What's the gouge for knowing the proper approach speed based on weight (carrier landing)? I may get a chance for a few hours in a sim over the holidays. The sim may use a CF-18 model, which I understand to be similar to an A/B model Hornet. I'm assuming an A model is closest approximation. Any...

Can someone explain to me how the aviator initiates the launch sequence for a cat launch in the F/A-18, and how long the aircraft flies itself before the pilot takes over? What is the last button/switch the pilot activates before the catapult tosses him off the boat and how does the aircraft...

Fox News reporting a mid-air collision between two Super Hornets at China Lake. Two crewmembers recovered with injuried, one crewmember missing. JD

I have got some questions concerning F/A-18A/C/D ordnance load, and maybe somebody could help with that: 1. In an article about F-16 I have found some data about the maximum load for each weapon station (even with differences for different G-forces - 5G and 9G as far as I remember). All sources...

Sorry, but something must be wrong with my Google server, it cannot link me to the previous messages, so I had to answer this way. 1. The AGM-62 Walleye is a TV-guided glide bomb from the Vietnam era. The AGM-65 Maverick is a powered weapon (has a motor) and is more recent technology.

Sorry, but something must be wrong with my Google server, it cannot link me to the previous messages, so I had to answer this way. 1. The AGM-62 Walleye is a TV-guided glide bomb from the Vietnam era. The AGM-65 Maverick is a powered weapon (has a motor) and is more recent technology.

Six months to a year ago someone in Olathe Kansas listed an F/A-18 for sale on ebay. In moving to a new computer I lost the link and email address. I'm hoping the seller reads this group or someone here remembers the listing. I'm heading to KC soon and might try to sneak a peak at it. Thanks in...

The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is a multirole fighter aircraft. It has been the aerial demonstration aircraft for the Blue Angels since 1986. The F/A-18 Hornets' main mission are fighter escort, fleet air defense, close air support and many others. Warplanes.com offers F/A-18 Hornet flown by...

from http://www.insidedefense.com/ Report: Navy Expects Large Drop In Strike Fighter Investment After FY-13 (Updated) DefenseAlert, Feb. 2, 2010 -- The Navy is projecting a drop of about $2 billion in fighter aircraft investment between fiscal years 2013 and 2014, as well as an overall 10 percent...

http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/abc_f-18_crash2_081208_mn.jpg http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/08/military.jet.crash/index.html (CNN) -- A military jet crashed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego, California, on Monday as it tried to land at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, killing two...

I'm just about finished with a 1/72 Hasegawa F/A-18D and have a question loadout. I want to depict a bird from OIF-1, and have this load in mind; two GBU-12s on TERs each wing, and two GBU-31 JDAMs each wing, with a centerline bag, FLIR and laser pods, and two AIM-9Ms on the wingtips. Any...

I'm just about ready to add weapons to a Hasagawa 1/72 F/A-18F (decal option taken will be VFA-2), and would like to do a war-at-sea load. Besides the two AIM-9X and two AIM-120s that came with the kit, what weapons would be suitable for a mixed war-at-sea load? I'm thinking 2x HARM, and 2x...

Just heard a little while ago that two F/A 18's from Lemoore had a mid-air over Hunter-Liggett. Two chutes were seen, one injured pilot recovered still searching for the other.

Parts of shoot down F117/F16 and Predator on Ebay, http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14050&item=6521532212&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW RGDS SuperCuber

F117/F16/Predator parts on Ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6519763366&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/f-14.htm Sure seems to be a lot of them. bob

IS the F18 as good a dogfighter as the F14? Will F14 aviators transistion over to the F18? -John Cip

from http://www.onemarinesview.com/one_marines_view/2007/09/f18-night-carri.html F18 NIGHT CARRIER EMERGENCY Hey, I felt the need to share with you all the exciting night I had on the 23rd. It has nothing to do with me wanting to talk about me. It has everything to do with sharing what will no...

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20080716.aspx Hornets Hurting July 16, 2008: The U.S. Navy has found that both their older F-18C Hornet fighters, and their newer F-18E "Super Hornet" are wearing out faster than expected. This was sort of expected with the F-18Cs, which...

After much knashing of apphrehensive teeth by Brewster F2A fans, BW-372, a Brewster B-239 (US Navy F2A-1 equivalent) has found a home in the US at the National Naval Museum in Pensacola. The only "issue" for the museum, which sat in a freshwater lake for over 50 years, is that due to its amazingly...