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Posted on 11/7/23 at 10:18 am to Spaceman Spiff
2009 GT vs. WF we had two Tech alums fly F-18’s over Bobby Dodd SO low they were grounded immediately afterwards, it was amazing!
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Posted on 11/7/23 at 8:07 pm to Wolfhound45
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Wolfhound45
You know, my cousin was a 22 year submariner.,, he called ME crazy for going on the roof BTW... I work on big planes now and I know none of them are perfect, but if that sumbich is flying m I ain't jumping out of it!!
Can you imagine the Germans during the invasion? Das schizen Tommies!!
Posted on 11/7/23 at 8:24 pm to five_fivesix
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carrier ops is square yards. Insane.
Salute.
Nah, the roof is 4 1/2 acres of sovereign U. S. territory, anywhere we decide to put her. Keep yer head on a swivel and you're usually OK. I've been blown around before. It hurt and scared the shite out of me while I was sliding down the flight deck. Bad part is I was very experienced and in a "safe" area when it happened. I finally caught a padeye and held on but I sure was glad when the EA6-B that was dusting me took the shot! I got up, finished final checking the Hornet we had on the cat, and went on about the rest of my night. Good Lord was watching out for GBJs that evening.
Salute returned Sir.
ETA... effin spell check!
This post was edited on 11/7/23 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 11/9/23 at 8:36 pm to GTnerd
holy shite they were low 
Posted on 11/10/23 at 7:05 am to five_fivesix
This has been one of the best threads on the OT.
Thank you guys for your service. All y'all are badass!!
Thank you guys for your service. All y'all are badass!!
Posted on 11/11/23 at 6:50 am to five_fivesix
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Best flyover or military aircraft experience
holy shite they were low
After the crossed the South end of the stadium they immediately banked hard right to avoid a building and then almost straight up into the sky. Neither one of those guys ever flew for the Navy again
Posted on 11/17/23 at 12:39 am to paperwasp
When I was a kid, I went to the Wings Over Houston airshow. They had a Harrier there. I was fascinated by the airplane. The Marine aviator was out with the aircraft talking to people that were looking at the plane. I talked to him for a while, and he kept asking me questions about the plane and I kept answered what I knew. Showed me the nozzles, gun pod, all kinds of stuff. When I said bye, he pulled the Velcro Harrier patch off his flight suit and gave it to me.
Now, he might’ve had a box of them behind the table and did that for every kid that walked up. But I thought it was the coolest thing that a real life fighter pilot gave me his patch. Still have it to this day. I’ve always been enamored by the plane.
Now, he might’ve had a box of them behind the table and did that for every kid that walked up. But I thought it was the coolest thing that a real life fighter pilot gave me his patch. Still have it to this day. I’ve always been enamored by the plane.
Posted on 11/17/23 at 7:52 am to elprez00
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he pulled the Velcro Harrier patch off his flight suit and gave it to me
Wow!
Posted on 11/19/23 at 8:47 am to paperwasp
I was aboard Eisenhower in 86 off Toulon France. We were doing an airpower demo for some French brass. First an S3 Viking ASW plane dropped a 300 yard line of smoke buoys some distance off the port side. Then 3 A-6s bombed up with 30 500# gpbs each laid a continuous stick along that line from 500 feet up. Magnificent wall of water snakes up, then down.
THEN in the middle of all the smoke and spray a submarine does an emergency surface! Applause from everyone on deck, and consternation on the bridge!
The last was not planned of course. I got the story later in Naples from a guy off that boat. The sub was operating indepently, and her skipper wanted some periscope shots for bragging rights at the O-Club. When the sonar operator called the buoys hitting the water he spun the scope, saw the smoke and the approaching bombers, and called a crash dive.
The guy said the shock blew every light bulb on the boat. They did an emergency surface, to unknowing applause.
THEN in the middle of all the smoke and spray a submarine does an emergency surface! Applause from everyone on deck, and consternation on the bridge!
The last was not planned of course. I got the story later in Naples from a guy off that boat. The sub was operating indepently, and her skipper wanted some periscope shots for bragging rights at the O-Club. When the sonar operator called the buoys hitting the water he spun the scope, saw the smoke and the approaching bombers, and called a crash dive.
The guy said the shock blew every light bulb on the boat. They did an emergency surface, to unknowing applause.
This post was edited on 11/19/23 at 9:11 am
Posted on 11/20/23 at 8:21 am to Drydock
All kidding aside, you guys have shared some amazing stories in this thread.
