K4YZ wrote:
wrote:
K4YZ wrote:
From the Arizona Republic online:
Quote: A wake-up call from Luke's jets
With even more detail:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/wakeup.asp

73 de Jim, N2EY

"....that's not 'noise' - that's the sound of freedom...."

(originally heard at NAS Willow Grove during an air show)

Gotta give the guy who wrote the initial letter credit for being
"stand-up" and immeidately issuing an unconditional apology for
his comments.

Yup. He simply didn't know. Now he does.

Too bad some in this forum can't find the same strength of
character.

Yup!

I find the Snopes website to be invaluable when confronted with similar
stories. Some are demonstrated urban legends or even outright
fabrications, while others are shown to be even more impressive than
the original story indicates.

www.snopes.com

I wonder if they have anything on the Morse Code vs. text messaging
contest?

One thing I find somewhat amusing are those folks who buy houses near
airports, highways, etc., and then complain about the noise. It would
be different if the house were there first but in most cases the
opposite is true. Newer civilian aircraft are quieter than older models
of similar size, too.

--

I recall fondly a stunt I saw years ago at Moffett AFB in California
during a show there.

The AF Thunderbirds were the final act, and did a number of impressive
formations. Some were fast, some dramatic and others more technical
(they showed the pilots' skills and the aircraft capabilities more than
top speed or fancy maneuvering).

One of the latter was the slow diamond roll formation. Four F-16s in
diamond formation came over the runway low and slow, (airspeed less
than 200) and the entire formation did a slow roll. The announcer
explained the move and what to watch for as they did it. Crowd watched
like a bunch of kittens following a bird, following the formation from
left to right over the runway.

What the announcer didn't point out to the crowd was that the Tbirds
had *five* planes in the air. As the diamond formation finished their
roll and the spectators were almost all looking to the right, the fifth
plane came over the crowd from the right, at just under supersonic
speed. Hilarity ensued.

A few of us knew to "always watch your six" and saw it coming. But we
didn't spoil the fun.

I dunno if anybody does that move anymore but it sure was cool.

73 de Jim, N2EY