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04-19-2008, 10:41 PM
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Name: Trent Mason City: Wrightsville Beach State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 29 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Well, the NC Coastal air show is in town this weekend at ILM. Luckily, my office/shop is located right across from the airport. I intended to go to the shop and work on my nightstand today, but I just couldn't stop watching the air show. My childhood dream was to be a fighter pilot (what happened?  ) so seeing fighter jets flying around is a real treat for me. I didn't get to stay long enough to see the Thunderbirds(?), but I was VERY impressed by the F-14 (or F-15). This guy would take off and bank around and fly straight over the building with the after burners blazing and I literally ducked the first time. He couldn't have been more than a few hundred feet up. I just stood there, jaw laying on the pavement, looking like a kid in a candy store, or any of us in an exotic woods store.  Anyway, I got absolutely no woodworking done today, but still had a great time. It's going on tomorrow too, so I'll probably try to catch the whole thing tomorrow (and hopefully make some progress on the nightstand). Here is a pic that I took with my cell phone. It seriously took me about ten attempts to actually get it in the frame. This guy was BOOKING IT.
Sorry I shot that one into the sun. Can you go blind by staring at the sun in a picture?   
Trent
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04-19-2008, 10:56 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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The shot into the sun is about the coolest pic you got. That must have been an awesome experience.
Dave 
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Honestly Honey, that will cost around $100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools. 
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04-19-2008, 11:33 PM
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Name: Ed City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I served 4 years in the AF at Seymour Johnson in Goldsboro working on F-15's. Still get a rush seeing them flying over! | |
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04-19-2008, 11:35 PM
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Name: Jimmy Coull City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 49 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by DaveO  The shot into the sun is about the coolest pic you got. That must have been an awesome experience.
Dave Those guys are amazing ! I heard that they lose a couple of pilots a year on just practice maneuvers.
Jimmy
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04-20-2008, 10:28 PM
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Name: Mark City: Goldsboro State: NC County: Wayne Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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That's a USAF F-15 (probably from the team here at Seymour Johnson AFB). IMHO they put on a better show than the T-Birds, and are full time warrior pilots to boot. The T-Birds and Blue Angels (Navy) are full time demo teams and fly F-16s. The guys here at Seymour put together a team a couple years ago with the F-15s and it is voluntary extra duty.
The only jet more wicked is the F-22A.
Go
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04-20-2008, 11:19 PM
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Name: Bryan City: Burlington State: NC County: Alamance Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Cool pics Trent. Fighters are so neet to watch in action. There was one spot on the Enterprise you could watch flight ops from and once in a while a couple of us would go there.
Somewhere I've got a few of F-14s launching and landing from when I was on the ship
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04-21-2008, 09:40 AM
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Name: Charles City: Wilmington State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 61 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Trent, that's some great shots. I was trying to make a flower bed in the back yard for LOML and couldn't get anything done for looking. Awesome!!! | |
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04-21-2008, 10:51 AM
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Name: Trent Mason City: Wrightsville Beach State: NC County: New Hanover Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 29 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Charles,
It was definitely a distraction wasn't it? I've noticed that you're about the only other active member from this area. If you ever want to get together for a beer sometime, just let me know. 
Trent
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