Posted on 02/12/2019 1:18:15 PM PST by Yo-Yo
I doubt the T-birds would photoshop on their own website so I guess it’s so.
The only way I would think they could pull it off is if they engaged the autopilot and employed a distance sensing radar that kept them exactly a certain distance apart.
LMAO!!!
Yep. My first thought.
For clarity, this is the solo F16 demo that goes to airshows to fly a demo in the F16. Maj Rains flew the demo last year and rotated out as scheduled. This isn’t the Thunderbird team. Maj Rains has been asked to return to this assignment to minimize any delays in the show schedule.
There is no doubt that the female pilot had the piloting skills for this job as she was already practiced up and certified for the show. Whatever happened must have been on the personal side. No doubt the decision to fire her went all the way to the Secretary of the AF for review. Must be pretty bad.
Ok from what I gathered, the planes aren’t directly over each other. They’re offset enough for them to see each other.
Child’s play.
Just kidding.
Yeah, that’s what I get from the videos, too. Very difficult, but not impossible. I’d guess that the offset is just enough (but no more) for them to see each other over the lip of the cockpit. I wonder if you could do that “for real” using the all-around sensors on the F-35.
I can't believe how often I see that grammatical error today. It's epidemic.
Or they found out she's a he.
Command rotation. I dig it now.
Something going down in the canoodling department? She does have kind of a she-wolf lusty look.
NOT GUILTY
Will not be surprised if that turns out to be the reason.
Farding!
While I have reservations about women in combat roles, I respect her decision to serve her country and imagine she was a hell of a pilot to get the position in the first place. It is truly tragic for her career, her personally and all her family that was certainly proud of her achievement especially with their own air shop and pilot heritage.
Thanks for your service young lady and I hope you overcome such a public event.
Thunderbirds tradition. The ‘5’ is upside down on the aircraft, because the lead solo spends so much time inverted. I think the ‘5’ is even upside down on the pilot’s flight suit.
what’s left. Gay is fine, Tranny is fine. Short of being a Pedo what’s not on the table now?
The latter latter, no schmuck. :-)
Perhaps she wouldn’t put out for the good Colonel..
Col. O’malley either has big brass ones or didn’t do this on his own.
I doubt it. In today’s environment, if a lowly Colonel even suggested dating a female Capt he has ANY career influence over, he would be out.
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