Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
When they would come visit us at MCAS Beaufort or Iwakuni - they treated it like an emergency - not having an ILS approach available
CardioMD - the AoA of a Hornet is 8.1 for an on-speed landing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fke3t2f-9k
Is that "huge" AoA to you?
The Hornet guys are flying AoA/Ball all the way down, but I'm unsure whether the Viper guys are or not - I didn't think so but I never got a ride in one - only flew the sim.
That would be a quite high AOA for a GA pilot that is used to a flat to slightly negative pitch down final.
8.1 looks about right for the F-16 as it sits similar to the 757 in flaps 25 config or the little bus in flaps 3 config. (that is around 7.5 AOA)
We don't have look down shoot down.
