EA-18 Growler Walkaround

[@Relics_tv]

AHH NICE! I love all these in depth walk arounds! No one does them as good as you do!

[@ErikJohnston]

Oh thank you!

[@georgew.5639]

I smile when you talk about landing on the boat. It’s the airmen’s way of snubbing the surface vessel sailors who always refer to it as the ship. 😁

[@hunterjohnson7393]

My uncle is a retired Admiral. Submarines are the only boats in the Navy; everything else is a ship.

[@waynewetmore8793]

Unless you are an Airedale on a carrier then it's a boat.

[@jackglossop4859]

One of the best walkarounds I've ever seen. Perfect level of detail and explained with enthusiasm. 10/10

[@stephencannon3140]

I got out in 1992 and the F/A-18C Legacy single seat was considered top of the line. I certainly would have never thought that the Hornet would be the full range of carrier operations. The E/F/G model takes multi mission to a whole new level!. Great detailed walk around and explanation…

[@reggieziet]

Yeah always loved the Hornet, but hated when it took over all Tomcat operations when it went super. A shame, but still cool jets. That Supertomcat though..:p

[@mattg5978]

Just saw the F/E-18 that will be replacing the E-2s Boeing is coming out with later this year. It will be neat to see airborne early warning with AMRAAM capabilities.

[@unfurling3129]

​@mattg5978 E2D is replacing E2C, what r u talking about?

[@bradmcewen]

I spend an hour watching TV and am dumber for doing it. I watch an hour of Erik Johnston and i see things in intricate detail i have never seen before. With that along goes the respect for these hereos.

[@larz46north18]

AgentJayZ @AgentJayZ 188K subscribers 685 videos older jet engine overhaul . good guy up in B.C . (canada) salute CYTA

[@nathandanner4030]

I served at NAS Whidbey in a EA-6B "Prowler" Squadron VAQ-309 "The Axemen". Great to see and hear about the New EA-18!

[@brute_nm]

Erik, I love how you added little clips so we can get a visual of what Buffer is explaining. Fantastic work, as always 👍

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you liked it!

[@zamsoniteb8306]

The best introduction to this aircraft I have found online yet! As a scale model builder, this helped a lot.

[@Fran_SG]

I love this plane. The F14’s son is as special as his father. Thanks for the video!! The explanations have been great!!

[@thesjyoungjr]

Wow!!! Thank you for showing all this. It is really awesome. I was lucky enough to get to set in the front seat of an F14 one time at my local air and space museum. I don't think I felt the ground for about a week. I had a very small idea of what I was looking at but WOW!. It was one of the greatest 15 minutes of my life.

[@kurtboginski507]

Another wonderful walkaround. Keep them coming because they are OUTSTANDING!!!!!

[@ErikJohnston]

More to come!

[@jasongirvin7247]

That was awesome!!!! Thank you for this. The hornet had always been my favorite plane ever since I was a young lad. Love it!

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sterlingarcher9842]

In regards to the right main wheel well what he referred to as the APU Exhaust, that was actually where you hook up an external air source to spin the engines over if you don't have a working APU. The APU exhaust is on the centerline of the plane. Worked on the D model for 3 years and in charging handle is in a different spot, but pretty similar

[@ErikJohnston]

Thanks for the info!

[@CodyLS6]

So what was the 3000psi for if the APU is started using battery power?

[@eskonkanava9263]

​@@CodyLS6You start the APU with the 3000psi not a battery

[@helplmchoking]

@@CodyLS6 afaik most fighters start their APUs with compressed air, then use the APU air to start the engines, instead of battery power to start the APU like you might see on a civilian jet

[@DaveSParty]

My jaw had dropped to the ground and was digging in by the time he got to the ladder and I thought this was the wrap-up - THEN he zipped up the flaps of his flight suit and the next shot was him climbing in. I got Dizzy with More excitement. Thank you both. Enjoyed this so much and learned so much more about well... FLY NAVY!

[@rede2use]

Great WalkaRound! I watch the EA 18's fly around Whidbey Island everyday and now I have a better understanding as to what I'm admiring.

[@spacecadetzack]

I used to make the tip radomes @24:00 about 5 years ago when I was just starting out in aerospace! I spent hours in the grinding booth polishing the insides of those things; glad to see that they are being put to good use. The paint is even sticking well, RIP Jerry your work was the best.

[@bogus_not_me]

Very complete explanation of a walk around of a little known aircraft. Very well done, Lt Johnston!

[@ErikJohnston]

Thanks so much. But I’m not in the military.

[@stanmans]

Don’t the 2 bars on his uniform indicate a rank of captain and not Lt.?

