SWISS F18 HORNET DEMO - WADDINGTON AIRSHOW 2012 (airshowvision)

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11 жыл бұрын

Airshowvision proudly present the one standout highlight of the 2012 UK airshow season - the Swiss F18 Demo team performance from the Waddington Airshow.
This was no surprise as whenever the Swiss demonstrate their F18C it is always the highlight of any airshow; they are just so much better than anyone else at showing what the mighty F18 can do in the air.
They even upstage the Super Hornet with ease - just watch how much more entertaining this demo is than the US Navy Hornet at Farnborough 2012. The Swiss win hands down for entertainment, despite the Super Hornet being newer and more powerful.
For me the F18C is probably the best fast jet demo aircraft in the world - you just never see a dull display from this jet, and the way in launches itself into the vertical seems unmatched by any other fast jet.
I fist saw an F18 demo at my local airfield RAF Church Fenton in 1989 (I have just researched the date) from the Canadian Air Force, and the memories of that display never fade - it was awesome.
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@celogen 11 жыл бұрын

In all of the Swiss demos with this aircraft, it never ceases to amaze me how close the pilots come to doing a Kulbit-like maneuver, in an aircraft without thrust vectoring. Outstanding!

@guskarapas5752 2 жыл бұрын

I am currently building a model of the F18C Hornet from Academy hobby kit, 1/48 Scale, and I will use decals for the Swiss Air Force. Awesome sound and demo, high performance.

@Mako2-1 2 жыл бұрын

@@guskarapas5752 if it’s not too late, you should also consider the finnish decals. Those pilots are bonkers in their f-18’s

@georgeseferis4787 8 жыл бұрын

Holy shit! Better not mess with Swiss airspace!

@cassioVee 3 жыл бұрын

well in all the neutral time, we got a lot of time to train our pilots lmao

@stefanschneider3681 3 жыл бұрын

Breathtaking! As a Swiss I am glad we have these beasts protecting us 💪👍! When you go skiing or hiking in the alps - things Swiss people regularly do 😉 - you often hear them doing there training-sessions way above you - and you can hardly see them 😳! Last time was in Arosa beginning of February 2021 when they were doing two 2-hour trainings per day high above us, it was beautiful!

@SwissMarksman 2 жыл бұрын

💯

@howardb42006 11 жыл бұрын

I must say. This guy seems to know what he is doing..

@usmarinesoc 11 жыл бұрын

One of the best F-18 solo demo's I have ever seen and I've seen a lot (stationed at MCAS Miramar for 4 years). Wonderful camera work as well! Great video.

@sab2871 8 жыл бұрын

Russians , Chinese, N Koreans eat your hearts out !! Stellar performance !! First rate , Swiss being Swiss, they are a Mercenary people , Swabian Germanics they are , The Swiss are excellent warriors, A MERCENARY PEOPLE THEY ARE TECHNICALLY !

@jackkevillemedia 8 жыл бұрын

Simply incredible that it can manoeuvre so effortlessly, not forgetting the brilliant pilot of course.

@stefangensetter6961 10 жыл бұрын

05:36 - 05:52 = Genial! Solche Manöver bringen nur absolute Top Piloten ohne die Maschine (Kontrolle) zu verlieren!

@HPRPowerboats 8 жыл бұрын

+Stefan Gensetter dass ist vor allem der Computer und dass Flugzeug selber.

@TheRusty58 8 жыл бұрын

+HPRPowerboats Aha, ein Playstation-Pilot hat soeben gesprochen......

@ozerfilip 7 жыл бұрын

F-18 is a fantastic plane and wonderful to see flying !! And this pilot is excellent !

@intrepid_wandering 9 жыл бұрын

Great pilot.

@kimfucku8074 7 жыл бұрын

Well, we have a little airspace, thats why we can take very tight turns!

@johnbenton325 9 жыл бұрын

Wasn't expecting the vertical takeoff from an F-18!

@cloggedpitot1 11 жыл бұрын

nice flying by a very skilled pilot.

@robbiemckeegan8317 9 жыл бұрын

I think i saw a very small shockwave to the rear of the aircraft at around 9:20. Just shows you how close he was to breaking the sound barrier!

@pancake4425 8 жыл бұрын

JC, that guy is pulling some G's!!!

