I'll never forget doing a hot refuel I can tell you that. I noticed that my fuel showed more pounds than the aircraft holds, so I noted the time to calculate worst case and to write it up when I got back. However, when I got waived off and went to full thrust, after a few seconds the engines flamed out and it rapidly turned into high stress. Fortunately I still had just enough room. A filter had torn on the truck and I got a huge slug of water and crap, which is also why the gauges read wrong.

USN vet and F/A-18C airframe troubleshooter. Nice to see Finland still flying the Hornet. Saw some comments on the short takeoff distance and climb out. The jet in the video is almost in a “clean” configuration so is light. Our jets only used afterburner to take off when combat loaded during OSW or certain training scenarios like this (short take off) MIL power was more than enough to either launch of carrier deck or take off from land base. So really enjoyed watching a Hornet flex a little muscle. Went up to Cold Lake Canada and trained with the CF-18 “Hornet Handlers” and I wish I had gotten an opportunity to do the same with the Finns.