Warbird Information Exchange

Greetings
I was taking down the Xmas light ( Art Griswald of the Hood ) and was greeted by a Awsome sound it was no less than 5 F -15's taking off from Robert Gray Airfield this Am around 10:30 it was wonderful sight one ever 10 sec lifting off heading N the Air was filled with the Roar of Thunder as they faded from Sight. I was joined by no less than 4 Neighbors who also injoyed the sights and sounds New Years ! at Fort Hood ! The Sound of Freedom God bless the USA

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Always Keep Em Flying !

Glen

Lookie Capt Jim! Wham! Wham! ...............................Termights

Roger on the noise! Have you ever been overflown by a B-52 scramble? Talk about shaking the earth! Probably old hat to you AF buys but to a civilian taken off guard it's mind boggling.
RE 52's coming out of fomer Bergstrom AFB, Austin, Tx.

Canso42

Go you one Better very late 70's early 80's F-4's ' tree top level coming over me while we were fishing about 85 miles north west of Bergstrom AFB on their way home. I swear you could see the pilots smilng as we hit the deck ! it was awsome sight to see I sure would like to see F-4's flying like that again !

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Always Keep Em Flying !

Glen

Lookie Capt Jim! Wham! Wham! ...............................Termights

I can recall living just north of the former McCoy AFB in Orlando in the late 50's-early 60's. The SAC squadrons there were originally equipped with the B-47, then changed over to the B-52 about 1960. When they had a scramble there would be a stream of aircraft, one about every 30 seconds. They were about 1500 feet up, and the sound was unbelieveable. Noise and great clouds of black smoke.

Loved it !

Walt

I'll concede that one to you Glen! How much element of surprise was there? Where were you fishing? One of the Highland Lakes?
Canso42

I was fishing years ago on Sam Rayburn with our local bass club, it was a flat no wind Sunday morning and we were in a small cove that had a peninsula wrapping around most of it. We heard a jet and we all looked up and there was an F-4 boring in on us, there were four boats line abreast. We watched him come screaming in on us in a dive and then he flashed over us, I swear he was less than 100 ft high. He pulled right on top of us into about a 45 degree climb and went into burner. The noise hit us in the back as we watched him climb. One of my buddies lost his balance and barely kept from taking a swim. It was GREAT !!

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