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This is a great pic !

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Pilot to Tower 'Man, that special vindaloo curry was hot'
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or maybe he just had the chili........

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Wow..what happened. It looks like something is missing from his left wingtip. Thunderbird show I take it?
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Here are a few more..........................enjoy!

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Any ATCO's here want to tell me what seperation is for these puppies?[:D]

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speaking of airshows

theres 1 in sother eastern wisconisn soon i think

i know it has a website, but i cant remember it

does anyone know?
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Wow..what happened. It looks like something is missing from his left wingtip. Thunderbird show I take it?

Yes, a year or so ago. This guy started a loop (Immelman to be correct) at too low an altitude and couldn't pull out. Plane crashed, he survived.

For those who haven't tried "punching out" of an aircraft, I don't recommend it.

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Beat me to it, Lava.

Is pulling out WAY too close to the ground. *smack* I guess it took either giant brass ones, or a lot of hesitation, for him to wait so long before blowing the top. He must've realized it long before.
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Ahahah forgot to add: The picture on the C-17 going in (or out?!) is priceless. Wouldn't be much if it wasn't for all the engineers all looking at it with a "WHAT THE...?" kind of posture. [:D]
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Wow..what happened. It looks like something is missing from his left wingtip. Thunderbird show I take it?

Yes, a year or so ago. This guy started a loop (Immelman to be correct) at too low an altitude and couldn't pull out. Plane crashed, he survived.

For those who haven't tried "punching out" of an aircraft, I don't recommend it.

Ray (alias Lava)

I was at an air show at MCAS El Toro some years back when an F-18 pilot doing a solo display pulled this incredibly tight inside loop right on the deck..I was thinking.."Jeez..that is one amazing machine..how is that going to work." Then he gets to the top of his loop and I'm thinking "man..that thing is barely moving"..then he gets to 3/4 position..nose up..full afterburners..but just kind of hovering. At that point there was a collective "Oh Sh*t" from the crowd and he pancaked into the runway. He survived with back injuries.
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I just love the video clips here: http://www.panzerlexikon.de/

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There is a free airshow at Pittsburgh Intl this weekend - 911th airlift wing is doing the "wings over pittsburgh" for the first time in a few years (they've been kinda busy...)

I hope to get out there and waste some film
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Cool pics. Here is a Tomcat REAL close:

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Is pulling out WAY too close to the ground. *smack* I guess it took either giant brass ones, or a lot of hesitation, for him to wait so long before blowing the top. He must've realized it long before.

See the condensation above the wings? That guy was pulling so hard on the stick it probably broke off. I believe he also got kicked off the team.

Any of you guys remember when the entire thunderbird team planted itself into the ground in tight formation? Now that's called concentration! The Italian air display team did the same thing once, except they flew into the side of a mountain.

@MCKClaudi.. THATS A GREAT SHOT! GO NAVY!

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@MCKClaudi.. THATS A GREAT SHOT! GO NAVY!

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Cool pics. Here is a Tomcat REAL close:

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I think this is a 'doctored' photo. US Navy pilots are too professional to pull such a stunt. It only happens in the movies. [;)]
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Cool pics. Here is a Tomcat REAL close:

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I think this is a 'doctored' photo. US Navy pilots are too professional to pull such a stunt. It only happens in the movies. [;)]

I don't know, Navy pilots just love buzzing ships to prove that they are hot$h!t. and F-14s are not small aircraft. They are roughly twice the size of a F-16.
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Hi!

Actually "fly bys" are fairly routine at sea. Permission to execute a fly by is given by "the boss" (the guy in the tower). Considering the height of a modern Nimitz Class this guy would be at least 100 feet above the sea (not unreasonable). It is the proximity to the ship and the bank of the aircraft which would have got this guy in trouble.

In my day I have participated in "fly bys" over "small boys" (destroyers), after simulating attacks where we were so low that I thought we were going to hit a mast!

Indeed, Navy pilots are very perfessional, and some of the best in the world. As a Bombardier-Navigator in A-6 Intruders, I still have greet admiration for these pilots who routinely plunck these screeming metal machines on postage stamps, in any weather, day or night.

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I don't know, Navy pilots just love buzzing ships to prove that they are hot$h!t. and F-14s are not small aircraft. They are roughly twice the size of a F-16.

I'll never forget the first time I saw an F-15 Eagle (which I believe is about the same size as an F-14) parked at MSP (Minneapolis -St. Paul Airport). It was during Desert Storm.

It blew my mind how fricken huge it was!

It looked more like a bomber to me than a fighter. Hard to believe they have that much plane for one fighter. Hate to be the poor slob in an enemy aircraft seeing that thing coming after me!

Years earlier, I had seen an F-104 Starfighter parked in a mall parking lot. That think looked like a toy compared to an F-15.
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