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F-18 Hornet Carrier Operations 250052-09.mp4 | Footage Farm

647 views · Published 14 March 2011 · 4:12 · Indexed 3 October 2026

Channel: footagefarm · 2011 · Film & Animation

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[1980s - F-18 Hornet Carrier Operations]
USN F-18A backlit by sunset. 
07:05:35  USN F18A takeoff w/ afterburners at night.
07:05:49  USN F18A moved onto aircraft carrier elevator, raised to flight deck, wings lowered.  Men move engine (?).
07:06:09  Pilot into cockpit; F-18A moved on flight deck, turned & hooked onto steam catapult, hooked, signalled & launched.  Other F-18As taking off, seen from various places on carrier.
07:08:21  F18A aborted landing on carrier. 
07:08:32  Air to air of USN F-18A in flight, approach & aborted landing on USS America (CV-66).  F-18A landing, and taxiing toward parking position on flight deck.  GOOD.
1980s; Naval Military Aviation Development; Fighter Aircraft; Navy Airplanes;
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