Super Hornet in Downtown Chicago - Cockpit Cam - Chicago Air and Water Show 2011

Ride along in the back seat of a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet during a low-level aerobatic demonstration at the 2011 Chicago Air and Water Show.

Thank you to the crew for their help filming this!
Pilot: LT Andrew "Murse" Winberry
Weapon Systems Officer (WSO): LT Jacob "Rooney" Lerner

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[acward]

What an amazing ride!!
So glad there wasn't any tacky music played over the clip - it's nice just to hear the tranquil sound of the world going by (very fast ;-) )

[coolcat]

This is BY FAR the coolest way to see the Windy City. 

[SkyChaserCom]

This is real ... And this is an awesome video. The military has clearance to fly close to the beach / buildings during airshows. This is each year in august in Chicago, weather permitting.

[ronkreed]

This is the way I love to see these videos - raw sound - and no music!

[rosegrovempd]

Brilliant on board footage. Being from over the pond east side my favourite is the Typhoon but great flying and a great plane in the Super Hornet. Thanks for posting, Dave.

[jamcrane]

Speaking strictly about the pilot, I don't mean to offend anybody with sacrilege, but that must be a godlike sensation to control all that power, to literally own the sky that way. I am in awe.
Excellent video, thanks for posting !

[GuinnessBU]

Thanks for this. I love watching the Air & Water show every year. Getting to ride along in one of the AWS jets is a life long dream, watching this is probably as close as I will ever get.

[superskullmaster]

Well, I'm not an A.E. but have been studying aviation for over 15 years, did 6 in the Airforce, have my A&P and work at LM Aero. That being said, I totally agree with your description (heck I wanna add to it, but this is your show), and let me say its nice to see someone who has the credentials NOT bash or belittle/downplay people who don't.

[bs]

Click on this vid thinking it was going to be another loud music video, so glad you didn't add music to this and let us hear the roaring engines for a change.

[jsuswaram]

Love Love Love the Super Hornets! I was absolutely thrilled to watch these amazing jets at the Chicago Air an water show. We were eagerly looking east ward across lake Michigan to catch a glimpse of these beautiful planes and they were mere specs on the horizon and man did they ever make a grand entry!!!!
we were coming out of a tunnel that went under the lake shore drive and one of them passed us...and the sonic boom caught us about 5 seconds later and we all hit the ground. Amazing Super Jets!

[Micahestes]

Thank you SO MUCH for not including music

[hueycobra]

These are the BEST Air Show Views From a F/A-18F Hornet 🐝 With the Helmet Cam 🛩🛩👍

[Michael]

Man, I would absolutely kill for a ride like this.

[jbwheelr]

I absolutely love this.What a thrill!

[AirshowStuffVideos]

I'm not sure what you mean, but a cone of water vapor can form as the aircraft approaches Mach 1. Jets never intentionally break the sound barrier except over the ocean and in training ranges because of the very loud 'sonic boom' that supersonic speed produces. The vapor you see forms in low pressure areas of airflow, and most often occurs when the aircraft pulls through a high G maneuver. The cone of vapor appears between two shock waves that form at high speed. It shows up more in humid air.

[mrvalero]

amazing really enjoyed this video, thanks!

[gregory]

Hope you guys will be at the Indy airshow in 2 1/2 weeks! If not, will wait till 8/18/20102 Chicago

[AirshowStuffVideos]

Fair enough if you want to get technical, water vapor is just a sufficiently correct yet simpler answer since most people think it's draining fuel or something like that (which does happen to Super Hornets during certain negative G maneuvers). The condensation comes from the water vapor already in the air, hence it is known as vapor to the pilots and photographers.

[tonif]

MY CITY LOOKS AWESOME.. Bucket list.. I wanna do something like this one day!