Two RCAF CF-18 Hornets LOUD Startup, Taxi, and Takeoff from Calgary Airport ᴴᴰ

[@Erated78]

Those take offs were so incredible -visually, sound and so smooth. Makes me proud to be Canadian! Thank you for this upload, cheers

[@cobrar5161]

Right but bit slow especially the second one when it retracted it's landing gear and than it stumbled a little bit like it had bit less speed,I've seen other hornets take off and they were like rockets compared to this one.

[@alexflores7652]

Cool the 410 Squadron I remember working with them while deployed to Cold Lake AB during Maple Flag 2000. I was with the 4th FS 388th FW USAF.

[@oldfriend327]

It is amazing how great of an aircraft the Northrop YF-17 Cobra eventually became. It was an aircraft that lost a competition and soon after reborn again into the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet.

[@brandor763]

3:42 that sound is like a fucking monster roaring. Love these planes.

[@yxeaviationphotog]

God....the APU starting on those is the best sound in the world.....well, that and the engines spooling up.

[@cobrar5161]

1:33 sounds like a mazda rotary engine.

[@happypapi1903]

That low-mid sound is common with most turbine engine startups. Back spools are spun up with bleed air from an APU or another engine or an electric motor, fuel is introduced and ignited, hot air accelerates the back spools which in turn spins up the front spools and the fan-disk or propeller and attached governor which brings in more air. That release of energy when the light-off happens is where that low-mid roar comes from. It only sounds like a rotary engine because of the distortion of the mic.

[@99carnot]

Along with the taxi and take-offs, it was really interesting to see the pre-flight and engine starts.

[@TyNovakAviation]

R.I.P.

[@ximenoworks]

I worked at McDonnell Douglas at the time these bird was being delivered to Canada. I was on the F-15E's at that time. Fun Times!!!!

[@hankhenry9199]

Beautiful, thanks. Almost got a little CF-104 howl there on start-up, almost.

[@happypapi1903]

That low-mid howl indicates ignition. I rampie for Q400s and we get a bit of that when the Pratt 150s light-off and the prop starts turning.

[@JJ-cf7nb]

Great film work on the takeoffs. Thanks for sharing.

[@CJetsPlanespotting]

I just watched this with headphones and now my ears hurt, damn. It is still a great video!

[@jamesglandon3737]

watch my videos and you will hurt them even more

[@TdotSoul]

RIP

[@happypapi1903]

Love how they ride the ground effect when they retract the gear and clean up the flaps before doing the unrestricted climb.

[@mothmagic1]

Great video Alex. A lucky capture.

[@mariusfrost640]

Excellent footage, great job.

[@andymiller4311]

I love this video. Thank you!

[@martyxxl6751]

..this Beast of a Jet,and ur ridin' it... wow

[@gtpyyz]

You always get the best catches. Thumbs up 👍

[@kevinwilcox4735]

Love the ATC

[@duuurs]

Legacy F18 is/was one of the most special aircraft in aviation history....in my humble opinion

[@SuperWinemaker]

Worked on both of those 18's while posted to Cold Lake at good ole 410.

[@yycplaneproductions]

Awesome video! Love these hornets! Glad you ended up catching them after they surprisingly departed on the 1st!

[@karimoussayar1241]

My speaker stopped working after playing this video 😂😂

[@RiteOff69]

awesome footage, thanks for sharing

[@rdwest5454]

Good video, Thanks

[@Eilert1960]

May I share this video please, I just love F-18 ♥️

[@HAL900032]

thats very nice,..thanks

[@ronsadler6047]

Thanks for posting. I worked on both of those jets during my time in Cool Pool with 410 and 441 Sqns.

[@danno7466]

Checker Checker Checker

[@rickgravel6607]

Great video !

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

MAN, just like we're there, very cool👍😎

[@NYCPlanespotting]

This is awesome man, great work! :) Always loving those close up shots.

[@cbthecollector]

Is that Mike Lewis from Jetstream?

[@Drumsticksmcgee]

Love the hornet. 👍👌👌

[@cherifbar]

super hornets will look just amazing in rcaf colours!

[@Brazpastrop]

Rafale too!

[@thermidorlevrai65]

I'm back from the base and they talked about changing the f18 for the rafale but its not sure

[@maxmark122]

"the base" what base? There's many.

[@yxeaviationphotog]

No....they won't. The F-35 on the other hand......😁

[@cherifbar]

@@yxeaviationphotog OK, lets just get the planes already!

[@Chasred-ml4hm]

Way Cool

[@DougBrighTan_o7]

Very magnificent and cool 😎

[@inselvideo]

Awesome!Like!Greetings!