I had no idea that we had so many VIPs on this site.
I had no idea that we had so many VIPs on this site.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 2:52 am to Wtodd
I second that for the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds. I was working for BP during the clean up efforts post Macondo and we were inside Pensacola NAS checking the bay out and suddenly you could feel the ground shake and we looked up and it felt like I could raise my hand and touch those Blue Angels as they screamed by in Diamond formation. It will give you chills to your core.
It was that day that I felt the sheer force and strength of our military. If that doesn’t move you as an American, I don’t know what does.
It was that day that I felt the sheer force and strength of our military. If that doesn’t move you as an American, I don’t know what does.
Posted on 11/29/23 at 8:52 am to LSUTigers9458
Not a flyover story:
The first thing you have to know is how rag-tag Marine aviation - and rotary wing aviation, in particular - was in the 1980s and early 90s. Soundproofing missing. Panels didn't always line up. Hydraulic fluid leaking everywhere. The troop seats in the helo (I flew Ch-53Es) were half torn out. My troops while I was flight line officer were pushing parts out to the birds on the flight line in stolen shopping carts. They were also issued one set of work coveralls and when the zippers inevitably tore out or broke, they would keep them together with baby pins. No one not in the Marine Corps at the time believes me when I tell them these things, but we looked like the Confederate Air Force. The actual Confederate Air Force, not the airshow outfit that flies restored WWII planes.
So, anyway, we did a deployment to El Centro (the winter home of the Blue Angels). We do our fly-in and our enlisted guys start unloading the birds and setting up shop. One of the other pilots, Oz Irvine, and I look across the flight line and we can see the Angels crews working on the F-18s. They have guys with their boots off waxing or polishing the planes! Every one of their planes shined like a new penny. Ours, ummmmmmmm, didn't appear that nice. We turned back to our guys and we looked like the Clampetts go to war. I said to Oz, "If you want to know where we fit in the food chain of life, there you go."
The first thing you have to know is how rag-tag Marine aviation - and rotary wing aviation, in particular - was in the 1980s and early 90s. Soundproofing missing. Panels didn't always line up. Hydraulic fluid leaking everywhere. The troop seats in the helo (I flew Ch-53Es) were half torn out. My troops while I was flight line officer were pushing parts out to the birds on the flight line in stolen shopping carts. They were also issued one set of work coveralls and when the zippers inevitably tore out or broke, they would keep them together with baby pins. No one not in the Marine Corps at the time believes me when I tell them these things, but we looked like the Confederate Air Force. The actual Confederate Air Force, not the airshow outfit that flies restored WWII planes.
So, anyway, we did a deployment to El Centro (the winter home of the Blue Angels). We do our fly-in and our enlisted guys start unloading the birds and setting up shop. One of the other pilots, Oz Irvine, and I look across the flight line and we can see the Angels crews working on the F-18s. They have guys with their boots off waxing or polishing the planes! Every one of their planes shined like a new penny. Ours, ummmmmmmm, didn't appear that nice. We turned back to our guys and we looked like the Clampetts go to war. I said to Oz, "If you want to know where we fit in the food chain of life, there you go."
Posted on 11/29/23 at 11:28 am to SoFla Tideroller
Saw F-35s flyover at Iron Bowl.
Saw F-22 Raptor in south florida at an air show. Everyone was watching F16s/18s and the Raptor came late to scare the crowd from behind.
Saw F-22 Raptor in south florida at an air show. Everyone was watching F16s/18s and the Raptor came late to scare the crowd from behind.
Posted on 11/30/23 at 7:03 pm to paperwasp
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B-2 stealth bomber flyover
Years ago I was pheasant hunting in Kansas when one of these came right over us about 150 feet off the deck. We saw it coming but didn't hear a single sound until he was right on us. The noise and jetwash just about knock us all on our arse. To this day that's the scariest and most impressive thing I've ever seen in the air or on the ground.
Posted on 12/2/23 at 1:58 pm to I-59 Tiger
When you see the 7 second version I posted from YouTube, it looks almost like they were aiming for the new Ez and missed.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 11:19 pm to paperwasp
LSU @ Alabama football game in Tuscaloosa in 2005.
A B-1 bomber flew close to the stadium and those of us in the upper deck felt like we could have reached out and touched the jet. The power from the engines ran right through the body.
A B-1 bomber flew close to the stadium and those of us in the upper deck felt like we could have reached out and touched the jet. The power from the engines ran right through the body.
This post was edited on 12/12/23 at 11:20 pm
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