@lonetiger74 11 жыл бұрын

Look at that hornet climbing like rocket, monster of a pilot.....GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@greetenmax 11 жыл бұрын

Swiss pilots perform the best with this amazing fighter!

@TheKatakali 5 жыл бұрын

6:48 Holy shit how it takes the curve XO

@Losttiger78 11 жыл бұрын

Fantastic demo!!

@woodcutterdude 10 жыл бұрын

This pilot doesn't need thrust vectoring!

@justinmaguire4987 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video that was an incredible demo with whatever modifications the swiss done their Hornet looks to be unstoppable

@SwissMarksman 5 ай бұрын

There are no modifications done

@nomore5speed 10 жыл бұрын

flying hard nice!

@celogen 11 жыл бұрын

Points well taken. I took a look at the F-5 vs. YF-17 and can see the similarities and how the Cobra was an evolution of the F-5, but also designed for a similar role, as you describe. Thanks for your comments. Very enlightening.

@airshowvision 11 жыл бұрын

Thank You - maybe the Patruille Suisse will be on my channel soon?

@eromadrol 9 жыл бұрын

Great footage, thanks !

@maxjanssen7872 6 жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful fighter and what a great pilot! I have never seen US pilots fly like the swiss or fins....other than Ricardo Traven and he is a Canadian...

@wiwa23 7 жыл бұрын

Truly awesome display! Looking forward to the Swiss Hornet at Sanicole (Belgium) the 8 and 10 th of September 2017!

@JVGmidi 11 жыл бұрын

incredible!!

@giosue4027 9 жыл бұрын

Performance to be framed !!!!

@randhalljoss6762 10 жыл бұрын

swiss army is great ...juat great...proud to be swiss and not in the UE

@eviltango 11 жыл бұрын

AWESOME!!!!!!

@nvalenc1 8 жыл бұрын

beautiful plane

@basimpsn 9 жыл бұрын

Them Swiss boys need to teach the US pilots how to fly the Hornet lol.

@devoncantrell3311 9 жыл бұрын

basimpsn Nah. We fly it just fine. haha

@valeristoimenov1985 9 жыл бұрын

basimpsn Swiss and Finish F18 are flying better then US pilots

@wobbleduck 8 жыл бұрын

+valeri stoimenov I'd have to agree with you on that one. It may be because the Blue Angles and some Navy aggressors still fly the old F/A-18A's and the airframes are getting pretty beat up from all the use.

@sty_svg2268 8 жыл бұрын

+Camden Shoebridge jea like the super hornet:P

@csdstudio78 8 жыл бұрын

+basimpsn Agreed! US pilots might fly them "just fine", but they sure don't fly them like this! I've been to many airshows and have never seen a Hornet fly with such authority. Truly amazing.

@Vickzq 7 жыл бұрын

As a sidenote: Swiss airforce - mainly relying of german language due to history, culture and geography... tried to differentiate themselves from german luftwaffe ("airweapon") by using other specifications... like flugwaffe ("flying weapon") back in the days... And the units are called - as mentionned here - fliegerstaffel ("aircraft units") instead of Germany's jagdgeschwader ("hunter units").

@galneryusrock 6 жыл бұрын

cant wait to see this plane at the scottish airshow

@luchuber2906 8 жыл бұрын

super vidéo

@suppitupi 10 жыл бұрын

That's what I do every morning before I go to work.

@j.j.sheehan3954 11 жыл бұрын

Wow !!!!!!

@gladietita 11 жыл бұрын

wow Fantastic ! I would like to be there!!!!!!!!!! this sound is music! greetings from Belgium!

@greetenmax 10 жыл бұрын

Excellent!!!!

@schnidrigmarco9162 7 жыл бұрын

give them an sukhoi 35, can 't imagine what they will do with thrust vectoring xD

@ladiesman1ate7 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@ArdentlyGrant 9 жыл бұрын

Great video. It would be enhanced if the ground were visible as a point of reference, especially since most of these maneuvers are so close to the ground.

@mercyril 4 жыл бұрын

what I like about Swiss pilots is that they make the most of the maneuvering capabilities of their aircraft. You put a Swiss pilot in a Rafale and he loops in g-negative without really knowing how 🤣

@keithbell6104 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing ,,

@mariochipoletti9878 8 жыл бұрын

nice!!!

