>
>> We were in an old mill in Killin our first full day in Scotland when I heard
>> a bone-shaking roar
>>and looked out a window just in time to see the hindquarters of what I
>>believe was a Tornado
>>streaking off in the distance. The pilot was pushing Wing Commander Barker’s
>>500 ft. limit.
>
>We were fishing on a lake in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan many
>years ago when two fighers were doing a "below the radar" run at
>whatever speed it is where a vapor cone forms around the aircraft and
>some extra noise is produced. They dropped down to maybe 10-20 foot
>off the deck and had quite a spray trail rise up off the water.
>
>We happened to see them coming, but no noise until well after we were
>staring into the red glow of the exhaust and then it was deafening.
>Almost fell out of our boat.
>
>That was in the day when they used to "attack" each other between the
>Sawyer and Kincheloe/Kinross bases. These two were sneaking their way
>towards Sawyer.
>
Many years ago we were busy rigging rafts and canoes just upstream from
Mexican Hat for a week-long run down the San Juan River. I heard a low rumble
from the east and looked up just in time to see a B-52G come over the hilltops
on an low-altitude oil-burner practice navigation run. Damned loud even with
the newer engines.
They used to do these regularly over the southwest. One got a little too
low near Kayenta and hit the top of a low peak of Navajo sandstone south of El
Capitan. There were a few survivors, which was a miracle since the aircraft
came down in pieces both large and small.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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