To: Chode
When I was in the Navy, the Tomcats used to do supersonic fly-bys of the carrier at flight deck level, right up close.
It amazed me.
There was something completely alien about seeing it coming...the shockwave flashing on and off intermittently not a sound.
Then, the thing would zip past, still no sound, but moving faster than you have ever seen anything move.
![](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kpwt6nxkme2aja4oymhof/tomcat3.jpg?rlkey=xtrg0b36qyzq5ukiqbuve3x5u&raw=1)
Then...
BOOM!
Even the guys who hated being in the Navy would jump up and down, pumping their fists, and cheer!
28 posted on
03/05/2024 8:01:29 PM PST by
rlmorel
("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
To: rlmorel
a vulgar display of power... 8^)
33 posted on
03/05/2024 8:32:42 PM PST by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: rlmorel
no wingroot strakes, does that make it older or newer?
34 posted on
03/05/2024 8:35:58 PM PST by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: rlmorel
Great story!!
Thanks for posting the wonderful picture
Proud to be an American..
41 posted on
03/06/2024 8:41:49 AM PST by
redinIllinois
(Pro-life, accoountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter )
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