Flying the RAAF F/A-18 Hornet | Matt Hall (Part 1)

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  • @unsungdrummer
    @unsungdrummer 3 роки тому +43

    Gotta love the Aussies-humble and humorous yet lethal and professional as they come.
    Good stuff!

    • @eranmalloch
      @eranmalloch 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, we Aussies ARE humble & humorous ;-)

    • @graemedicks3139
      @graemedicks3139 3 роки тому

      Well Said

    • @goodo5691
      @goodo5691 3 роки тому +7

      @@eranmalloch some not as humble as others:)

    • @youwebz
      @youwebz 3 роки тому

      Thank you 🇦🇺

    • @iatsd
      @iatsd 3 роки тому

      How would you know if they're lethal? They haven't seen real combat since Vietnam, barring a limited role in Afghanistan where the only thing of note they did was commit war crimes. The Australian *Air Force* hasn't been in combat since Korea.

  • @theozzieflightsimmer1552
    @theozzieflightsimmer1552 3 роки тому +10

    he is an incredible fella! And one hell of a pilot! i have flown with Matt, and done aerobatics on a couple of his joy flights and probably one of the most genuine people you will ever come across. I am about to go broke booking in another flight with Matt.

  • @Maxflight9
    @Maxflight9 Рік тому +4

    Hall is the GOAT

  • @markhaughton9563
    @markhaughton9563 3 роки тому +13

    Saw matt speak over here in oz at one of our annual flight safety meetings. They always have guest speakers. He did his talk in 2 separate 45 minute stints. The first told us about his time in the RAAF and exchange flying F15s with the yanks, the second told us about his Redbull flying. VERY entertaining.

  • @kizzjd9578
    @kizzjd9578 3 роки тому +2

    Met matt a few years ago at the Ingham wings and wheels air show with his red bull plane. Great guy!

  • @davidferry548
    @davidferry548 3 роки тому +2

    I spend two years posted. To 81 wing years ago as a ground liaison officer , I remember Matt as a very capable and focused officer

    • @Cdog79
      @Cdog79 2 роки тому

      @@mike9347 how so?

    • @Cdog79
      @Cdog79 2 роки тому

      @@mike9347 I haven’t read it but I might buy it. Sounds interesting. Cheers

  • @baricho4771
    @baricho4771 3 роки тому +1

    Surely Matt has had the best job ever!.. constantly 'on'! Flying the best..

  • @321fightson
    @321fightson 3 роки тому +11

    Hi Mike. Great interview with Matt and some cool stories. I'm looking forward to the 2nd part. Hopefully you also got to discuss his time flying in the Red Bull Air Race.

  • @dedexyz8475
    @dedexyz8475 3 роки тому +2

    FANTASTIC interview w/ Matt, and with an interviewer who KNOWS how to- by STFU, and letting The Guest- talk! I've long followed Matt's racing career, but didn't know the military side in detail, until this video. NICE work!!

  • @davidsmith8997
    @davidsmith8997 3 роки тому +19

    Another solid interview. Funny story about the Vipers' reaction. Looking forward to Part 2!

  • @bensmith7536
    @bensmith7536 3 роки тому +1

    I saw Matt fly at the Red Bull Air Race in Perth years ago.

  • @mkmdexplorationparanormal5610
    @mkmdexplorationparanormal5610 3 роки тому +8

    Great interview Mike, loved his typical Aussie persona 😂 can't wait for part 2

  • @marksita76
    @marksita76 3 роки тому +3

    Good Stuff....great interview! Love hearing the side stories. F/A 18 is my favourite and in the air is still one of the best looking fighters ever built👍🇦🇺

  • @jimbrown5268
    @jimbrown5268 3 роки тому +2

    This was great - thanks to both of you.

  • @pontiacGXPfan
    @pontiacGXPfan 11 місяців тому

    good on ya, Hallsy!

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood6760 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks from across the ditch mate👍🇳🇿

  • @arronhyde
    @arronhyde 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliant interview. Wish i could ask him questions...

