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09-24-2006, 02:39 PM
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#31 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | We just got another f-16 flyover, they had to buzz the game early because of bad weather so I didnt get to see them but very much heard them. It was so low my skull nearly rattled off. They came much lower than they usually do. USA! USA!
__________________ "I had ten rockets on board, and as I wasn't particularly fond of head-on attacks, I salvoed the whole lot at him. The rockets didn't hit him but but they must have scared the bejesus out of him, for he did a steep turn to starboard... I let him have the full blast, all eight fifty-calibers. I had never seen an aircraft completely disintegrate in the air the way this Me-110 did..."
Bill Dunn, 406th Fighter Group 
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09-24-2006, 05:23 PM
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#32 | | Member
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Country:  | Now that would be an interesting site to look at, an f16 - Mirage 2000 dogfight!
Picture taken from the Archangel Airshow last year, source unknown
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09-24-2006, 06:32 PM
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#33 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Amazing! Great shot!
__________________ "I had ten rockets on board, and as I wasn't particularly fond of head-on attacks, I salvoed the whole lot at him. The rockets didn't hit him but but they must have scared the bejesus out of him, for he did a steep turn to starboard... I let him have the full blast, all eight fifty-calibers. I had never seen an aircraft completely disintegrate in the air the way this Me-110 did..."
Bill Dunn, 406th Fighter Group
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10-01-2006, 08:20 AM
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#34 | | Member
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Country:  | My Grandparents lived in Yorkshire, so it was always interesting with the aircraft around there.
There used to be a live fire range out to sea a few miles from their house so A10's on firing dives where fairly common.
Air/Sea rescue Sea Kings, Harriers and once a BAE Lightning.
The three most memorable sightings were :-
whilst out on a drive through a wooded area 2 A10's flew right over the car at about 400ft - incredibly loud.
driving along a road on the North York Moors, 2 Tornados flew along the valley -- below road level
and finally when I was walking down the beach by my grandparents a Vulcan at about 200ft flew over my head - the damn thing crept up behind me, didn't hear it until it was right over head  | |
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10-01-2006, 09:53 AM
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| Yesterday eveneing, a P51 went screaming over my house.
Estimated speed was about 250 mph, altitude about 1000 ft.
Direction of travel was due south.
It sounded beautifull!!!!!!!
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10-01-2006, 12:33 PM
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| I've seen FiFi a bunch of times and each time have made it out to watch her fly out. One weekend a couple years ago I knew FiFi and Diamond Lil were coming in to a local airport, I knew roughly when they'd left and when they were supposed to arrive. I had been mowing the yard and came in for a while to kill some time. I heard something coming over, it was different than the DC-3's you see around here. I ran out and just as soon as I made it out the door I saw FiFi fly directly over my house. I was hollering and jumping up and down. It was great!!
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10-03-2006, 02:36 PM
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Country:  | i once had an apache a couple of hundred yards to my left as i was driving home from work his chain gun was following me for a few seconds then switched to the car behind me it was on the A19 north of dishforth nearly crashed cos i was watching to long | |
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10-03-2006, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by rochie  i once had an apache a couple of hundred yards to my left as i was driving home from work his chain gun was following me for a few seconds then switched to the car behind me it was on the A19 north of dishforth nearly crashed cos i was watching to long | 
__________________  We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft (Me-262), but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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10-07-2006, 08:17 AM
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Country: | Since I work near the Camarillo airport now, I see all kinds of stuff coming in and out. Yesterday, an Aero L-39 Albatross was burning tons of fuel. He must have come in to land at least 6 times! I was on my way out to lunch the other day when the CAF Hellcat was coming in on the short approach and went right over my head with the gear down and low.
Next weekend is the Miramar show, so I will likely see the CAF bird departing for Miramar late next week. I won't be hitting Miramar this year. I am going to Edwards for their big show in 3 weeks.
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10-07-2006, 06:30 PM
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Country: | Was out with a student yesterday and we encountered a T-6 and a Stearman, wish I had my camera...
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10-13-2006, 08:49 PM
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Country: | All i get are C-17's KC-10's and KC-135's but living so close to Mcguire AFB its normal but around airshow time the Blue Angels practice right over the house which is a great sight!
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10-14-2006, 04:21 AM
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In the mid 70's I was in and out of WillowGrove quite a bit. At that time they used to have about 6 Warbirds on static display near whatever the main road was that went by the base. I never got a chance to walk over to them but as I recall they had an ME-262, and either a 109 or 190 sitting there as well as some I just don't recall. Just wondering if they are still there, if so, I might want to take a ride since I now live in NJ..
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10-14-2006, 06:14 PM
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Country:  | I have seen a Mirrage III and a Cheetah flying and a Avro Shackleton. I have flown in a Ju-52 one year on a airshow that they held here at our local airport. Have seen a Puma Helicopter, Orex helicopter (upgraded Puma), a Aluette III and a Rooivalk Ground Support Helicopter.
Wish to see some Warbirds soon and see some airshows but they are to far from my town and I work 7 days a week 6 and a half hours a day so have very little time.
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10-15-2006, 12:42 PM
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Country:  | just get yourself down to see thunder city's lightenings and Bucc one day.............
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10-15-2006, 03:38 PM
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Country: | I just want to see some WW2 aircraft. Here they are pretty rare.
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