AAR Basket skin case
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I don’t believe that RL hoses or baskets are lighted, or have any sort of NVG markings on them…however, they may have reflective markings. Dunno for certain.
I’ll have to ask some pilots, but I also have a feeling that NVGs are to be removed when plugging - I think this is the case because on a Hornet (and others that I know of) there is a bright spotlight that comes on when the Probe is deployed which illuminates the basket, and AFAIK there is no way to turn it on or off. This would cause the NVGs to bloom, and as such would dictate having to remove them when plugging.
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That seems to be the case for the F-14 as well. So no light on the basket itself, but the probe compartment on the jet has lights. Can be seen at this time stamp:
But then again, the basket may have been given lighting/illumination in more recent years:
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@jayb - I’ve been working alongside Naval Aviators for the last 38 years (up to right now) and I’ve never heard of such.
Not to mention that lighting the hose/basket would only make it that much easier to shoot a tanker down, as well as alerting a bogey that there were also low-state pigeons in tow. Making it a GOOD time to start shooting…I once worked with a guy that told me of flying cover for tanking jets over Viet Nam. And actually downing a Mig during that sortie.
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@Stevie said in AAR Basket skin case:
@jayb - I’ve been working alongside Naval Aviators for the last 38 years (up to right now) and I’ve never heard of such.
you do realize that the video corroborates what you said ?
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@jayb - affirmative. I was just trying to point out that I’m not aware of any “recent changes”.
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Hi,
from F-35B HMCS with NVG… No light of anything.
Radium
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@Radium - that’s a strange picture…can’t put my finger on just why.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/the-drive-staging/message-editor/1499682372012-insta015.gif
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I still like incandescent ring … here, “Janes FA-18” lives again.
Sorry no sound on record but ingame was fine… (probably creative alchemy driver asio pickup/filter routing - but yeah, nvm)
It is - the basket case , and my like a pro landing …https://mega.nz/file/yh4GjZjI#lPutjXeUCZI2G6JQfOFwZsWCSwmtYiqR92mKm-QIsog
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@Stevie what is strange ?
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@Radium - I’m not sure if it’s the colors, or the motion, or the texture, or that there is a LOT of sim/gaming video out there being passed off as “real” these days, or that I have a strong feeling that there has never been any F-35 onboard video declassified (I know I’ve never seen any)…or all of the above.
I’ve been looking at fighter onboard video for 38 years, and this just doesn’t look “right” to me, for some reason.
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@Stevie I don’t know. To me, it looks very legit.
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@Radium - a lot of such video does look legit these days, but it’s not. I’ve even had some of it fool my former boss…something about it is off, based on my experience. But I can’t really say just what it is.
EDIT - ok, I’ll believe this one…but it still looks weird to me…probably just because I’m used to green.
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@Stevie Yeah but in the case of this one, I have zero reason to believe that it’s fake !
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@Radium - me too…now. I needed further evidence.