[@thehornetgeeksach5196]

Ouuuu thoses General Electric ⚡️ F404 turbofan engine

[@CraigWinsr]

Wow I actually know this guy,, met his daughter years ago

[@brandor763]

That sound at 3:43 😎

[@tomdickens7856]

Wow! It's pretty rare you see the whole Canadian Air Force in one spot!

[@ericturner4850]

and this guy ladies and gentelmen is an example of someone who has no friends and is from america so they think they own the place

[@bisonturbo]

You’re not very bright….hope your mom is proud 🙄

[@djsmith2871]

Ah no... he's actually right.

[@boogieperry8893]

Oohhh, they were heavy with fuel, beautifull to watch, ex RAAF?

[@EricMarinko]

Most likely not. While the RAAF airframes were to be upgraded along with the original RCAF airframes, I don’t believe they’d be installing the now superfluous left nose searchlight that are found on the original RCAF fleet, which you see on these birds when they hit the runway.

[@brown958]

Pretty neat start up eh

[@highofflifeforever]

Bad ass

[@Chuck59ish]

The Hornets aren't loud, I was an Aero Engine Tech on the old CF-101 Voodoos, the Cf-188 Hornets are quiet compared to the Voodoos, especially when the Voodoos flick their Bics to light up the afterburners, they could rattle windows a 1.5 kms away.

[@maryrafuse2297]

Charles Damery you are correct. I attended airshows in Moncton NB in the 1970's when CF-101 Voodoos broke the sound barrier directly over the crowd. The sound was impressive.

[@martinabest5801]

You haven't heard a bloody Vulcan. Now those were LOUD. The Brit's brought one over for the first Maple Flag exercise at CFB Cold Lake back in 1978. I remember some Voodoos coming up from CFB Comox for that exercise. They were loud too but the Vulcan beat them for sheer noise production.

[@Chuck59ish]

@@martinabest5801 I still have my 8X10 photo of the Vulcan from the 1975 Abbottsford Air Show and in 1985 we had a Vulcan transitting through CFB Trenton on it's way back to England from Red Flag at Nellis AB outside of Las Vegas. We parked it refueled them and I left them a young French Canadian air women to help them, well she came back crying about 5 minutes later, so I rushed down to find out what the problem was, the aircrew was all Cockneys and they couldn't understand her either. They just wanted a stand so they could put their luggage in the nets in the bomb bay. They also a tour of the very cramped cockpit. The next morning they started up and got permission to do a fly by, it was a cool morning, so the engine howl was at it's best.

[@canadianplanespotter]

Nice

[@CJetsPlanespotting]

Canadian Plane Spotter That was a very enthusiastic comment

[@EthansAviationYYC]

CJets HAHAHA

[@rickgravel6607]

Where were they going ? Surly not cfb cold Lake with fuel drop tanks like those ! !!!!????? 🤔

[@yxeaviationphotog]

Pretty standard configuration for the jets, even for local flights out of Cold Lake.

[@OzzSabbath]

Love the CF-188 as it's officially designated in the Canadian Air Force, but it's time these old girls retire. They're getting or already past their service life. I hope the CF keep some for training purposes though.

[@danahan01]

Species 8472 Awesome!!😉😉

[@LanielPhoto]

Nice seeing that these antiques can still fly.

[@maryrafuse3851]

True, they can fly. Ask the Australians how they feel about the F-35. A very mixed reaction. Perhaps Canada's going slow is a good idea on this one occasion. The reimagined/revamped F-15 would cost the same as the F-35 and perhaps be better for our challenging climate conditions. Perhaps a mix of F-15's & Super Hornets?

[@LanielPhoto]

@@maryrafuse3851 - Lt Morrison now flying the same tail number (aircraft) that his father flew, and that his grandfather flew way back when first introduced. Most are flying on salvaged parts from hangar queens. F-15s as old as the F-18. Super Hornet much better but getting old also. Maybe we should just abolish our pretend fighter force and do nothing but transport and rescue. Oh yeah, and fly Trudeau around.

[@davecrupel2817]

It's too bad you can't name yourself "Calgary Productions." Cause that sounds damn professional!

[@jeffpaggett7274]

Always wonder if they pilots waiting that are in the WestJet planes or Air Canada are thinking - "Hey, if I didn't eat so many potatoe chips in school - I would have been in that f18 doing mach3 vs talking about seatbelts."

[@eduardviska]

Canada CF-188a goo Nato Days Mosnov, Czech Republic 21-22.9 2019 ?? Plss go :-))).

[@habu6934]

Very nice video, but those jets have seen their days, 776 looked bad and beat up.

[@RudyNortz]

Self contained start - no ground support needed? No afterburner either?

