2 things I didn't know you could do in a plane

[undercovergeek]

So I'm watching the F16 do its demo practice and the guy goes vertical, everything goes quiet and he's about to stall and then he just puts just enough power on to stay vertical but without climbing or falling - just hanging there

When he pulls out of this move and is on descent he pulls the nose up and the tail goes under the plane and flips him upside down so now in the blink of an eye he's upside down and facing the other direction - good stuff to watch

No wonder there such cocky basts when they come back down for drinks and VIP loving

[Centurion40]

I love airshows, I must say!

[undercovergeek]

theres an SU27 Flanker and that double rotor-ed attack helicopter everyones playing the game about - black shark?

looks bad ass close up

[Barthheart]

I love airshows, I must say!

Has someone hacked yer account? I must say.  >:(

[Barthheart]

theres an SU27 Flanker and that double rotor-ed attack helicopter everyones playing the game about - black shark?

looks bad ass close up

Pictures!!!!!  ;)

[Centurion40]

I'm going through a, Monday morning, coffee-induced Ed Grimley phase.  I'm sure that it won't last long... I must say!

[GDS_Starfury]

heres a Su-27 doing a cobra and a partial barrel roll:

[GDS_Starfury]

and a real fighter...

[undercovergeek]

raptor goes up tomorrow - ill get pics if i can

AC130 fly past this afternoon with an F18 escort - scary-ass plane that is

[DoctorQuest]

I thought they cancelled all the airshows so our beloved President has money to fly around in his VC-25A.

[GDS_Starfury]

they cancelled the demonstration teams flights.  when you see individual planes at air shows theyre usually part of a training flight.

[Centurion40]

And the airshow associations usually pick up some of the costs, which is why some of them charge admission & sell shit.

[Keunert]

How many Su-35 can you buy for one F-22? 4-6? Is the technological superiority worth the high cost?

when i served in as artillery unit, some Mayor visited us and explained the Nato campaign in Serbia. he did not get tired to explain to us, that if ever again a longer conflict between superpowers should happen he fully expects that those nations after the initial months will have more of the second or third generation equipment at work that all the chrome we were watching at the TV, like the B2 stealth bomber. he told us that maintaining these units would be too slow and intense for a longer full scale conflict. i never got it if he was serious or if he just wanted us to feel less uncomfortable with our old equipment.

[GDS_Starfury]

considering that a 2 ship formation of F-22s can wipe out a squadron of Flankers without being seen I would say YES, theyre worth the cost.

[GDS_Starfury]

I would even go as far as to say that the F-35 should be scrapped and F-22 production started again.