flannj Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I would think something like this, well recorded in DVD format would be a fantastic HT demo. F-18F Super Hornet Demo at Dover 2006 I could watch this all day. Is there anything out there like that? - Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-malotky Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I know the EAA museum in Oshkosh is packed full of various Aviation videos. They may have an online store or mail order. JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laverda Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 There's always the movie Top Gun. Some excellent air to air shots and the movies opening carrier launch sequence is pretty good as a demo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flannj Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 There's always the movie Top Gun. Some excellent air to air shots and the movies opening carrier launch sequence is pretty good as a demo. Yeah, but then I've got to deal with "Maverick" and "Goose" and "Iceman" and "Viper" and Kelly McGillis as an astrophysicist. I wouldn't want to put my poor HT through that kind of torture. Oh God, I almost forgot.... Kenny Loggins. Now I've got that stupid song in my head. - Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laverda Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Sorry...I hope it goes away soon, didnt mean to ruin your evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletcherkane Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 PBS has a great documentary series entitled "War Planes" that has some great footage and sound. They always advertise at the end of the show how to obtain a DVD copy of the program. You could probably get it from PBS.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdetroitx Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 My favorite demo is the christmas day recon scene in Behind Enemy Lines. That played in DTS always gets oohhs and aahhhs from people. I have made plenty of wives mad at me for planting the theater bug in their husbands with that movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 The sound of fighter jets couldn't be any better in my house. No matter what equipment or speakers you got! Literally. I live on an Air Force fighter jet base, and get the joy of hearing those jet engines shake our home, and wake our baby boy up every time! That's the sound of freedom though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-malotky Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Speaking of the sound of freedom, let you share a little story of a friend of mine at my flying club shared with me. He was a young boy, something like 5 or 6 twords the end of WW2 living in Chezk, or Yugo, one of those counties that were occupied by Germany for most of the war. Every night when he went to bed, he was affraid his house would be bombed. I can only imagine his feer, thinking of my children's feer of thunderstorms and how much worse this must have been living through bombings. Anyway, once his city was liberated by the Americans, he could hear the sound of P51 mustangs taking off at the airstrip at the end of town. When he heard that sound, he could finally sleep soundly knowing he and his family was finally safe. Most people think the sound of the V12 RR merlin engine sounds cool as it has a very distinct sound. Next time you hear one, think of my friend Nicolas, and what that sound of freedom means to him. Keep em flying. JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenzip Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 My cousin, an airplane nut, suggested you might try the Red Bull air race series website, they might have something. Not jets, but high performance prop aircraft. The Reno air races might also have something. I know those are some bad-*** airplanes. A P-51 with a 3500+ hp V-12 Rolls-Royce driving a prop is effing cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I have some cool ones of our weapons and gatling guns in action in the field, I work for General Dynamics Armament and Techical Products. If you have never seen an A-10 II tank buster in action you don't know what you are missing. The 30mm gatling gun is ours. Talk about realistic - whew! If you saw the first Under Siege and saw the Phalynx weapon (downing the approaching jet) in action that is one of our as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flannj Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 I have some cool ones of our weapons and gatling guns in action in the field, I work for General Dynamics Armament and Techical Products. If you have never seen an A-10 II tank buster in action you don't know what you are missing. The 30mm gatling gun is ours. Talk about realistic - whew! If you saw the first Under Siege and saw the Phalynx weapon (downing the approaching jet) in action that is one of our as well. The "Warthog" is an amazing plane. Slow, low, and deadly. I have seen some videos of the 30mm cannon and the damge it does. Is it true this plane is being phased out? Also in the incredible firepower catagory would be the AC-130 Gunships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InVeNtOr Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 http://www.amazon.com/Fighter-Jets-Attack-Aircraft/dp/6305138419 http://store.aetv.com/html/subject/index.jhtml?search=&start=131&itemType=&searchType=&subject=&priceRange=&closedCaptioning=&SORT_BY=&SORT_ORDER=&searchStr=&id=wwf1000 this above site is where your going to get all the good dvd videos. http://store.aetv.com/html/search/searchindex.jhtml?search=heavy+metal&itemType=All&key=||heavy%20metal||&_requestid=436657 here is a sub catorgry for them. it looks like videos on specific aircraft, even the black bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flannj Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 My cousin, an airplane nut, suggested you might try the Red Bull air race series website, they might have something. Not jets, but high performance prop aircraft. The Reno air races might also have something. I know those are some bad-*** airplanes. A P-51 with a 3500+ hp V-12 Rolls-Royce driving a prop is effing cool. About 20 years ago I had the opportunity to be at a small airstrip where a P-51 was giving a demonstration. The sound of that engine with that monster prop (it looks oversized on a fighter) is very unique. I can still remember exactly what it sounded like. Deep, powerful, and smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenzip Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 About 20 years ago I had the opportunity to be at a small airstrip where a P-51 was giving a demonstration. The sound of that engine with that monster prop (it looks oversized on a fighter) is very unique. I can still remember exactly what it sounded like. Deep, powerful, and smooth. Yah, we just had an airshow here in Lincoln, NE a few months ago. They had an F-16 and a P-51 flying formation around the field, and you could hear each one distinctly. I was off the end of the runway about 1/4 mile, and they came directly overhead in a climbing turn. Amazing. I hate to say it folks, but I don't think there's any sound system that can truly do justice to them. That 30mm cannon on the A-10 is an awesome weapon. My cousin worked out at Duncan Aviation for a while, and he'd call me about once a week and be gushing about this plane or that one that was on the ramp. I went out there after work quite a few times, and we'd walk out to look at this or that. There happened to be an A-10 on the line one time, and when I walked up to it, I was absolutely eye-to-eye with the cannon (I'm 6'-6.5"). That's a big hole. I can picture the design phase of the plane - "Hey, look at this cannon. Let's put wings on it!." The gold-plated logo on the seatbelt latches on the Coca-Cola Lear were cool too, but in a different way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-malotky Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 All Aviation nuts need to do a Pilgrimage to the EAA Airventure the last week in July at Oshkosh at some time in there life. Every year there are less and less warbirds. 20 years ago there would be 75 mustangs. Last year I would say there was 12. If you want to see warthogs in action, visit the hardwood range in central Wisconsin. It is a live ammunition range that is open to the pubic. Seeing a warthog come over the treetops, drop down and nail a tank is so very impressive. Those cannons fire un godly fast, sounds like a low pitch burp. The A10 needs those huge engines to keep the plane from stalling when they fire those cannons as the back pressure could actually stop the jet. JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenzip Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 If you want to see warthogs in action, visit the hardwood range in central Wisconsin. It is a live ammunition range that is open to the pubic. Seeing a warthog come over the treetops, drop down and nail a tank is so very impressive. Those cannons fire un godly fast, sounds like a low pitch burp. The A10 needs those huge engines to keep the plane from stalling when they fire those cannons as the back pressure could actually stop the jet. JM Does Puff the Magic Dragon ever stop by? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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