Re: AFCA cheap imitation Summary for 09-May-08

On May 12, 10:13 pm, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
<reunite.gondw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 11:07:29 -0700 (PDT), Snidely
>
> <Snidely....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > On May 12, 7:10 am, "Glenn Dowdy" <glenn.no.do...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > The Thunderbirds were performing during their F-4 days. I distinctly
> > > remember the very slow pass down the runway at what seemed to be
about 200'
> > > AGL. Inverted. Loud like you wouldn't believe.
>
> > F-22s do it standing on their tail.
>
> That's because they can't do it inverted.  The display teams' F-4s had
> modified oil systems so they could fly inverted for longer than a
> moment or two.  The F-4 I got a ride in was a former Thunderbird
> airplane, with the modified oil system and a smoker system.
>
> Mary "F-15s can do it standing on their tail, too"

The other move I saw at the March ARB event was the F-22 flying slow
enough to keep up with the WWII birds as they saluted the field.

I now, I know, you've got all sorts of edge-of-envelope and high AOA
stories saved up, but this is one *I* saw, even if I didn't have a
good seat for it.

/dps