(REDACTED CORPORATE NAME) Air & Sea Show, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

The following images depict events that take place between 09:56 AM and
04:54 PM. Names have been changed to protect the innocent. This is..."7".

(Cue dramatic ticking music)

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If you haven't seen the F-22 aerobatic routine, you owe it to yourself to
see it, at least on video somewhere. It's literally jaw-dropping. The
performance leap is as big or bigger as the F-4 to F-15/F-16 transition
was. I thought some of the early pilot’s reports in AW&ST and such were
perhaps a bit exaggerated, but no more. It’s perhaps the most stunning
thing I’ve personally seen from a jet fighter since watching vertical
departures of the F-15 in St. Louis before its service entry. I’d swear it
could dogfight a Pitts...

The Other White Meat

Those F-15 departures from St. Louis were called Viking Departures.
Always a treat to watch...


"Proton Fox" > wrote in message
...
> (REDACTED CORPORATE NAME) Air & Sea Show, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
>
> Saturday, May 5th, 2007
>
> The following images depict events that take place between 09:56 AM and
> 04:54 PM. Names have been changed to protect the innocent. This is..."7".
>
> (Cue dramatic ticking music)
>
> --
>
> If you haven't seen the F-22 aerobatic routine, you owe it to yourself to
> see it, at least on video somewhere. It's literally jaw-dropping. The
> performance leap is as big or bigger as the F-4 to F-15/F-16 transition
> was. I thought some of the early pilot’s reports in AW&ST and such were
> perhaps a bit exaggerated, but no more. It’s perhaps the most stunning
> thing I’ve personally seen from a jet fighter since watching vertical
> departures of the F-15 in St. Louis before its service entry. I’d swear it
> could dogfight a Pitts...

Proton Fox > wrote in
:

> If you haven't seen the F-22 aerobatic routine, you owe it to yourself
> to see it, at least on video somewhere. It's literally jaw-dropping.
> The performance leap is as big or bigger as the F-4 to F-15/F-16
> transition was. I thought some of the early pilot’s reports in AW&ST
> and such were perhaps a bit exaggerated, but no more. It’s perhaps the
> most stunning thing I’ve personally seen from a jet fighter since
> watching vertical departures of the F-15 in St. Louis before its
> service entry. I’d swear it could dogfight a Pitts...

(Mad scramble as Pitts drivers rush to figure out how to hang a Sidewinder
off their trusty steeds...)