Flying Low

Im a current hornet pilot in the navy. the tomcat is doing about 800 mph, the only time you get the condensation cloud around the jet (even happends below the speed of sound) is when the dew point is high enough in the air (moisture in the air) for the plane to separate it and S**k the vapor to the fuselage. he is dropping flares as he is flying by which distract INF SAM's (infrared Surface to Air Missiles), flares will not make the missile follow it, just gives you enough time to turn and make the missile lose your exuast trace. the water effect is from the wake turbulance as stated above. this is what a sonic boom sounds like.....

the water like this. Seems if he is not even aproching the sound barrier .. there must be some other force in play here. ... Like the deflectors down . throwing the exshaults heat and trust toward the water.

and they seem to be of different sizes. If it is at dew point the water condessing may be breaking off from the air speed where it is forming. Something else is the cracking and the lines in the video as it pass's port side. ... is this visable white noise that the equipment is picking up .. Or radar..from the nose or aft or both. .. that interfears with the taping ? This would not be present on celephaine film. correct ?

Its F-16 play and this noise is sound barrier broking it means take over speed than on "mach" :P

I can not understant this clip ,-it is crack :?)

deeeeeeeecent! of course i went to school, and, as i am a nerd, i know about aircraft such as the F-14 (NATO codenamed 'tomcat') and also know, as stated below, that nothing like chaff or 'flares' are dropped to cause such effects on the water. had the aircraft been breaking the sound barrier however, at that LOW altitude, the aircraft would have great difficulty doing so in the first place and it would cause an effect on the 2 naval vessels surrounding such ILEGAL fly by. at that altitude also, a supersonic aircraft acheives a cloud of condensation as the air is compressed sufficiently to alter its ability to suspend mositure in collected/ gaseous form. (any of this could easily be wrong. if you see flaws in my analysis, do comment or send an E-mail.) being 16 ROCKS

THAT must be FUN!!???

For the record, that loud gunshot sound is from the plane breaking the sound barrier. That's why you don't hear it until it passes; it's flying faster than the sound it makes. The white noise that might be attributed to the approach of the plane is most likely due to the fact that they're standing on a moving ship in the middle of the ocean...probably a bit windy, eh?

Also, he is not dropping flares, chaff or anything else. The white water is the result of wake turbulence. Wake turbulence is the term for the air that is pushed down by the wings when generating lift. Think of a boat going through water and the wake that creates. Same thing, only with air. As the plane passes between the two ships, you will notice that there is an arc at the front of the white water which corresponds with the leading edge of the wings.

Did any of you go to school?

Yes, for those of you that caught the flares dropped a few feet off the deck, very sweet. That pass was subsonic though, so no sonic boom, but he was moving out just the same. I would estimate +500 knots. I wish they showed the part where he pulls it straight back, and disappears into the clouds. Great vid.

So can you please explain what went wrong in Vietnam?

I can only say one thing F/A 14 RULE
they are the coolest fighters

Cool I've always wanted to fly one of them thar things.

Just a little something for all the countries that want to mess with the U.S.A. WE WILL DESSIMATE YOU WITH OUR AIR SUPERIORITY !!!!!

The pilot is not dropping anything he fly's low yes but he breaks the wall of sound thats we it maks a sonicboom and the water reacts on it.. i have seen this clip before.. on a web site but font remember what the names was...

What the guy let out of the plane is called chaff which confuses heat seeking missiles

it looks like he drops things into the water as its coming across.... anyoen notice that??? let me know wat u think....

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Wow that takes nerves of steel cool

I remember them well...

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