I know lots of Farkers like to make fun of Detroit, but I never expected the US Navy to mach the city like that.

I think I can see FLYNAVY in one of those fighters...

rar! Navy pilots + low altitude = win.

Also,



"Rally at the Bodega!"

Di Atribe: Yay fighter jet thread! Awesome.

Wake me up for the next redhead thread...

that's pretty cool

i wish i lived in that apartment building

/for one minute
//when the plane flew past
///then not lived there

I'm trying to think of a witty comment. It's just not coming to me. All I can say is, "COOOOL...."

/woah
//dude
///awesome

That pic gave me chills. Farkin-A badass!

I'm not a pilot but from that picture I doubt "I'm sure the pilot waved at me."

I imagine he was busy.

I saw 3 fighter jets fly VERY close to my building downtown Toronto this weekend - I assume it had to do with the Indy race going on...

It was very cool seeing them so close. They must have had a lot of cleared airspace because they dropped the hammer and circled directly through the island airport's landing and takeoff routes.

I came extremely close to going that career route when I was younger...so it brought back some good memories.

That's an awesome picture. The guy standing on his balcony just got his mind blown.

Reminds me of when the Blue Angels were performing by our house on the base once. They flew so close to our home that the whole joint rattled, and a window jarred loose, slammed shut and shattered. My parents did NOT believe me when they got home and I told them that the Blue Angels did it.

Oh man. I once had three F-16s fly right over my head, about 30 above me, and it was the LOUDEST thing I've ever heard. Like temporarily stunned for a few seconds loud. If that F-18 is as close to the building as it looks, it's easily able to break dishes and windows, and probably kill sensitive pets, like birds, with the sound alone. I wonder if those people were warned that the planes would be that close (I was not in the incident above).

TheGreatZarquon: My parents did NOT believe me when they got home and I told them that the Blue Angels did it.

Lemmee guess. All you wanted was a Pepsi and THEY WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO YOU!!!

LOL

"Your ego is writing rent cheques your body can't cash!"

tiefling:

I imagine he was busy.

I had a Blue Angel wave at me while I was on a moumtain top.
He was just above me 20 feet.
Upside down.

lajimi

I love how that photo needs a big circle around the plane.

Can't have anyone missing the giant blue fighter jet amongst all the sail boats....

Oblig:

I'm a military pilot who thinks he's cool, so I'm getting a kick, etc.

Wulfman: Oblig:

Heh, I had a trapper keeper with a pic just like that!

/feeling old

(Stealth) crazy-ass pilot trifecta in play?

DammitIForgotMyLogin: Obligatory

NSFW language, for very obvious reasons

I believe he wanted that plane to fark him.

vudukungfu: I had a Blue Angel wave at me while I was on a moumtain top.
He was just above me 20 feet.
Upside down.

It was one and a half meters, I've got a great Polaroid of it, and he's right there, must be one and a half.

jehovahs witness protection: FTA: He couldn't match the F15s for speed

Um...Editor anyone?

Yeah, I think most F15's are mothballed or in about a million pieces already, so they're not moving very fast anymore.

notmtwain: MAN, HE SCORCHED THAT ONE

You, sir, have the right stuff.



/hot like re-entry
//Got any Beeman's?

PsychoAU: Di Atribe: Yay fighter jet thread! Awesome.

Wake me up for the next redhead thread...

Why not do both?

15 years ago I was living on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Every so often, the local blood bank would call me in for my rare blood type, and I was on the way over to donate blood. It turned out to be the time the Blue Angels were practicing for the Hydro races and air show on Lake Washington.

I heard the rumbling first. I then looked up at the tallest building in the area. 15-20 stories and I was right in front of it. Suddenly, two of the jets flying below the roofline straight at the building broke off to either side. While I was jumping clean out of both my socks and shoes... I could see a figure in the uppermost floor-to-ceiling window dive for cover.

We go to the WPAFB July 4th event every year. This year they added something new: just as the parachutist with the flag landed, two F-16's snuck up from behind the crowd, low and loud. Fighter jets put a shiat-eating grin on my face.

I would reason that the jet is a minimum of 50 feet from that guy.

I would also reason that if not before, that guy is now completely deaf.

I saw some jets buzzing the city on my way out of town to go up north for the weekend. It was pretty awesome to see them that low. They should have dropped some bombs on the abandoned buildings in the city. Now that would be cool, and it would save the city on demolition costs.

clear_prop: Marshall Willenholly: Yeah, I think most F15's are mothballed or in about a million pieces already, so they're not moving very fast anymore.

You're thinking of the F-14, which has been retired. F-15s are still in service and being built for export.

Iran still flies F-14's.

We shredded most of ours, out of concern that Iran might get spare parts for their remaining 13 airworthy F-14's.

mrtron: I saw 3 fighter jets fly VERY close to my building downtown Toronto this weekend - I assume it had to do with the Indy race going on...

It was very cool seeing them so close. They must have had a lot of cleared airspace because they dropped the hammer and circled directly through the island airport's landing and takeoff routes.

I came extremely close to going that career route when I was younger...so it brought back some good memories.

I saw them too, but I was at the Beach, so no close up for me.

When I was a kid we used to go to the end of the runway at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque and watch the Phantoms and Eagles take off - full afterburner about 50' overhead. Wow.

Can't do that anymore.

Marshall Willenholly: Yeah, I think most F15's are mothballed or in about a million pieces already, so they're not moving very fast anymore.

Not even close. You're about 16 years too early to start making such pronouncements. Even after 2025, the Air Force still plans to have 178 F-15Cs (with new AESA radars) and 224 F-15Es in service.

That's not counting any decisions to assess some airframes for foreign sales, turning over to NASA for flight test modifications, repurposing as dedicated Air Guard interceptors, etc.

Marshall Willenholly: jehovahs witness protection: FTA: He couldn't match the F15s for speed

Um...Editor anyone?

Yeah, I think most F15's are mothballed or in about a million pieces already, so they're not moving very fast anymore.

Not quite. They're alive and relatively)well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-15#Future
And the F-22 which they're planning on replacing them with is on the chopping block...

That's an amazing photo. The wingspan of the jet is 40'5"... the three floors+ of the building in front of it are probably about 30'.

I think everyone within a mile radius of that plane had their bodies turned inside out from the sheer force of awesomeness of that plane. Not to mention the earth cracking open and clouds splitting down the middle. It probably caused a few tornadoes in it's wake too. And then everyone's inside out heads asplode ear drums first.