Jims garage art made me think of something. I have lived for most of my life in pretty close proximity to Luke AFB, former training base for the F-16 for pilots from all over the world. But now their mission has changed to training pilots in the F-35, being a training base means they fly A LOT OF MISSIONS. They are a very familiar sight AND SOUND around here.
They are way louder than the F-16 was, and depending on where they are flying on a given day they fly directly over our house, day and night. I don’t mind at all , the sound of freedom and all that. Today when I was riding my bike in pursuit of brisket, I rode right past the end of the runway at Luke. There were a bunch of old guys sitting there with binoculars. You hardly need them, when those warbirds take off, they’re only about forty feet above the road, so close you feel like you could reach up and touch them, and they thunderous! I have done the same thing in the past, I used to pick up some McDonalds right by the base and park at the end of the runway on my tailgate. After 9/11 they started chasing people off and I was surprised to see those old guys there today.
I used to pass right by the base every day when I was working and one morning I was watching this F-35 taking off and I was surprised when he hadn’t even cleared the chain link fence around the base and he suddenly pulled that plane straight up and simply disappeared like a rocket. I’ve never seen one do that before or since.
I can’t imagine the G-forces that pilot must’ve been pulling. They are quite a plane!
They are way louder than the F-16 was, and depending on where they are flying on a given day they fly directly over our house, day and night. I don’t mind at all , the sound of freedom and all that. Today when I was riding my bike in pursuit of brisket, I rode right past the end of the runway at Luke. There were a bunch of old guys sitting there with binoculars. You hardly need them, when those warbirds take off, they’re only about forty feet above the road, so close you feel like you could reach up and touch them, and they thunderous! I have done the same thing in the past, I used to pick up some McDonalds right by the base and park at the end of the runway on my tailgate. After 9/11 they started chasing people off and I was surprised to see those old guys there today.
I used to pass right by the base every day when I was working and one morning I was watching this F-35 taking off and I was surprised when he hadn’t even cleared the chain link fence around the base and he suddenly pulled that plane straight up and simply disappeared like a rocket. I’ve never seen one do that before or since.
I can’t imagine the G-forces that pilot must’ve been pulling. They are quite a plane!