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2009-07-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Now that's a fly-by: USN F18 streaks past apartment block

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Posted by tu3031 2009-07-14 00:23|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Looks like TOM CRUISE/MAV'RICK + GOOSE get to spill more coffee ala TOP GUN!?

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-07-14 02:34|| NA]">[NA] 2009-07-14 02:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Goose is dead, Joe.

Sniff...

Posted by Parabellum 2009-07-14 08:30|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/]">[http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/] 2009-07-14 08:30|| Front Page Top

#3 That aviator is doing some of that pilot shit!

Posted by Injun Grinesing9686 2009-07-14 12:57|| 2009-07-14 12:57|| Front Page Top

#4 He couldn't match the F15s for speed, although his average of 141mph for the five-lap final remained impressive.

Love that reporter...

Posted by Beavis 2009-07-14 13:28|| 2009-07-14 13:28|| Front Page Top

#5 You can read the numbers on the A/C. Someone's ass is in trouble if this isn't a photoshop.

Posted by OldSpook 2009-07-14 13:46|| 2009-07-14 13:46|| Front Page Top

#6 This is the moment a a US Navy pilot gave a shocked resident a very close look at his F18.
The fighter/bomber streaked past an apartment block on the banks of the Detroit River at the weekend. It was part of a tactical demonstration fly-past to open a speedboat race in the North American city.
Officials waived rules to allow the Navy flyers to swoop under 100ft along the waterway.

Posted by tu3031 2009-07-14 13:51|| 2009-07-14 13:51|| Front Page Top

#7 At another site, they get snarky...

Normally, jets aren't allowed to fly so low. In Detroit, however, there's no real risk of it hitting a populated area.

Posted by tu3031 2009-07-14 13:57|| 2009-07-14 13:57|| Front Page Top

#8 It's probably a telephoto shot that makes it look closer to the apartment block than it actually is.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-07-14 15:46|| 2009-07-14 15:46|| Front Page Top

#9 Yes, telephoto, but imagine how hard it would be to catch the shot.

Posted by KBK 2009-07-14 23:39|| 2009-07-14 23:39|| Front Page Top

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