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piney
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:18 am
Post subject: and those Navy guys think they fly low

A B-52 slides down the port side of USS Ranger (CV-61) in its typical nose down cruise attitude. Though it looks like it, this is not photoshopped. It happened in early 1990 in the Persian Gulf, while U.S. carriers and B-52s were holding joint exercises. Two B-52s called the carrier Ranger and asked if they could do a fly-by, and the carrier air controller said yes. When the B-52s reported they were 9 kilometers out, the carrier controller said he didn't see them. The B-52s told the carrier folks to look down. The paint job on the B-52 made it hard to see from above, but as it got closer, the sailors could make it out, and the water the B-52's engines were causing to spray out. It's very, very rare for a USAF aircraft to do a fly-by below the flight deck of a carrier. But B-52s had been practicing low level flights for years, to penetrate under Soviet radar. In this case, the B-52 pilots asked the carrier controller if they would like the bombers to come around again. The carrier guys said yes, and a lot more sailors had their cameras out this time. Photo was taken from the plane guard helicopter

more insanity here Laughing

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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:22 pm
Post subject: Re: and those Navy guys think they fly low

Wow - thank you man, that's great stuff. I'm only about 1/3 through that site but totally dig the P-47 shots particularly. I have a book written by P-47 pilot "Hub" Zemke and he describes coming home from ground attack missions with tree branches embedded in the leading edges of his wing and telephone wire wrapped around his prop hub.

There at least 6 month's worth of screenshot contest inspiration in those photos as well....

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