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Incredible photo of an F-18 zooming through the Golden Gate bridge
sploid ^ | 10/13/14 | Rick Shelton

Posted on 10/22/2014 5:27:47 AM PDT by do the dhue

Rich Shelton loves airplanes and San Francisco, which shows in all his beautiful photos. He was able to take this incredible image of a Blue Angels' F/A-18 zooming through the Golden Gate bridge at Fleet Week in San Francisco.



TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: blueangles; fleetweek; goldengate; photo
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To: MisterArtery

I have a couple copies of the book. One is the Landmark soft cover edition I had as a kid, and is now too fragile (from just age and rereading) to open anymore. The other is a recent rerelease with the extra material supplied by Ellen Lawson, some of which contradicts the official story (a lot of the pilots knew the mission during training and long before getting to the Hornet. They, including Lawson, told their wives before leaving).

Also have the movie on VHS and DVD. B&W, not the Ted Turner colorized abomination. I sit down with my kids and make them watch it with me every April 18th.


41 posted on 10/22/2014 6:26:30 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: do the dhue

I liked this photo too.

42 posted on 10/22/2014 6:30:25 AM PDT by do the dhue (WARNING: this site is not liable for the things I say)
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To: Joe Boucher

Navy P3 pilots sure enough know how to land in a cross wind. Oh, and those same pilots who land on carriers also often land those same aircraft on land.


43 posted on 10/22/2014 6:30:58 AM PDT by ExpatGator (I hate Illinois Nazis!)
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To: do the dhue
and this one:


44 posted on 10/22/2014 6:31:23 AM PDT by do the dhue (WARNING: this site is not liable for the things I say)
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To: tanknetter

I read Yeager’s books which were very good. He broke the rules a lot.


45 posted on 10/22/2014 6:34:52 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: do the dhue

In 1953 my brother(Crew Chief, F86) was stationed at Greenville (AFB) when a pilot tried the same stunt, at night. It did not work.
http://www.johnweeks.com/river_mississippi/pages/lmiss06.html

Story was “he thought lights on bridge were on the bottom of bridge, they were on top “.


46 posted on 10/22/2014 6:37:29 AM PDT by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: SatinDoll

Mr G’s cousin used to fly under the rim of the grand canyon. He had to quit because his commander was worried about power lines.


47 posted on 10/22/2014 6:40:35 AM PDT by Grammy (Save the earth... it's the only planet with chocolate.)
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To: glorgau
What’s most impressive is the timing of the picture. Must have been measured in the milliseconds.

Could be a frame grab from video or auto shutter.

48 posted on 10/22/2014 6:43:18 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: tanknetter; All
Here ya go:

B-25 flies under the Bay Bridge

Sequence begins at the 3:45 mark

49 posted on 10/22/2014 6:43:34 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: skeeter

Nice, and I used to take my big grey ship to the parade to watch all the people on the bridge...


50 posted on 10/22/2014 6:45:36 AM PDT by BlueNgold (Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
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To: do the dhue

I got to see the Blue Angels out there during Fleet Week in 1997. Most awesome experience ever. Those pilots are incredible!


51 posted on 10/22/2014 6:47:59 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: tanknetter
In 2009, two Navy pilots ( both Georgia tech grads), lost their wings for a flyover at Bobby Dowd Stadium when Tech played Wake Forest.

From my perspective, the pass over the Golden Gate seems a tad riskier.

Video here

52 posted on 10/22/2014 6:49:15 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: Joe Boucher

You realize, of course, that the vast majority landings made by most navy pilots are on normal runways attached to terra firma...

Sounds a lot like an AF or civ guy trying to take a dig at the navy guys with faulty logic.


53 posted on 10/22/2014 6:49:26 AM PDT by BlueNgold (Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
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To: GOYAKLA

I am sorry


54 posted on 10/22/2014 6:52:16 AM PDT by do the dhue (WARNING: this site is not liable for the things I say)
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To: tanknetter; Joe Boucher
"...they are taught to land in to the wind only…"

"The rest of the time is spent flying from land bases."

Roger that. However most of the Navy pilots aren't trying to land a flying barn in a crosswind.

55 posted on 10/22/2014 6:52:58 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: al_c

very cool. I have never seen them in action.


56 posted on 10/22/2014 6:53:20 AM PDT by do the dhue (WARNING: this site is not liable for the things I say)
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To: ken5050

There’s a difference between what a standard pilot in a regular hornet is allowed to do and what the Blues are allowed to do...

The training is different as are some of the control settings for the aircraft.


57 posted on 10/22/2014 6:54:52 AM PDT by BlueNgold (Have we crossed the line from Govt. in righteous fear of the People - to a People in fear of Govt??)
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To: BlueNgold

I fully accept that, and I understand that the pass at the football game was probably too low....but aren’t all Navy pilots trained in low level flying?..


58 posted on 10/22/2014 7:01:03 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: tanknetter

Use to live on Davis Island and watched the Phamtoms take off from McDill.
Would sail off the end of their runway.


59 posted on 10/22/2014 7:08:22 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (The F.B.I. Is a division of holders Justice Dept. (Nuff said))
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To: do the dhue

I’m surprised it didn’t cause a wreck.


60 posted on 10/22/2014 8:01:35 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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