Fotoserj Loc: St calixte Qc Ca

It’s top secret so who knows

CO

There is the F-117 stealth fighter. It apparently has the radar signature of a small bird.

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

My aircraft experience is somewhat old school by now, Grumman Navy A/C during the 70's (F-14, A6 variants, E2C Hawkeye) Calverton final assembly flight line, Peconic/Great River area of Long Island. Later on parts for MDAC and structural stuff for F-15 and F-18, Harpoon missile, and complete Tomahawk Cruise missile builds. Great memories, exciting stuff to work on....will never forget eating lunch beside the runway watching F-14 test flights as they came off the assembly line. Usually 3rd of 4th time (or when they felt the aircraft was ready) the test pilot would do a drag strip style take-off, wheels up, kick up the nose and hit the afterburners - woooohooooooooo!!!!!! Straight up and out-of-sight!!!!!

Otis

Lt Kara Wade is Jessica Biel from the movie Stealth

BetterPHpro Loc: NC

I was on the 2nd fleet flag ship 1979-81.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

In the mid 60s my Dad worked for Eastern Airlines at Lambert Field in St Louis. McDonnell built the F-4 at their plant by the field. The Missouri Air National Guard fighter unit at the field flew the F-100 off the field also. On Sunday the Guard and McDonnell test pilots would have drag races. Line their planes up on the runway, start takeoff on signal. The F-100s being lighter would usually win the ground part hitting the end of the runway and lifting off at the steepest angle they could. The F-4s would hit the end of runway a bit behind them, point the nose straight up and slam on full emergency power going straight up and passing the F-100s as if they were parked.

My Dad once got a ride in an F-4. He was on business in Washington DC. One of the head test pilots for the F-4 was a good friend of his and in Washington giving Congress Critters rides as part of the sales pitch for improvements. One of them canceled out after the plane was fueled and ready to go, they needed to burn off or dump the fuel within a certain time limit. He got hold of my Dad and offered him the ride. Well Dad got fitted for a G-suit (first hint-the Congress Critters were wearing coverall type flight suits), helmet etc. His buddy promised to make it a nice easy flight with a big "shit eating grin" as Dad put it (second hint-plus Dad knew his friend had a rep as a bit crazy as a pilot and a major sense of humor). Took off, nose up afterburner on full, then when he hit the top he dove East over the ocean, leveled off low enough the exhaust was making a rooster tail, still at top speed, rolled inverted and buzzed some Navy ships, nose up and blew back to altitude then came down going back west doing all kinds of rolls etc to bleed off speed and then came in at the field for a very conservative and gentle touch down. My Dad wouldn't talk to him for a month or two. Then turkey season started and they went hunting together in the Ozarks. But Dad never accepted any rides with his friend again in anything bigger than a little WW II era Piper the guy owned and maintained as a hobby.

Flyerace Loc: Mt Pleasant, WI

This actually lifted my spirits. The trajedy of Sept 11th will remain with all of us for the rest of our lives. To rebuild as the USA has, shows our determination to be the best and brightest beacon in the world. Thank you for posting these photos. They are beautiful. By the way, any nuclear submarines providing support for this carrier group is in itself a most powerful weapon. The bad guys have never seen the USA fight with its full ability since WWII. We are scary strong!!!

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

Those test pilots were some crazy guys!! I would have loved a ride, but did get to sit in the cockpit of the 14 a couple times, cooooolllllllllllll!