Raptor and Thunderbirds

Rhino · Post by **Rhino** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:18 pm

Yesterday, a special flight occurred at Langley AFB in preparation for the AirPower over Hampton Roads Airshow. This flight included the F-22 demo pilot Major Paul "Max" Moga and the 6 aircraft of the Thunderbirds.

Here are some pictures courtesy of AirForce Link.

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:50 pm

Awesome, the 22 is one hell of a plane, looks sexy too

Atlas · Post by **Atlas** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:31 am

nice find there Rhino...that looks sweet. Wish I would have got to see the Raptor fly here at Luke when the Thunderbirds were here.

Rhino · Post by **Rhino** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:45 pm

Steve has posted a video of the flight. I'm sure Hollywood was working uber hard, having not flown formation in a year or two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk-r15bh3aI

BonJobie · Post by **BonJobie** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:17 pm

I'll betcha dime to a dollar that it was Hollywood guilty of leaving "smoke on" during both of those passes!!

'Been there!!

Bon

Post by **Lawndart** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:47 pm

You know it!!!

Talk about muscle memory or lack there of, while calling for "smoke off" two hundred dozen times a week...

Stinger lineup looks like 2-1-Raptor-3-6 with 4-5 in trail. Wedge looks like 5-2-1-Raptor-3-6-4.

Ells · Post by **Ells** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:31 am

Man she's a sweet bird, cool vid

BE_MadMax · Post by **BE_MadMax** » Thu May 03, 2007 8:27 am

On the video posted I noticed a 7th plane flying nearby the formation, time of the video was 1 min 50 secs.

Was that the F-15 taking pictures of the formation?

Most probably the 2nd picture posted above!!!!

Post by **Lawndart** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:48 am

BE_MadMax wrote:On the video posted I noticed a 7th plane flying nearby the formation, time of the video was 1 min 50 secs.

Was that the F-15 taking pictures of the formation?

Yes, Tech Sgt Justin D. Pyle was riding in the backseat of the 8th aircraft seen momentarily in the video, taking these pictures!