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| Originally Posted by Surfin Bird Sick! I wish I had those kind of birds around my house! |
It sometimes gets old pretty fast. If it weren't for TiVo I'd miss a fair amount of dialog on TV. It's even better when they practice hi-performance takeoffs at 0100 hours ( F-16 afterburners are rather loud! ) Then again I can watch air shows from my backyard too. I wish I had my current camera last year when the T-Birds were flying.
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| Originally Posted by SgtScot Nice shots.
This reminds me of childhood, growing up just outside the AFB where the B-52's (I think) were headquartered. Heard them revving up every day. Around the same time we heard sonic booms almost every day - different plane. |
I'm less than 2 miles south of Hill AFB and I think they have a policy against supersonic flight directly around the base and under a couple thousand feet. I've heard a few boom, but it was only when Falcons were flying pretty high overhead. It gets real interesting when they take off literally right on top of you.
I can't figure how to show a Google map here, just search for "Hill AFB" and look at the SE corner of it. Look right where the runway starts/stops! I take that road, and the turn right at the end of the runway, rather often. I had a jet go right over the top of me ( couldn't have been more than a couple hundred feet high, ) and I thought someone had slammed into the back of my car before I realized what it was.
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| Originally Posted by SgtScot That plane looks well armed. Target training nearby? |
The West Desert target range more than likely. It's right by the Great Salt Lake.