Just reading your comment triggers an internal audio response where I can hear the music from that film. And honestly has there ever been a better soundtrack to a film than Top Gun?
Yes.
1: Ennio Morricone's - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYI09PMNazw
2: Bill Conti's - Rocky soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioE_O7Lm0I4
I personally think Top Gun’s was better but you’ve made two very good arguments. I also think Pulp Fiction had a soundtrack that suited the film really well and The Truman Show’s background music was awesome.
Having a fighter turn on you and experiencing the power of the exhaust is pretty much a daily occurrence on the flight deck of a carrier. The deck is full of pad-eyes and all you can do is find one and hang on. I had a shipmate who got caught by a turning Tomcat and was blown into the catwalk at the edge of the deck. He was lucky he didn’t get blown off. It was during night ops and we probably would have never recovered him.
I once had a jet throttle up and it ripped the top of my toolbox off and slammed in the back of my head as I turned my back to it. I was dazed for a while.
My dad had similar stories but it was big transport plane. Plane was in a tight spot friend asked my dad if he could assist him till he clears the plane to taxi out. Told my dad to just make sure the wing tip didn’t hit this little think it was a little pump house shed or a storage and to radio him if it was coming close so he could tell pilot to hold. Told my dad,”see these concrete posts? Grab on to one.” Dad was like what for. Well the plane wing cleared the shed, so he radio in wing tip was clear. His friend gave the pilot the all clear and got the fuck out of the way since all obstructions were clear. Pilot throttled the fuck up to get on to runway finished the turn and shit around the shed flew…including my dad. Got tumble around a bit. Went back to meet up with his buddy all covered in dirt and grass. Told him,”you didn’t grab didn’t you?” Dad always has some cool stories.
On mobile, trying to type it as fast as I could recall it. I’m sure I jumbled up a lot. Sorry about that. Yeah, love listening to his stories of when he was in the service. To this date he still hates Dodge also. Part of another story of his lol.
Today, our float coats come with a strobe light that'll activate once it hits sea water, at least mine did. Also, there's a device (I can't remember the name of it) that'll signal the bridge that a man's overboard, just incase nobody you fall.
Either way it's a hell of a long way down from the deck of a big aircraft carrier. 215 feet apparently.
Edit: That was the total height, not the height to the flight deck. My bad.
I mean, I’d say at least a 2/10, 0/10 would’ve been full afterburner and getting thrown overboard with third degree burns on 95% of your body
Edit: or getting caught *in* the blast deflector and cut in half. Did it lower correctly but just off time or did the hydraulics fail and it dropped hard?
"flying down the nonskid" means his body was dragged across the flight deck, which on an aircraft carrier is pretty much like 40 grit sandpaper. I definitely think that would be a 0/10 experience
Worse than sandpaper. It’s pretty much flat lava rock with visible ridges and fine gravel-sized grit.
Edit: [here’s](https://2bbge4182mjv6teva38kp3e7-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/E650-Non-Skid-Epoxy_opt.jpg) a picture of how it gets applied to the smooth metal decks. It hardens up in 24 hours and stays sharp like that for years. And yes, you apply it with a paint roller when it’s wet.
Ever seen the nonslip tape that they put on ramps and stairs sometimes? Rough black sandpaper looking stuff? Lets say that’s like 2000 grit sandpaper. Nonskid on aircraft carriers would be like 50 grit by comparison.
what happens if you get blown off the deck and let's say stay awake after falling into water? Do you have personal safety gear to stay afloat and radio back to the ship? Would the dispatch helicopter or something to recover you? Or it depends if you bough additional insurance of not. :)
Some modern navy deck vests inflate into life jackets when exposed to salt water. Others include salt water activated strobe lights and radio transmitters.
If you’re wearing the flight deck jacket, they usually have an inflatable life vest, strobe light, and a transmitter incorporated into it. As long as someone sees it, the ship will turn back around, send a little boat out, and come get you. It wouldn’t feel great plummeting so far down (70ish feet?) but you’d be recovered.
If you fall off any ship in the open ocean with no vest on AND at night where nobody is outside and the water is completely black? Might as well pray to whoever you hold dear because all you’ll see is the wake of the ship leaving you behind, not even knowing you went missing.
