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March 10, 2020, 03:00 PM
Otto Pilot
I love the BUFF, but there is something distinctly unnatural about it being in level flight with its ass in the air like that. LOL
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March 10, 2020, 03:00 PM
Yellow Jacket
Wow! That's pretty low.
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March 10, 2020, 03:01 PM
1967Goat
Neat!
March 10, 2020, 03:07 PM
sigmonkey
quote:
Originally posted by Otto Pilot: I love the BUFF, but there is something distinctly unnatural about it being in level flight with its ass in the air like that. LOL
It's so it can fly faster, since it's going downhill the whole time...
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March 10, 2020, 03:32 PM
TigerDore
quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey: It's so it can fly faster, since it's going downhill the whole time...
I hope the brakes were in good shape.
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March 10, 2020, 03:37 PM
YooperSigs
Great photos. Watch a B-52 take off. No "rotation" just flotation.
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March 10, 2020, 03:55 PM
pedropcola
That looks photoshopped. Overcast day, throwing shadow directly beneath aircraft. Good story fake photo is my bet. Not to mention the whole “we don’t have you” nonsense. So a CBG can’t find a 70 year old buff inbound?
March 10, 2020, 03:56 PM
Dwill104
Hopefully the carrier had it on their radar. If their radar couldn’t pick up a BUFF, they wouldn’t be able to pick up a sea skimming anti-ship missile.
March 10, 2020, 04:00 PM
drill sgt
How many of you remember the window decal sticker that (from about a full car length away) looked like the peace symbol of the hyppie 60"s. but at closer distance you could see the profile of a B-52 bomber from above looked down= you could see the shape of the engine pods . and around the bottom of the decal the words--- "Death From Above"..and or "Peace The Oldfashion Way"........ ...............drill sgt.This message has been edited. Last edited by: drill sgt,
March 10, 2020, 04:10 PM
PeteF
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Originally posted by pedropcola: That looks photoshopped. Overcast day, throwing shadow directly beneath aircraft. Good story fake photo is my bet. Not to mention the whole “we don’t have you” nonsense. So a CBG can’t find a 70 year old buff inbound?
Look at the crewmen in the first picture. They are all looking at the plane. If someone photoshopped that, they did a damn good job.
March 10, 2020, 04:17 PM
gearhounds
quote:
Originally posted by PeteF:
quote:
Originally posted by pedropcola: That looks photoshopped. Overcast day, throwing shadow directly beneath aircraft. Good story fake photo is my bet. Not to mention the whole “we don’t have you” nonsense. So a CBG can’t find a 70 year old buff inbound?
Look at the crewmen in the first picture. They are all looking at the plane. If someone photoshopped that, they did a damn good job.
A little research shows that Buff crews did in fact train for this, so it’s not outside the realm of possibility this is real. There’s a story on line of a Buff doing the same thing to the Soviet fleet during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
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March 10, 2020, 04:53 PM
whanson_wi
A dhow-driver getting such a fly-by wouldn't be believed when (if) he could return to port.
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March 10, 2020, 04:57 PM
Ryanp225
Pretty high pucker factor there.
March 10, 2020, 04:57 PM
Muddflap
I was hoping they would show when it circled around and landed on the carrier.
March 10, 2020, 05:39 PM
Orguss
Look at all the Tomcats. I miss seeing them flying at airshows.
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March 10, 2020, 05:51 PM
ARMT Guy
That was one sneaky BUFF.
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March 10, 2020, 06:26 PM
navyshooter
I was there when that happen and saw it live. It was one of the most impressive things I'd ever seen I was on one of Rangers escorts so it was a slightly different veiw
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March 10, 2020, 06:27 PM
Otto Pilot
quote:
Originally posted by pedropcola: That looks photoshopped. Overcast day, throwing shadow directly beneath aircraft. Good story fake photo is my bet. Not to mention the whole “we don’t have you” nonsense. So a CBG can’t find a 70 year old buff inbound?
The carrier is also throwing a shadow, the crew have indistinct shadows, the planes and the ship gear are showing slight highlighting from above. It's not impossible to have shadows on overcast days. Trust me, I've listened to my wife bit...complain about thin clouds not doing their job and flattening out the light for her landscapes.
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March 10, 2020, 06:32 PM
2BobTanner
quote:
Originally posted by navyshooter: I was there when that happen and saw it live. It was one of the most impressive things I'd ever seen I was on one of Rangers escorts so it was a slightly different veiw
I think that answers the question.
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I miss seeing them flying at airshows.
