goodbye to the Super Étendard Modernise

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Nice video !

[GScholz]

 

[Vraciu]

Always seemed like an odd plane to me. 

Been around forever.

Fair skies, Super Standard. 

[BuckShot]

Cool video, thanks for posting.

[GScholz]

I'm actually surprised it took so long to replace it considering its replacement has been in service for quite a while now.

[colmbo]

Edward Busyhands there coming aboard the boat.

[icepac]

Pretty sure it's the last plane to have sunk a large ship.

[Gman]

I think you're right - other Mirage models heavily damaged USS Stark, but it didn't sink.  Speaking of which, at RIMPAC this year, they shot up an old Perry class ship - Harpooned it, SM2'd it, gunned it, bombed it, and hit it with a torp - still floated.  One tough ship - wonder how the LCS would stand up to all that...

The Falklands I think was the last time an air launched missile sank a ship, although I do know that Australia sank a DPRK drug smuggling ship with 2 LGB from a couple Hornets, I have the video somewhere.  So it depends on what you call "large" I guess.  I know Aussie F111s sank another ship too before they were retired.

[oakranger]

go to 2:25 and watch the pilot work the throttle while landing.

[SirNuke]

IIRC the super etendard was still a front line fighter because there was not enough rafales to fill ranks and/or it  could not assume all the roles yet.

[GScholz]

Never really a fighter though. It's a subsonic naval strike bomber, similar to the A-4 in US service.

[SirNuke]

Never really a fighter though. It's a subsonic naval strike bomber, similar to the A-4 in US service.

agreed, poor choice of words.

[DaveBB]

go to 2:25 and watch the pilot work the throttle while landing.

That part is awesome.  As I'm sure you know, Navy pilots use the throttles to control rate of decent/ascent, and pitch to control airspeed when landing.  Kind of the opposite of when flying normally. 
Source:
Feet Wet: Reflections of a Carrier Pilot (Schiffer Military History) Hardcover – June 1, 1997
by Paul T. Gillcrist (Author)

[Vraciu]

Never really a fighter though. It's a subsonic naval strike bomber, similar to the A-4 in US service.

Sounds like the T/A-35. 

[Vraciu]

That part is awesome.  As I'm sure you know, Navy pilots use the throttles to control rate of decent/ascent, and pitch to control airspeed when landing.  Kind of the opposite of when flying normally. 
Source:
Feet Wet: Reflections of a Carrier Pilot (Schiffer Military History) Hardcover – June 1, 1997
by Paul T. Gillcrist (Author)

Actually, that's the way I fly and teach all my students.   The Navy has no monopoly on this technique.  It's the de facto standard best I can tell. 

Gator has some good books but he is wrong sometimes.