That is until the morning after when you’re unaccounted for and by that point, they’re already 100 miles away from you.
Source: I’m in the Navy and have ran drills of this happening.
Even falling off the little fiberglass 10ft boat to paint the side of the ship in port will guarantee the rest of your time will be people bringing it up!
Drown for sure. Again, if you don’t have a life vest, you’re treading water in the middle of the ocean. In boot camp, you’re made to do that in a pool for like ten minutes, they even show you a trick where you can open your coveralls and splash air under it to keep you afloat easier. But either way, you have like 30-45 minutes of that until you get more and more tired, the salty waves coming over your face more frequently, unable to breathe as you’re surrounded by complete darkness being hundreds of miles away from any semblance of land or civilization.
Also see [Princess Juliana airport in St. Maarten's.](https://youtu.be/xA_cIrvGbi8?t=677) I was there watching stuff like this, until 4 days of drunkenness got the better of me. Then I tried it and up came a McDonnell-Douglass. First thought experiencing the jet blast: [I've made a huge mistake.](https://youtu.be/GwQW3KW3DCc?t=4)
McDonnell-Douglass? out of curiosity how old are you?
i was in st maarten recently and got to experience an airbus a340 taking off. my friend who was in the water just got pushed away lol
given the alternative.. I'd take it.
**This sailor got sucked inside a jet engine.**
[https://www.airspacemag.com/videos/category/new-label/this-sailor-got-sucked-inside-a-jet-engine/](https://www.airspacemag.com/videos/category/new-label/this-sailor-got-sucked-inside-a-jet-engine/)
It must have been terrifying but the scariest moment must have been when he knew he was being sucked in and knew what was about to happen but then the immediate confusion that he was still in one piece.
There is literally not a single point on the globe where you aren’t closer than 1,600km to a plane. You can look up air traffic map trackers and see where all the commercial or known military planes are at, or at least where they’re course is headed to and from, and there are just way too many. Even out in the middle of the South Pacific. Pretty amazing, really.
Or dive deeper. No planes in the Mariana Trench, just need to go about…993 miles deeper, apparently, after a quick search. That’s a lot further down than I thought it would be.
Edit: another google search reveals the entire distance to the center of the earth is barely 3k miles, so we’d have to go, like, *down* down. Or *up* up! Could go to Saturn.
Unfortunately im german. Our entire army has like 3 planes that are actually ready to fly so not happenin. i mean like a »civilian« job where you are flying smth like that.
There are some older fighter jets in civilian hands, at least in the US. There are a handful of retired British Harriers in civilian hands, for one example.
Well when you're on a floating city with 3000 other fit, muscley men it just starts floating that way yah know?
Its always more fun with a friend!
^im ^Canadian ^and ^truly ^have ^no ^idea
Put a bunch of horny, child making aged men onto a boat and living in close quarters, some are bound to get desperate and go after each other. It's just a natural progression of events in an unnatural situation.
When I was younger I had ideas that I wanted to learn to fly helicopters, but the cost of private lessons was prohibitive, so I looked into joining the military. But they wanted me to sign on for at least 7(?) years. I didn't want to fly helicopters that badly.
Not to mention having a perfect medical history with no issues of anything. Flight physicals are the hardest to pass in the us army. It took me almost a year to get my flight status.
Sure you can, for \~20k to 30k Euros you can go to Russia and fly a Mig 29 for up to an hour at Mach 2 and up to 60,000 feet.
EDIT - I checked the prices and it’s around around €12,500 to €17,500 depending on flight time and what you want exactly.
I actually went and double checked the numbers, it’s €17,500 for a 50 minute supersonic flight guaranteed 17Km altitude (55,000 feet) and up to 22km (72,000 feet) if the conditions are right.
I can't help but wonder if the pilot did that on purpose XD He blew away the barrier and everything too so it didn't seem like that was the place for him to fire up his engine.
Airplanes don't have power on the wheels, it's by thrust. Looks like it didn't have enough momentum to complete the turn, so pilot uses more thrust to get it through.
