{"id":55103,"date":"2024-03-09T20:24:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T19:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=55103"},"modified":"2026-03-09T01:24:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:24:30","slug":"the-pre-flight-inspection-taxiing-and-takeoff-of-the-ef-18-hornet-of-a-spanish-female-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/03\/09\/the-pre-flight-inspection-taxiing-and-takeoff-of-the-ef-18-hornet-of-a-spanish-female-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"The pre-flight inspection, taxiing and takeoff of the EF-18 Hornet of a Spanish female pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"

The EF-18 Hornet is the best combat aircraft that Spain has had (along with the Eurofighter) and it is also longer: it has been active since 1986.<\/p>\n

The landing of a Spanish EF-18 Hornet fighter in Getafe using its arresting hook<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe characteristics of the helmets and flight equipment of the Spanish EF-18 fighter pilots<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

Although the process of replacing the oldest EF-18<\/a> of the Spanish Air Force has already begun, quite a few are still active in three units: the 12th Wing in Torrej\u00f3n, 15th Wing in Zaragoza and 46th Wing in Gando, in the Canary Islands. Today Fly By Wire Aviation<\/a> (a YouTube channel that I recommend you follow, since it is publishing very interesting content) has published a video in which he shows us one of the EF-18M of the 12th Wing, the C.15-44 (12-02)<\/strong>, piloted by Captain Nuria Moral, which many will know since has more than 12,000 followers on Instagram<\/a>, where she publishes some spectacular photos.<\/p>\n

In the video, recorded at the Getafe Air Base<\/strong> (probably the same day of landing with arrest hook that we saw here<\/a> this same week), we see Captain Moral doing the pre-flight inspection<\/strong> that all pilots do before getting on their planes, and after switching on, we see the taxiing of the EF-18 along the runway and its takeoff:<\/strong><\/p>\n