[@CJ0923]

Wow. Awesome video. As a DCS pilot this was very informative. Great details. Thank you for your service 🇺🇸

[@oxcart4172]

U are not a pilot unless u physically fly a plane!

[@CJ0923]

@@oxcart4172 and that makes you a DB

[@oxcart4172]

@@CJ0923 They're my initials

[@CJ0923]

@@oxcart4172 fitting

[@jimbob100-d3l]

hahaha you refer to yourself as a pilot...this is why the dcs community gets so much shit

[@sidv4615]

Long Time fan here. Amazingggg video Erik. Just when i thought it couldn’t get any better than the B-1B. You come up with this, the Most Advanced Electronic Warfare Plane ever made. The U.S. Navy's E/A-18G Growler. Now that we're done with the best Bomber and the best EW Plane. I think it's time for the best Attack Helicopter 😉

[@okcstormchaser]

Growlers always interested me, pretty cool the pods don't draw extra power from the plane they run off the fan air, nice video as always!

[@joebledsoe257]

They do draw power from the plane. It takes jet thrust to spin that propeller in the air as it flies along.

[@davidcole333]

I didn't realize how massive the Growler is. That front landing gear though....holy smokes that's stout.

[@bjrnchrstn]

Shows me how realistic DCS is. Very nice 👍🏼

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you like it!

[@tacoenvy]

Excellent job Erik as always! Thank you

[@ErikJohnston]

My pleasure!

[@mikec2825]

Thank you so much sir for the tour. I thought I knew a lot about the growler but this was very enlightening and I testing. You did a great job explaining all of the systems and hardware.

[@2amProFilms]

I have been getting into flying the F18 in DCS and this video answered almost all my questions I had about the F18, great job thank you!

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad I could help!

[@Tonkotsu2k10]

" This is a big plane..." Tomcat : laughs in tomcat

[@Duality306]

Tomcat laughs...."Whatever Baby" 😂

[@Lustanda]

Laughs in not flaming out at the slightest increase in aoa

[@DCrypt1]

Laughs in Skywarrior

[@theotherotherwhitemeat22]

I would love to and hear.. The A1-skyraider

[@zanejohnston2925]

@@Lustandalaughs in GE F110

[@colsartech9261]

The best explanation of an aircraft by any pilot. Appreciate your knowledge to help global audience understand this piece of advance aircraft. Note: 👍

[@chris-C8]

Great video as always Erik! I would love to see a walkaround of a CH-53 and the new F-15 EX. Thanks for putting out this great content! Other channels don't even cover half of the detail that you do. Oh, and I'll take a video on the B-21, J-20, and J-31, ok? Haha.

[@TeargasHorse]

Thanks for the video, it's fantastic! I have a simulator with F-18 variants and the one thing that confused me was the rudder positioned inward. I thought it was an error in the config, but now I know! Knowledge is neat0!

[@Dstew57A]

VAQ-129..love these guys and gals…my neighbors…love to see and hear their touch and goes/ flyovers…this was awesome, thank you!

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@starmountpictures]

Amazing tour - so much complexity! As our military becomes more diverse, we will not be able to maintain & operate these craft any longer.

[@-hawtzauce-1108]

Man those AOA indexer lights are a mind trip

[@-hawtzauce-1108]

I mean I get there thinking Yellow=on speed AKA everything nominal... green=slow jet AKA speed up "go" red=don't stop go faster But growing up with green go yellow slow red stop would fk with me😅

[@hoyavp2236]

Excellent video. Thank you for your service, Shipmate.

[@dr_gimpy]

Great video. I love the up close detail carrier videos.

[@mikegerdeman362]

Thank You VERY MUCH for the absolute best military plane video I have ever seen, and I’ve been a fan of flying for 50+ years! Outstanding!! 👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻💪🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Watchingyou-daily]

AoA is angle of attack sensor it is tied to many different systems to help detect stall conditions and assists with landing conditions.

[@brianpentecostaldeplorable9841]

Loved it ! Thank you so much for such a in depth look at an iconic piece of hardware in our arsenal !

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GreenEyez6667]

Wow. Lol I thought that was a bomb too. Lol. It's a fule tank. Ok. I learned something. I love watching this. I wanted to be on a Air craft carrier. Well work. I watch this all the time. Can't get enough of watching these videos. Thanks. All do a fantastic job.

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you’re enjoying the videos!

[@brunofagulha]

Pure gold! as an enthusiast by carrier ops and Growlers/Super Hornet and everything related, thank you. I can learn from the real deal to make my missions realistic as possible (I'm currently flying a Growler in my sim in VR). Awesome airframe! best regards from Portugal.

