Soldiers play chicken with Harrier jump jet (video)

Daily Mail UK ^ | 10/12/2006 | Daily Mail

[Tennessee_Bob]

C-5s never really bothered me, until they were banked on their finals over my shop, and you could see across the tops of the wings. Then you listened real close to the engines to make sure they were still running. It didn't seem so screechy to me - sounded like God's electric razor with the buzz that it made.

[montag813]

I was recruited to fly Harriers in 1989, and performed well on my tests, but failed the vision test. Those guys are strict.

[null and void]

Being married to a former Harrier pilot I can tell you - you can take the pilot out of the Harrier, but you can't take the Harrier out of the pilot. :)

Must. Not. Make. Any. Comments. About. Vertical. Landings...

[RandallFlagg]

LOL! THAT was funny!
Bookmarking.

[Centurion2000]

that's kewl

[ASOC]

Cool stuff. For many years I worked on the Nellis Range complex as part of a EW and SAM simulation training unit.

We would get 'bubble checks" on the radars/simulators - low enough to pull up the dust. Mooning the RF4Cs was a lot of fun as well.

Also driving down Nev state Hiway 375, North of Rachel, NV, we would get 'boomed' by all kinds of fighters, so long as you leave the windows down (and pull over if possible), it can be great fun - sorta.

Ah, back in the day, airplanes, desert and not a whole lotta rules.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Must. Not. Make. Any. Comments. About. Vertical. Landings...

And don't even think about Vector in Forward Flight...

[LibWhacker]

Ha! You call that chicken? Here's how you play chicken, American style.

[LonePalm]

Now this rooster tail is fun.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[patton]

LOL.

[Tennessee_Bob]

So you were one of the guys that were throwing out Smokey Sams and the like. When were you at the complex? I was at Nellis 1984-1994.

[redgolum]

Growing up in Nebraska, I saw a lot of C-5's. One afternoon in the fall, I looked out the window of my parents farmhouse and saw the ID number and USAF symbol of a low flying (as in I am not sure by how many feet the guy cleared the trees!) C-5. The noise was awesome! He was low enough that I could clearly read the numbers and letters.

Seemed the pilot know someone in the other side of the little valley were I grew up, and was trying to say "HI!"

Dad was a bit mad, as it made the farm animals nuts for a while. But even he thought it was pretty funny.

[paddles]

Had that happen to me on the USS Coral Sea. AIM-7 came off the right shoulder station of my Hornet on a cat shot. Took a lot of abuse back in the ready room for my "Whale-seeking Sparrow."

[Toby06]

C-5's aren't that bad. I lived in the flight path of Westover AFB most of my life, but very close during GWI

[MarkL]

The Phantom II is proof that if you strap big enough engines on a brick, it will fly.

According to my (late) uncle, who was in on the design of the Phantom II (he helped with the development of the air intake doors, among other things), and he had the same opinion of the F104 Starfighter.

Mark

[Erasmus]

[Beach Boys:]

"Ev'rybody's gone surfin',
Surfin' USAF."

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Must. Refrain. From. Making. Incriminating. Comments.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Umm...sir...please refrain from pushing any buttons until you are well away from the flight deck.

Sincerely,

Tennessee_Bob
A former ground crewman

[LonePalm]

"Ev'rybody's gone surfin',
Surfin' USAF."

Watch out for lawyers.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)