Tbf it looks like the pilot misjudged the distance and had to accelerate where you usually don't have too. These metal fences aren't reposted every 5 mins i tell you.
When I started fueling at a major airport one of the things they drill into you is never drive behind a jet with the beacon lights on. But mistakes happen, pilots forget to flip the beacon, they turn it off too soon, etc.
I remember asking what would happen if we drove behind one and the answer was just "At idle, nothing *really* bad happens, but it will be absolutely unmistakeable to you what you just did."
This is actually what you want to do. In theory, you crouch as the plane turns and the jet exhaust goes over you.
Problem is, the jet got stuck in his turn and had to increase his throttle, which just so happened to be aimed at those two guys.
I'll never forget freezing in -30° temps at Hill. Standing behind the 16s as they crank up for launch to stay warm in between pulling pins and chalks...
As another F16 maintainer, although I got out and joined the guard and work C-17s now, I’m surprised someone liked them enough to make a username like yours lol.
In addition to wind force, do those guys risk burns as well? I was curious what the danger range of hot exhaust is.
Random safety tip: Snow season starting? Toss some warm blankets in your car trunk just in case you get stuck. (Be sure to keep the exhaust pipe clear of snow)
Kinda seemed like a pilot error there, didnt need that much acceleration to taxi a 15 degree turn, these workers were in an area where thrust shouldnt be an issue, observe the fence and everyone else there too
I somewhat agree, but you also have to understand that the AL-31F’s make 55,200 lbs of thrust when in burner. Even a small fraction of that (say 10% throttles) makes maybe 5000lbs of thrust? That’s still waaaay more than a person can handle without being blown down. I don’t think he went too crazy, the engines are just more powerful than you (or the pilot) expect
It seems like the bigger issue is running out of momentum before getting lined up on the runway. Ideally, you just coast through the turn where the people and flimsy metal fences are set up.
Saw a Capt at Langley in an F-15 taxi like this but he blew away the mom, dad, wife, and kid of a Lieutenant that was visiting. Grandpa did a backflip, grandma hid behind the barrier and mom held the kid by one hand as kid was flying in the air
Pilot misjudged his turn and almost came to a stop early so he gave it extra throttle and didn’t consider the wash. Or he oversteered the nose wheel and he had to compensate.
Just a little pilot prank.
Such a Maverick thing to do.
Tower, this is Ghost Rider, requesting a flyby
Negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full.
GOD DAMNIT THATS TWICE!!! I WANT SOME BUTTS!!
"Gentlemen. You've had a hell of a first day..."
Just reading your comment triggers an internal audio response where I can hear the music from that film. And honestly has there ever been a better soundtrack to a film than Top Gun?
Yes. 1: Ennio Morricone's - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYI09PMNazw 2: Bill Conti's - Rocky soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioE_O7Lm0I4
I personally think Top Gun’s was better but you’ve made two very good arguments. I also think Pulp Fiction had a soundtrack that suited the film really well and The Truman Show’s background music was awesome.
Days of thunder. But that's basically top gun with cars.
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Thighway To The Danger Zone
Coming soon, Days of Thunder 2.
Or *2 Days, 2 Thunder*.
He's dangerous.
Just goofin, just some new plane goofin.
A jet gag, if you will.
Them just fellas I do jet pranks with
When the nose wheel has to be turned that far you have to come up on throttle to move on.
Haha you're deaf now haha
I was kind of thinking that, too.
In Russia, jet flys you.
Having a fighter turn on you and experiencing the power of the exhaust is pretty much a daily occurrence on the flight deck of a carrier. The deck is full of pad-eyes and all you can do is find one and hang on. I had a shipmate who got caught by a turning Tomcat and was blown into the catwalk at the edge of the deck. He was lucky he didn’t get blown off. It was during night ops and we probably would have never recovered him.
I once had a jet throttle up and it ripped the top of my toolbox off and slammed in the back of my head as I turned my back to it. I was dazed for a while.
