F/A 18 Sonic Boom Onboard USS Enterprise CVN-65

Video of a supersonic flyby from a F/A-18 onboard USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65. This flight demonstration was part of the 2011 Tiger Cruise.

[jharvey]

Breaking the sound barrier will always be impressive.

[MrUrmother]

That deployment of flares while supersonic was badass

[brianpanebianco]

It’s crazy how it’s silent till it passes by, blows my mind and just makes me think what people would think of we sent one of these back in time.

[yeahkevinn]

They way he goes from sea level to right up in the clouds is mesmerizing

[ILLiteSociety]

Seeing the sound barrier be broken, makes it look like that jet just teleported from another dimension. Very cool!

[marketingarmllc]

That this plane first flew only 75 years after humans first powered flight is just insane

[mouthbreather]

It’s fairly quiet for the pilot since he is escaping the very sound his engines are generating. Pretty cool!

[TIMOTHYEET]

Everything here is impressive. The wake in the water, the visual of speed of sound, how quiet it is until it passes and the size of such a fast object

[SkipWinters]

It's amazing to see a visual representation of exactly how fast sound moves

[KBent]

Bet that G-Force that pilot felt was intense. Going from breaking the sound barrier flying straight to pulling straight up like that has to be gnarly as heck!!!

[mnlife]

Being a jet pilot has got to be one of the coolest things someone can possibly do in this world right now

[jp]

Saw that live on a Tiger cruise when I was performing with the USO on the Carl Vinson. Actually knocked me back! AWESOME!!!!

[LT]

The visual of the plane being literally faster than the sound is so crazy

[deltametaYT]

Yeah…reminds me of when my combat outpost got rocketed in Afghanistan on 9/11/2009 and about 15 minutes later a USMC harrier jet gave us a low fly over at high speed and with no warning. Given how much louder it was compared to the incoming shells we received earlier, I remember thinking “THIS IS IT!!” while hitting the deck. As soon as I looked up and saw the harrier flying away, that thought was quickly replaced with “I should’ve been a pilot instead of an artilleryman.”

[KonaOffGrid]

I spent 3 years aboard that ship ...I was Bridge Watch.. Master Helmsman..BM3 out of 1st Division... Now a Retired Merchant Captain
Love the Big E ❤

[GWOAT]

Seeing the air build up in front of the FA18 just as it broke the sound barrier was cool, then the boom is heard a couple seconds later as it takes that time to reach the people on board.

[Gabriel-fwte]

The first sonic BOOM I ever heard was from an F-14 Tom Cat back in '77; I literally thought my ship had blown up. If you don;t see it coming, it will get you every time.

[frogsoda]

If you haven't seen an air show from the deck of an aircraft carrier, you haven't seen an airshow.

[peoplehavetherights]

Pity that USS ENTERPRISE, CVN-65, has been scrapped. She was a great ship.

[MukesBoy]

I had a friend very dear to me that served on the enterprise in the old war. He had pictures of it covering one wall of his room. His pride was him and the president not just shaking hands but standing side by side like equals. I forgot why but I know he was highly decorated for what they did on that carrier .He was a resident at the nursing home I worked at and even after I moved on I stuck with him until he passed in 2017. His name was Philpott. From Galena Indiana.