f18 lap speed?

[mosquito]

Wow what a week! At one point the it was announced the F18F doing the demo was going to run the pylons, but I never heard a speed announced... did anyone hear or get one? Sure looked like he was truckin...

I'll try to YouTube my remaining videos soonish...

-mosquito

[MRussell]

Re: f18 lap speed?

657mph on Sunday. Not kidding. No blatent pylon cuts from what we could see in the grandstand.

[fenceliner01]

Re: f18 lap speed?

Yeah, but he broke the west fence deadline by about 200 meters, BIG TIME! It was great being right underneath him!

Mike A.

[JoeCook1]

Re: f18 lap speed?

657 mph! Yikes, and he was probably flying outside of RARA's theoretical course distance and thus even faster! BTW, 657 mph at 5100 ft. altitude computes to about 0.88M

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/mach.html

[SpinB]

Re: f18 lap speed?

Nah...still not as good as the 'Lawndart' that one year that went 1.03M!
Now THAT was smokin'...ok, so he didn't take the course, but he still made da' BOOMboom

[Peashooter]

Re: f18 lap speed?

An F-16 about 1999-2000 ran the course at 668. The one I wish I could have seen was Lefty's lap in Fifi at 330!

[RarebearFan77]

Re: f18 lap speed?

My dad and I were there that year and it was the first and only time I have ever heard a boom..!. then the reno pd pulled the fire truck over and gave him a " citation" . We were waiting and wanting him to do it again on sunday but he just didn't.....

[mosquito]

Re: f18 lap speed?

An F-16 about 1999-2000 ran the course at 668. The one I wish I could have seen was Lefty's lap in Fifi at 330!

Fifi ran the course?!?!? No kidding? Fifi, B-29 Fifi? Wow, wow... Anyone have any pics whatsoever of THAT?

(and thanks for the speed, Matt!)

-mosquito

[Fence Sence]

Re: f18 lap speed?

Wed night F18 session from the fence was intense. You could almost see the smiles on their faces from the ground. Cooler than the other side of the pillow.

I am of the opinion that every, EVERY, military demo should include a lap or two. Everyone loves it. I know your watching RARA.

[Fence Sence]

Re: f18 lap speed?

Wait, it was not Wed. Either Tues or Thurs, but definately not Wed. Thurs. Yes, Thur. That's my final answer.

[MRussell]

Re: f18 lap speed?

Here, on Friday, you can almost see them looking down at us at the Undisclosed Location.

[Section3guy]

Re: f18 lap speed?

any one remeber what the f-14 speed was some thing like 667......
still great fun to watch no matter what plane does it

[Peashooter]

Re: f18 lap speed?

any one remeber what the f-14 speed was some thing like 667......
still great fun to watch no matter what plane does it

The F-14 was the same day as the -16. I think the -14 was in the 640s. Talk about an awesome display though!

[Peashooter]

Re: f18 lap speed?

Fifi ran the course?!?!? No kidding? Fifi, B-29 Fifi? Wow, wow... Anyone have any pics whatsoever of THAT?

(and thanks for the speed, Matt!)

-mosquito

http://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/showthread.php?t=2644&highlight=fifi

[jarrodeu]

Re: f18 lap speed?

So what happened with the lawn dart incident?

Jarrod