Air Shows

[Moe Ron]

This is going on quite literally in my back yard. I’ve been an aircraft mechanic for over 40 years. I’ve worked on everything from Cessna 150s to commercial airliners and now in manufacturing of Gen. 5 military aircraft. Sadly I’m pretty cynical and jaded about airplanes. It takes a lot to impress me. However. The F22. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. I just watched that thing doing things fixed wing aircraft are not supposed to be able to do. Hovering vertically nose up. Flying forward at an almost vertical angle of attack. Flat spins. On and on and on. Absolutely insane. Then a formation of a P51, A10 and I believe an F35. Could have been the F22. Hard to tell the two apart at altitude. They flew right over my house.
America. Hell yes.https://www.allianceairshow.com/performers-and-attractions

 

[army_eod]

F22 is impressive. And old by standards. Never saw the 35. Hell. I like the F4 and A4 the Blues flew.

 

[Moe Ron]

Watching the F-22 will make the hairs stand up on your neck.

Maybe your legs if you are into that stuff.

Is there a Biden joke in there somewhere?

 

[Rthur]

Used to have one local with the Blue Angels.
Miss it.
We aren't that far north of St Louis.
See some traffic/fighters come up on occasion.

R

 

[BytorJr]

This is going on quite literally in my back yard. I’ve been an aircraft mechanic for over 40 years. I’ve worked on everything from Cessna 150s to commercial airliners and now in manufacturing of Gen. 5 military aircraft. Sadly I’m pretty cynical and jaded about airplanes. It takes a lot to impress me. However. The F22. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. I just watched that thing doing things fixed wing aircraft are not supposed to be able to do. Hovering vertically nose up. Flying forward at an almost vertical angle of attack. Flat spins. On and on and on. Absolutely insane. Then a formation of a P51, A10 and I believe an F35. Could have been the F22. Hard to tell the two apart at altitude. They flew right over my house.
America. Hell yes.https://www.allianceairshow.com/performers-and-attractions

Ahh, I watched many a practice session for the Paris air show out at "Carswell." Never with an F-22 though, that was too long ago and it was usually a Blue Angels show, not a Thunderbirds. Nothing like hearing the howl of an F-18's engine from a Blue Angel before you get the jet blast from a plane < 200 feet overhead. I also remember when I went to the Spirit of Texas christening and had to hear Ann Richards - she HAD to have been drunk off her ass since she slurring her speech like Sylvester the Cat.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Ahh, I watched many a practice session for the Paris air show out at "Carswell." Never with an F-22 though, that was too long ago and it was usually a Blue Angels show, not a Thunderbirds. Nothing like hearing the howl of an F-18's engine from a Blue Angel before you get the jet blast from a plane < 200 feet overhead. I also remember when I went to the Spirit of Texas christening and had to hear Ann Richards - she HAD to have been drunk off her ass since she slurring her speech like Sylvester the Cat.

Ann Richards was Always drunk off her ass...

Sirhr

 

[Huskydriver]

The F-22 is unreal to watch for sure

 

[pmclaine]

Went to middle school with this guy....

Performers and Attractions | Fort Worth Alliance Airshow.

Never knew he was a pilot. Guessing with his skills he started young.

Local AFB used to have an air show. Perhaps where MG developed a love for flight watching those high performance aircraft.....anyway local libs killed it - too noisy, what if one of them crashes?, it makes kids like the military.

Sucks, I miss the shows.

 

[Moe Ron]

The Angels and the F18. Awesome. They’ve ripped up the sky over my house in years past. Maybe the T- Birds will upgrade to the F35
Don’t know how you compete in air combat with an F22 and an F35 in the sky together.

 

[Moe Ron]

The F-22 is unreal to watch for sure

F15 Another goodie. Set several time to climb records in 1975

 

[Snuby642]

Over the top of my house all damn day.

After working f4 c&d, t33, f15 a&b, f111 fb, f16 all modles, f22 ship 1 and on and F35 ship 1 and on I'm done with that shit.

Especially since the factory filled up with inept liberal scum.

 

[Mudburner]

When the Army gave me UH-60A 83-23878 to take care of, I thought I was shittin' in tall cotton. Even gave me not one, but TWO M-60D machineguns for it! I used to carry em on my Korean freight bicycle.

But when I bought a flying lawn chair with a snowmobile engine, I knew I had arrived.

 

[Snuby642]

Oh and the cute air shows have nothing to do with what the aircraft can do when at work not play.

 

[Moe Ron]

Sounds like I got some neighbors here.

 

[Snuby642]

Do any of you know what a zero defect aircraft delivered for first flight looks like?

Correct answer would be,

Not anymore.

 

[Moe Ron]

Do any of you know what a zero defect aircraft delivered for first flight looks like?

Correct answer would be,

Not anymore.

That’s why they have ejection seats

 

[Moe Ron]

You ever hit up Triple C out in Cresson? Outstand range, lots of steel out to 2000yrds

Never been. Still working my way out to 100yds.

 

[Snuby642]

That’s why they have ejection seats

A zero defect aircraft also has zero defect egress systems.

I still can't belive they put widow makers in the 35.

 

[Yerman]

@Snuby642 @pfl338 @Moe Ron

Lots of my new neighbors on here. Just moved in less than a week ago and they have been buzzing my house all day.

I’ll be happy to meet any of you guys at Triple Cs as soon as I get my reloading room setup and make some ammo.

 

[Snuby642]

So you came to work at Lockheed Martin.

Did you move into a house by the water park?

 

[missed]

We were trying to get up there for it, I am on nights so kinda screwed right now for that. The little boy had a blast up there last year! The F22 was our favorite also.

 

[Kir]

In the mid sixties, my five year old daughter were just driving around and wandered into Stead AFB, northwest of Reno. Didn't realize it at first, but the Reno Air Races were going on. I drove right thru a gate which was an entrance to the flight line. Then I realized I wasn't supposed to be there, so I drove out and parked next to the gate and we walked back in onto the flight line. My daughter sat on one of my knees when I knelt down on the other. We watched several flybys and a race or two when I saw everyone on the flight line wearing ribbons that allowed them onto the flight line. Getting a little tired I thought we had enough so we left. It was a great show and we saw it for free.
Many years later, I was at a tennis court in North Sparks when a large black jet roared over me and skidding around 180 degrees then took off in a blast and a roar from it's mighty engines. I wasn't 100% sure, but when I went home I called the tower at the Reno International Airport and asked them if what I had seen was an SR-71 Blackbird. They told me it was.
When my youngest son was born, I started decorating his room just like I would have wanted it if I was a kid. It has large framed pictures of the SR-71 and on the shelves of his hutch there are different size models of the Blackbird and several books too.
The Blackbird still holds many speed and altitude records for a jet of its type.