Planeopnik - "Hornet 1"

"promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout) 10/27/2018 at 20:05 • Filed to: Planelopnik, fighter plane, planelopnik history

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If you thought moving a project car was hard, try moving a non-functioning airframe through town.

I spent my Saturday morning helping the local restoration group move the first production F/A-18A airframe - aka “Hornet 1" - to its new home after a six month volunteer-led effort nearly forty years after its first flight and after the Navy tried to shoot and burn it to the ground. It is now parked across the lot from the lone surviving Grumman F-11F-1F Super Tiger prototype

For Sweden > promoted by the color red 10/27/2018 at 20:09

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Hornets > Yellow Jackets

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > promoted by the color red 10/27/2018 at 20:09

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For something like that, is there anything inside the cockpit or is it bare? Always wondered that about gate guardians and such. 

promoted by the color red > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 10/27/2018 at 20:11

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If I remember correctly, it’s bare and sealed off.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > promoted by the color red 10/27/2018 at 21:08

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Filed under, “How hard could it be?” I mean, if it were a B-52, I could see it being pretty tough.

promoted by the color red > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/27/2018 at 21:20

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It was actually surprisingly easy for a task like this. Most everything was in good shape (minus a faulty wheel bearing) and the folded wingtips meant we didn’t have to dance it around gates.

Tristan > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 10/28/2018 at 23:42

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They’re usually set up for static display by maintainers familiar with parts shortages, so they get pillaged to keep the fleet flying.

ttyymmnn > promoted by the color red 05/08/2020 at 15:45

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Just came across this post a year and a half after the fact. This is really cool. I have books of aircraft from my youth in which the F/A-18 is still just a concept drawing.