How drunk was I?
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That IS a Warhammer 40K kind of thing.
gemma_rae
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^Got to see one of those land at Eglin AFB, FL when we were stationed there 82-86. By the time it got to the parking ramp, ground crew had a tent up to hide it. It had likely made a run over Cuba. Was able to see it take off the next morning.
One of the companies I worked for had a construction yard and shop along the path of the runway lights for Andrews.
Can't remember which year, but one of the Air Shows in the 90s had a visiting SR71. Was awesome watching it take off over our heads when she departed.
Another year they had F-117As visit.
Watched it do touch and gos one afternoon. Was shocking how much those wings flex and twist in flight.
The U-2 has a lot of flex in its' wings.
As does the B-52.
I would expect that in those. The wings are extremely long.
The F117s were doing fly overs just 150 feet above us and not going very fast when it's short wing tips were twisting.
Not at all.
We used to joke in the CG as to why helicopter crews got all the ribbons. The answer was because their life expectancy was less than 1 hour.
Got some bad family history with those things.
Kinnakeet
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Kelly Johnsons masterpiece-the SR-71