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Topic: We're having a Raptor Party here...
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 27681
From: Hampton Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 12-01-2006 03:49 PM
 
Since I came home at 3PM there's been nothing but Raptors (F-22)lying over.
 KOOL They ar doing circles over the Bay,one wing up one down,then peeling off and must be doing touch and Goes at the Base. All I know its KickA$$ to hear them and watch them have "fun".
Sam
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RancheroSandraGayle
Gearhead Posts: 313
From: Ft Bragg, NC USA
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 12-01-2006 06:14 PM
That has to be an awsome sight. Don't know if they do it in the States, but out here when I was sitting on the flightline waiting for my ride(at night), they would do afterburner takeoffs.
If you've never experienced one, it is quite simply the one of the coolest things to see, especcilly if you are no more than 150 yards from the flight line. First you hear the engines spool up, the whine changes into a howl, then a roar, then to something you feel more than hear. Pilots trip the brakes, and all you see is a long cone of fire, and it sounds like the sky is being ripped apart. 
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Dave Gibson
Moderator Posts: 10769
From: Norfolk, Virginia, USA M&M#166 MCA#47921
Registered: Aug 99
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posted 12-01-2006 06:27 PM
Your description sounds like an F-14 Tomcat getting ready for a catapult shot!!  Miss that sucker already.  Dave & Terri ------------------
'65 Mustang Fastback
'66 Mustang Coupe
'02 Explorer XLT
Common sense isn't common anymore.
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 27681
From: Hampton Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 12-02-2006 09:28 AM
afterburner takeoffs.
Yes they are impressive Living near Langley we get to see a little of everything.I can remember when Dad took us to watch the planes.
And I'm old enough to remember when Langley had Blimps..damn now thats old 
Sam
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68 Coop
Gearhead Posts: 5847
From: Mesquite, NV. 89027
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 12-02-2006 09:45 AM
Back in the 70's, I used to live right across from Nellis AFB, and they did a lot of afterburner take-off's. Everything in the mobile home would vibrate, and the windows shook so hard I thought they were going to shatter.
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Dave Gibson
Moderator Posts: 10769
From: Norfolk, Virginia, USA M&M#166 MCA#47921
Registered: Aug 99
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posted 12-02-2006 10:04 AM
Sam,
Check www.Pilotonline.com for a story about changing of the guard from the F-15 to the F-22. Good read and explains the air show that you got to watch.Dave & Terri ------------------
'65 Mustang Fastback
'66 Mustang Coupe
'02 Explorer XLT
Common sense isn't common anymore.
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 27681
From: Hampton Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 12-03-2006 07:03 AM
LOL..I really know whats going on outside my door huh Well from what I saw the F22 really handled well,none fell in the Bay
Sam
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stang68
Gearhead Posts: 579
From: Buckroe Beach ,Hampton,Va.
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 12-03-2006 08:53 AM
They were flying kinda low thought they changed there landing pattern again or they decided to make the break right at my front door..I seem to think when there is low vis they seem to change landing patterns...but still enjoy the sound
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beachbum
Gearhead Posts: 307
From: Florida
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 12-03-2006 12:28 PM
Man that must have been a kool thing to see. The F22 is the latest in aviation technology and can cruise at supersonic speeds.
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