  • @DJones476
    @DJones476 2 роки тому

    As far as I know, the RAAF continued to use the old-style SJU ejection seat long after the U.S. and Canada switched over to the Martin Baker NACES. The NACES is a _vastly_ more comfortable seat, even during long missions. Plus, it is fully adjustable!

  • @aviaterred
    @aviaterred 3 роки тому

    Thanks for your service Matt.

  • @gmills5763
    @gmills5763 3 роки тому +1

    Nice interview!

  • @stephenpage-murray7226
    @stephenpage-murray7226 3 роки тому +6

    I hope they cover his time as an F-15 instructor in the U.S

  • @davidewhite69
    @davidewhite69 3 роки тому

    why is the pic of A21-107 at 3.20 mirror imaged? I may have strapped Matt in that day at 2OCU

  • @matk4731
    @matk4731 3 роки тому +2

    That was fantastic 👏👏.
    Can’t wait for part 2. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🙃🙃

  • @VideoUser3053
    @VideoUser3053 3 роки тому +1

    Great interview. Really interesting.

  • @goodo5691
    @goodo5691 3 роки тому +1

    cheers for that...loved it

  • @jettsaraghimotorsport4017
    @jettsaraghimotorsport4017 3 роки тому +1

    Amazing interview! Very informative. Thank you!

  • @Greattooltv11
    @Greattooltv11 3 роки тому +4

    Wonderful ❤ ❤ so good thank you

  • @TakisDiakoumis
    @TakisDiakoumis 3 роки тому +1

    Thia was awesome mate. Keen to see part 2. Are you going to cover his time on the Eagle and Gulf War 2 or is that maybe a different set?

    • @Aircrewinterview
      @Aircrewinterview  3 роки тому +2

      Cheers! Part 2 is on his time flying the F-15E and air racing. We do talk about his time over Iraq also.

  • @bradpool127
    @bradpool127 3 роки тому +2

    We could feel and hear the rumbling of the practice bombs being dropped at Dutson Downs in Victoria during the night at our farm. It took about 48 seconds from the time we saw the bomb flash, to the time we could feel the rumble, it would make the windows rattle.

  • @slickstrings
    @slickstrings 3 роки тому +3

    I wonder if matty would have been happier with the enhanced power engined hornet. Our australian hornets were upgraded to nearly c model, but never got the hotter engine.

    • @DJones476
      @DJones476 3 роки тому

      They might have needed it, too. The chunkier the Hornet got over the decades, the more power it needed.

    • @slickstrings
      @slickstrings 3 роки тому

      @@DJones476 yes, i wish we did but i guess it was money the government didnt want to spend. Especially since we were already investing money into the f35 back in early 2000s

    • @DJones476
      @DJones476 3 роки тому

      @@slickstrings The -402 engines had a few issues, that I recall. Burnt out spray rings and flame holders were a frequent nuisance. The -402 was essentially a hybrid engine with the cold section (fan, etc.) of the -400 combined with the hot section (everything from the combustion chamber, back) of the RM12. You couldn't just slap a pair of _'purebred'_ RM12s into a Hornet, though. Not without changing the shape of the intakes (to increase airflow), and this would have required extensive flight testing.
      I hope I've provided some insight, Dude.
      Love from British Columbia!

    • @eranmalloch
      @eranmalloch 3 роки тому +1

      We got - and still have - the Super Hornets (all 2-seat F models, I believe), which obviously have bigger GE 414 engines. We also got Growlers. Not sure how well a 2 seat F model rhino would perform ACM/BFM compared to a single seat classic (or E model Rhino for that matter). These jets were purchased as interim planes to "replace" the F111, while we waited for our F35s.

    • @DJones476
      @DJones476 3 роки тому +1

      @@eranmalloch An F/A-18F is just as lethal as an E.

  • @wayneschenk5512
    @wayneschenk5512 3 роки тому

    Great stuff met Matt at a red bull event very approachable guy.

