Posted on 08/27/2014 11:04:24 AM PDT by InsidiousMongo
Edited on 08/27/2014 11:23:57 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The Charlie is a single-seat air superiority fighter.
TC
I used to camp quite bit at Lebanon State Forest.
It took me awhile to figure out what that zipper sound was.
Daddy always described the sound as like a piece of cloth being torn. Of course he was speaking of an MG-42 instead of a Vulcan.
My parents from the time I was around age 11 lived in the country but within sight of planes from Eglin AFB both bombing and strafing. I could see them dive but they would disappear. Later I would hear either a bomb, in which case I could also feel it, or a short fairly deep roar. I really can’t describe the Vulcan sound exactly.
They are “officially” out of Barnes, across the river in Westfield MA. But they have been rehabbing the runway so I don’t know if they are back there yet.
I love seeing them fly over the house every once in a while. You get used to the C5s...big, lumbering, giant aircraft. So when you hear and see an F15....it’s like seeing a race car.
He was taking the jet to get his radar system upgraded.
It was just a routine flight.
D, I, K/Slam Eagle & Silent Eagle/stealth as well (though I/K/SE are export only).
Last I heard the Silent Eagle/faux-stealth variant's only customer was South Korea, having chosen it over the F35. Haven't followed it much since...
When I first saw the C model canopy and cockpit I saw there was room for a second station. I wondered if that was by design or a coincidence of the canopy design.
Because I was in Lebanon State Forest NJ, I only heard the zipper sounds. It wasn't until I saw a Warthog through a break in the trees, did I figure out what the sound meant.
I was never military, but if I went Air Force and passed pilot training., I would have picked the A10 over the fast movers.
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