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Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:13:44 +0000

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By: b2

b2 — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:12:08 +0000

Skippy,

I know where both you and Babs are coming from. That was then. This is now.

I was in a 3 plane over the Lady once and on the same hop had a shot with the Twin towers in the background…. About 200 agl. All legal, all ATC approved. The old days and I cherish both pics. At one time one was allowed to do a Grand Canyon run below the rim..Awe inspiring. Fun in a scooter. Now you can’t even approach the rim I understand. Too many folks making a living off it.

RhinoWO- wait till you make O-6. You’ll know it all too, I promise. Or not. JOPA whining from a cold steel type ain’t becoming. LOL.

Re AF1 pic: Dummies. Why didn’t they wait until Obama was aboard to get the pics? He must go there 10-20 times a year. Nobody in the MSM would have even picked up the story if’n the Messiah was aboard!

By: jpr

jpr — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:02:15 +0000

And he’s outta here –
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090508/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_low_flying_plane

By: Far East Cynic

Far East Cynic — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:04:54 +0000

This deserves a long reply…

Because some things need context and explanation and its better to do it over here-than to try to explain it over there….

By: Chris Taylor

Chris Taylor — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:19:10 +0000

A VA ANG F-16 driver who knows the DC ANG Viper pilot told me that CAPITAL92 was flying an airframe from 187FW AL ANG.

He said there was no special reason (i.e. Hollywood) other than logistics. 113FW did not have a D-mod available for the photo op at the time that it was needed, so they borrowed one from AL ANG. Guard units have close working relationships and frequently move and swap tails and personnel. This particular VA-based Viper driver spent 6 months sitting alert with 113FW (DC ANG), for example.

According to him there was no other D-mod camera bird aloft, so there would be no pictures featuring both the vermillion-tailed F16 and the VC-25.

From a filmmaking perspective, you wouldn’t want a motion picture cameraman stuck in the tub of an F16 with a relatively small camera. You’d want a larger platform with an outboard camera pod. Just like they use for filming the “breakaway” shots in airline commercials.

By: ChrisP

ChrisP — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:06:18 +0000

But, but, what about global warming/climate change? What about the “carbon footprint”? The execs of the “Big Three” got reamed-out for flying to DC in their corporate-jets but “The WON” gets a free-pass for a 747-200 and two F-16s for a photo-op? Not to mention the terror the high-rise dwellers got from seeing a 747 outside their office windows. I’ve got to ask WTF, O? What were they thinking? Were they thinking? This was one of the most brain-dead, dumb-phuq operations I have ever seen. People were evacuating buildings, pulling fire-alarms, and scared to death.
The current pResident is a moron, and I think this wonderful little country of ours is in great danger.
I’m very glad that I’m old, and will not live to see the outcome of this. Another democracy(republic) that lasts about 200 years and then fades away.
I fear for our children, and their children.
The end of an era.
Cheers!
ChrisP