  • @cmscms123456
    @cmscms123456 3 роки тому +10

    I never thought much of the F111 until I heard a pilot here talk about it... Talk about FAST... I guess you know, an F-18 wont catch a F-111.. in fact your air to air missile might not catch it.

    • @SuperEdge67
      @SuperEdge67 3 роки тому +1

      Yep Mach 2.5 at altitude. Australian F-111s have been replaced now by Super Hornets and we have EA-18F Growlers as well. Older hornets being replaced by F-35s.

    • @gregalanharper
      @gregalanharper 3 роки тому +1

      Actually, we have F/A-18F Super Hornets as well as E/A-18G Growlers.

    • @brianross4057
      @brianross4057 3 роки тому

      I lived on Salonika beach in QLD Australia and it is in the domestic flight path to the Mackay Airport so I heard a lot of different planes from a local Bi Plane to Spitfires and Mustangs and all sorts traveling to shows and of course all the different domestic passenger jets and it was about 1990 I heard a totally different jet which was loud and had a presence you could feel and it was no wonder because he was practically hovering over top with his wings swept forward and he slowly flew over the top of Hay Point coal terminal and circled back towards me then it started to sweep the wings back at the same time accelerating out of sight at sea level out over the ocean it blew me away how fast it was.

    • @Nathan-ry3yu
      @Nathan-ry3yu 3 роки тому

      @@SuperEdge67 I wished they made a swept wing stealth F111 to replace it. I think the US was going to develop something similar with the F22 as a swept wing bomber variant but never went ahead

    • @davidewhite69
      @davidewhite69 3 роки тому

      I worked on both the F-111 and the F/A-18. One time when I was at 75 SQN (RAAF Tindal N.T) there was a huge low level battle between visiting f-111s and hornets, and by low level I mean tree top! The hornets could not catch the F-111s down in the weeds, they just couldnt stay with them, they could easily out-turn them but just couldnt stay on their tail when the F-111s firewalled the throttles, but that said it wouldnt matter because the F-111 would have had an AIM-9 up their arse

  • @BradLatham-q6k
    @BradLatham-q6k Рік тому +1

    Everybody here are super heros

  • @bradpool127
    @bradpool127 3 роки тому +4

    It was my dream to fly the Hornet for the RAAF back in the 1980s but my parents wouldn't let me become a cadet.

  • @thefrecklepuny
    @thefrecklepuny 3 роки тому +4

    I wonder how big, not just a qualitative jump but also a psychological one it was going from the Mirage III to the F/A-18 Hornet? Great interview as per.

    • @BuggSmasher
      @BuggSmasher 3 роки тому

      Interesting ! I wonder how many converted over, or just retired !
      Having read Matt's autobiography I do know he had to re-qualify in the Hornet after flying F-15's in the gulf war for the US !
      Not able to quote exactly,, but he said he noticed the difference in power output between the two . . . .lol

  • @Doubletrouble___647
    @Doubletrouble___647 3 роки тому

    What do you think about the head of Aussie airforce saying to Senate this week that our pilots aren’t reporting (seeing?) UAPs? Plenty of highly regarded US fighter pilots are seeing them daily.

  • @Kneedragon1962
    @Kneedragon1962 3 роки тому

    Where's part 2?

    • @grahams7697
      @grahams7697 3 роки тому

      Search for it! 🙄

    • @Kneedragon1962
      @Kneedragon1962 3 роки тому

      @@grahams7697 ~ Thanks Graham, it has since shown up. I was expressing encouragement.

  • @christosantonopoulos2018
    @christosantonopoulos2018 3 роки тому

    yes but can we afford to operate them at their phenomenal costs of operation per hour of flight time?

  • @hudsondonnell444
    @hudsondonnell444 3 роки тому

    Piper Pawnee or Australian built Gippsland GA-200 Fatman?

