F-16 Low Flyby

[sciwizam]

Originally posted by: Pegun

Originally posted by: Paladin3

The only flyby I ever saw better than that was the SR-71 Blackbird passing over when I was a kid of about 15. I was standing outside our home in, also in Palmdale, Ca, and didn't see or here anything until the aircraft came directly over the top of our house like a dark cloud. It was so low I hadn't even seen it coming and it appeared to be dragging it's tail low with the nose up. When the roar of the engines finally hit me I almost crapped my pants. My father worked for Lockheed at the Kelly Johnson Research Center back then and I have had a thing for the SR-71 ever since.

Me too.

Found an old school documentary of SR-71.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

 

[dakels]

Originally posted by: sciwizam

Originally posted by: Pegun

Originally posted by: Paladin3

The only flyby I ever saw better than that was the SR-71 Blackbird passing over when I was a kid of about 15. I was standing outside our home in, also in Palmdale, Ca, and didn't see or here anything until the aircraft came directly over the top of our house like a dark cloud. It was so low I hadn't even seen it coming and it appeared to be dragging it's tail low with the nose up. When the roar of the engines finally hit me I almost crapped my pants. My father worked for Lockheed at the Kelly Johnson Research Center back then and I have had a thing for the SR-71 ever since.

Me too.

Found an old school documentary of SR-71.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

My favorite plane of all time. I've only seen it stuffed and mounted on the Intrepid carrier in NYC. I wish I could have seen her where she belonged.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: dakels

Originally posted by: sciwizam

Originally posted by: Pegun

Originally posted by: Paladin3

The only flyby I ever saw better than that was the SR-71 Blackbird passing over when I was a kid of about 15. I was standing outside our home in, also in Palmdale, Ca, and didn't see or here anything until the aircraft came directly over the top of our house like a dark cloud. It was so low I hadn't even seen it coming and it appeared to be dragging it's tail low with the nose up. When the roar of the engines finally hit me I almost crapped my pants. My father worked for Lockheed at the Kelly Johnson Research Center back then and I have had a thing for the SR-71 ever since.

Me too.

Found an old school documentary of SR-71.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

My favorite plane of all time. I've only seen it stuffed and mounted on the Intrepid carrier in NYC. I wish I could have seen her where she belonged.

Actually the plane on the Intrepid isn't an SR-71, it's an A-12. It's closely related but there are some key differences.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: Pocatello

Originally posted by: sciwizam
Link

Gloss over the techno bit.

:Q @ 1:30

From the militaryphotos.net forums, it's a Dutch's F-16. Imagine if an USAF pilot doing something like that, he'll be in hot water. Flying low for combat training is one thing, entertaining the people on the ground is best left to the Blue Angels.

couple years ago they were here for nascar. pretty much stopped traffic on I-10 eastbound doing practice maneuvers over us. i could never get a good shot of them, but they were barreling right over us. was very cool