The plane enthusiasts thread

[gbb]

F15 having some fun in the skies over Peterborough a while ago

Leve,l slow flight rolling over into a dive , bottoming out, twisting and turning, all at what seems like fairly slow speed with engines roaring.

 

[Drago]

F15 having some fun in the skies over Peterborough a while ago
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Leve,l slow flight rolling over into a dive , bottoming out, twisting and turning, all at what seems like fairly slow speed with engines roaring.

And the pilot is laughing his backside off because he's actually being paid to do it!

 

[Conrad_K]

I'd love a ride in the BUFF.

My Dad was USAF, and I grew up on various USAF bases.

He was enlisted, and enlisted got the less-desirable housing. In one case, at the end of the runway. B-52s were flying out 24/7 during Vietnam, loaded so heavily they required JATO assist to get off the runway. Officially, this never happened, but I remember seeing strings of them take off, one after the other, fire shooting out at an angle from the rockets, so low it looked like I could reach up and touch them.

Anyway, the whole house would shake when they flew over. The shelves holding my mom's knick-knack collection, and she put folded towels on the counters and table so plates and dinnerware wouldn't walk off.

Jake: "How often does the train go by?"
Elwood: "So often, you'll never notice."

 

[gbb]

My Dad was USAF, and I grew up on various USAF bases.

He was enlisted, and enlisted got the less-desirable housing. In one case, at the end of the runway. B-52s were flying out 24/7 during Vietnam, loaded so heavily they required JATO assist to get off the runway. Officially, this never happened, but I remember seeing strings of them take off, one after the other, fire shooting out at an angle from the rockets, so low it looked like I could reach up and touch them.

Anyway, the whole house would shake when they flew over. The shelves holding my mom's knick-knack collection, and she put folded towels on the counters and table so plates and dinnerware wouldn't walk off.

Jake: "How often does the train go by?"
Elwood: "So often, you'll never notice."

I can imagine the sensory overload as they took off. As a kid, my dad worked 6 miles away (as the crown flies) from our house. As the Vulcans took off, our window panes would rattle with the deep ominous roar from their engines.
Heaven knows what it sounded like close up

 

[Drago]

My Dad was USAF, and I grew up on various USAF bases.

He was enlisted, and enlisted got the less-desirable housing. In one case, at the end of the runway. B-52s were flying out 24/7 during Vietnam, loaded so heavily they required JATO assist to get off the runway. Officially, this never happened, but I remember seeing strings of them take off, one after the other, fire shooting out at an angle from the rockets, so low it looked like I could reach up and touch them.

Anyway, the whole house would shake when they flew over. The shelves holding my mom's knick-knack collection, and she put folded towels on the counters and table so plates and dinnerware wouldn't walk off.

Jake: "How often does the train go by?"
Elwood: "So often, you'll never notice."

Indeed. I can't think of any scenario where being under a B52 in flight is better than being aboard one,

 

[DaveReading]

My Dad was USAF, and I grew up on various USAF bases.

He was enlisted, and enlisted got the less-desirable housing. In one case, at the end of the runway. B-52s were flying out 24/7 during Vietnam, loaded so heavily they required JATO assist to get off the runway. Officially, this never happened, but I remember seeing strings of them take off, one after the other, fire shooting out at an angle from the rockets, so low it looked like I could reach up and touch them.

Anyway, the whole house would shake when they flew over. The shelves holding my mom's knick-knack collection, and she put folded towels on the counters and table so plates and dinnerware wouldn't walk off.

That's interesting - there's no record of the Buff ever being fitted with JATO as such. Its predecessor, the B-47, did - but that was never used in combat.

The B-52 did, however, carry a pair of AGM-28 Hound Dog cruise missiles, and they could be used to assist take-off (see pic) and then be refuelled from the B-52's tanks before being launched at their targets.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

That's interesting - there's no record of the Buff ever being fitted with JATO as such. Its predecessor, the B-47, did - but that was never used in combat.

The B-52 did, however, carry a pair of AGM-28 Hound Dog cruise missiles, and they could be used to assist take-off (see pic) and then be refuelled from the B-52's tanks before being launched at their targets.

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Some US aircraft do produce a lot of smoke on take off!!!

 

[Andy in Germany]

That's interesting - there's no record of the Buff ever being fitted with JATO as such. Its predecessor, the B-47, did - but that was never used in combat.

The B-52 did, however, carry a pair of AGM-28 Hound Dog cruise missiles, and they could be used to assist take-off (see pic) and then be refuelled from the B-52's tanks before being launched at their targets.

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They really didn't do subtle in that era, did they?

 

[DaveReading]

Some US aircraft do produce a lot of smoke on take off!!!

That photo shows an older B-52F with turbojet engines. The version currently in service (B-52H) has turbofans, so doesn't need JATO, and is a lot cleaner - though you can still see it coming !

 

[gbb]

Yesterday...
Woke at 06.50 by the roar of military jet fighter overhead, the often heard roar of an aircraft not going very fast ( they often do this, evasive manoeuvres I assume)
Adsb wasn't showing it so probably US.
That lasted for 10, 15 minutes. Never bothers me even though its very loud. Various people bemoaning the noise on FB.

Later, something heavier, straight line flight passed overhead but a distinct 'whistle' audible among the roar, similar to B52s I've heard before. Cloudy so no sight of it at all

Again, not showing on Adsb

 

[Drago]

Never bothers me even though its very loud.

It's the sound of freedom!

I'm sure the FB whingers would complain equally loudly if they had to unexpectedly learn Russian.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Not so sure Yank jets are the sound of freedom any more

 

[dicko]

It's the sound of freedom!

I'm sure the FB whingers would complain equally loudly if they had to unexpectedly learn Russian.

Living on airforce camps all my life you don’t notice the jet noise infact they are quieter these days for sneaking up at ground level.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Yesterday...
Woke at 06.50 by the roar of military jet fighter overhead, the often heard roar of an aircraft not going very fast ( they often do this, evasive manoeuvres I assume)
Adsb wasn't showing it so probably US.
That lasted for 10, 15 minutes. Never bothers me even though its very loud. Various people bemoaning the noise on FB.

Later, something heavier, straight line flight passed overhead but a distinct 'whistle' audible among the roar, similar to B52s I've heard before. Cloudy so no sight of it at all

Again, not showing on Adsb

The B52s sometimes show up on FLightRadar - presumably if they want to be seen

2 of them left Fairford around 8:30 this morning so not likely to have been them
no reports of any landing - but the website has been updated less often recently

 

[MichaelW2]

Saw a lone F35 flying over my Fine City yesterday. Do they have a quiet mode because you can hear them very well.
A network of listeners with flashlights can id their track using earball mk1.