Stealth Aircraft - Rose Bowl - Flyby Photo

Yahoo!News ^ | Jan. 1, 2004 | AP Photo / Chris Carlson

[rm3friskerFTN]

Yesterday there was mention that several US Air Force Stealth Aircraft were going to overfly the Rose Bowl.

Today I searched for photos of this event, finding several.

HOWEVER, in my humble opinion (grin ;-) I think the below photo is the best of the few I found of the stealth overfly event.

Please visit Yahoo!News - Sports Photos - AP to freep/vote for this photo to number one status ... Yahoo login required though :-(

Stealth fighters and a bomber fly over the stadium during opening ceremonies at the start of the Michigan-USC showdown in the 90th Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004.

BTW ... do any LA Freepers have any photos of the stealth overfly event they would like to share???

[stlnative]

bump!

[11B3]

It's still an air superiority fighter, but also equipped to control fleets of UCAVs. Hard to beat that combination.

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The Raptor has the processing punch of two Cray supercomputers. These three liquid-cooled Common Integrated Processors, or CIPs, are packed behind the Raptor's nose. The CIPs are the brains of the avionics system, enabling the signal and data processing for all sensors and mission avionics to reside in a single integrated system.

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A completed F/A-22, Air Force Maj. Mike Hernandez at the controls, awaits testing at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas. They won't be in service until 2005, but the 20 Raptors built so far fly constantly in intense evaluation programs.

[Squantos]

Kewl....the money shot !

[11B3]

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Lockheed Martin chief test pilot Bret Luedke takes Raptors out for test runs, flying at supersonic speeds down a long corridor through rural Tennessee. "It's great fun to fly the airplane," Luedke says. "If we have an F-16 or F-15 flying chase, we can just walk away from those guys."

[AmericanInTokyo]

Thanks!

[JudgemAll]

You should see the DUers talking about how offensive these "machines of death" are. They are even outraged at the presence of military bands in the parade!

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DUers prefer to offer infants to Baal in abortion and to terrorists using fake alibis, instead of taking responsibility and the fall to sacrifice enemies to preserve our peace.

Also DUers trust more UN diplomats than our boys flying these machines inspiring of their magnificence.

In other words DUers have their heads up their arses... and are running out of excuse to explain the behavior.

[Stonewall Jackson]

Thunder Over Louisville is one of the largest fireworks displays in the United States. An annual event every May, it features dozens of military aircraft, from the Comanche attack helicopter and the Stealth bomber to WWI bi-planes and a privately-owned MiG-17. The Kentucky Air National Guard opens up their base, located adjacent to Louisville International, and has a massive airshow, with almost every type of aircraft imaginable, from UPS 747's to the F-117A. If you live anywhere near Louisville, it is well worth the effort to watch. But if you do come, I recommend viewing the fireworks display from the Indiana side of the Ohio River, since the crowds in Louisville are horrendous.

[Stonewall Jackson]

I wish I could have gotten some pictures from my friend's apartment, but he moved away from the downtown area this fall. I'll try to find another location where I can take some aerial shots, but I cannot make any promises.

[pax_et_bonum]

"Stealth On/Stealth Off"

Good post!

[IrishCatholic]

THUNDERBIRDS GO!
What were you doing taking pictures of my plane moments before my house rolled back to reveal the secret hanger below?

[Susannah]

Having worked at Lockheed before the F-117 Nighthawk went public, I've seen MANY flyovers. I was glad to see them at the Rose Parade too.

BTW, the Michigan band was GREAT!

[polemikos]

THUNDERBIRDS GO!

[rmh47]

Thunder over Louisville is a huge fireworks show that is held in April on the Saturday two weeks before Derby Day. (The Kentucky Derby is always run on the first Saturday in May.) An air show is held during the afternoon. The fireworks start after dark and last for a full 30 minutes. Most years, it is the largest fireworks display in the country.

I have seen the B-2 at this air show, and it is most impressive. They are higher than 50 feet off the river (after all, they have to clear the bridge towers), but they are pretty low and you can see them quite well. The most impressive thing about the B-2, at least to me, is how ghostly quiet they are. If you aren't paying attention, you can easily miss it. Not so with the B-1.

And I agree that it is best to go over to the Indiana side of the river. It's a little less crowded and the crowd is less rowdy: more families with kids, fewer drunks.

[CasearianDaoist]

Yes, I had a B02 fly over me and I too was amazed by how quite it was. It was daytime and I was looking for it. At night it must be difficult to detect. It is a shame that we did not builf more of them Clinton.

[grannie9]

My daughter lives right next to Pease Airforce Base in Portsmouth NH.. and they fly over her house regulary. It is an amazing, frightening, thrilling sight to see. They are very low when they come over.. and make very little sound.

You have to learn to recognize the sound as they approach, otherwise you will miss them, or just catch them by surprise.

I will never get over the sight of them flying over.. They seem like something out of science fiction..

[Gunrunner2]

"They were doing tests (I can't recall the source) and the F-22 was usually defeated in air combat tests against the F-15.
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Uhhh. . . .not true.

[endthematrix]

Imagine civilian Air Traffic monitoring a SR-71 in the 1960's going mach 3 and crossing three states in several minutes! UFO

[Reeses]

Saddam's stealth fighter fly by:

[endthematrix]

Anybody with an interest in flying wing technology should know the Germans were way too advanced for the 1940's! Glad we stopped them or those B-2 would have Swastikas on the wings.
Those are Horton Ho 229 housed at National Air and Space Museum.

[geopyg]

"They actually made two parade fly bys."

I was wondering that - as both pictures (Post 1 and 24) are reported as Rose Bowl fly overs - but the aircraft are not in the same order! Unless the F-22 is also a stealth aircraft, and can make itself look like a F-117 (and vice-versa)!