Since when are the Blue Angels part of the RAF?

already happened....or has it yet?

rocinante721: Since when are the Blue Angels part of the RAF?

Its in a British newspaper? I think Subby needs to do a little fact checking.

Top hole. Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's your father. Hairy blighter, dicky-birdied, feathered back on his Sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the Bertie.

RAF....right.....

I'm surprised people didn't freak out thinking a plane was being flown into the bridge. We're a bit sensitive these days about planes looking like they're heading right toward a building/landmark.

WorldCitizen: RAF....right.....

I'm surprised people didn't freak out thinking a plane was being flown into the bridge. We're a bit sensitive these days about planes looking like they're heading right toward a building/landmark.

The Blue Angels and Thunderbirds do that type of thing all the time. They weave in and out of skylines, around monuments, around mountains, etc. I mean really, the planes are painted bright blue and they only show up at air shows, so you've got to figure everybody knows that it's cool.

I think a Farker took that picture (and many more.)

Here's the greenlit link.

Here's the link to many more shots.

Shouldn't take away from this link being greened, though, IMHO.

Fleet Week in San Francisco... boy, I miss my Red & White days.

/deck hand
//many moons ago

Kyosuke: I think a Farker took that picture (and many more.)

Here's the greenlit link.

Here's the link to many more shots.

Shouldn't take away from this link being greened, though, IMHO.

I think you're right...

Wouldn't it be a BAD thing to eject while under the bridge? They would have to scrape you off the bottom of the bridge with a putty knife.

/Neat pic though.

rocinante721: Since when are the Blue Angels part of the RAF?

Yet again, allow me to reiterate the iteration of the good and right rocinante721:
ITS THE BLUE ANGLES YOU IDIOT.
That is either a US Marine or a USN pilot in an American F-18, part of the internationally known flying team, The Blue Angles.
Holy Crap Subby could you possibly fail any worse?
It states it in TA!
Maybe reading isn't one of your stronger points. (Or thinking)
Brush your rotting teeth and get out of the pub long enough to sober up before posting a link!

PSA
Original headline in case it gets changed:
RAF declares war on Golden Gate bridge (w/ pic that will have you hitting 'Eject')

Dear TFers.
Please note the Vote thingie.
Please use it.
Thanks.

strangeguitar: Top hole. Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's your father. Hairy blighter, dicky-birdied, feathered back on his Sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harper's and caught his can in the Bertie.

I'm sorry, but I don't understand your banter.

It's USN, not RAF. And he's flying down a path that is plenty wide between all the boats. And that altitude is not terribly dangerous for a trained fighter pilot. They do lots of things more dangerous than what is shown in TFA.

bitteroldman: ITS THE BLUE ANGLES YOU IDIOT.

uh....thats Angels. but keep yelling you bitter old man.

/not smitty

1) As has been duly noted, the Blue Angels are the demonstration squadron of the United States Navy, not the British Royal Air Force. I suspect they'd rather object to the confusion.

2) The picture shows a deliberately planned stunt, not an almost-crash. The plane didn't "almost hit" anything.

This would be the RAF in a famous old plane (NSFW language).

queezyweezel: bitteroldman: ITS THE BLUE ANGLES YOU IDIOT.

uh....thats Angels. but keep yelling you bitter old man.

/not smitty

OOOOo. Sorry for the typo.
You really got me there.
Proves I was completely wrong.
Guess it was the impotent RAF after all.
Sorry, you self-righteous spelling Nazi. I promise to never make a sppelling error again.

bitteroldman: OOOOo. Sorry for the typo.
You should be

You really got me there.
Sure did

Proves I was completely wrong.
Well, you were. It's ok though. I saw the Blue Angles perform at a carpentry expo once. They were exceptional.

Guess it was the impotent RAF after all.
No, it was the Blue Angels

Sorry, you self-righteous spelling Nazi. I promise to never make a sppelling error again.
Apology accepted. ;-)

Since when are the Blue Angles part of the..oh, wait..it's been said.

/back to bed

Submitter:

Fleet Week in San Francisco. Happens every year. Nothing to see. Move along.

Back a while before 9/11, my girlfriend worked in SF in the financial district. She had a window cubicle and she would tell me about seeing the Blue Angels flying by her window during fleet week, where they'd fly close enough so you could see the pilots' faces. They used to do some pretty balsy stuff back then.

My God submitter had an epic fail.

What I want to know, is if BZ allowed the SUN to use his shot, or if they just lifted it.

queezyweezel: I saw the Blue Angles perform at a carpentry expo once. They were exceptional.

Were you complimentary?

