Then when the nose gets down to horizontal, or level with the horizon, I pull back on the stick, the nozzles go from down to up, and they go "gink" and hold the nose right there at level. When I push forward on the stick, the nozzles go down, and all that thrust goes off the paddles on those nozzles, and the nose just goes "gink," and falls straight forward like you saw. I still have flight control authority because the motors in the back have nozzles that move up and down. When I get up there, I push forward on the stick. And so the airplane is just kinda hanging there on its power. "When I get to the top of that climb, for all practical purposes, I’m at zero airspeed. (The F-15’s engines by comparison, produce less than 30,000 pounds of thrust.) But the F-22 engines have an additional advantage: They can direct their thrust. The F-22 has two 35,000-pound thrust Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 engines.
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Michael Shower, the only F-22 demo pilot in the Air Force. "The airplane has a lot of excess power-more thrust than it weighs, depending on how much fuel is on board," says Lt. And while spectators on the ground are thinking they’d like to start breathing again, the pilot lowers the nose as if he’s told the airplane, "Drop and gimme 20." And then it tears off, away from the show grounds, and disappears. “Flying a drone within five miles of NAS Oceana-including the oceanfront resort area-is also prohibited unless the operator has complied with all Federal Aviation Administration regulations and contacts NAS Oceana’s Air Traffic Control office before beginning any flights.We’ve all seen Air Force F-15s shoot straight up at airshows and disappear in the high-altitude distance. “The unauthorized use of drones can threaten the safety of aircraft, military personnel and nearby civilians,” said Hewitt. Hewitt also delivered a reminder to the public that unmanned aerial systems, commonly known as drones, are not permitted at NAS Oceana. We look forward to telling the stories of Virginia Beach, VF-106 and Naval Aviation” “Our mission is to serve fans of air shows, military and extreme aviation and we’ve been able to continue doing that. “We are excited with NAS Oceana to continue creating great airshow content despite the pandemic,” said LiveAirShowTV president Jeff Lee. Updates to the show’s schedule will be posted on NAS Oceana’s Facebook page. The four-hour show can be viewed online on Facebook and YouTube.
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Hewitt, Commanding Officer of NAS Oceana. Live cameras will broadcast from the A-10, and Michael Goulian’s aircraft.Īccording to a press release, “Moving the air show to a live-streamed event allows us to keep everyone healthy, while still showcasing what the Navy and Marine Corps team is capable of doing when we deploy around the world to defend America’s interests,” said Capt. The broadcast will also include live, in-cockpit cameras provided by OnBoard Images, made possible by a sponsorship by Air Force Recruiting Command. You can also catch the US Air Force’s F-22 Raptor and A-10 Thunderbolt, as well as the aerial stylings of world-famous aerobatic pilots Michael Goulian and Scott Francis. The event features a variety of military and civilian performances and demonstrations, including NAS Oceana’s own “Rhino” Demonstration Team, flying the F/A-18F Super Hornet, flown by aircrew detailed to VFA-106.
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Flying will also host the broadcast on our Virtual Air Show hub. Instead, LiveAirShowTV will broadcast direct from NAS Oceana on Saturday, September 19, from noon to 4 pm Eastern Daylight Time and beam it to you wherever you can get online. In fact, you can’t even if you wanted to this year-attendance at the 2020 Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana Air Show was cancelled in July to help combat the spread of COVID-19. You don’t have to make the pilgrimage to the coast of Virginia to catch the latest in live air show action-no matter how much the thought of seeing four hours of live fly-bys featuring the latest military hardware sounds appealing after a long summer’s drought.