tail scrapes. But sometimes they might drag a few degrees higher, and some less experienced a little higher yet again. Being a display pilot he knows and understands how to fly his jet to max profile! It's just the damn visor cover isn't programmed into his muscle memory as well.
I remember the first flight at General Dynamics. That little plane made a huge roar.
Awesome looking fighter jet. Especially like the cockpit and canopy.
The sexiest single engine fighter ever made
The best bit was him fumbling with his visor to get it back in place
Great camerawork! F-16 is a really beautiful design. SU-27 is pretty too.
Most beautiful bird ever to fly!
Sonet ...nah, F/A 18 any day
f16 is the most beautiful fighter jet in the world
Thanks. Great Video and Jet Fighter---US Air Force F-16 Viper/Fighting Falcon.
jay capp it’s actually a Dutch f-16
Worked the flight line from '79-'82 at Eglin AFB in the Florida panhandle. 15s, 16s and earlier F4s all day long.
Perhaps the sexiest piece of engineering of all time IMHO. Never quite managed to squeeze that rate of climb out of the little 152 back in the day.
I saw an F16 display in Barcelona a while ago. They look all dainty and fragile, until you hear and feel that power! 😜
The opening Immelmann was perfect! Great vid, thanks very much.
Early block 15 aircraft doing what appears to be an OCF or FCF. It's flying clean so I'd assume it just came out of a major hourly maintenance. It definitely brings back some memories!
Not sure when the video was made but wish he would of had a go pro. Amazing!! My second favorite fighter jet second to the F-14.
My wife used to work for delta loading planes. Whenever an f-16 took off, the tower would clear them direct to 35,000ft. Or higher. She said all the baggage handlers would line up at the outer edge of the taxiway. The fighter would go about 1/2 way down the runway, pull back on the stick and go straight up, till they were out of sight!
Yes fighter pilots are the best conditioned athletes! Their work out regiment is incredible
Somebody please answer the fucking phone!
That's a smoke alarm, he left his cigar on the toilet; as a little joke.
NEPA Bushcraft You aren't shittin!!
So the MLU cán go vertical directly after take off! (Probably only when it's totally clean). Nice to see!
Should have waited to open the hangar doors after landing. The bell is annoying while watching the jet. I'd like to see that climb with extra tanks and combat load. That's how performance (if needed to get away from the enemy) is really measured for a fighter jet., not clean. Still impressive and awesome. Thanks for posting.
It is almost every guys dream to fly one of these jets👍👍
Amazing video love how his visor cover wouldn't go on. It's like its saying no, not today. Anyway I have just subbed . Merry Christmas and happy new year
where do you put the FUEL in that tiny thing ??? under the seat?
Yes there's a 20 gallon fuel tank under the seat, the newest F-16 version gets better fuel economy than a Toyota Prius!
Not quite under it but it has one basically behind it, about where the wings end. And then there one fuel tank in each wing.
Wings, f1 behind canopy and the backbone 7200 lbs
pops wrench The plane just looks small. I've been following the F-22 and on line it looks tiny. Then I went to the 2017 Andrews Air Force base air show and was stunned by how big it actually is. Make no mistake she is large and in charge!
@@danielfronc4304 Yes, the F-22 is a big bird. It actually has an empty weight of 43,340 lbs and a max. takeoff weight of 83,500 lbs with 18,000lbs internal fuel and another 8,000lbs with 2 drop tanks(4,000 lbs. each or 592 gallons each, F-22 can carry 4 for 16,000 pounds total external). The F-16C-Block 50 weighs 18,900lbs and its MTOW is 42,300 pounds with 7,200lbs. internal fuel. The F-22's empty weight is more than the F-16C's MTOW. For comparison the F-14D weighs 43,375 empty with a MTOW of 74,350 and has 16,000 pounds of internal fuel, 2 drop tanks(2,000lbs each) bring total fuel up to 20,000 pounds. While I'm at it, the F-15C weights 28,000lbs empty(F-15E "Strike Eagle" has an empty weight of 31,700lbs) with a Maximum Take Off Weight(MTOW) of 68,000 lbs(F-15E Strike Eagle is 81,000lbs) internal fuel is 13,850 lbs I (24,950 lbs with Conformal Fuel Tanks) with up to 3 drop tanks (610 US gallons-4100lbs each x3= 1830US gallons=12,300lbs total drop tank capacity.
