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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#1 - 2014-01-09 18:58:53 UTC
Most people probably don't care, but for U.S. air show nerds, this is big news. These guys didn't fly at all in 2013.

Blue Angels 2014 schedule

Thunderbirds 2014 schedule
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#2 - 2014-01-09 19:13:32 UTC
Confirming Blue Angels are ******* awesome.


Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
stoicfaux
#3 - 2014-01-09 19:36:09 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Confirming Blue Angels are ******* awesome.



Bah, the Thunderbirds will completely dominate the Blue Angels once the Air Force converts the T-birds into remotely piloted drones which can then pull G's that the Navy's Blue Angel pilots have no hope of competing against.

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#4 - 2014-01-09 19:44:15 UTC
Yeah, the era of the robot air show is coming. Sad But I guess we'll still have humans doing those semi-boring biplane aerobatics things.
Plastic Psycho
Necro-Economics
#5 - 2014-01-09 20:51:11 UTC
stoicfaux wrote:
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Confirming Blue Angels are ******* awesome.



Bah, the Thunderbirds will completely dominate the Blue Angels once the Air Force converts the T-birds into remotely piloted drones which can then pull G's that the Navy's Blue Angel pilots have no hope of competing against.


Heh. Watching video games is no substitute for human butts in the seats - What people show up for is to see humans master their aircraft to the precision of robots... Not to watch robots. Also, they show up to talk to the pilots. Drones are remarkably bad conversationalists.
Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2014-01-10 02:03:24 UTC
stoicfaux wrote:
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Confirming Blue Angels are ******* awesome.



Bah, the Thunderbirds will completely dominate the Blue Angels once the Air Force converts the T-birds into remotely piloted drones which can then pull G's that the Navy's Blue Angel pilots have no hope of competing against.


Boeing already made 6 drones: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/09/f16-drone/

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Marie Hartinez
Aries Munitions and Defense
#7 - 2014-01-10 04:20:13 UTC
stoicfaux wrote:
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Confirming Blue Angels are ******* awesome.



Bah, the Thunderbirds will completely dominate the Blue Angels once the Air Force converts the T-birds into remotely piloted drones which can then pull G's that the Navy's Blue Angel pilots have no hope of competing against.



I'm ex-Navy and am a fan of the Blue Angles, and I would pay good money to see that.

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#8 - 2014-01-10 14:50:04 UTC
Caleidascope wrote:
stoicfaux wrote:
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Confirming Blue Angels are ******* awesome.



Bah, the Thunderbirds will completely dominate the Blue Angels once the Air Force converts the T-birds into remotely piloted drones which can then pull G's that the Navy's Blue Angel pilots have no hope of competing against.


Boeing already made 6 drones: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/09/f16-drone/

That's pretty cool. An F-16 taking off with an empty cockpit is a strange sight.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#9 - 2014-01-10 14:52:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
I always loved when they come to San Fran for Fleet Week. A solid 2 or 3 days before hand watching them practice flying all over the city. They'll shake your teeth out. Lol

ed: It's too bad they don't let them go super-sonic for the day for some spectacular booms. I used to hear sonic booms all the time growing up in Arkansas. Not sure when they banned overland super-sonic speed......

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Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#10 - 2014-01-10 14:55:55 UTC
I love them both. They are an amazing sight to behold.

Now I would love to see the Russian Knights demo team perform but I doubt that would ever happen here. Probably very rare for any Western country.

-k8

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#11 - 2014-01-10 14:57:04 UTC
stoicfaux wrote:
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Confirming Blue Angels are ******* awesome.



Bah, the Thunderbirds will completely dominate the Blue Angels once the Air Force converts the T-birds into remotely piloted drones which can then pull G's that the Navy's Blue Angel pilots have no hope of competing against.




I for one have never been interested in machines competing in this way. This type of stuff should be a measure of human endeavor.

Replacing pilots with computerized drones is just boring. Outcome...already known. There is nothing provocative or mysterious, as with human pilots.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Plastic Psycho
Necro-Economics
#12 - 2014-01-10 15:27:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Plastic Psycho
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Not sure when they banned overland super-sonic speed......
Not banned over all areas, but over densely-populated areas, they started clamping down in the 70s. I can still recall the Concorde flying out of DC rattling the windows, but it wasn't long before they were held sub-sonic until over water.

