Heh. Great painting.
I had the unique honor of having my CG Cutter buzzed by a pair of F-14's moving supersonic somewhere off the coast of San Diego some years ago. It was magnificent.
I'll never forget it. They came at us at pretty much wavetop level. They were tight together and both had to tip up slightly about a half mile out just to clear our antennas in time.
I know they were supersonic. That part is impossible to miss.
The whole thing only lasted seconds. The lookout spotted them just in time shout down the voicetube "Aircraft appro..." BAM BAM. ...and they were gone. I remember feeling grateful that they were on our side.
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There was nothing like that, I saw it many times, could never believe how you could just make it out and BAM BAM! it was gone, many times sucking water up to the plane. What a sexy plane! And the saddest thing is we dont have anything today that can compete with its standoff capability. Sad, just sad.