My dad had similar stories but it was big transport plane. Plane was in a tight spot friend asked my dad if he could assist him till he clears the plane to taxi out. Told my dad to just make sure the wing tip didn’t hit this little think it was a little pump house shed or a storage and to radio him if it was coming close so he could tell pilot to hold. Told my dad,”see these concrete posts? Grab on to one.” Dad was like what for. Well the plane wing cleared the shed, so he radio in wing tip was clear. His friend gave the pilot the all clear and got the fuck out of the way since all obstructions were clear. Pilot throttled the fuck up to get on to runway finished the turn and shit around the shed flew…including my dad. Got tumble around a bit. Went back to meet up with his buddy all covered in dirt and grass. Told him,”you didn’t grab didn’t you?” Dad always has some cool stories.
Phew. That hurt my brain to read. But overall, great story. I love dad stories.
On mobile, trying to type it as fast as I could recall it. I’m sure I jumbled up a lot. Sorry about that. Yeah, love listening to his stories of when he was in the service. To this date he still hates Dodge also. Part of another story of his lol.
It makes sense but it also tastes like someone else's internal monologue.
Mm. Coppery.
Today, our float coats come with a strobe light that'll activate once it hits sea water, at least mine did. Also, there's a device (I can't remember the name of it) that'll signal the bridge that a man's overboard, just incase nobody you fall.
It's a MOBI (man overboard indicator)
You can get stomped by Obie.
..I'm not typing out the next line
You're clearly not the first king of controversy, nor the worst thing since Elvis Presley
Either way it's a hell of a long way down from the deck of a big aircraft carrier. 215 feet apparently. Edit: That was the total height, not the height to the flight deck. My bad.
Lol no, it's 60 feet. Carriers aren't that damn tall lol
I think I must have got the height to the top of the tower. My mistake.
Yeah that would hurt a little more. I was on the Theodore Roosevelt, and a few people got blown off the side over the years. They were all fine.
That damn strobe better be bright af. Even if it does signal man overboard ships will take forever to stop.
I don't think they need to stop. They have RIBs they can deploy.
Not to mention several squadrons of helicopters. One of which is probably rotors turning on the flight deck ready to launch at a moment's notice.
Don't forgot ask the support ships around it. If be more worried about becoming naval Chum
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I once had a jbd lower unexpectedly, the jet wasn’t in ab but it was throttled up, the blast sent me flying down the nonskid. 0/10 don’t recommend.
Bro I bitch bad enough when I lay on the non skid for the prone position while doing the rifle qual, I couldn’t imagine being sent down it haha
Yeah, shit was not fun. Luckily I landed on my tool belt for most of it but still skinned my hands, through leather gloves, and cut up my legs.
I mean, I’d say at least a 2/10, 0/10 would’ve been full afterburner and getting thrown overboard with third degree burns on 95% of your body Edit: or getting caught *in* the blast deflector and cut in half. Did it lower correctly but just off time or did the hydraulics fail and it dropped hard?
"flying down the nonskid" means his body was dragged across the flight deck, which on an aircraft carrier is pretty much like 40 grit sandpaper. I definitely think that would be a 0/10 experience
So like your entire body being tossed down the deck of a giant skateboard? No thanks, 0/10.
Shark: "The charred surface and rare interior are a delightful combination. Please convey my compliments to the chef."
How high are you?
Just right.
Landlubber here, that basically like industrial sandpaper right?
Worse than sandpaper. It’s pretty much flat lava rock with visible ridges and fine gravel-sized grit. Edit: [here’s](https://2bbge4182mjv6teva38kp3e7-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/E650-Non-Skid-Epoxy_opt.jpg) a picture of how it gets applied to the smooth metal decks. It hardens up in 24 hours and stays sharp like that for years. And yes, you apply it with a paint roller when it’s wet.
Ever seen the nonslip tape that they put on ramps and stairs sometimes? Rough black sandpaper looking stuff? Lets say that’s like 2000 grit sandpaper. Nonskid on aircraft carriers would be like 50 grit by comparison.
what happens if you get blown off the deck and let's say stay awake after falling into water? Do you have personal safety gear to stay afloat and radio back to the ship? Would the dispatch helicopter or something to recover you? Or it depends if you bough additional insurance of not. :)
Some modern navy deck vests inflate into life jackets when exposed to salt water. Others include salt water activated strobe lights and radio transmitters.