@Brian.H.. 11 жыл бұрын

good show worth going to

@MrThedocholiday 10 жыл бұрын

This plane is pretty amazing considering it's lack of thrust vectoring.

@basimpsn 11 жыл бұрын

America built this Jet..Then a Swis pilot wake it up. Amazing Demo

@hernandez-yanezboldvoyager2623 8 жыл бұрын

I wonder what the russians say when they see this phenomena just showing off amazingly !!! They probably think of their turkey SU-30's and wish they weren't that heavy :D .. Su's SINK all the time, even without load when they do their "cobra" maneuvers, I can't imagine fully loaded, it must crash ! :D

@julez4970 11 жыл бұрын

Hop Schwiiz !

@Spitfiregirl01 11 жыл бұрын

I was there!!

@iwotpron 10 жыл бұрын

The Swiss version of the F/A 18 needed a redesign of certain load carrying structural elements. The reason is that the typical Swiss mission has a much severe load spectrum, which means that the Swiss pilots would have gone through the plane's service life after around 40% of its intended flying hours. Essentially, some of the spants that carry the lift loads from the wings to the fuselage had to be made from titanium instead of the standard alloy. The Swiss F/A 18 should have under US Navy mission spectrum a safe lifetime of around 20000 flying hours (US Navy version is 6000 FH)

@stefangensetter6961 10 жыл бұрын

Falsch, die Fa-18 ist auch als Jagtbomber konzipiert! In der Schweiz nur als Jäger eingesetzt trägt sie nicht mal die halbe Last an Waffen für die sie gedacht ist! Also keine 6,5 Tonnen Bomben+2t Benzin extern =(8,5-8,8t) sondern max. 8*250 Kg L-L Lenkwaffen + 3*700Kg Flugbenzin unter den Tragflächen=4,1Tonnen extern! Somit ergibt sich keinerlei Überlastung der Struktur!

@iwotpron 10 жыл бұрын

Stefan Gensetter Das ist schon eine richtige Überlegung, dass die Schweizer FA-18 eine geringere Last an Waffen trägt. Das heisst aber nicht, dass das Flugzeug nicht schneller kaputt gehen kann. Die höhere Belastung der Struktur ergibt sich daraus, dass wir in der Schweiz um und über die Berge recht "scharf" fliegen müssen; das macht die Struktur des Flugzeugs sehr schnell kaputt. Die Piloten in der US-Navy müssen lediglich vom Flugzeugträger starten, um danach vor allem übers Meer gemütlich mit Reisegeschwindigkeit weiter zu fliegen. Für solche Missionen wurde eben die FA-18 entwickelt, und so lässt es sich halt in der Schweiz nicht fliegen. Deshalb das Redesign. Quelle: Hab dies im Rahmen meines Maschinenbaustudiums von einem am Redesign beteiligten Mitarbeiters der RUAG gelernt.

@stefangensetter6961 10 жыл бұрын

iwotpron Trotzdem fliegen die Piloten der Navy (Die auch immer im Kampfeinsatz stehen) genau so scharfe Manöver! Von andauernd wechselnden klimatischen Verhältnissen gar nicht zu sprechen! Und Landungen auf einem Träger sind extrem Materialverschleissend!

@iwotpron 10 жыл бұрын

Stefan Gensetter Natürlich können die Piloten der Navy solche Manöver fliegen, die kommen aber in ihrem Alltag nicht so häufig vor wie bei uns. Genau darum geht es ja ... Weshalb sollen wechselnde klimatische Verhältnisse die Beanspruchung der Struktur beträchtlich beeinflussen? Eine Trägerlandung ist übrigens beanspruchungstechnisch viel weniger problematisch als scharfe Luftmanöver.

@stefangensetter6961 10 жыл бұрын

iwotpron Wechselnd trockene Hitze und Sand in allen Ritzen inklusive Triebwerke, Salzwasser usw. ist nicht gerade förderlich! Und in extrem Manövern wirkt das Gewicht natürlich auch-->aber es ist ein Unterschied wenn 20Tonnen in einem Bruchteil einer Sekunde auf die Struktur wirken wenn man auf's Deck knallt bei einer Landung!

