F 18 Hornet Low Fly By (video), page 1

I found this and thought I would share. All I can say is that it must have taken nerves of steel to stand there and let this jet fly just above his head.

Enjoy!

reply to post by woodwardjnr

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Yep defo not an F-18!

I'd go with Harrier too right now - but don't those intaces look a little squared off to you?

reply to post by wylekat

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I dunno - I've seen a few of these type of vids - here's a rocking A-10 one...



Now his 'hat' well I don't know the proper term for it but it looks like a ground crews headset. - edit: They come strapped on real good!

As as for the camera man - well wouldn't you flinch a little - I know I would!! - and the angle looks like the camera operator is crouched to make the angle make the plane look closer to the guy.

[edit on 14/9/2009 by Now_Then]

reply to post by Now_Then

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Yeah not sure, thought it might have been an Alpha Jet, but its not. Love the A 10 vid

reply to post by woodwardjnr

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Its not a F-18. Its a french jaguar or something like that. Its a french soldier standing on the air field/road. And i bet its somewhere in Africa.



[edit on 27.06.08 by spy66]

reply to post by elevatedone

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The cameraman was standing to the side.... aircraft push air to the sides at that spead like a ship cutting through water...

And the helmet was what my brother used to call a cranium when he was a "plane captain" in the navy

Originally posted by watcher73
Its a Mirage 2000N Dassault Breguet.

That pod was really close to his head.

Its not a Mirage 2000N. Its a Jaguar. Because it look like this jet



Video of a jaguar.
www.youtube.com...



[edit on 27.06.08 by spy66]

Looks like a Mirage F1.

Look at the anhedral of the wings, AND tailplane. This automatically excludes the Harrier, Super Etendard, Jaguar, and maybe the Alpha Jet.

It sounds like a Mirage F1, they are pretty distinctive...



Sweetest job ever.


Watch 1:05 - 1:15... 1:25 good lord.


Love the shape of the Mirage F1...

perhaps the vid in the OP was from the Wild Fly series?


I'm betting it's real. It's not the first time we've seen something similar, particularly with a French Aircraft. Also, it was likely not the wind that pushed the cameraman down, rather, the cameraman flinching. Even at airshows, people can miss camera shots because they're trying to protect their ears... because it's so loud, not because of the wind (although a B-1 almost blew me over once, the air was nice and toasty. )

Found this vid.


LMAO.



[edit on 15/9/2009 by C0bzz]

i wish I could have been a fighter pilot, it was all i ever wanted to be as a kid, then had a bit of a little miss sunshine moment when I realised i didn't have 20 20 vision. a bit like this

reply to post by woodwardjnr

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My understanding is you don't need perfect 20/20 vision. On the RAAF website it says 20/40 (worse than 20/20), unaided, unguided. I've heard other sources say up to 20/70, and then there's always Laser Eye Surgery.

Watch the end of Little Miss Sunshine. Dwayne says that if he wants to fly he will find a way to fly.

[edit on 15/9/2009 by C0bzz]

reply to post by C0bzz

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yeah its more of a slight blindness in my left eye that can only be sorted with a cornial graft. so Im hardly Top Gun material.Nowadays I guess i would also have a moral problem of dropping bombs on people. don't really like war. Just always had a fascination with Fighter jets.

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