... July on with one more month of operations photo possibilities were numerous and used well to enjoy the howling sound of the J79 engines and see the smoketrail in the sky.
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... great sight! And of course you should enjoy them while you can!
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It might sound spoiled, but with Phantoms and the stunning Aggressors it is hard to ...
... still flying its predecessor, but somehow the whistling jet sound was missing...
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Then time went by very very fast: a C-130 Hercules transport ...
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The Shin Meiwa flying-boat, easily the highlight for most of the photographers, was first and the sound of its four engines and propellers when set to full power settings on take-off ...
... Meiwa flying-boat, easily the highlight for most of the photographers, was first and the sound of its four engines and propellers when set to full power settings on take-off will for long not be forgotten! ...
... the Governmental Tu-154 from Bratislava was next, this time being escorted by two MiG-29s. What a beautiful orchestra of the Kuznetsov and Klimov sounds that was!
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The L-39 solo ...
... nearby Duxford airfield: the "Cadillac of the skies", the North American P51D Mustang, once again from the OFMC, giving a very nice display routine to appreciate the sight and sound of a Mustang in the ...
... or start-up sound of engines did cause some perturbation from time to time, but overall the whole scene was very relaxed.
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The announcement of the supervisor ...
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The same goes for the Lansen that was presented nicely with aerobatics but also two 'photo passes'. Unfortunately the sounds and smells when ...
... to all the team for your very kind hospitality and this unforgettable experience!
Of course I have not only been to Jordan to visit the RJF, but also to experience the unique sights and sounds of ...
... to the usual fleet of JSADF, JMSDF and JGSDF aircraft and helicopters.
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But already before jet sound could be ...
... Maj. Gen. Joe Engle and the first person to break the sound barrier, Brig. Ben. Chuck Yeager, broke the sound barrier in two F-16 Fighting Falcons
Opening Flight - Sonic Boom with 2x F-16
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... as the clouds had come in from the West in the meantime photography was not so good anymore and we listened to the waves of the nearby Pacific Ocean, which was soon drowned out by the sound of yet another ...
... within minutes. Clouds were still hiding the sun, but the signs for a blue sky lay ahead. We even heard some engine sound of the F-2s, shortly followed by the distinctive howl of the F-15s.
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... for "everyone's" use there.
In the morning we had some mixed emotions about the day as we heard the first engine sound already at 7am, but it was shut down shortly afterwards. And as even the fire brigade ...
... already in the air during the walk through the static display, but the sound of jet engines in the far distance promised some more flying, and beyond belief two F-16s taxied out to take-off and perform ...
... place at 10am and after a final fly-by of the three ship of the Phantoms the lovely whistling sound of the J79-engine was forever gone and the smoketrail at the horizon began fading away as well...
Phantom ...
... Henry Truman. Another highlight in the USAF's history followed shortly afterwards with the Bell X-1 breaking the sound barrier on October 14th, 1947. The aircraft was piloted by Chuck Yeager, who also trained ...
Jacqueline Cochran is one of the most famous female aviators in the United States, and she was also the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound when she broke the sound barrier in 1953. During ...
