Super Hornets & F1-11 flyover

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

1.5 times noisier than the pig on average AND they do most things in pairs....

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The Phantoms they had for a couple of years before the F 111s were delivered were a lot noisier. When on standy with engines running the noise had windows shaking in their frames all over the base. In comparison the F111s were quiet.

Does the F 18 E/F carry what I always considered the most important in the F 111 range - the harpoon ?

After all whoever wants to land has to cross a lot of water to get here and this was a weapon which seemed to be the well suited to the job.

This week will be interesting in Brazil and for for Boeing as well
The americans sent the Carl Vinson to Rio with the Super Hornets on deck to do a demo in Brazil.
Here are couple of clip about the F18 and the aircraft carrier.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxwYESH7pHk"]YouTube- Video: F-18 Super Hornet Launch, USS Carl Vinson at Sea[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFKAXHl0gdk&NR=1"]YouTube- F-18C landing on USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)[/ame]

This is interesting: :eek:
U.S. Grounds 104 Hornets After More Cracks Discovered

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

looks like its time to gyp the pilots who do the low level flying with the walkaround and "if theres no sticks or tree in the cowlings then you aint low level" line.

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one recon pilot in WWII was known for having a dimpled skin on the lower rear section of his planes fuselage..... low level flying in the desert = apparently a lot of rocks get thrown up by the prop wash!

When the F1-11 was bought we thought in terms of airplanes. Now we think in terms of systems (and outcomes). The Rhino is a great aircraft that works well with our current and future capabilities.

Building the aircraft here would take longer and we wanted them ASAP.

The F1-11 deserves it's retirement.

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Originally Posted by 3toes

The Phantoms they had for a couple of years before the F 111s were delivered were a lot noisier. When on standy with engines running the noise had windows shaking in their frames all over the base. In comparison the F111s were quiet.

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As an Ipswichite I remember the Phantoms,Canberra'a,Meteors and the Lincoln.The Lincoln was still flying in the 50's when my family returned to Ipswich after being away for a few years.You talk about the Phantom rattling windows the Lincoln,when low flying,was the grand Daddy of them all for breaking windows not only on the base but in all of the Ipswich suburbs bordering on or near the Amberley base.But the Great Grand Daddy was in the late 50's when the yanks in their Voodoos broke the sound barrier twice. After the destruction caused by the sonic boom, which has to be heard to be believed, breaking the sound barrier was banned over the Australian mainland soon after.