F-18 fly by.

dhc2tacksby · June 17th, 2008, 15:20

I captured this on the weekend.

Enjoy:

sschlesinger · June 17th, 2008, 16:13

My best guess was it was landing and where was this at. Very cool video and looks like you were very close.

ftyflyboy · June 17th, 2008, 16:26

...uh...was that intentional or just a near miss?

EineBeBoP · June 17th, 2008, 16:40

Well since I know your in San Diego, im guessing its headed for Miramar?

Hacker15e · June 17th, 2008, 16:47

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Originally Posted by ftyflyboy

...uh...was that intentional or just a near miss?

"Near Miss"?

Please...that's not even close to being inside the "well clear" distance of 500 feet.

dhc2tacksby · June 18th, 2008, 00:53

He was landing at North Island. It wasn't that close.
I guess the interent adds 15 feet.

coa787 · June 19th, 2008, 09:20

It does seem closer if you're not accustomed to seeing stuff like this.

Hacker15e · June 19th, 2008, 09:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by coa787

It does seem closer if you're not accustomed to seeing stuff like this.

It's the same thing that drove that PC-12 pilot out in Phoenix to claim that the F-16s were 10 feet off his wing or something.

coa787 · June 19th, 2008, 09:29

Yup.

ladder360 · June 19th, 2008, 11:01

Those guys love to mess with GA a/c around here. Especially if you're around an MOA.

Great vid! You had to have been pretty quick on the draw to get your phone out fast enough! (assuming you taped this with your phone.)

amd87 · June 19th, 2008, 23:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by ladder360

Those guys love to mess with GA a/c around here. Especially if you're around an MOA.

Agreed; today at a non-towered airport south of a MOA my student and I were minding our own business in the pattern and an F-16 buzzed over us at about 500' (just a guess) with the burners on. Awesome!

Hacker15e · June 19th, 2008, 23:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by amd87

Agreed; today at a non-towered airport south of a MOA my student and I were minding our own business in the pattern and an F-16 buzzed over us at about 500' (just a guess) with the burners on. Awesome!

The last time I checked, F-16s have only one engine.

coa787 · June 20th, 2008, 21:22

Nah, last time I checked, F-16s have five engines... maybe six?

Hacker15e · June 21st, 2008, 01:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by coa787

Nah, last time I checked, F-16s have five engines... maybe six?

Outside of the PW-220 or the GE-129 (whichever it happens to be equipped with), none of the others you're referring to have "burners".

coa787 · June 21st, 2008, 20:08

What? I was only kidding.

Hacker15e · June 22nd, 2008, 01:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by coa787

What? I was only kidding.

The Viper does, technically, have several other "engines" on board -- the EPU, for example.

coa787 · June 22nd, 2008, 02:15

Okay, I see where you're going with this. What I was referring to was the turbofan jet engine that the F-16 has. I said it had five or six of them because I was being stupid.

When amd87 said "burners", he was referring to the F-16's one jet engine.

The "engines" that you're talking about are the other systems that provide power to various systems on the F-16, such as the EPU that you mentioned, which uses a gas turbine powered by the engine bleed air or by hot gases generated by decomposition of hydrazine, which then drives the emergency electricity generator and the emergency hydraulic pump.

So you see where one could get confused.

Hacker15e · June 22nd, 2008, 04:57

I'm not confused.

I was originally just pointing out in the original post that he said "burners", yet there's only one engine on the airplane that even has one. It was more a poke at the single-engine vs two-engine rivalry between the F-15 and F-16 in the USAF.

You said as a joke that there were five or six, and I admitted that it's true that there are several smaller engines on board the jet.

That simple.

coa787 · June 22nd, 2008, 15:04

I was confused.

You admitted that it's true that there are several smaller engines on board the jet. But I was not talking about those engines.

I said that there were five or six jet engines, you know, the things that have a "burner". The F-16 obviously has only one.

I just wasn't sure whether or not you knew which engines I was talking about when I made that stupid joke, that's all.

June 17th, 2008, 15:20	#1
dhc2tacksby Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 73	F-18 fly by. I captured this on the weekend. Enjoy: __________________ Si vis pacem, para bellum!!!!!!! *Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes*

June 17th, 2008, 16:13	#2
sschlesinger Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Tucson Posts: 113	Re: F-18 fly by. My best guess was it was landing and where was this at. Very cool video and looks like you were very close.

June 17th, 2008, 16:26	#3
ftyflyboy Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 153	Re: F-18 fly by. ...uh...was that intentional or just a near miss? __________________ I'm on a Plane...I can't complain - Kurt Cobain

June 17th, 2008, 16:40	#4
EineBeBoP Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA (KVNY) Posts: 389	Re: F-18 fly by. Well since I know your in San Diego, im guessing its headed for Miramar? __________________

June 18th, 2008, 00:53	#6
dhc2tacksby Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 73	Re: F-18 fly by. He was landing at North Island. It wasn't that close. I guess the interent adds 15 feet. __________________ Si vis pacem, para bellum!!!!!!! *Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes*

June 19th, 2008, 09:20	#7
coa787 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lakewood, Ohio Posts: 1,350	Re: F-18 fly by. It does seem closer if you're not accustomed to seeing stuff like this.

June 19th, 2008, 09:29	#9
coa787 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lakewood, Ohio Posts: 1,350	Re: F-18 fly by. Yup.

June 19th, 2008, 11:01	#10
ladder360 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 417	Re: F-18 fly by. Those guys love to mess with GA a/c around here. Especially if you're around an MOA. Great vid! You had to have been pretty quick on the draw to get your phone out fast enough! (assuming you taped this with your phone.)

June 20th, 2008, 21:22	#13
coa787 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lakewood, Ohio Posts: 1,350	Re: F-18 fly by. Nah, last time I checked, F-16s have five engines... maybe six?

June 21st, 2008, 20:08	#15
coa787 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lakewood, Ohio Posts: 1,350	Re: F-18 fly by. What? I was only kidding.

June 22nd, 2008, 02:15	#17
coa787 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lakewood, Ohio Posts: 1,350	Re: F-18 fly by. Okay, I see where you're going with this. What I was referring to was the turbofan jet engine that the F-16 has. I said it had five or six of them because I was being stupid. When amd87 said "burners", he was referring to the F-16's one jet engine. The "engines" that you're talking about are the other systems that provide power to various systems on the F-16, such as the EPU that you mentioned, which uses a gas turbine powered by the engine bleed air or by hot gases generated by decomposition of hydrazine, which then drives the emergency electricity generator and the emergency hydraulic pump. So you see where one could get confused.

June 22nd, 2008, 04:57	#18
Hacker15e Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lakenpain Posts: 995	Re: F-18 fly by. I'm not confused. I was originally just pointing out in the original post that he said "burners", yet there's only one engine on the airplane that even has one. It was more a poke at the single-engine vs two-engine rivalry between the F-15 and F-16 in the USAF. You said as a joke that there were five or six, and I admitted that it's true that there are several smaller engines on board the jet. That simple. __________________ Trains were meant to be strafed. 0100011000101101001100010011010101000101

June 22nd, 2008, 15:04	#19
coa787 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lakewood, Ohio Posts: 1,350	Re: F-18 fly by. I was confused. You admitted that it's true that there are several smaller engines on board the jet. But I was not talking about those engines. I said that there were five or six jet engines, you know, the things that have a "burner". The F-16 obviously has only one. I just wasn't sure whether or not you knew which engines I was talking about when I made that stupid joke, that's all.

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