Lengths:F-22 is 62'1" F-14 is 62'9", F-15 is 63'9" and F-16 is 49'5".
What is this he put on his helmet? It kept falling off?
Visor cover
Oh my God! This Vertical climb Remembering at an Airshow Take Off. The F-16 have very good Capabilities, Next Year are also the Luchtmachtdagen at the Volkel Airbase. Last time was in 2013 at Volkel Airbase. I hope to see the F-16 Solo Displayteam from the Royal Netherlands Airforce in 2019 and also the Apache Solo Displayteam from Gilze-Rijen Airbase. Much more better were The PC-7 Solo Displayteam from Woensdrecht Airbase again. They had the last Appearance in 2007. Greetings From the German Aircraft Spotter Coleague.
Thank you for your nice reaction. Grtz.
MrSoeberg Your Welcome! Sometimes i also take a Visit at Volkel Airbase for the Planespotting. Mostly at Wittmund Airbase and Nörvenich Airbase.
So pretty without weapons! Looks great on radar too Pierre!
That engine wind up noise at take off is awesome.
Would LOVE to go up in a jet ( military ) and experience what real speed and moverable ,only have small aircraft experience
Imagine being some un found member of an amazon bush colony, and seeing one of these fly through the sky.
You'd probably think it's some kind of monster, or god.
I had the privilege of building the f16s. At loceedmartin. I sure do miss workibg there. Zoom zoom.✈✈.
shame you spelled lockheed wrong
Really enjoyed this video !! The guy is just playing with is viper xD loveddd it
Thx to John Boyd for his brilliant design.
The engine sound needs more cow bell.
You get it in the miidle, bg.
Great video, F-16 awsome~ best ever!
Now that's a hot rod, it's only got 50000 horse power. Over.
The new block 50's have almost 10,000 pounds more thrust..
>Jet
>HP
That bell in the background. Omg....
Lunch bell went off pilot said " screw the climb test, i need some chow".
Don't know about airshows. What are they? Brisbane Australia
What a pilot ! Flies like that , and can't fasten a piece on his visor! I shot down 25 X M.E. 109's , and I can put my own nappy on! p.s. then I woke up.
My Grandfather was credited with the downing of over 30 enemy aircraft during WW2,
To this day, the Luftwaffe still consider him the worst mechanic they've ever had, 🍻
WOW! Beautiful bird. What camera did you use for this?
I used to do this as a kid, sit by the airbase and watch fighters take off and land. Nice video, but no joy on the test flight footage. The pilot is running touch-and-goes, and the background chatter raises question what country the base is in or whether this is just an air show demo. Most likely it is the latter.
Tower circuit is my best view!
Thanks!
nice catch with the nozzle exhaust sound
Yep, that is my M-F commute. Weekends get better.
Cool stuff man. Wish you could get this close as a civilian..
I love watching planes take off.
Matthew McConnaughey at the controls?
The F-16 is a pocket rocket, magnificent interceptor, our allies could afford it to
Nice vid, and a landing with chute!
Did you happen to notice at the beginning of the video where the navigation lights are on the F-16? The red and green lights are on the sides of the front engine air intake. The purpose of the navigation lights is to let other aircraft know whether an airplane at night is coming or going. If you happen to be flying at night and see a red light on the left wing and a green light on the right, then you know the airplane is going the same direction as you. If reversed, he is coming at you.
But the lights are so close together on the Viper that if you happen to even see them you might think it's a model airplane coming at you. I didn't see any lights anywhere near the wingtips. Not the best design IMHO.
If the airplane is pointed away from you then you will see the white position lights not red or green. Usually from the front you will only see either a red light or a green light it makes no difference how close they are. The red and green lights are bright enough to be clearly seen.
Sound from 2.33minute is magnifique 👏👏👏.
That aircraft really doesn't want to stay on the ground!
Pure mental stamina along with physical prowess
Some people do this for a living and others work at the D.M.V
My dad's black, he's been an F-16 pilot and instructor for 20+ years and I just got a job at a place similar to the D.M.V.! 🤣😂
So our Air National Guard have F16’s at BTV in Vermont. I hear this sound that I am curious about. In this video it is audible at 2:31 and 2:35. Does anyone know what that is about?