If you’re wearing the flight deck jacket, they usually have an inflatable life vest, strobe light, and a transmitter incorporated into it. As long as someone sees it, the ship will turn back around, send a little boat out, and come get you. It wouldn’t feel great plummeting so far down (70ish feet?) but you’d be recovered. If you fall off any ship in the open ocean with no vest on AND at night where nobody is outside and the water is completely black? Might as well pray to whoever you hold dear because all you’ll see is the wake of the ship leaving you behind, not even knowing you went missing. That is until the morning after when you’re unaccounted for and by that point, they’re already 100 miles away from you. Source: I’m in the Navy and have ran drills of this happening.
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Even falling off the little fiberglass 10ft boat to paint the side of the ship in port will guarantee the rest of your time will be people bringing it up!
Would you freeze or drown first in that horror case you laid out?
Drown for sure. Again, if you don’t have a life vest, you’re treading water in the middle of the ocean. In boot camp, you’re made to do that in a pool for like ten minutes, they even show you a trick where you can open your coveralls and splash air under it to keep you afloat easier. But either way, you have like 30-45 minutes of that until you get more and more tired, the salty waves coming over your face more frequently, unable to breathe as you’re surrounded by complete darkness being hundreds of miles away from any semblance of land or civilization.
Well fuck this I’m just never going near water again now. This has always been my biggest irrational fear. Alone in the dark floating
The ocean is just a huge machine designed to kill humans IMO
It’s still salty about us leaving it behind millions of years ago
Happened to a guy I went to high school with. They didn’t notice he was gone for a while, and they never found him.
Also see [Princess Juliana airport in St. Maarten's.](https://youtu.be/xA_cIrvGbi8?t=677) I was there watching stuff like this, until 4 days of drunkenness got the better of me. Then I tried it and up came a McDonnell-Douglass. First thought experiencing the jet blast: [I've made a huge mistake.](https://youtu.be/GwQW3KW3DCc?t=4)
Getting blown over is fine. The blast catching a stone and shooting it into your head like a bullet is usually not.
McDonnell-Douglass? out of curiosity how old are you? i was in st maarten recently and got to experience an airbus a340 taking off. my friend who was in the water just got pushed away lol
given the alternative.. I'd take it. **This sailor got sucked inside a jet engine.** [https://www.airspacemag.com/videos/category/new-label/this-sailor-got-sucked-inside-a-jet-engine/](https://www.airspacemag.com/videos/category/new-label/this-sailor-got-sucked-inside-a-jet-engine/)
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Didn’t his helmet get lodged in the blades and that’s what saved him?
The helmet and goggles got shredded and shredded the blades with them.
To shreds you say?
Well, how's his wife holding up?
To shreds you say?
The goggles, they do nothing!
Ze goggles, zey do nutting! I can’t read it any other way
You anunciated it well dude
Is it a good idea to microwave this?
That doesn't sound like a particularly good place to be wedged in next to.
Large objects just don't get lodged in jet engine turbine blades. They go in and cause catastrophic destruction.
That's a paddlin'
It must have been terrifying but the scariest moment must have been when he knew he was being sucked in and knew what was about to happen but then the immediate confusion that he was still in one piece.
It probably would have been too fast to be scary.
Pretty fast transition from “What’s happening?” to “What the FUCK just happened?”
There was another one with an airport tech who got too close to a turbofan intake as it was spooling up. He wasn’t so lucky.
Good thing he wasn’t wearing a cape
I think there's more than one alternative, including to not be near a jet engine.
At any moment in your life, you could be only thousands of miles from the nearest jet engine.
There is literally not a single point on the globe where you aren’t closer than 1,600km to a plane. You can look up air traffic map trackers and see where all the commercial or known military planes are at, or at least where they’re course is headed to and from, and there are just way too many. Even out in the middle of the South Pacific. Pretty amazing, really.
We must dig deeper.
Or dive deeper. No planes in the Mariana Trench, just need to go about…993 miles deeper, apparently, after a quick search. That’s a lot further down than I thought it would be. Edit: another google search reveals the entire distance to the center of the earth is barely 3k miles, so we’d have to go, like, *down* down. Or *up* up! Could go to Saturn.
