July 31, 201511 yr I don't want to get Mountain Ref too antsy but I just saw two of those large, triangular shaped planes fly high over Danville. I couldn't get my good camera in time and they just look like two black dots on my cell phone pictures, but it was pretty cool. Are those bombers?
July 31, 201511 yr Author Stealth bombers? [ATTACH=CONFIG]51639[/ATTACH] Yes, looked just like that. Two of them flying in perfect formation.
July 31, 201511 yr Noticed Blackhawks flying overhead several times today in Louisville and Jeffersonville today as well.
July 31, 201511 yr Yes, looked just like that. Two of them flying in perfect formation. That had to be freaking AWESOME to see.
July 31, 201511 yr Their base is in Missouri...they fly nearly all of their missions from there. You probably saw them coming from or going on a real or training mission. They even flew from Missouri to Iraq and back during the Gulf War each time.
July 31, 201511 yr Author That had to be freaking AWESOME to see. They were as high as any planes I've ever seen too. I'm going to try to post the pic from my cell phone although it literally just looks like two dots on it.
July 31, 201511 yr They were as high as any planes I've ever seen too. I'm going to try to post the pic from my cell phone although it literally just looks like two dots on it. My cousin's husband is a F-16 pilot. A couple years ago he was in Dayton, Oh and my cousin had to pick him up at Wright-Patterson AFB. However he first had to do a fly-over at a Bengals game and then fly to St. Louis and do a fly-over their as well. My cousin left Ft. Thomas (67 mile drive to Wright-Patterson AFB) after they got off the phone as he was heading out to get into his F-16. He was back on the ground at Wright-Patterson before she got there. :eek:
July 31, 201511 yr My cousin's husband is a F-16 pilot. A couple years ago he was in Dayton, Oh and my cousin had to pick him up at Wright-Patterson AFB. However he first had to do a fly-over at a Bengals game and then fly to St. Louis and do a fly-over their as well. My cousin left Ft. Thomas (67 mile drive to Wright-Patterson AFB) after they got off the phone as he was heading out to get into his F-16. He was back on the ground at Wright-Patterson before she got there. :eek: F-16's can easily handle Mach 1...just over 761 mph. Their "cruising speed" (if you want to call it that) is around 500 mph. That's a round trip of about 134 miles for the plane, at 500 mph, and that makes for about a 16 minute round trip.
July 31, 201511 yr My cousin's husband is a F-16 pilot. A couple years ago he was in Dayton, Oh and my cousin had to pick him up at Wright-Patterson AFB. However he first had to do a fly-over at a Bengals game and then fly to St. Louis and do a fly-over their as well. My cousin left Ft. Thomas (67 mile drive to Wright-Patterson AFB) after they got off the phone as he was heading out to get into his F-16. He was back on the ground at Wright-Patterson before she got there. :eek: The year he did a "fly over" during Ft Thomas's 4th of July Parade was an absolutely incredible experience. It felt like he was no higher than the water tower in town. Flew right down N. and S. Ft Thomas Ave. So cool!
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