"Guru of Woodstock" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:05:19 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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"D" wrote in message
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H the K wrote:
Captain Marvel of Woodstock wrote:
Whoa - I would have loved to have seen that.

http://tinyurl.com/ltrj4d


It's always nice when jet jockeys in the military disregard the risks
to
which they expose civilians with their "show-off" antics. It's no
wonder
you would have loved to have been there.

I'm sure the plane in the photo was not as close to the building as a
telephoto lens makes it appear, but...had anything untoward happened,
the
plane could have plowed into the structure and killed a lot of people.

Sometimes down at Virginia Beach you see navy pilots doing that sort of
stuff, but they are doing it for flight practice, and over the water,
not
in the airspace in between the hotels.

Perhaps you should head over to Afghanistan so you can get your
vicarious
kicks from the military's bombing of "suspected" terrorist residences
that turn out to have held no targets but innocent civilians.
I'm sure the sight of burned, broken, and roasted bodies would turn you
on, eh?


So AF1 with F16's in tow was OK in NYC? You really define yourself,
WAFA.

Reminds me of landing at the old Hong Kong Airport. Look out the window
of
the plane and the laundry hanging on poles off the apartment buildings
look
like they are 50' from the wing tips.

I flew into Hong Kong on a AC-47 once - that was an experience I"ll
tell you what. :)

Only people with more firepower than the airport cops, eh?