    • @grahams7697
      @grahams7697 3 роки тому

      He is referencing the Piper PA-25 Pawnee - modified for glider tug operations.

  • @matk4731
    @matk4731 3 роки тому

    I was a bit surprised
    Matt didn’t talk about nearly being shot down over Bagdad.
    Search
    Ace fighter's Iraq ordeal
    AUSTRALIA'S air race ace Matt Hall was almost shot down over Baghdad at the start of the 2003 "shock and awe" campaign against Saddam Hussein.

    • @BuggSmasher
      @BuggSmasher 3 роки тому

      And then He went back to base and had a coffee ! All in a days work for Matty !

  • @speedhornetsdiamonds8920
    @speedhornetsdiamonds8920 2 роки тому

    Listen, I'm. A. Hornet. Aviator. In. My. Dreams. . Bless. You. And. The. ROYAL. AIR. FORCE. BEST. OF. DREAMS. TO. ALL. OF. YOU.

  • @chrishewitt4220
    @chrishewitt4220 3 роки тому +2

    Who the hell is thumbing down already?

    • @gfenwick1
      @gfenwick1 3 роки тому +3

      Russian, chinese or a bot 😁

    • @BuggSmasher
      @BuggSmasher 3 роки тому +1

      Failed Hornet cadets !

  • @josmith2062
    @josmith2062 10 місяців тому

    What a huge loss to the RAAF when Matty retired! 😩

  • @peterkirgan6850
    @peterkirgan6850 3 роки тому +1

    Good plane but the mirage was better theca29 thank you mike

  • @jadesmith6823
    @jadesmith6823 3 роки тому

    The old I did but I didn't 🤦😂

  • @presidentoxford
    @presidentoxford 3 роки тому

    Carrot.

  • @iatsd
    @iatsd 3 роки тому

    1:38 "Shots fired; welcome to the air force" Yeah, but the Australians haven't been near a real fight since Vietnam - until their very limited involvement in Afghanistan where their only major achievement was committing multiple war crimes. The *kiwis* have sent forces to more conflicts since Vietnam than the Australians have, and the Australian *Air force* hasn't done squat for decades.

    • @Jagsm29
      @Jagsm29 3 роки тому +3

      cry harder kiwi

    • @iatsd
      @iatsd 3 роки тому

      @@Jagsm29 Got nothing to respond with except abuse, huh? Typical Aussie whinger.

    • @geevee9728
      @geevee9728 3 роки тому +2

      New Zealand with zero fighter aircraft?

    • @iatsd
      @iatsd 3 роки тому

      @@geevee9728 Indeed. And?

    • @reganmacneil2578
      @reganmacneil2578 2 роки тому

      "Ostrayans" are all talk and show but are cowards. A quick punch to the nose puts them back in their place real quick. I know, I worked there for 3 months. Their military is the same - they have all this expensive equipment they like to show off but they always stick their head in the sand or run the other way when a war starts.

  • @redbloodytape
    @redbloodytape 3 роки тому +8

    Ah, from a time before Australia became a fascist authoritarian country. Nice interview.

    • @zorbalight3933
      @zorbalight3933 3 роки тому +2

      Prattle on. Your last sentence was the only one of value.

    • @redbloodytape
      @redbloodytape 3 роки тому +1

      @@zorbalight3933the rest of the world see's it.

    • @grahams7697
      @grahams7697 3 роки тому +2

      @@redbloodytape No they don’t. Bell end 🙄🤪

    • @redbloodytape
      @redbloodytape 3 роки тому

      @@grahams7697 no amount of name calling will change the fact that Oz is now a shi*thole. Such a shame.

    • @claytaylor6956
      @claytaylor6956 3 роки тому

      @@redbloodytape No. Sydney has become a shithole (years ago, in fact) and Melbourne is rapidly approaching that accolade.
      However, the rest of Australia is perfectly fine! 👌
      Just keep the scum-bucket pieces of shit, confined to Sydney and Melbourne & the rest of us will be just fine! 🤗