Karsoncookie Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 A few days, every week for some years now, , we here in "Deep E TX" at the LA border, have practicing fighter jets flyover our neighborhood. Sometimes pretty low (my favorite) Rarely, but ocassionaly VERY low. Break my windows Babies. I'll gladly replace them. It's SO cool, usually , once they get going, like one 10 seconds after the next. The awesome thing is, of course, the lower they are, the less time you hear them coming. Sure, you can hear them leaving for MUCH longer time, but they come over you with like 1 second evidence, actually less, they are there. Death in the air, LOVE it. Lars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Nothing real close to you todayhttps://sua.faa.gov/sua/siteFrame.app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsoncookie Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Ha ! Very cool, figures you'd be the first to comment. I envy your past work. "The Best of the Best , Sir" I love and revere this stuff sooo much. Awesomely cool shit. Lars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsoncookie Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 I actually called the base in LA some months ago, that I believe they originate from, and asked them to fly lower here. Duh, no effect, like i assumed. But I tried. Lars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 :44 and 1:30ish you can see me. God I miss the flight deck. If I could have done this solid for 20 years I would have. What a rush it was. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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2point1 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I hear this is somewhere in England. Looks like it would be a heck of a fun trip. Video to go along with the picture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-7zHlOi4T4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Too close for comfort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitrofan Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 I moved about a quarter mile from the back gate at pensacola nas. Get to see the blues all the time plus other stuff. Love it! Makes me proud to live here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Fighters take off in complexes of four every day from HNL/Hickam. Fast fast fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Lars, What model designation are the fighters that fly over? When I worked for General Dynamics on the F16 program, the company pilot would practice for major upcoming airshows (like Paris or Edinburgh) at lunch time so the employees could watch. The agility of the F16 is simply unreal when flown near the extremes of the flight envelope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/after-investigation-navy’s-blue-angels-will-stop-using-maneuver-that-killed-a-pilot/ar-BBwdgQ0?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 11 hours ago, Seadog said: The agility of the F16 is simply unreal when flown near the extremes of the flight envelope I was a flight test engineer on the F-22 on ships 8 thru 188 and we used the F-16 as a chase bird so that ATC could "see" the Raptor on radar. F-16 while very good doesn't stand a chance vs the -22. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknoid Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 At the last house I lived in there was a bombing range a little over 10 miles away. If it was military, flew, dropped bombs, or fired rockets it probably flew over my house at one point or another. Lived there for over 30 years so I saw a lot of planes and helicopters fly over. It got where I could identify many of the aircraft by the sound they made. Except for the B52s. They flew WAY up there. The A10s had the most distinctive sound. When they were dropping heavy ordinance I could hear/feel the booms. I will say they were courteous about the noise. They stopped promptly at 10:00 PM. One day I was working in the yard and heard an approaching helicopter. As the sound got louder and louder I realized that it was more than one helicopter. More like dozens. Wave after wave of Cobras and Apaches. Generally in groups of 4 a couple of minutes apart. Lasted for almost an hour. I would have loved to see what was happening on the ground at the bombing range that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsoncookie Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 22 hours ago, Seadog said: Lars, What model designation are the fighters that fly over? When I worked for General Dynamics on the F16 program, the company pilot would practice for major upcoming airshows (like Paris or Edinburgh) at lunch time so the employees could watch. The agility of the F16 is simply unreal when flown near the extremes of the flight envelope. I'm sorry, I don't know. The thing here is we are totally surrounded by tall pines, with small areas cleared for homes, so my vertical viewfield is very narrow. Never see em. Lars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitrofan Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Hurricane hunter flying today. Came over couple of hours ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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