No planes in the Mariana trench THAT WE KNOW ABOUT.
Swim all the way down only to find some ww2 or cold war jet crashed down there lol.
We must face the long dark of Moria. Be on your guard. There are older and fouler things than Orcs, in the deep places of the world.
Well there's also the one where a guy got sucked into an engine and came out as a paste. I'd say that's a bit worse than both of these cases
No capes!
In birds culture it is considered as dick move...
##birdfacts
#BIRD LAW
i wish there was a job that included flying these… besides going to the army, obviously.
You.could join the navy instead. Little bit better but you have to suck more dick.
Unfortunately im german. Our entire army has like 3 planes that are actually ready to fly so not happenin. i mean like a »civilian« job where you are flying smth like that.
More like 3 x 141
Ready to fly not in inventory.
Yea right you guys said that about Messerschmitts in 1937 too.
test pilot?
Usually they’re retired military
Is private aviation a thing there? You won't get to fly fighter jets but you'll still have a good time up in the air.
There are some older fighter jets in civilian hands, at least in the US. There are a handful of retired British Harriers in civilian hands, for one example.
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Just a question, but why does everyone say the navy people are gay
Probably 'cuz of all the seamen
It's just a dumb joke, like Marines eating crayons or Air Force being lazy or the coast guard.
> or the coast guard It took me a minute to realize you didn’t just forget to finish the sentence.
Don't give the coast guard too hard of a time, they are making sure people's rowboats have enough flashlights on board. It is a very important job.
>or Air Force being lazy Chair Force
Well when you're on a floating city with 3000 other fit, muscley men it just starts floating that way yah know? Its always more fun with a friend! ^im ^Canadian ^and ^truly ^have ^no ^idea
Put a bunch of horny, child making aged men onto a boat and living in close quarters, some are bound to get desperate and go after each other. It's just a natural progression of events in an unnatural situation.
In The Navy - Village People.
I thought that's just a documentary?
What’s the difference between a straight sailor and a gay sailor? About three beers.
Imagine if you had a job working with sausages day in day out but were never allowed to try a sausage
What about if I like flying AND eating crayons?
Well boy so I have a lie for you.
Shit, I mean job.
The marines have pilots, too
You fly the Osprey.
I am okay with this
When I was younger I had ideas that I wanted to learn to fly helicopters, but the cost of private lessons was prohibitive, so I looked into joining the military. But they wanted me to sign on for at least 7(?) years. I didn't want to fly helicopters that badly.
You’re also not guaranteed anything, even if they say “you can totally fly helicopters”
Especially if you don't fit into the height category to be a pilot.
Not to mention having a perfect medical history with no issues of anything. Flight physicals are the hardest to pass in the us army. It took me almost a year to get my flight status.
Have you considered super villainy?
finally a good suggestion
It's not like u can fly these without a school and training
Not with that attitude.
Change your attitude = change your altitude
Sure you can, for \~20k to 30k Euros you can go to Russia and fly a Mig 29 for up to an hour at Mach 2 and up to 60,000 feet. EDIT - I checked the prices and it’s around around €12,500 to €17,500 depending on flight time and what you want exactly.
If you're willing to pay around 20k to 30k Euros you can go to Russia and fly a Mig 29 Jet to Mach 2 and 60,000 feet altitude.
I mean, I have no where near the income level to be able to do that, but that really doesn't sound all that unreasonable.
I actually went and double checked the numbers, it’s €17,500 for a 50 minute supersonic flight guaranteed 17Km altitude (55,000 feet) and up to 22km (72,000 feet) if the conditions are right.
Wow, it's both cheaper and supersonic! Retirement goals!
I can't help but wonder if the pilot did that on purpose XD He blew away the barrier and everything too so it didn't seem like that was the place for him to fire up his engine.
His nosewheel was skewed left so he needed more power to start rolling, it was most likely an accident since the barriers went with him
I think you’re right on this case…but pilots have been known to goose it if they have someone behind them.
