Caf F-18 Pops A Wheelie

[DoubleTap]

I went to the long Island air show a couple of weekends ago, and while I did not tape the whole thing, I did get this. This still astounds me considering how freaking dangerous it would be considering his height. Very cool maneuver....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGaDT3QV9Qk

[JensenPark]

Wow...

how'd you edit in the compass?

[Snacko]

Wow again. That is frigg'in dangerous! A flame out or anything goes wrong with either engine it's all over.

But very cool. Do it again!

[DoubleTap]

Wow...

how'd you edit in the compass?

Pretty easy.

I grabbed a scan a guy did of one with a white background. I then imported the graphic file into Final Cut Pro.

When I dropped it in over the video in Final Cut Pro, I then applied a Luminance Filter on it. That takes out the brightest elements, and with most of it merely black lettering, it basically renders it clear.

If you look carefully the filter is a little dirty, and you can see some faint trace of the graphic. If I had toyed with the filter I would have been able to clean it out completely.

DT

[Rattler]

I've always been impressed at how our boys get the most out of the Hornet....we have some fantastic pilots, and the Hornet is a fantastic high AoA plane to fly!

[GreyKnight]

WOW! Not seen that done before with a FA-18. He really is relying on his CPU there.

[Lothar]

Simply amazing!

[Kimosabi]

I love those maneuvers. I bet they have a hand ready on the ejection handle when they do that.

Reminds of this Belgian F-16 I saw in 2007:

There was a Dutch F-16 there as well, it almost looked like they had challenged eachother to whom would do the best solo routine.

Best airshow I've ever been to, with JAS Gripen, Eurofighter, F-16's, F-4's, Raphale M's, Tornado, all kinds of prop planes, civil aircrafts and Bell H-1 choppers with a bunch of special forces dangling underneath them to name a few.

[Tribunus]

Boy, there is absolutely no room for error in a maneuver like that. You’re really depending on the aircraft to not have the slightest problem. One hiccup with the engines and it could get really bad, really fast.

On a side note, it took me a moment to figure out the CAF part, but I finally got it. It’s a CAF F-18, as in Canadian Air Force.

When I first saw the title I thought it was a Confederate Air Force F-18. We’ve got that in Texas.

[Rattler]

Yeah, you can tell the Canadian F-18's by the false canopy on the underside for aspect deception.