F18 training flight landing in a civilian airport

Its 2000 miles from Cold Lake to LA the students and the instructors in the back seat its a long ride With none of the fun stuff Its like asking race car drivers to start hauling freight on the freeway They cross the border and do the tourist thing A little sight seeing A few holiday snaps For the moment there's time to relax But not to much Because in a few hours they hit the kind of traffic jam that raddles even the pros Los Angeles Airport is whats know as high density airspace 80 million people fly in and out of here year It is busy its confusing and everybody is impatient (Radio Chatter) The students had hoped to make L.A. before sunset, but they're late So now they have to land in all that traffic in the dark (Radio Chatter) (Radio Chatter) And when you are trying to squeeze a fighter plane into a stack of airliners landing at a rate of one (1) a minute Losing contact with air traffic control is the last thing you need Great And when the radio does come back Riel's a little slow to bark it out Shes a bit too shy for L.A. In Cold Lake an F-18 coming in to land is top priority, but here you are just another plane in a long queue (Radio Chatter) They're down but the trip is not over yet This place is so big its a 30 minute trip just getting from the runway to the parking spot That was just way like intense there was no time to mess up and I did lots so I never been so happy to be on the ground

Channel: CuriousVideos

Views: 11,847,934

Rating: 4.8395557 out of 5

Keywords: F18, hornet, training, flight, great, footage, cockpit, canada, air, force, landing

Id: K4HAiieUQHU

Length: 5min 16sec (316 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 26 2011

Reddit Comments

[u/Reflectional_rectum]

I can just imagine all the traffic around LAX and how shitty it must be trying to catch your flight there on time

[u/MeanEYE]

This artificial drama made the video worse. They built the suspense of waiting for hours to land and then just cut out the whole landing.

Also, give me a fucking break, military plane has a malfunctioning radio, as if they don't have a second one.

[u/BlueChamp10]

the way he said california made me think of this song

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brought back so many memories. good times.

[u/SpacecraftX]

Can always tell a Canadian F-18 cause they paint a black fake cockpit on the bottom.

[u/SixshooteR32]

Look at those gun pods!

[u/CBLA1785]

Do CF-18's have any cargo space in them? Like for when these guys & gals go down from Alberta to California do they just go down then come right back or do they bring some over night bag?

[u/ToolSet]

Fun Fact: The plane started its life less than a mile from the airport slowly rolling down the production line at Northrop Grumman.

[u/will_arsmtrong66]

#ifeeltheneed