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Beauty shots from SF of the BAs doing some superb low flying caught by a nicely placed photographer.

what & who are the l-29 patriots team?? never heard of them until seeing these pics. great pics 1 & all too, thanks!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

Three things:

1) Holy crap, are those F-18's really that close to all the boats or is it just the perspective effect due to the long range lens?

2) That one shot of the close-up of the shock wave is absolutely phenomenal! I've seen a lot of "shock wave" pictures from Navy jets, but never one that was clear without a vapor trail like that. Awesome!

3) From the one picture, it looks like the solo jet is flying under the Golden Gate bridge. Do they really do that? I didn't know it was authorized for any airplane, even the Blues.

Superb photos and link, thanks!

...and vipers west from HILL AFB sez thanks too!

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.

NO, yes, and no.

Depth of field in big digital lenses end up really goofy. Some of the wide shots show how much area there is around the bay. especially in the Multi ship formations. It took a second look for me too.

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Some of those shots I have to say it looks like he is pretty dang low.

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still no answer as to the l-29 patriots flying team are they that new??

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

The Patriots fly L-39's. They're the ones that were in the AT&T commercial a few months back. You've probably never heard of them as they stay primarily on the west coast.

Here's their website: http://www.airshowsamerica.com/index.html

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As mentioned, they fly mainly West Coast displays - I've seen them at Pittsburg, SF Fleet Week and Miramar this year.



Several are ex- or serving-USAF pilots (including a couple of former Thunderbirds), and one is an experienced Russian L-39 demo pilot.

They put up a nice show, including co-ordinated tailslides from 2 of the jets. Here's their website......... http://www.airshowsamerica.com/index.html