Dig it! So I pull into my driveway and look up...
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nuke_diver
Riding Solo
They used to fly over us all the time when it was Fleet week and they based out of Moffat but even though they've been back I never see them anymore so I guess they are based someplace else now.
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Hanglow
Not Phil
That's cool, I've seen the red arrows a few times and they are always good fun
Best unexpected flyover I ever saw was the day after burying my grandad, I was heading back home and at Exeter airport a Lancaster and two spitfires did a low level flyby of the airport, it was completely unexpected and totally majestic. Also very fitting for someone of his generation
Best unexpected flyover I ever saw was the day after burying my grandad, I was heading back home and at Exeter airport a Lancaster and two spitfires did a low level flyby of the airport, it was completely unexpected and totally majestic. Also very fitting for someone of his generation
Tig
Fucktangular
Wings Over Houston is the air show and nearby Ellington Air Field is the former WWII through Vietnam air base.
I later saw a P-40 on final right over our heads. It is only the second time I've seen one flying.
Packerbacker
Grandpa Whine
Awesome. I've never gotten to see anything like this live. I live nowhere near an air base
Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
I enjoyed them when I was a young boy. Haven't seen them for years
Coralkong
Alien
The Blue Angels were in Portsmouth, NH for an airshow a couple of years ago.
It was the day before the show and I was working at a large Credit Union in the area.
The whole building started shaking (like an earthquake), and everyone ran to the windows.
They were "practicing" and lining up their landmarks for the turns the next day and flying very low.
It was AWESOME!
I was wrapping up and left in my car and was getting on the highway. One of the Blue Angels tore across the sky, barely above treetop level right in front of me. One of those "you see him before you even hear him" runs. I almost drove off the exit ramp. But it was cool as shit. He was so low I could clearly read the # on his tail. Well, for the 2 or 3 seconds I saw him.
The Blue Angels are fucking bad-ass for sure.
It was the day before the show and I was working at a large Credit Union in the area.
The whole building started shaking (like an earthquake), and everyone ran to the windows.
They were "practicing" and lining up their landmarks for the turns the next day and flying very low.
It was AWESOME!
I was wrapping up and left in my car and was getting on the highway. One of the Blue Angels tore across the sky, barely above treetop level right in front of me. One of those "you see him before you even hear him" runs. I almost drove off the exit ramp. But it was cool as shit. He was so low I could clearly read the # on his tail. Well, for the 2 or 3 seconds I saw him.
The Blue Angels are fucking bad-ass for sure.
Jbird
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Battle Creek has an air show every 4th of July. Kelloggs pays to have the Thunderbirds come every year, and you know how in demand the Thunderbirds probably are on the 4th of July. It's gotta cost the Kellogg corp. a ton of money.
The Blue Angels used to show up too every so often, but they haven't been here in almost 20 years.
The Blue Angels used to show up too every so often, but they haven't been here in almost 20 years.
wagdog
Ack
The sr71 was one of my favorite planes. The concentric fire rings spitting out the engines was just too cool. Also love the f4 phantom - it's like the 58 Chevy of fighter planes.
parrotheada1a
Resident Pitmaster
Back a couple of years ago I saw one hell of an unexpected flyover. The Collings foundation was scheduled to give rides in their B17 out of the Lawrence MA airport. Giving was a very loose interpretation however. You could take a walkthrough for 30 bucks a head, and take all the pics you wanted. Hell, you could even sit in the front seats for 10 bucks more if you wanted a crewman to snap your pic. A 30 minute flight, started at 500 bones, and they needed a full plane before they would even start the engines. They figured you experienced about 15 minutes of actual flying. Anyhow, unbeknownst to me, these guys were flying their bird into the area sometime on a Friday afternoon. A group of us were outside he shop towards the end of lunchtime, when someone pointed up and said "What the hell is that? Whatever it is it's big and flying real low." It got closer, and a lot louder by the second. About 25 seconds later, it came over. Man what a sight. Over half of our shop standing there with their jaws on the ground. I found out later on that one of our guys had photographed the whole thing from a park down the street. Pretty much the same view except they didn't fly over him.
tompetty
Sporting a hammer...
I like air shows..
For years I was involved at organizing things for The Shearwater International Air Show...
Ain't nothing like having a B52 passing over your head as low as it can go...
Most of the pilots and crew would stay the night and party in what was known as a flight suit party...
Next day at work we would all go up to the hill and watch them all taking off...They always did a fly pass for us..
My fav was the stealth bomber.....Amazing...
For years I was involved at organizing things for The Shearwater International Air Show...
Ain't nothing like having a B52 passing over your head as low as it can go...
Most of the pilots and crew would stay the night and party in what was known as a flight suit party...
Next day at work we would all go up to the hill and watch them all taking off...They always did a fly pass for us..
My fav was the stealth bomber.....Amazing...