RAF? How about the FAIL, subby?

Maverick, you just did an incredibly brave thing. What you should have done was land your plane! you don't own that plane, the tax payers do! Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash. You've been busted, you lost your qualifications as section leader three times, put in hack twice by me, with a history of high speed passes over five air control towers, and one admiral's daughter!

/has anyone pointed out that's a Blue Angel F-18 and not the RAF?

queezyweezel 2007-12-14 02:33:29 AM
Wow. You are soo cool. Never having made a mistake. Never a spelling error. Never an inversion of letters.
Never having your fingers faster than your spell-check.
You must be Jesus or Buda or something.
So do you sacrifice virgins to yourself?
Hmm, that would be like self sacrifice in your mom's basement involving mirrors and Kleenex and little tiny cuts on your arms.
Wow. You are so cool (to your self).
Do you bottle your own urine and sell it on eBay?
How can I follow you? How can I praise you.
Do you have meetings that I can attend?

RocketRod: Fleet Week in San Francisco... boy, I miss my Red & White days.

/deck hand
//many moons ago

Yeah... and we all know what Sailors like to do in port in San Francisco...


//Gay sex..

U.S. Navy, subtard.

rezin8: Kyosuke: I think a Farker took that picture (and many more.)

Here's the greenlit link.

Here's the link to many more shots.

Shouldn't take away from this link being greened, though, IMHO.

I think you're right...

Yep, I specifically remember seeing a link with the "Cool" tag because it made me realize I haven't gone to an air show with my dad in a while.

slobarnuts: My God submitter had an epic fail.

Agreed.

blue angels != RAF kthxbye

bitteroldman: queezyweezel 2007-12-14 02:33:29 AM
Wow. You are soo cool. Never having made a mistake. Never a spelling error. Never an inversion of letters.
Never having your fingers faster than your spell-check.
You must be Jesus or Buda or something.
So do you sacrifice virgins to yourself?
Hmm, that would be like self sacrifice in your mom's basement involving mirrors and Kleenex and little tiny cuts on your arms.
Wow. You are so cool (to your self).
Do you bottle your own urine and sell it on eBay?
How can I follow you? How can I praise you.
Do you have meetings that I can attend?

Okay, I got a giggle out of that one.

Thanks for circling the plane in the picture Sun. I never would have seen it!

-7 so far, submittard.

most epic phail EVAR oh yes

RAF? You dongle. Blue Angels are Yanks (damn good too).

Everyone knows the RAF team's Snowbirds. Duh.

nativefloridian:
queezyweezel: I saw the Blue Angles perform at a carpentry expo once. They were exceptional.

Were you complimentary?

He was, but they acted rather obtuse.

lol picture 2 clearly shows "US NAVY" on the side of the jet.

Here's the video in a new window.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7rAUu8djZ4 (new window)

This pic applies to subby:

Oh man.. That is a cool pic, but the subby has failed.

Do the RAF even fly F-18s? I'd hope they at least have a flight demonstration team but I dunno..

AaaPha: RAF? You dongle. Blue Angels are Yanks (damn good too).

Everyone knows the RAF team's Snowbirds. Duh.

I thought the Snowbirds were Canadian, and the Red Arrows were the RAF.

I remember when I was a wee child I was playing baseball behind the Rochester, NY JCC and there was a fighter plane that buzzed us. It probably was 100 feet above the ground. It was one of the coolest things I ever saw until I met Pam in high school.

Ah yes... Fleet Week in San Francisco... The biggest Cluster Fark for the U.S Coast Guard all year... I was Assistant Search and Rescue Coordinator for San Francisco Bay and am now just a Auxiliary Public Affairs Officer. Yup, it's our boats that the Blue Angels use to fly over and mark the center point of the flight show. Nice pictures captured, and Smitty is pretty dumb to confuse the RAF and the U.S. Navy.

All dicking around aside, the Red Arrows are pretty damn good too, only use the most basic little jet, the BAE Hawk, (Hawker Siddeley Hawk as was), could be wrong but last I heard the things were completely bereft of computer systems, it's all the pilots' skill. Mad stuff.

ComicBookGuy: I thought the Snowbirds were Canadian, and the Red Arrows were the RAF.

Hehehe, yeah, I'm aware of that.

I submitted this with a better headline:
The coolest pictures of San Francisco Fleet Week Airshow you'll see all...er week.
SUBBY

and please don't tell me 40below is subby okthxbai

agree that subby FAILED
The original post that Kyosuke referred to was the balls. I was lurking through that thread and very impressed w/ the pix
\n00b
\\likes plane pix