(Harry Andreas) wrote:

The Macair guy claimed they used this profile because it kept the aircraft
noise over the airport and didn't disturb the neighbors as much.
He kept a straight face while he said it, too.
I admired him for that.

Once, at Geoge AFB, we had a couple of F-15s refueling while we were
prepping a cross-country flight of F-4Es. The F-15s did a "haul ass ten
feet off of the runway, pull the gear, go straight up while rolling
until out of sight" moves.

The four F-4Es... sorta slouched off of the ground and headed the other
way.

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