Nothing like a fast fly-by to shake one up a bit. Tthe Top Gun takes on buzzing the tower? Not far wrong, at least in effects. Got buzzed in the Persion Gulf by a flight of Saudi F-15s; I felt the ship twtich. No - Didn't actually rock the ship, but scared the helm out of a year's growth, and his flinch was enough to upset coffee cups in the mess.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#13 - 2014-01-10 15:53:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Plastic Psycho wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Not sure when they banned overland super-sonic speed......
Not banned over all areas, but over densely-populated areas.


Wrong

"Since March 1973, supersonic flight over land by civil aircraft has been prohibited by regulation in the United States."

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#14 - 2014-01-10 16:02:03 UTC
Plastic Psycho wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Not sure when they banned overland super-sonic speed......
Not banned over all areas, but over densely-populated areas, they started clamping down in the 70s. I can still recall the Concorde flying out of DC rattling the windows, but it wasn't long before they were held sub-sonic until over water.

Nothing like a fast fly-by to shake one up a bit. Tthe Top Gun takes on buzzing the tower? Not far wrong, at least in effects. Got buzzed in the Persion Gulf by a flight of Saudi F-15s; I felt the ship twtich. No - Didn't actually rock the ship, but scared the helm out of a year's growth, and his flinch was enough to upset coffee cups in the mess.

Lol
Both the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds do "sneak passes" that startle everybody pretty good. While you're watching something elaborate going on in the distance to the right, a plane comes in low and close from the left, high speed and high decibels. video It's good to see that the U.S. military has enough sense of humor to prank people. Smile
Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#15 - 2014-01-10 16:07:44 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Plastic Psycho wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Not sure when they banned overland super-sonic speed......
Not banned over all areas, but over densely-populated areas.


Wrong

"Since March 1973, supersonic flight over land by civil aircraft has been prohibited by regulation in the United States."


Heheh, Blame Concorde for that one.

-k8

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Plastic Psycho
Necro-Economics
#16 - 2014-01-10 18:02:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Plastic Psycho
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Plastic Psycho wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Not sure when they banned overland super-sonic speed......
Not banned over all areas, but over densely-populated areas.


Wrong

"Since March 1973, supersonic flight over land by civil aircraft has been prohibited by regulation in the United States."
Actually, you're the one that is wrong. You will observe that neither you nor I specified *civil* - We were discussing Military to start, and I added civil, but didn't specify civil when I mentioned 'densely populated areas." In fact, I've had the lovely experience of feeling the shockwaves whilst camping in the high desert as late as 1989. Which is most *definately* not densely populated. Also note that 1973 is in the 70s, as mentioned.

Jump off your high-horse and hang your head.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#17 - 2014-01-10 18:15:10 UTC
Commissar Kate wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Plastic Psycho wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Not sure when they banned overland super-sonic speed......
Not banned over all areas, but over densely-populated areas.


Wrong

"Since March 1973, supersonic flight over land by civil aircraft has been prohibited by regulation in the United States."


Heheh, Blame Concorde for that one.



Military is a bit different. They are not supposed to fly at speed, but can indeed in case of emergency.

The last times it happened was a few incidents immediately following 911, when they had to quickly chase down a few "stragglers".

Absolutely not an incident since then though.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#18 - 2014-01-10 18:36:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
Those were the good old days, when we had sonic booms. They would rattle the windows and make automatic garage door openers raise or lower the door. Of course, that was also during the "duck and cover" Cold War era. Those booms had a little eery side to them too. A sudden boom from out of nowhere, so you thought "military jets doing maneuvers," which lead to thinking "Cold War," "defense against nukes," etc.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#19 - 2014-01-10 18:46:12 UTC
Khergit Deserters wrote:
Those were the good old days, when we had sonic booms. They would rattle the windows and make automatic garage door openers raise or lower the door. Of course, that was also during the "duck and cover" Cold War era. Those booms suddenly had a little eery side to them too. A sudden boom from out of nowhere, so you thought "military jets doing maneuvers," which lead to thinking "Cold War," "defense against nukes," etc.



And the Boom would hit before the sound of the jet sometimes, and had one wondering if it was maybe a bomb. I remember when about 5 went off a few minutes after the town's emergency sirens for Nuclear War specifically were tested, and it scared everyone out of their holy minds.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#20 - 2014-01-10 23:36:30 UTC
I helped 'man' the Ft Lauderdale air show 3 years running. Good times, except for one fatality.