They started yesterday and are practicing again today with the full show this weekend.
We're tied up about a mile from the end of the runway at the Naval Air Station, and the Key West airport is just on the other side, so we get quite a display. The other day the 747 that carries the shuttle came in and you could hear it ten minutes before you could see it- a weird high-pitched whine that kept getting louder and louder till it went right over us at 500 ft. On a normal day we get a dozen or so F18s doing their usual hotdog stuff. They are amazing machines.
Adding a customized fighter jet for Alice: it practices only on Sirius, though.
Adding a customized fighter jet for Alice: it practices only on Sirius, though.
Better you buzzed than me! I hate those things. Florida is too close. I wish they'd practice on Alpha Centauri.
ReplyDeleteI'm more impressed with quiet than I am with machinery -- I guess it's a girl thing.
wow! Let me get this clear - 747 was not carrying a Shuttle when you saw it?
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The picture is not of a fighter jet, it's a reconnaissance turboprop. It may be a K-9 Orion! It's certainly from Canis Major, though.
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ReplyDeleteNo, it's a dog fighter.
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