Forum: F-22A Raptor

I seen it and don’t believe it … the Raptor is a “BAD a$$ MOTHER FUCKER”

OH MY GOD!!!! Aviation Nation @ Nellis … They don’t fly them like that @ Edddy.

Been on the Flightline for close to 30 years, and not easily impressed or shocked by too much in the aviation field.

Raptor’s maneuverability “SHOCKED” me … The jet is the BIZ

And the funny thing is … F-22 does not need to “Break Dance” in the sky … a$$ capping kill capability is well beyond visual tactics.

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Raptor goes again around 1500ish ... YFZ450 off the trailer. I'm going to ride out to the desert and watch

wish me luck

I'm hammered brothers Very Happy

boff180 wrote:

I'm just looking forward to RIAT 2008 Smile

Why is that...whats going on?

VarkVet wrote:

I seen it and don’t believe it … the Raptor is a “BAD a$$ MOTHER FUCKER”

OH MY GOD!!!! Aviation Nation @ Nellis … They don’t fly them like that @ Edddy.

Been on the Flightline for close to 30 years, and not easily impressed or shocked by too much in the aviation field.

Raptor’s maneuverability “SHOCKED” me … The jet is the BIZ

And the funny thing is … F-22 does not need to “Break Dance” in the sky … a$$ capping kill capability is well beyond visual tactics.

Yep, I was there Friday, Saturday, and today and I have to agree - UnFoxtrottingBelievable Shocked

! I just love the "power loop," "J" turn, and tailslide Thumb

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Lots of fun - glad you had a good time VarkVet Cool

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Newbie Joined: Nov 12, 2007 Posts: 1 Status: Offline

A really nice video of the raptor showing its stuff.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=e_Q6Vb9xJM0

surprised this wasn't already posted, is youtube ok here?

Lots of fun - glad you had a good time VarkVet Cool

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CF-18 was really good as well ... landing gear down stuff he did was cool.

Newbie Joined: Aug 15, 2007 Posts: 11 Status: Offline

Does anyone know the dates for 2008. A road trip might be on the way!

God Bless
Jer

Varkvet - CF-18 was a cool demo Smile

I guess I might just be a bit jaded from all those years at Miramar Wink

My favorite parts were the BUFF coming in for the "Arc Light" strike during the Vietnam demo, the whole Vietnam demo, the MiG, Sabre, Sea Fury, and Fairy Firefly in the Korea demo, the Zero and B-24 in WWII, and of course, the RAPTOR Twisted Evil

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slicktry - Aviation Nation is usually the second weekend in November Wink

Hope to see you there Cool

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Personal note - I swear I'm going to find a way to get a press pass next year Evil or Very Mad

! Carrying five different cameras is bad enough, but what's worse is when you've got to carry them ON THE BUS FROM THE SPEEDWAY! Oh yeah, and that line on Saturday night that stretched from the C-5 to the Thunderbirds - what was up with that Shrug

??? I finally got on a bus at 1900 Shocked

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My griping (and my still hurting feet and ankle) aside, I'd have to say that this was THE BEST airshow I have ever been to - and I've been going for about 31 years now, at least one airshow a year if not more Thumb

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Here's a few pics from the show:

Newbie Joined: Aug 15, 2007 Posts: 11 Status: Offline

Parrot,

Thanks for the pics. hopefully next year

God Bless
Jer

Slicktry,

No problemo on the pics Smile

That's just a few of what I have - I'll post a link to my photo gallery once I get the 35mm developed (and on CD, too) Cool

Hope to see ya next year Very Happy

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God bless you, too!

Here's a few more pics Smile

Elite Joined: Jul 11, 2007 Posts: 633 Status: Offline

parrothead wrote:

Here's a few pics from the show:

Parrothead

The pic you called a daisy cutter is really a BLU 82B.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/blu-82.htm

A daisy cutter is a pipe extending out from the nose which has a M904 fuse attached. See attached picture. The daisy cutter is used for above ground detonations, such as clearing a VERY large area, for helicopter landings or just to clear the ground of clutter.

This bomb is dropped from a C-130 with the cargo pallet as a launch pad. A parachute deploys righting the bomb for impact.

Any bomb can have a "daisy cutter" or fuse extender attached, and was very common in South East Asia on Mk 82 and Mk 117 bombs.

Nice pictures from the airshow!

From that link: "The BLU-82B/C-130 weapon system, nicknamed Commando Vault in Vietnam and Daisy Cutter in Afghanistan".

Elite Joined: Jul 11, 2007 Posts: 633 Status: Offline

Guysmiley wrote:

From that link: "The BLU-82B/C-130 weapon system, nicknamed Commando Vault in Vietnam and Daisy Cutter in Afghanistan".

What ever they want to call it.... All I know is what makes it a daisy cutter is the extender tube with the M904 attached to any bomb not just the BLU 82.
Without that it would bury itself into the ground before exploding.
At least that's what we called it when I was loading them. and installing it on the Mk 82's also referred to at the time as daisy cutters because of the extender tube.

"The warhead contains 12,600 pounds (5,700 kg) of low-cost GSX slurry (ammonium nitrate, aluminium powder and polystyrene) and is detonated just above ground level by a 38-inch (965 mm) fuse extender, optimized for destruction at ground level without digging a crater."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLU-82

Did you call them something else when you were loading?

Sorry guys we are getting off topic here....still loved the airshow pictures!

Today I was at Dobbins ARB (where they make Raptors) attending an AFA meeting. You don't get to see Raptors there as much as you might think, but today I watched an F-22 and an F-16 come down the runway at about 300 feet in full burner and then go vertical. The Raptor appeared to be still in primer and I suppose the Viper was its chase. Needless to say, there was no contest in the vertical climb, but it sure was a thrill to see!

Guys,

Thanks for the (admittedly off topic) education on the BLU-82 Smile

I always just knew it as a "Daisy Cutter" but it appears otherwise Wink

Glad y'all like the pics - I assure you that there are more on the way Very Happy

Loader2088 - Gotta say that the Raptor's something else in the vertical Thumb

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Forum: F-22A Raptor

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