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| Lockheed F/A 22 Raptor scheduled for Rose Bowl flyover |
| 2003-12-27 |
| Look up and hope the show’s broadcast in SA, France, NK, Syria, Pakland, Iran, etc.... Lockheed-Martins F/A-22 Raptor fighter will fly over the Rose Bowl on New Years Day in Pasadena, Calif., the largest public display yet for the Georgia-built warplanes. A single Raptor fighter will join a B-2 Spirit bomber and an F-117 Nighthawk fighter in the flight over the 100,000-seat stadium. A television audience of about 18 million people are expected to watch top-ranked USC and No. 4 Michigan compete in the Rose Bowl. The $200 million F/A-22 is the most costly fighter in history. About 20 of the radar-evading, supersonic jets have been built and flown in Marietta and sent to Air Force bases in California and Nevada. The planes will undergo a series of war games against other U.S. fighters to determine how well the planes will perform in combat. The Air Force expects to purchase 381 Raptors, which are scheduled to go to front-line U.S. fighter squadrons in 2005. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #6 I look forwaed to seeing the Raptor. It's suppossed to be a Stealth air/ground fighter. It also has a system that can use radar without giving away it's location, unlike our other stealth air-craft. |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-12-27 11:41:51 PM |
| #5 Lieutenant? Salt Peter for Alaska Paul, please? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-12-27 10:19:59 PM |
| #4 Picture this for an aviation orgasmic air show: Century of flight extraviganza! Curtiss Jenny, followed by various WWI planes, then a series of between war planes, followed by B-17, B-25, B-29, then little friends: Hellcat, P-38, F4U coursair, P-51, maybe a Sandy, then bring on the newer iron that Shipman mentions in his comments. Now THAT would be one halftime show. Sorry cheerleaders, give us a few minutes to get over the roar. Sorry, just got carried away.......... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-12-27 10:04:02 PM |
| #3 Frank... at the time I was stunned by the audacity and skill of the pilot... 9/11 images were still far in the future. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-12-27 8:24:15 PM |
| #2 wish I'd seen it lol |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-12-27 8:16:04 PM |
| #1 A single Raptor fighter will join a B-2 Spirit bomber and an F-117 Nighthawk fighter in the flight over the 100,000-seat stadium Dammit I want F-14s, F-16s, AC-130s, A-10s, not some of this expensive shit that I can't see or hear! The best (unplanned) flyover is still the B-25 Mitchell that flew under the press box at Florida Field. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-12-27 8:04:58 PM |