F18 SUPER HORNET FLY OVER 2 DEC

[edz]

There is going to be a full SQD of F18 Hornets doing a training mission From the bombing range at Evans Head then a run up the coast to Rainbow Beach ,... between 2pm and 4 pm [ Not sure if thats QLD or NSW time though ] seeing as they are based at Amberley its possible to be QLD time will also do a fly over Brisbane CBD on the way back to base .. Details on Face book .

[Symon]

Link to facebook post?

[mjharps]

Should be impressive to watch!!

[oldmate]

Link to facebook post?

X2

[mjharps]

https://www.facebook.com/RoyalAustralianAirForce/posts/10153500215792639:0

[plusnq]

http://www.airforce.gov.au/Operations/Flying-Operations/?RAAF-hPR1ZyeqIMWKiaNtrjPMdufiX/RBJSoR

[mjharps]

Weather looks fairly challenging for flying today...

[edz]

Thanks for that Harps, The missus does the face crap thingies, Im still trying to work out posting a message on a Tablet

[gronk]

Was driving through USA in April and literally stumbled across an airshow near Panama City just outside Tyndall AFB where they had an F35 Lightning doing all sorts of stunts.....pretty impressive !!

I didn't have a clue what sort of plane it was, had to ask someone .

[edz]

Bloody Airy Fairy's were 15 minutes  late to the target... Picked the rat up from school and headed for the North wall  at Cudgen creek  .. Roll in the low cloud base and lite showers, to be greeted with a low slow fly over of a Black hawk following the beach at about 60 feet ..
First four F18's came running up the south beach staggered out at about 2 k's out and about 150 feet up at a guess of 400+ knts.
Lead pair do a high bank turn out to sea the and a reverse high bank turn to run seaward side of Cook Island with another high bank turn around the Island, the second element of that section  doing a lesser banked follow ..
Second section of four ran in pretty much the same order though with a less dramatic turn and weave to adjust course for Cook Island ..
Two tail end charlies came though as the second element rounded Cook Island and another low slow Blackhawk finalised the show with a run up the beach just out off the shore break ..

[oldmate]

I forgot about the whole thing

[Metters]

After serving in the RAAF for many years, you eventually get to the stage where you wish the whole bloody lot would go away. 

[mjharps]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1067238603288991

Nice vid over Brisbane.

[Fizzie]

Got these from Little Burleigh hill on the GC - we're at only about 20m up here, so them planes ain't high!







It was announced as 1 Sqn's final training Exercise for the year, so I'm guessing they may just be going somewhere else in the New Year? Or to put it another way, "Ready or not, here we come!" 

Now, where was the Photo of the Month comp about "Movement" ...?

[Darcy7]

Grouse...!!!!

[edz]

American footage but gives an incite to what the cockpit veiws over the water at low level are like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfOD2y_AD_w

[mjharps]

Nice pics.

[Robbo]

Thanks for that Harps, The missus does the face crap thingies, Im still trying to work out posting a message on a Tablet

You're holding the chisel wrong edz. You might need a bigger stone also.  

[Gravity]

Just imagine sitting in a F1 Ferrari but then 100 times faster when at the speed of light...
Always been my boyhood dream to fly one of those things but lady luck decided that I'm just not smart enough 

[gronk]

Just imagine sitting in a F1 Ferrari but then 100 times faster when at the speed of light...

I know what you mean.....but I couldn't help myself !!      But when they build something that flies that fast it'll be pretty awesome as well !!

[Rumpig]

Does anyone know if the Super Hornets do regular training runs down Fraser Island these days, like they used to do with the F1-11's?...used to love being camped on Fraser and see the planes come past so low you could see the pilots looking at you, but haven't been to the island for quite a few years now, so no idea if they still do it or not?
Below is a couple of pics i snapped on one stay on Fraser, we had 3 planes come down the beach one after the other.....

[edz]

They sure do Mal, But they just dont have the raw grunt and thunder of the Pig's though and not as low .. July this year .

[Rumpig]

They sure do Mal, But they just dont have the raw grunt and thunder of the Pig's though and not as low .. July this year .

Good to hear they still do the runs down Fraser. Was it Friday you took that pic on by chance?... because they used to do Friday arvos, just after lunch for the most part i noticed over the years.

[mjharps]

Hey Rumpig,

From what I can tell, they go down Fraser every now and then.

The hornet doesn't spend too much time at low level like the F111 did.

The Hornet is a far more capable aircraft than the F111. The two jets were built for different fights.

The RAAF seem to pay particular attention to noise around the local SEQ area. They always seem to advertise everything pretty well these days on social media.

[Rumpig]

From what I was told... the F1-11's used to do a bombing run at Tin Can Bay, then on the run home they'd do a terrain hugging exercise down the coastline, which is why they were so low. It wasn't every Friday, but when we'd camp on the beach at Fraser for 2 week periods, we noticed when they came was usually on a Friday just after lunch.