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  1. Gatorrari

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    Give them enough time, and it may be years, and they'll probably both be flying different versions of the F-35.
     
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    Genuinely curious: is there a movie that accurately depicts the "fighter jet" plot?
     
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  4. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    Speed and Angels

    Drama/documentary with the Tomcat. One of my favorite movies.
     
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    Is that the one where one of the TF30s blows during a supersonic run?
     
  6. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    I don't remember that part, but it's been like 10 years since I've seen it...I need to watch it again. Maybe this weekend. :)

    Here's the intro

     
  7. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    So second trailer is out. It shows a bit more including at the end the new plane that requires that U2 style helmet.

     
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    Oh, I so cannot wait !!
     
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    I think the helmet is more so you can see his face without the oxygen mask dangling.
     
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  13. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    #63 BMW.SauberF1Team, Jun 25, 2020
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    Nice! Guess it makes sense the toys would be released on schedule so the suppliers can still make money regardless of movie release being pushed back. I looked up those items just now and appears there is an F35 one, too, if you want to find that. Guess there are a lot more planes in this movie than I thought...

    Edit: apparently there's more...matchbox P51, F14 "Rooster," and F18 "Rooster" liveries.

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    Look like good teaching aids on the end of a stick.
     
  15. Bob Parks

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    Okay, I'll let it out now. I'm working on a story about a 94 year old WW2 fighter that is still at it. Title? "TOP GUM ", starring Tom Booze and June Jinnberry, neither of whom needs an airplane to get airborne.
     
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  16. spicedriver

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    Funny story.

     
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  17. Hannibal308

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    Very cool...
     
  18. Island Time

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    a hundred feet is not low?
     
  19. spicedriver

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    It is for a normal person. He's talking about fighter pilots.

     
  20. Island Time

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    #70 Island Time, Oct 10, 2020
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    I know. So what is “low” for fighter pilots? 10 feet? 50 feet?

    is that video representative of normal ops? It appears he’s at least 50 feet. Hard to tell. Could be a hundred.

    that’s a fairly big airplane.
     
  21. Island Time

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  22. Island Time

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    He used the phrase “it’s not absolutely low”. Sounds like there’s an “absolute” minimum. And that minimum would be less than 100’. I wonder what it is? (Or is it classified?)
     
  23. thecarreaper

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    I have seen fighter pilots where I live put the gear handle up on takeoff while on the ground. The safety weight on wheels switches inhibits the gear from going up until the aircraft is off the gear and *just* in the air.

    I have seen them cruise for a few seconds just off the ground, gear up in afterburner and then go nose up, aggressively. Sometimes they take off two at a time and do this. Its really a sight to see, hear and feel if you are close enough.
     
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  24. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    Yes, if I recall the Raptor demo would do that and go full 90 degrees nose up and then aggressively nose down to the horizon making a staircase shape flight path...impressive.

    Here is a video of the Su30 low pass photos I posted above:

     
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