When helicopter pilots deftly hug the earth at treetop level, it’s called nap-of-the-earth – NOE – flying. It’s a technique designed to avoid enemy detection – flying under the radar, as it’s sometimes called.
It’s altogether something else to do it in a Navy F-18 jet fighter as in this video, anonymously posted on YouTube. And choppers don’t fly upside down.
It’s apparently a pilot from Lemoore Naval Air Station in California’s Central Valley, midway between Fresno and Bakersfield. It looks like he’s flying near Yosemite, and following the Merced River for a bit.
Check out the Super Hornet’s shadow, which occasionally flits across the ground on the left-hand side of the screen. There’s no audio other than the roar of the jet’s twin engines. Please secure your seat belt, tightly, before viewing.
When helicopter pilots deftly hug the earth at treetop level, it’s called nap-of-the-earth – NOE – flying. It’s a technique designed to avoid enemy detection – flying under the radar, as it’s sometimes called.
It’s altogether something else to do it in a Navy F-18 jet fighter as in this video, anonymously posted on YouTube. And choppers don’t fly upside down.
It’s apparently a pilot from Lemoore Naval Air Station in California’s Central Valley, midway between Fresno and Bakersfield. It looks like he’s flying near Yosemite, and following the Merced River for a bit.
Check out the Super Hornet’s shadow, which occasionally flits across the ground on the left-hand side of the screen. There’s no audio other than the roar of the jet’s twin engines. Please secure your seat belt, tightly, before viewing.