@Antifaith29 11 жыл бұрын

Those things have amazing high alpha at low speed. Especially considering its not TV'd

@simondavid2519 3 жыл бұрын

Give him thrust vectoring and that guy might humiliate even the SU-35...

@pancake4425 6 жыл бұрын

If you can make a plane fly like this without thrustvectoring, who needs thrustvectoring then?

@aussiespoon2471 11 жыл бұрын

Wheres the Spitfire ? Only joking ..Marvelous stuff!!!

@airshowvision 11 жыл бұрын

These ads help pay for the service hat YOU enjoy - without them there are no videos and no You Tube. I suggest you bear that in mind.

@maxjanssen7872 6 жыл бұрын

And look what the Aussies do with their Hornets and Super Hornets!!

@jasoar1563 10 жыл бұрын

This is the lighter weight 9g variant? no folding wings and lighter landing gear.. I think even strengthened chassis. nice :P

@kenwei568 3 жыл бұрын

is the swiss hornet demo suppose to be 10 min long

@airshowvision 3 жыл бұрын

Don't know?

@RobertTm 11 жыл бұрын

If u can do that than no roller coaster could bother u!

@batmandeltaforce 11 жыл бұрын

:) Correct... my bad

@campbondsteel 3 жыл бұрын

If a A-10 needs Close Air Support ;)

@jessemoodyiv 11 жыл бұрын

Everything good comes from Switzerland... (not the F/A-18, the pilot)

@sjds51 11 жыл бұрын

I meant to say ADS!

@pascalkreutzer5628 7 жыл бұрын

great pilote my be the beast with usa and rusia

@AVMamfortas 11 жыл бұрын

Stand up performance.

@redsalute3 11 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's a good thing he let off the gas there at the end lol

@islaislaisla401 8 жыл бұрын

all very well and good. but some shots at the beginning of the film are of a super hornet and some are from a hornet. they are two completely differnt planes. the super hornet is bigger and has square intakes and the hornet has half rounded intakes! just saying

@airshowvision 8 жыл бұрын

Very nice but the Swiss don't have the Super Hornet and a far as I am aware the Super Hornet has never visited Waddington! If you watch more carefully you will see that all the shots are of the legacy version.

@islaislaisla401 8 жыл бұрын

sorry yes i can see that now

@jstorm001 11 жыл бұрын

Hey nice American made F-18.

@kuniokoro 10 жыл бұрын

Sonomanma

@dmlscmdcto4 10 жыл бұрын

The Swiss Air Force is 'capable' in as far as they can fly what they have very well, but the aircraft themselves are woefully under equipped. Additionally when you consider this is all they do, i.e. never deploy, never have anything to do other than practice manoeuvres, you'd rather hope that they're good at them.

@waranle961 8 жыл бұрын

where did you pull that information? out of your ass?

@dmlscmdcto4 8 жыл бұрын

+Zak Zak No mate; I'm about the only Swiss with combat experience. SwAF are great at what they do, but it's not a lot. And the number of aircraft they 'need' to provide a limited service is embarrassing.

@thebf3gamer407 11 жыл бұрын

like if that was your dream

@6marco5 10 жыл бұрын

...aber nur bis 17.00Uhr, nachher ist Feierabend ;-)

@Horgnerbueb 8 жыл бұрын

+Marco ocraM Thanks to left wing extremist losers like you!

@6marco5 8 жыл бұрын

Horgnerbueb ...und was ist mit dir nicht in Ordnung? Ich glaube du verstehst meinen Kommi nicht. Informiere dich doch erst mal was dahinter steckt bevor du jemanden völlig sinnfrei verurteilst.

@sjds51 11 жыл бұрын

will they please STOP these annoying vids before each vid!!!!!!!!!!

@alexanderrozo5140 8 жыл бұрын

this plane looks good but i don't like that the pilot drive this plane so bad

@reynoraynes7187 8 жыл бұрын

are you stupid or what?

@Yourebeautyfull 7 жыл бұрын

Let me put it this way: You should just find new interests to focus on... You should never mention a word about anything related to airplanes again in your life, because what just came out of your mouth is a fucking disgrace beyond proportion!

@stefangensetter6961 11 жыл бұрын

Nicht Schweden---!Schweiz--SWISS--Switzerland!