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  1. Kami

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    #1 Kami, Feb 22, 2013
    Two of them actually. I live probably 10 miles from Scott AFB, so it was a little odd, but every now and again we have a few fighters out this way. What a huge plane! The pictures don't do it justice, absolutely incredible that thing can do what it does in the air. Also didn't realize how loud they were. I've had 15's 16's and 18's over the house before and they were nothing like these. Car alarms were going off up and down the street... Puts a smile on your face :)
     
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  2. RWatters

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    #2 RWatters, Feb 22, 2013
    They are loud and they are big, but man can they do some cool stuff in the sky!
     
  3. FERRARI-TECH

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    #3 FERRARI-TECH, Feb 23, 2013
    You aint kidding.... saw the display at Edwards AFB a couple of years ago..just blown away, didnt thing planes could do stuff like that.

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dly6DQ0fNA]Aviation Nation 2008 - F-22 Raptor Demo - YouTube[/ame]
     
  4. Kds

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    #4 Kds, Feb 24, 2013
    Spent a week in Alamagordo, NM, last year.......the windows in the dealership I was working at shook from the sonic booms we got 2-3 times a day from the Raptors based out of Holloman AFB. The locals loved it when this happened.
     
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    #5 Gatorrari, Feb 24, 2013
    Just a reminder of that old adage: Jet Noise - The Sound of Freedom!
     
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    #6 vincent355, Feb 24, 2013
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    #7 GTHill, Feb 24, 2013
    Just imagine what a plane could be designed to do if it didn't have to accommodate the limits of humans. Crazy.

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  8. Bob Parks

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    #8 Bob Parks, Feb 24, 2013
    That plane is already here.
     
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    #9 GTHill, Feb 24, 2013
    The USAF X-37B?

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    #10 FERRARI-TECH, Feb 25, 2013
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    I have a friend who was in the AF and is now a private civilian contractor working on the F22 test program at Edwards, he told me that the biggest limiting factor in the F22 is the human and that he thought this would be the last air superiority fighter that had a pilot on board...seems a shame in a way but thats progress for you.
     
  11. schumacherf2006

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    #11 schumacherf2006, Feb 25, 2013
    While golfing at my favorite course in Utah (davis county) you can watch them all day:) its really neat. They take off from Hill Air Force Base.
     
  12. tritone

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    #12 tritone, Feb 25, 2013
    Love the shot with the Lightning & the Mustang & the Raptor!
     
  13. RacerX_GTO

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    #13 RacerX_GTO, Jan 19, 2023
    I'm necromancing an old thread about the Raptor.

    All fighters have their own signature jet-whine sound from the intakes. If I throw the following birds out, you most likely can already hear them in your head:
    - The Tweet
    - Phantom
    - The Buff
    It you're an aviation nut, there's something about the sound a certain bird emits. Now, what does this have to do with anything? Well, I happen to notice, on YouTube, virtually
    every single video of the F-22 Raptor, is always in afterburner.
    Believe it or don't, the Raptor too, has its own 'sound' with A/B off. I didn't catch this trend, until this video started circulating like wildfire;
    https://www.facebook.com/reel/877431169958869

    YouTube featured ONE
     
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    #14 Ak Jim, Jan 20, 2023
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    #15 F1tommy, Jan 20, 2023
    So no more rear refueling shots with the KC46, that's is a shame!!! Love the F22 much better than the F35. I bet the F35 has higher mtx per flight hour than the F22?
     
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