Lonnie King. I've heard that same sound in other videos as the engine throttles up. It must be some kind of pump or venting of gasses?
that noise is the CENC convergent exhaust nozzle controller that opens and closes the “turkey feathers” on the exhaust nozzle opening and “closing” to allow for a higher velocity of air to pass through increasing the speed thus allowing for faster acceleration.
I included links that you should check out showing how the pratt and whitney f-100 engine differs between the f-15 and f-16 so check them out :)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propelling_nozzle
ruclips.net/video/fLhoUfd4shQ/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/0a_DU1JC-uY/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/wNgJoExxptI/видео.html
We're screwed, he can't put his sunglasses on.
Lol!
Can anyone tell me? Why is that bell ringing?
Engine puts out more thrust than the plane weighs, which means it can accelerate going straight up
For a while...to accelerate straight up, thrust has to exceed both weight and drag. As the airplane accelerates, drag increases, while thrust decreases with altitude. Eventually, thrust becomes less than weight plus drag and the airplane begins decelerating.
How come they don't make parachute deployment pod a Rocket Pod?
Bad Ass American F 16 Fighting Falcon !!
That sound... that whine when idle...
Multi million dollar plane, 5 dollar visor.
Visor cover
It's MILSPEC so would be way more than 5 dollars - but a 5 dollar civilian version would do the job better
More $5,000.00. It's military and costs are ridiculous.
just tim $2 dollar bell......toss it!
Will someone get the damn bell!
1:20 why is he trying to put the visor cover back on?
Is that a bird at 2.52 or something else.
Mooi gefilmd...
Very nice quality video
Quite a few birds flying around the runway. Hopefully none get sucked up
The beginning of the video looks like the setting up for the fighting stage for Guile
Looks so like a Lockheed Starfighter from the rear while taxying .
Who would NOT want to be lucky enough to fly one of these?!!!!
How about the B58 Hustler
F16 and mig29 to me are the most graceful looking killers ever.
Is this a Falcon or Viper? looks more like a falcon, but I'm not real great identifying the two.
@Bobby Brady no they're not! The viper is a foreign license built copy.
Same thing
I worked on mostly C and D model aircraft in the middle 198o's and they were known and referred to as fighting falcons. Had a falcon decal on the vertical stab (HahnAB).
Never heard of it called a "viper" .
Not til RUclips made it popular with those that don't know any better.
@@tomcline5631 No, it isn't. All pilots call the F-16 the Viper, it is their nickname for it, Fighting Falcon is the name that General Dynamics gave it. The A-4 naval Strike aircraft was called the Skyhawk by Douglas Aircraft but all pilots called it the Scooter. 30 seconds on Google and I'm sure you'll realize that I'm right.
That was a short takeoff, looks like he could of taken off from a carrier without the catapult.
He could!!
Was thinking the same.
Fly Navy
As a kid, he was the first to ride a wheelie on his bike....
hoe regelen ze die nozzle?
MY HUMBLE SUGGESTION IS TO HAVE PULSE AND PRECISION WITH THE HANDS TO OPERATE THE VIDEO CAMERA AND FOLLOW THE FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MORE IF THEY ARE OF THIS CLASS ... AHH THE MOST OF THE VIDEOS USE A LOT OF THE ZOOM AND THEN THEY LOSE IT AND YOU SHOULD COLLECT THE ZOOM AND BACK AGAIN TO FOCUS .. WITH 15 OR 20 X OF ZOOM IS SUFFICIENT ,,, THE IDEAL AND BEAUTIFUL OF THESE EXHIBITIONS IS TO APPRECIATE THE FLIGHT AND AS IT DOES IN AN EXTENSION OF THE SKY ..HOW YOU PERFORM YOUR TURNS AND ELEVATIONS ... ARE ONE OF THE NEWS
In 2008, I was waiting for a bus right beside Nashville airport. Two F-16's took off and went completely vertical. It was no airshow, no nothing. The pilots just did it for whatever reason, I don't know.
These pilots are required to perform max tactical takeoff maneuvers on occasion to stay current.