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@adamspringer2442]

I just completed a bucket list checkoff by watching this, thank you! Dreams! Sweet Dreams! ❤

[@ErikJohnston]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@anantgautam2485]

Saw the F18 in person this year at AeroIndia, beautiful aircraft.Bummer that it was in static display and war about 30feet from the guard rails..

[@supremebeme]

So much freedom in one tour!

[@jeff7329]

beautiful PRC work on the horizontal stabilizer

[@seancurran9299]

Gday mate, can only say that mate you are impressive. Flat out mate to do what you do or even be in the back seat would be a life changing event. We have these in Amberly Air Base just outside of Brisbane Aus, sadly due to a sucker punch from a drunk and head Vs concrete i lost my chance to serve by 15 yrs old. I'm 47 now and i tell ya mate my passion hasn't changed nor has my interest in military life and thanks to amazing fellas like you i can get closer than ever. Thankyou Mate your service is recognized from across the blue pond, Sean

[@bodazaphfa]

Great walk around. I’ve got over a thousand hands on hours with the legacy and Super hornets as well as the Growlers, aka Rhinos (same airframe). Even though the F/A-18 Super is a very intensive and great platform to work with, I still prefer the F-14. It was MUCH MORE forgiving for many reasons, which I will not go into right now, because my post would be around 20K words at least. Your content quality is immaculate.

[@ErikJohnston]

Thanks for the info!

[@wewd]

Been waiting for this one for a while. Great stuff as always, Erik!

[@ErikJohnston]

Enjoy!

[@davidbohner692]

Thanks!

[@ErikJohnston]

Thank so much I really appreciate your support!!

[@1911wood]

Today I learned how the LSO’s knew fast, slow or on speed. I just assumed they were guessing. Thanks very informative. 👍

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cateye6098]

Amazing Walk-around for the EA-18 Erik. Love this plane and the Navy. What I see that the legacy F/A-18C has a different Wing-fold switch. Amazing upgrade what Boeing make there and with the new UFC also. Thank you so much ❤

[@dalebraun5497]

Great stuff. Now when I watch Growler Jams I'll have a better idea as to what he is doing. Thanks.

[@johnross6314]

Except for extremely short un-refueled legs, killer platform. Few decades ago, friend of mine worked this program from Navel Avionics in Indy. Range was Prowler’s advantage. Otherwise this was several fold more advanced tech. Thanks for the content. Many fighters including Growler are AOA sabotage away from ever getting in the air. In air, AOA failure away from a bad day.

[@LIKWID]

Anytime i see a walk around video uploaded from you I always look forward to watching it. Always an awesome watch and great in depth look at some of these beastly machines 😎👍

[@ErikJohnston]

I appreciate that!

[@vinyltapelover]

Well sir, a great walk around and as the song goes, "No Body Does It Better"👍🏽.

[@onthepipe]

Awesome vid, thank you. Really shows the stresses and forces on the pilot and airframe 💪

[@matongax]

wow! , best walkaround ever , Erik, thanks for this!

[@ErikJohnston]

My pleasure!

[@The472k]

Thanks for the in depth walk around! Awesome to see

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Alansaidhello]

It's cool seeing this as a qual'd Growler Plane Captain from the pilots POV.

[@Emma__Smith]

Damn, another amazing walkaround. HOW dude. Just HOW...

[@justmemimi7338]

Erik, I just watched a video f an RAAF pilot flying one of these, so your video popped up. I’m glad it did. It was fascinating, thank you so much!

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Dan-qp1el]

What a piece of engineering.

[@merycastro2608]

Very comprehensive. Thanks

[@Stormrider-Flight]

49:45 is the missing RWR display a SuperHornet thing or something Growler specific ?

[@bradok3695]

Another Great Walk Around. Thanks for the video!!

[@ErikJohnston]

You bet

[@AndrewFranklin-w2r]

GREAT tour!

[@Raptor_Aviation]

love the walk arounds!! waiting for the day hen you release the f-22 walk around and hopefully a vid like what you did with the A-10 demo last year inside the cockpit!!!

[@SwissMarksman]

Well, A-10 and F-22 are two totally different type of animals. I am sure you know that.

[@mihkeltoomet213]

Great walkthrough! Leaned a few new things! 👍

[@johnhiz6239]

Would have like some info on the squadron heritage, markings and Naval aviation traditions. Next time. Thanks

[@ErikJohnston]

Next time!

[@stephencannon3140]

Coming from the A-7 the BRU-32 bomb rack is like a Hugo to a Cadillac. Right about hand level one person holds the rack and the other pulls the “Horseshoe “ bolts and slides right out.. for the normal Hornet the wingtip launcher would be a sidewinder. Try folding or spreading wings by hand one at a time on the boat. Either blocked on one side or no external power cord available….. oh yeah then have to fold again manually after loading the winder.

