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Here is a Northrop promotional film posted yesterday (23-April-2020) to YouTube by Periscope Film.
The circa-1978 film depicts the YF-17 Cobra's trip to, and demonstration (flown by Test Pilot Hank Chouteau) at, the 1977 Paris Air Show, as well as at NAS Oceana. The high-AoA pass that has been part and parcel of every F/A-18 flight demo I can recall seeing is shown here for good measure.
Of course, by this time the program had moved into another phase at this point, so the aircraft is referred to as the "F-18 Hornet prototype," and the film is entitled "F-18 Hornet Prototype - Odyssey 77."
YouTube: Periscope Film - Northrop F-18 Hornet prototype at Paris Air Show 1977 "ODYSSEY 1977" 81794
The circa-1978 film depicts the YF-17 Cobra's trip to, and demonstration (flown by Test Pilot Hank Chouteau) at, the 1977 Paris Air Show, as well as at NAS Oceana. The high-AoA pass that has been part and parcel of every F/A-18 flight demo I can recall seeing is shown here for good measure.
Of course, by this time the program had moved into another phase at this point, so the aircraft is referred to as the "F-18 Hornet prototype," and the film is entitled "F-18 Hornet Prototype - Odyssey 77."
YouTube: Periscope Film - Northrop F-18 Hornet prototype at Paris Air Show 1977 "ODYSSEY 1977" 81794