RE: 2009 Edwards AFB Open House [Archive]

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brad kaste

November 20th, 2009, 14:47

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1a/Edwards09/Edwards09.html (http://home.comcast.net/%7Ebzee1a/Edwards09/Edwards09.html)

cheezyflier

November 20th, 2009, 16:22

wow man! :applause: some great (desktop worthy) pics!

the sound clips made it even better. excellent post!

i kinda always dug the F-16, so when i saw the XL i had to look it up. a very interesting aircraft:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-16XL

GT182

November 20th, 2009, 18:04

Great photos Brad.... thanks for the link. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/GT182/Thumbup.gif

jmig

November 20th, 2009, 18:11

Those were fantastic pictures! Loved them!!

Panther_99FS

November 20th, 2009, 18:29

Ah, those Nikon shooters....:applause:

Marlin

November 20th, 2009, 20:27

That was awesome, thanks :applause:

PeteHam

November 20th, 2009, 21:43

Stunning pics :jump:

Thanks for sharing the link :applause:

Pete.

Tylerb59

November 20th, 2009, 21:49

Thanks for the link! I enjoyed the read and photos. :)

Lionheart

November 20th, 2009, 23:26

Thanks for the heads up. Awesome pics!

That would be one awesome airshow to attend..

Bill

lifejogger

November 21st, 2009, 08:05

WOW, some of the best airshow pictures I have seen in a long time, thank for posting.

FAC257

November 21st, 2009, 10:03

Those are really remarkable airshow shots!:applause:

The one pic of the Lockheed YO-3 is only he second time I've ever seen one and only the third time I've heard about it.

In the 70's my father was an FBO a little was outside of DC. One day while working out on the ramp he heard a call come from the radio loud speaker that he had set up on the airport shack. It was from an aircraft identifying itself as "Snoopy One" and was declaring an emergency landing.

Dad had know clue what the heck to expect to see flying in. You had to sort of wind your way down a valley on final he didn't get to see it until it was making the last bend for the landing. He said it made almost no sound at all.

As soon as it was down and the pilot determined that it couldn't take back off, armed security folks showed up within a very short time, to keep everyone away from it while it was stuck at the airport.

I remember it was either a CIA or an FBI version used for domestic surveillance and it was still sort of a secret at the time. The major difference between the one that landed and the one in the pic was it had a 6 bladed stubby prop not the 3 blades.

It always reminded me of a U-2 with a prop on it.

FAC