[@yxeaviationphotog]

Nope. Hornet has an auxiliary power unit to help start the engines.

[@mohawksniper79]

When I was in welding school I had to drive by an canadian airforce airport and my buddy and I joked about when the Americans where there because we could tell there planes and the canadian airforce because the had jet aircraft and canadians had propeller aircraft sad but true.

[@martinabest5801]

Pilots are taught in propeller aircraft first, before they graduate up to bigger aircraft. Only the very best get to fly fighter jets. Having said that, our air force also has a wide variety of aircraft for various tasks including search and rescue.

[@maryrafuse3851]

Interesting that the new German Transport Aircraft/Very High Tech are prop aircraft.

Everyone is in a hurry to leave Calgary......

[@allthefamiliesinthemainlan5402]

Will These Planes Flyover American Secondary Schools Colleges and Universities OUSD Job Training Centers DeFremery School Santa Fe School Recreational Centers For a Fire Drill?No or Yes, Not Until 2021 due to COVID

[@sergjay7993]

we need to upgrade our air defense its shameful that 3rd world countries like Venezuela has better equipment than Canada

[@dawsonj7016]

whats your source on Venezuela being better equipped? Any methodology or you just throwin junk?

[@maxmark122]

His claim isn't entirely untrue, Venezuela has Su-30s, a capable strike fighter aircraft

[@samoth9439]

@@maxmark122 Yeah but Venezuela is basically in anarchy. Riots and hunger are rampant throughout the country. Those Su-30s barely get up in the air due to the dying economy.

[@Chuck59ish]

The Brits, Germans and Italians fly the Panavia Tornados, an older aircraft than the CF-188 Hornets, and they still do an excellent job.

[@goutvols103]

I am surprised that the Canadian politicians do not require that military aircraft be carbon free to eliminate the noise pollution.

[@badbunny1788]

Dear Mr. Alex Praglowski, the only fighter plane that's Politically Incorrect for the RCAF specifically.. The Two Solitude's, there is no translation from Canadian to Francophone of the werd "HORNET".. So to get around this.. The RCAF re-christened the F-18 Hornet to the CF-188, specifically to get rounds that issue, with the Frogs..... You didn't show it clearly enough for me.. Did the CF-188's startup on the own, internal, without the need from an external power source...?? That was me BIG take away from this Tube.. the F-35 can't due that..!!

[@sergjay7993]

2/3 of the canadian air force ready to take off

[@mohawksniper79]

Man we need some new jets I just watch an American F-18 Super Hornet take off he was off the ground in two lengths of the jet no shit and he was not doing any special take offs.

[@martinabest5801]

The F-18s don't need a lot of runway for takeoff and straight up to whatever height they want to go. Those boys were taking it slow and easy which they will do if there is a lot of other air traffic around.

[@IDGAFS21]

🤢🤮 is all I think of those jets we need better leadership in our miltary

[@mafmaf6417]

There is nothing wrong with the military leadership What our military needs is a compitant government that learns the fundamentals of equipment procurement.

[@Bkberries]

This is sad to look at. Canada has the best fighter pilots and all we get is old buckets of rusts. No wonder the RCAF suffers many senseless crashes.

[@iananderson7883]

Look at the junk wehave in our air force if you can call it that.

[@gamer_gawd5520]

You should be greatfull that you live in a country that even has military aircraft. There are many countries out there that have almost non existant militarys and your complaining about Canada not having the top of the line fighter jets. This nation is not foucused on war. The role we serve in combat is support. We might not have as much as some of the other guys but we still play a crucial part in military operations.

[@jonathanmoga5188]

And they still are amongst the best pilots in the world. Even in their "tin cans"

[@Elliott2001]

@tvercetti1 Canada reelected that fool man, I don't have much hope for Canada.

[@yxeaviationphotog]

@tvercetti1 Governments, both Liberal and Conservative, have kicked the can down the road for nearly 20 years. Not just Trudeau's fault....but he hasn't made the process any easier.

[@yxeaviationphotog]

@tvercetti1 All I am saying is past governments shoulder some of the blame for us not having new fighters. I'm not a fan not did I vote for JT, but this isn't 100% his fault. If you want to talk about the worst leaders of a country of all time, we can put 45 at the top of that list. But I digress.....

[@motormech1h343]

That's almost our entire air force

[@bisonturbo]

Not even close, try again 🙄

[@djsmith2871]

​​@@bisonturboLargest NATO air defence exercise in modern history in Germany - Canada a no show for fighters. 2023 air show season - no dedicated demo aircraft. No Baltic Air Policing dets in recent times. RCAF unable to shoot down a balloon nor whatever was downed over the Great Lakes. Basically this video shows 2 more Hornets than Canada currently has available.