Greetings everyone!
If you haven’t seen my last screenshots topic, go check that out: Taking The Babybus Transatlantic .
With the release of the reworked F/A-18, I decided to try and fly a jet for once. I am in no way good at flying such aircraft, but this seemed like as good of a day as any to try it out.
I’m definitely not being creative here, but I haven’t made a screenshots topic in a while so I chose to do it on this flight.
Since Nellis Air Force Base was the busiest, I decided to start my journey there, and because the Grand Canyon was so close, I thought it’d be cool to weave my way through it.
So I did.
Route: KLSV/LSV - Grand Canyon - KLSV/LSV
Aircraft: Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet
Military Branch (squadron): United States Navy (USN) VFA-87 Golden Warriors
Callsign: “Bullet” 87 (would’ve picked “War Party” 87, but that callsign isn’t in the list)
Flight Time: ~1h50
Server: Expert
And now, some pretty cool shots.
Starting off on the ground at Nellis, setting up the aircraft.
Taxiing out to runway 03L while folding out the wings.
Lining up on runway 03L, ready for departure.
First time being airborne in the reworked jet!
Entering the Grand Canyon in style.
It’d be criminal not to include an afterburner shot.
A little bit more afterburning action in one of many high-G turns.
Closing in on the end of the canyon run.
Landing back at the base after a succesfull session.
Folding the wings back up to go and park.
And that’s that! I honestly enjoyed flying this jet quite a bit. I might take it out for a spin in the future again (although probably a little more realistic, at a Naval Air Station).
I certainly hope you liked the shots, and let me know what you think of them!