Well, Thats Something You Don't See Every Day (with Photos)
depending on the wind direction I can usually hear the fighters departing Davis Monthan as they head over towards the MOA for their daily fun and games
After awhile you can distinguish between F16's, F35's, A10's, HC-130J's and about once a month an E4-B and a few other miscellaneous aircraft - helo's 'n stuff
Today I'm outside and I hear a different sort of departure and look up and coming at me in the distance is a B1B with wings all the way forward - as it flew overhead and eastward, he lit the burners and the wings swept aft
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June 08, 2020, 01:10 PM
cgode
It didn’t happen without pictures!
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June 08, 2020, 01:10 PM
Perception
That's awesome. Those are one of my top 3 favorites, along with the SR-71 and A-10. I've never gotten to see one light up the burners like that though.
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June 08, 2020, 01:13 PM
phxtoad
DM back in the 80's was amazing. Everything that had wings seemed to stop and re-fuel. Prior to '91 I even saw the 747 with the Space Shuttle piggy back take off from there.
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June 08, 2020, 01:18 PM
YooperSigs
The Bone has a great burner takeoff, too. Kerosene well spent!
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June 08, 2020, 01:42 PM
flashguy
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Originally posted by Perception: That's awesome. Those are one of my top 3 favorites, along with the SR-71 and A-10. I've never gotten to see one light up the burners like that though.
Like what? There are no pictures in this thread yet.
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June 08, 2020, 02:05 PM
sigcrazy7
While I'd love to have seen the Lancer in flight, isn't...
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Well, Thats Something You Don't See Every Day
about the same as saying >>Click Here<< to find out what is inside the thread?
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June 08, 2020, 02:12 PM
Slippery Pete
That's a good day right there. One of my favorites. Saw a couple at airshows growing up. It's so cool.
I had a model of one as a kid, after doing an F4 and F16 and the Mighty MO with my old man. We started on that B1B but man it was complicated and never finished it. Hard to find model now but I'd always like to get it done. It was massive. Like 3 feet long .
I was at the Cleveland airshow back in the 90s and the B1 did a low and slow out over the field. As it turned to climb out it lit the burners on those four glorious GE F-101s and every damn car alarm in the lot went off. Every. Damn. One. It was awe-inspiring.
June 08, 2020, 02:34 PM
Warhorse
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Originally posted by Rev. A. J. Forsyth: I was at the Cleveland airshow back in the 90s and the B1 did a low and slow out over the field. As it turned to climb out it lit the burners on those four glorious GE F-101s and every damn car alarm in the lot went off. Every. Damn. One. It was awe-inspiring.
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June 08, 2020, 02:35 PM
Andyb
A B1 in full burner sounds like a rocket launch. Even the crackle
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June 08, 2020, 02:42 PM
slosig
Somebody says B1 and the first image that comes to mind is that shot of a Bone low over a lake, in full burner, with an awesome rooster tail of water kicked up behind it.
June 08, 2020, 02:54 PM
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June 08, 2020, 02:55 PM
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June 08, 2020, 03:20 PM
Jimbo54
I saw this B1 leave an Airshow at Fairchild AFB in 2010 and he hit afterburner in the process. Impressive is an understatement. The only thing to rival that was an SR71 leaving a couple of years later in afterburner. Both rattled my teeth.
Jim
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June 08, 2020, 03:42 PM
Slippery Pete
quote:
Originally posted by Rev. A. J. Forsyth: I was at the Cleveland airshow back in the 90s and the B1 did a low and slow out over the field. As it turned to climb out it lit the burners on those four glorious GE F-101s and every damn car alarm in the lot went off. Every. Damn. One. It was awe-inspiring.
I was probably in attendance there as well. Put many miles in traveling to Dayton, Cleveland, Osh Kosh, etc. All the shows within driving distance of Chicago. I only remember a couple B1B appearances and I bet this was one of them.
I recall the F14 flying a couple times too in Ohio just can't recall exactly which shows. That was a more rare one to see also.
When I was going to UofA, the AZ ANG still flew F4s. The campus was on final for D-M. I’ll bet I’ve posted this before, those are the loudest MFers I’ve ever heard; everything stopped while they passed overhead. The sound of...freedom.
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June 08, 2020, 04:18 PM
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June 08, 2020, 04:20 PM
LS1 GTO
Nice!!
On the USS Ranger and on the way to Desert Storm, had one line up and do a simulated landing. That was way cool!
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June 08, 2020, 04:38 PM
calugo
I saw my first B1B while driving near Dyess AFB last December on my way home from Tucson. Cool looking aircraft.
