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Thursday, July 19, 2012
F-!5 Kadena AB
11 comments:
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Darrell said...
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Excellent, seen it before.
The local AFB had a heckuva airshow after Desert Storm. All the hot planes were there--B1B, A10, F117's first public view, etc. The Blue Angels were the headliners of the show. An F15 flew solo before the Angels, that had to be the most badass thing I've ever seen. The Blue Angels were something of an anticlimax after seeing the F15 put through its paces. -
7/19/12, 9:00 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Flying gets in your blood. And it stays!
Tim -
7/19/12, 9:05 PM
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TimO said...
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Excellent film. Back in the '70s when it first came out, I went to an airshow in Columbus OH where they did an F-15 demo. The pilot spooled it up, let loose the brakes and in about 5 lengths of the plane he was pulling the wheels off the ground and snapping them closed. By the time he hit the halfway point in the runway he turned straight up on afterburners and went out of sight. Phenomenal plane....
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7/19/12, 9:21 PM
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Wabano said...
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You will notice the power lever slamming...
These are not large piston engines where
you might cought up
a carburetor going up or crack a
jug slamming shut, you're just telling something to
the digital controls...fact, with big freighters in low traffic,
you have to pay the beer if you dare touch
the power levers again before landing!
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7/19/12, 10:51 PM
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Anonymous said...
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For the record, it has nothing to do with this topic, but I just got out of a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises. It was one of the best movies I have ever seen. And unlike some people who barely know who batman is, let alone his villains, Bane is not an allegory for Romney. Bane is the leader of an Occupy Wall Street like movement, shouting rhetoric about class warfare and having the citizens bring down harsh punishment on the upper class.
This is about the most anti occupy movie you could ever see. So the next time you hear the radio or some idiot in person tell you about this Bane crap, tune it out.
Archer. -
7/20/12, 6:35 AM
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BruHa said...
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Authorized Distributors of Mig Parts!
Love it, even though they are USAF Pukes!
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7/20/12, 12:54 PM
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BruHa said...
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Authorized Distributors of Mig Parts!
Love it, even though they are USAF Pukes!
:-D -
7/20/12, 12:54 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Just FYI, Most Russian fighter engines will not tolerate the rapid throttle movements seen on this video; which is normal for all USAF/USN/USMC strike fighters,since waay back days of 1950s and later....
(...couple of examples: Old MiG-17s & MiG-21s, had to be in 1G flight and wait for several seconds to get full afterburner. On the MiG-17, full A/B just turned fuel into loud noise and smoke..... =8^)
/s/
Gyrene fighter pilot 7500 hrs total w 1000 hrs in F-18 Hornet -
7/20/12, 2:38 PM
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Skoonj said...
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I was at Masroor Air Base in Pakistan (maybe 1979), when a flight of four Chinese-built MiG-19s landed. Instead of taxiing back to their spots, they all stopped at the end of the runway. I asked a PAF officer why they did that, and he told me the brakes on the MiG-19 are so fragile, they will almost certainly malfunction if they try to taxi back. So they are towed.
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7/20/12, 8:57 PM
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Anonymous said...
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I'm 47, the first time I saw this plane I was 10. Quite a lineage, especially seeing that I'm the last of the Phantom Phixers. Still at that altitude those "Rodans" wouldn't stand a chance against a half assed Tomcat or Stovepipe (F8) driver.
Phantoms Phorever - Anymouse -
7/20/12, 9:35 PM
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Skoonj said...
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That video was recorded at Kadena AB on Okinawa. I arrived there in April, 1971, on my way to Miyako Jima AS, about 165 miles SW. I looked at the runway, and not much was going on. But I looked at the far side, and there were a large bunch of F-102s, which were dismantled. The decision was made to destroy them in place rather than bring them back to the states. The wing had an air defense mission, and was waiting for their F-4s, which were about to arrive. I was a weapons controller then, directing interceptors at targets. Later, I saw SR-71s landing there.
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7/20/12, 10:12 PM
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