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Old September 12th 16, 02:40 AM posted to rec.skiing.alpine
Richard Henry
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On Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 6:35:59 AM UTC-7, pigo wrote:
That sounds like the situation at the show I was attending Richard. They flew down the runway and rolled up at the end.....except that one. Large fireball. It took awhile for confirmation, but with the missing man formation and flyby we all knew what had happened. It was the 50th anniversary of Hill, show. I don't know if they carried on or what. It could have even been the last day scheduled anyway.

There are flyby's of the U of U stadium all the time. Most often F-16's but sometimes others. Living a mile south along the orientation of the field is a great spot to see those. The Olympic Opening Ceremonies were a special one that I remember.


On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 9:44:31 PM UTC-6, downhill wrote:
Richard Henry wrote:
The Blue Angels appearances at the annual air shows at Pt Mugu and
Miramar were always a break in routine - even 20-year men would stop
and watch the maneuvers. In 1978, a couple of years after I got out
of the Navy and while I was working just a mile or so south or
Miramar one of the jets crashed during arrival maneuvers - the pilot
was performing a low-altitude slow roll close to the runway and
misjudged his position. The plane was destroyed in a fireball and
the pilot killed.

The show went on as scheduled the next day.


I was in my yard and there was a fly over of 4
Suspect it was the increased 9-11 security measures.


I was downtown near Petco Park last year for some reason about the time a baseball game was starting. A flight of Navy jets did a flyby over the stadium at barely legal height. That is especially effective if you don't know it is coming.

If you know anything about the layout of San Diego and its "downtown" airport, you will understand that such a flight would require shutting down all airport traffic for a few minutes while the Navy jets cross over the inbound flight path at more or less right angles.

BTW, I read somewhere that the reason the tall buildings in San Diego are the same height is because they are all rubbing up against the 500-foot limit imposed by the FAA for buildings close to an airport.
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