BELGIAN F16 SOLO DEMO FULL AFTERBURNER - 4K 

Even on the AIRPOWER 2022 the Belgian F-16 was the best.

also to note: this is an operational ready ship, not a striped down on like the thundercats use. the BAF doesn't have the luxury to do that. why would this not be allowed?

LEF "Low flight energy" normally equals stall, the pure balls that pilot has to be in LEF above the audience is impressive but sorta dangerous, they are normally limited to stay above a set air speed for that type of aircraft above the audience and bystanders. Here shown 5:40 here is roughly going 80kph but still Keep it in the air. *Stalling in an unladen F-16 usually occurs around 110kph with the angle of attack he had*. this shit takes immense skill not to mention the fact he has the unstripped down Variant too, thats just insanity.

Euhm...have you ever been to Oshkosh?!

@@djurispijker3519 Perhaps you've noticed this is a Belgian pilot at a Belgian base - not Oshkosh. And I have been to Oshkosh (BTW).

@@directech I know this is in Belgium, I live an hour away from there. My comment was in regards to your statement " Flying in that energy state would not be allowed for a show in the US" which is nonsense.

😂 right

Bester Kommentar!!! 😂

Thanks Greg 😎👍

How do you know it is the same 'guy' you saw 10 years ago? Just like a prize fighter, the high G stresses take a toll. I'd be surprised if a pilot would last 10 years if they're often repeating these maneuvers. Is the pilot Belgian, and do you know his/her name?

@@gregparrott Good point by you. I could write differently. I am amazed to see him on youtube and want to give credit for the airshow the Belgian F16 pilot performs. I don't know if it is the same pilot today, but in 2010 there was only 1 pilot who held the airshows. He always came straight from Belgium in a lowpass where the airshow was, and then it was literally full afterburner and 7-8-9 G for 10 minutes. When he was done he flied straight back to Belgium. The reason I know that is because the speaker said it at the time. They were very proud to have him at the Duxford airshow. He was in demand all over Europe to hold air shows. I understand why!!! They also said he had a bottle of coke cola and bananas in the cockpit to carb up because it was so exhausting.

@@sjefsjegeren123 Coke and bananas?..in the cockpit?? Now, THAT is a mix I would NOT stomach at 9 G's :)

@@sjefsjegeren123 its not the same as 10 years ago. The one you see here is Steven 'Vrieske' Devries. And he took over the Solo Demo display role after last years demo pilot 'Vador' did his exit flight. Which unfortunatly ended early due to a generator failure in the jet. For safety reasons it was a Land ASAP situation and he even emergency dumped all the countermeasures per safety instruction of the F16 Manual. And whilest doing so long A/B flight, he is doing even more straining things as he goes from +7G to -5G in an instant and does a full loop inverter ( Diving rather then pulling up). Regards from belgium mate :)

Agreed 👍

1978 is when this came into service.way ahead of it’s time.

As I have been involved in the Joint Strike Fighter Program, I have been lucky and priviledged to attend several Sanicoles. Not only are the Jordanians very skilled and talented, they are really cool dude that come chill and hang out after their demo.

Their airbase is a couple miles from this airshow location, so I guess they can go a while before bingo fuel.

Thanks for watching carol.

Thanks for watching. 👍

The pilot is a "he": Commandant Steven De Vriese (callsign Vrieske). First non-US pilot clocking +5000 Hrs on Viper.

Thanks for watching Marco, much appreciated

Great pilot flying it 👌

Thank you!, the pilot was incredible

Only 6 pilots in the world have +5000hrs on F16. You're looking at one of them . The only non-US pilot BTW ...

@@lucvanackeren5445 Thanks for this interesting detail! 👍

@@lucvanackeren5445 Vrieske

Thanks victor, couldn’t agree more

Appreciate your words David. 😎👍

Agreed 😎👍

Agreed!,, talented pilot 👌

Thank you.

Thanks Scott. Can’t imagine the costs 😮👍

@@DafyddPhillips nowadays....oh my it would be costly!

Thanks Shaun, the pilot was great!!

@@DafyddPhillips very skillful 👌

Thank you.

@@DafyddPhillips yea man. Your videos are God tier in the airshow community.

Thank you

Thank for watching Stephen. He’s a great pilot 💪🏼

Thank you and appreciate your interest in my channel. ✈️✈️😎

That was the f35 display pilot 👍

Might be one of those newly trained Ukranian pilots

Happy you enjoyed it!!

Thanks Michael, catch up soon! ✈️✈️

He’s a great pilot ✈️✈️👌

@@DafyddPhillips I remember a few years ago that my dad was flying with Flurk. Flurk was flying spare and did a barrel roll during take-off... totally unplanned. F-16 pilots are a special breed but they are closer than some families. He did get a warning for performing a non-authorized maneuver but it was worth it :-)

Indeed one of the best ever seen!

Thanks for viewing Michael

There will be scrapped for F-35 in a few years…

Thank you, just watched your video and again your panning is the best. Love the way you’ve put it together. 👌

No, Vador is gone . Demo pilot is Commandant Steven De Vries (callsign Vrieske)

@@lucvanackeren5445 thanks 👊👍

And very soon at the rate he’s burning it 🔥🔥🤠

Thanks John.

Thanks Martha Xx

He certainly was 🚀👌

Thank you Ted 👍

You’re not kidding. I don’t think he ever turned the afterburner off.

Can you imagine how much we’d cash out at the pumps burning 11lts a second.

We still had to tolerate some music in between. Made editing fun 😖. Thanks for watching 👍