It's the small things that often impress--Blue Angel #1

[bunk22]

My Det was bouncing at El Centro, preparing for our upcoming deployment. The Blues were practicing off in the distance, doing loops and what not. Shorty after they landed, I noticed a dot on the horizon. As it got closer, I could see it was an F/A-18..........coming in for the break. It was the Skipper, Blue #1. My guess was 500 knots, breaking at the numbers. It has been a while since I've seen that. It was simply impressive. Got back to the squadron, had a beer to the CO of the Blues. It's often the small things that matter.

FLY NAVY :icon_smil

 

[Fly Navy]

Nothing warms the heart like a 400+ knot break.

I remember a Hornet coming into the break here once. Never heard him until he was halfway through his break turn. All I heard was an enormously loud WHOOOOOOOSSSSHHHHH and I look up in utter surprise and I see a Hornet squatting in the break, wings shaking from the G load, and in freakin burner... ahh that was awesome. Needless to say, his gear wasn't coming down until the 90.

 

[BOMBSonHAWKEYES]

its a shame he didn't burn the place down.

 

[scotty008]

Its threads like these that reinforce my love for Naval Aviation... Thank you AirWarriors.

 

[ChunksJR]

Nothing warms the heart like a 400+ knot break.

What happened to <250kts in Class D airspace?! Just playin.

~D

 

[Schnugg]

Nothing warms the heart like a 400+ knot break.

The heck with heart warming....Lets talk heart rate increasing...

Nothing gets my heart rate going as good as being part of a 600 knot burner break in an F-14.

Lots of G and very little time to dangle the Dunlops.

 

[SteveG75]

Pensacola - 1530 Saturday afternoon taking a slick EA-6B to Grumman for rework.

- VFR cancel 10k' overhead.
- Switch to tower, cleared #1 for the carrier break from 10k overhead.
- Prowler NATOPS slick max speed - LBA (Limited By Airframe).

I will not reveal the numbers to protect the innocent but lets just say that even with a max (for an EA-6B, 4.5G) pull, we were a little wide abeam (~2.5 nm).

 

[mules83]

I will not reveal the numbers to protect the innocent but lets just say that even with a max (for an EA-6B, 4.5G) pull, we were a little wide abeam (~2.5 nm).

I expect some of you nerds from the gmail thread to figure out how fast he was going.

 

[feddoc]

My Det was bouncing at El Centro, preparing for our upcoming deployment. The Blues were practicing off in the distance, doing loops and what not. Shorty after they landed, I noticed a dot on the horizon. As it got closer, I could see it was an F/A-18..........coming in for the break. It was the Skipper, Blue #1. My guess was 500 knots, breaking at the numbers. It has been a while since I've seen that. It was simply impressive. Got back to the squadron, had a beer to the CO of the Blues. It's often the small things that matter.

FLY NAVY :icon_smil

Axle owes me a six pack for the Hornet tail hook I got him while at NSAWC. I remind him every year, all he does is smile and say 'the wife is on it'.

 

[Spot]

Nothing warms the heart like a 400+ knot break.

400+ kts is a dream to a P-3 guy like me. lol

 

[ChunksJR]

400+ kts is a dream to a P-3 guy like me. lol

A cup of coffee and a ball cap while flying is a dream to me...:icon_smil

 

[Spot]

A cup of coffee and a ball cap while flying is a dream to me...:icon_smil

lol, true.

 

[brd2881]

I am still amazed at how fast 500 kts is coming into the break....see it in Lemoore every now and then...250 kts at the initial anyone...yeah right....SH breaks prevalent on friday afternoons...

 

[Brett327]

I am still amazed at how fast 500 kts is coming into the break....see it in Lemoore every now and then...250 kts at the initial anyone...yeah right....SH breaks prevalent on friday afternoons...

Yeah, 5 bills is the rule on friday afternoons in Whidbey, no AB required/desired . If you're landing to the west, that will put you right over the club for all your good buddies to appreciate.

Brett

 

[Fly Navy]

It's amazing how slow 250 knots feels now coming to the break (night break here is 250). After routinely coming in at 350ish, 250 feels like a crawl.