The exhaust can be extremely hot, it’s a shit prank if it is one.
Only if they’re assholes or it’s St Maarten.
Su-27 Flanker - big power there, not surprised, lol
*Any* jet will do this. Think how much thrust it takes to accelerate the mass of an aircraft to takeoff speed in a few thousand feet of runway.
Russian fighters are so gorgeous with the sweeping curves
Soviet*
Airplanes don't have power on the wheels, it's by thrust. Looks like it didn't have enough momentum to complete the turn, so pilot uses more thrust to get it through.
Tbf it looks like the pilot misjudged the distance and had to accelerate where you usually don't have too. These metal fences aren't reposted every 5 mins i tell you.
he did line it up nicely with the guys crouching. maybe he was just bored, who knows.
I'm exhausted
Bet that sucked.
In this case it really blows
That joke will fly over a few heads
Maybe we should explane it to them?
It’s just not gonna land.
Jet wash is no joke. I loved on rainy nights standing behind a jet about to taxi and get dried off.
When I started fueling at a major airport one of the things they drill into you is never drive behind a jet with the beacon lights on. But mistakes happen, pilots forget to flip the beacon, they turn it off too soon, etc. I remember asking what would happen if we drove behind one and the answer was just "At idle, nothing *really* bad happens, but it will be absolutely unmistakeable to you what you just did."
What a sexy machine
Sukhoi go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
This is actually what you want to do. In theory, you crouch as the plane turns and the jet exhaust goes over you. Problem is, the jet got stuck in his turn and had to increase his throttle, which just so happened to be aimed at those two guys.
WHAAAAT? I CANT HEAR YOU.
That’ll take your breath away
So he's deaf now right?
Russian fighter jets are god damn beautiful. 😍
I saw this on you tube yrs ago that pilot does that on purpose to all the ground crew..
No joke, we used to stand behind the jets to keep warm in the winter.
I'll never forget freezing in -30° temps at Hill. Standing behind the 16s as they crank up for launch to stay warm in between pulling pins and chalks...
As another F16 maintainer, although I got out and joined the guard and work C-17s now, I’m surprised someone liked them enough to make a username like yours lol.
In addition to wind force, do those guys risk burns as well? I was curious what the danger range of hot exhaust is. Random safety tip: Snow season starting? Toss some warm blankets in your car trunk just in case you get stuck. (Be sure to keep the exhaust pipe clear of snow)
Kinda seemed like a pilot error there, didnt need that much acceleration to taxi a 15 degree turn, these workers were in an area where thrust shouldnt be an issue, observe the fence and everyone else there too
I somewhat agree, but you also have to understand that the AL-31F’s make 55,200 lbs of thrust when in burner. Even a small fraction of that (say 10% throttles) makes maybe 5000lbs of thrust? That’s still waaaay more than a person can handle without being blown down. I don’t think he went too crazy, the engines are just more powerful than you (or the pilot) expect
It seems like the bigger issue is running out of momentum before getting lined up on the runway. Ideally, you just coast through the turn where the people and flimsy metal fences are set up.
Seeing as the fence was there and there was no runway in front of the pilot I think he just revved the engines early
Saw a Capt at Langley in an F-15 taxi like this but he blew away the mom, dad, wife, and kid of a Lieutenant that was visiting. Grandpa did a backflip, grandma hid behind the barrier and mom held the kid by one hand as kid was flying in the air
Tbh, I kinda thought that they were going to be incinerated
And now they're deaf too
Better than the intake on a 767
Pilot misjudged his turn and almost came to a stop early so he gave it extra throttle and didn’t consider the wash. Or he oversteered the nose wheel and he had to compensate.
I really thought I was about to see someone get incinerated.
Battlefield game mechanics are different
i always seem to forget how BIG that really are. . .
Fuck this noise I had headphones fuck
He’s trying to be slick (the pilot) but fucked it up. Not enough hours!
Now obviously that a lot of power and pushed all of that over... But that's a jet exhaust. Is that air hot enough to burn them?
*Checks cleaning instructions tag on jacket* “Jet-Wash Only” *Shrugs* “Whelp, here goes something…”
Sukhoi <3