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F/A-22 to make appearance at U.S. Air Force Academy parade
F/A-22 to make appearance at U.S. Air Force Academy parade
(EXCERPT) PRESS RELEASE -- Secretary of the Air Force, Directorate of Public Affairs Release No. 0601046 Jun 1, 2004 F/A-22 to make appearance at U.S. Air Force Academy parade COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. - The F/A-22 Raptor will make a flyby appearance at the cadet graduation parade today. The graduation parade is the final cadet parade before graduation, scheduled for June 2. Academy graduate, Lt. Col. Dawn Dunlop, will be at the controls of the F/A-22. A 1988 graduate, Lt. Col. Dunlop is a test pilot and squadron operations officer at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., with nearly 100 hours of flying time in the Raptor. Accompanying the F/A-22 will be an F-16 chase/photo aircraft flown by Maj. Evan Dertien, 1993 graduate, an F/A-22 test pilot with 65 flying hours in the Raptor. The parade is scheduled for 10 a.m. MDT at the Stillman Parade Field. The event is free and open to the public; tickets are not required. Prior to flying over the parade area, the aircraft will be in a holding pattern over the Garden of the Gods area from about 9:35 to 10:20 a.m. About 15 minutes after the parade is finished, the F/A-22 Raptor and F-16 will pass over the cadet area from north to south to complete a photo mission. -30- U.S. Air Force lists at https://oaprod.hq.af.mil/saf/pa/misc/listserv.cfm --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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Damn and to think I live just down the street and missed it!
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I was in the stands for my daughter's USAFA graduation. The F/A-22 made
several passes north to south and vice versa. The crowd wouldn't stop talking about it well after the parade ended. The first fly-by started with a simple medium speed (I'm guessing 350 KIAS) pass over the parade field (south to north) with the white and orange painted F-16 in chase, and culminated with a nice pull to about 70 - 80 degree climb. Despite the dry Colorado air, the pull produced quite a bit vapor on the wing upper surface. During the pull, the pilot engaged afterburner, which we could distinctly see during the bright Colorado day. Kurt Todoroff Markets, not mandates and mob rule. Consent, not compulsion. |
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Sincere congratulations on the accomplishment of your daughter.
Quite a day, but not "dry" by Colorado standards. Low scattered, going to broken and slight drizzle by the end of the ceremony and Thunderbird showtime. Did the low show, I guess. Thank you for your kind sentiment, Ed. I do appreciate it, and will forward it to my daughter. I inadvertently omitted the word "parade". The F/A-22 entertained us during her graduation parade on Tuesday late morning. Beautiful blue skies, thin wisps at high altitude, and a bit of a strong wind on the parade field. It was definitely a dry day on Tuesday. You're right about Wednesday. The dark clouds arrived suddenly, so the Thunderbirds flew the low profile after she and the other new officers tossed their hats. Unfortunately, we had to wait several minutes after the initial flyby over the stadium for the Thunderbirds to return because the President's limo was still within the five mile radius during his egress. Then they resumed their show. While we were waiting for the Thunderbirds to return, they entertained us with live audio and video (on the large screen at the south side of Falcon Stadium) from several of the Thunderbird pilots who are USAFA graduates. The live A/V feed from the cockpits was quite impressive on the large screen. The cameras faced aft towards the pilot and included a distinct sky/ground background behind the pilot. How far do you live from the Zoo? Did you have an opportunity to see the F/A-22 from your house? Every current and former USAF pilot in the stands was talking about the Raptor incessantly after its appearance. A friend of mine, who has been my childrens' Academy sponsor for the previous five years, and I seldom talk about flying in our former USAF days when we met during my trips to visit my children. However, neither one of us could stop talking about the Raptor during and after its appearance. It was breaktaking. Kurt Todoroff Markets, not mandates and mob rule. Consent, not compulsion. |
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Keep that up and we'll have Denyav and Tarver here denying that it was
really the Raptor but actually an F-15C with prosthetics. F15 is a highly maneuverable plane on other hand f22 is a super-maneuverable plane. If you check my posts,I always said "because of this super-maneuverability requirement wont be able to satify its range criteria" As of today,f22 is still not be able to meet its range criteria.period. Unless they make neccesary radical design changes which are already embedded in alphabet soup type modification proposals (A-22,B-22,E-22 etc,etc) it wont be able to meet its original range criteria in your or my lifetime. Needless to say,all proposed modifications require a reduction of maneuverability,even with the possible installation of 3D nozzles. |
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And what is it's range criteria that it is not reaching? Tell us how
far it is suppose to fly and under Pls check out my post dated 3/20/03. No improvement since. |
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