[@timandshannon03]

Great video, very informative!!!! Minor annoyance, Boat.........A Carrier isn't a Boat, it's a Ship, it leans outside in a turn. A Sub is a Boat, it leans inside in a turn.

[@ErikJohnston]

It’s just a figure of speech. Most NAVY folks refer to it as the “boat”

[@tomburnip7565]

Love these walkarounds! Thanks.

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you like them!

[@GreenEyez6667]

I'm always learning something from your videos. 👍

[@ErikJohnston]

That’s awesome to hear, thanks for watching!

[@PeterKKraus]

Are there single and 2 seat versions of the Hornet? Is the Growler the single seater and the Hornet 2 seats? I'm not up on them.

[@ErikJohnston]

Yes, there are single seat Super Hornets as well

[@PeterKKraus]

@@ErikJohnston Are they as nimble as F-16's?

[@PeterKKraus]

@@ErikJohnston Are all Growler pilots part of Growler show pilots? Do you know the guy who has the Growlers Jams channel? (Pail).

[@LOMACKING]

The airforce with that Tanking line Navy we just do it different Great video!

[@RaymondDoolan]

Awesome presentation really enjoyed it. Excellent job. Thank you so much.

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@The_Geezus]

Seems they keep them under armed guard, good indicator of the level of technology on board!

[@Deano084]

That was cool!! Love the Growler!

[@fabricedevos4273]

Very valuable video, especially for model kits builders (like me) who want to build the most realistic plane at scale! Very interesting explanation, deep in details, thank you for that 👍

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tobyatkinson2010]

Another great one Erik. Thanks.

[@ErikJohnston]

My pleasure!

[@Mark_The_Mayven]

Just found your channel and really loving it. What’s with the armed security walking around in the background, not on a base?

[@-KingOfKhaos]

Love these walk around Vids! Nice to see a NJ aircraft represented 👍🏻

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@stephencannon3140]

NJ as in West Coast right not New Jersey? N is still west Coast right? And the other letter is the specific squadron/air wing?

[@-KingOfKhaos]

@@stephencannon3140 I was only teasing lol… NJ are very much still Pacific birds

[@bensmith7536]

magic stuff, just perfect.

[@danharrold8011]

Thanks so much for the info. Love this stuff! Great plane

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you liked it!

[@Taino505]

Loved this video! I guess the PLM is somewhat similar to ILS but even more intricate since your runway here is in constant motion? Probably takes some of the sweat out of night landings too.

[@55Reever]

GREAT video. Thank you very much!

[@kutunata9749]

Wow thanks for that really informative walk around.

[@roberta.6399]

Outstanding presentation.

[@ErikJohnston]

Many many thanks

[@jaydenritchie1992]

those landing gear doors are they on a hydraulic sequence valve? and then when they open on a seperate sequence to make sure they open first before it lowers the leg ??

[@Earle-n9g]

Great job. Complete info. Thanks.

[@Sajin688]

I like how you said " Try and not hit other jets" on the carrier 😂, sounds like someone with experience.

[@phantomf4747]

I love anything electronic warfare!

[@ViktorOuahabzada-px2fh]

The Growler is a superjet and with him is the Navy ever a winner! Nobody from hostile Nations has such a jet!This jet was a game changer in the Cold War and saved lives of much American pilots. Without this jet is possible that a better jet of another Nation can shoot some American jets down. The Russian attempts to create a counter part were not successful! Their jets are too big like the Beriev and didn't understand what they really do. The pilots of this jet can feel as a important for the air superiority of the USA. Like the,, Red Eagles" they are the best of the Best!

[@TheReck12]

This jet did not exist during the Cold War do you mean the prowler

[@karenbradley2657]

Very interesting thanks for sharing God bless stay safe

[@ErikJohnston]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mrtrusty101]

Fantastic walk around vid mate, thank you ❤❤

[@chriswilson9779]

Enjoyed this! Thanks

[@jaydenritchie1992]

so those wing hinges are actually hydraulic motor segments or is that a rotary joint for the hydraulic flaps?

[@wildinourways]

Thank you so much for this!

[@18hornet]

I live near Tyler tx!!! Damn can’t believe I missed this air show 😔

[@Earle-n9g]

Neat walk-around. I love this jet. You might want to work in some more civilian adjectives and descriptives and a little less military jargon for us non-flight types if you can. Thanks for a fine job, sir.

[@ActionRC-Russ]

Where was this video shot at? It reminds me of Lemoore NAS , great info and video job

[@ErikJohnston]

Tyler Pounds Airport in Texas

[@fansaaap]

Fantastic walkaround! Thank you very much. Is a A-6 Intruder walkaround something you have planned for the future?