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Fly over this week....
William81
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The A-10's were out and about this week.....No doubt when one is coming, very distinct sound !!
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We are 50 miles from Whiteman AFB....we get A-10s and the BAT fairly often...
I live eight measured miles from Hill AFB, not only the home of the first operational F-35 squadrons, but a worldwide maintenance facility. We get every USAF airplane that exists in here. I can sit on my deck and revel in aircraft.
Especially since, deep in my heart, I know I can do that.
Nice!!! They are pretty awesome!!! Once at Lake Powell UT at the Rincon (I know Rocky knows this place)...We heard a strange noise...We were lucky to be looking in the right spot when a fighter jet blew through the canyon...maybe 500' off the water and below the rim of the canyon...LOUD!!!
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Was helping the tower rats in the German forest back in the day about 10 feet above the tree line, 4x4' tower... we got buzzed by a Tank killer and that tower swayed back and forth about 4 feet in either direction, no more towers for me, I'll stick to 30-40 foot poles and running cable on the ground... life of a cable dog back in about 1980 was my last duty station.
Live a mile or so from the flight line of Seymore Johnson Air force base. . See the tankers and F 15 strike eagles almost everyday . Sometimes they are low enough to see the pilots .
I guess it's a universal truth that military aircraft have a distinctive sound signature. Even with heavy overcast, I know when one of the f-15s are passing by. Same is true for the cobra gunships or the frequent fly by of a Coast Guard Sikorsky. Of course, the private jets have their own, distinctive sound too.
Before I retired from Allison Gas Turbine in '92 I worked on a problem with the A-10 assigned to carriers. Our research department receive a contract and we looked into it. The problem was fuel nozzle coking after landing caused by immediate shutdown as opposed to a airstrip landing. I constructed a test system and had a solution that required a small accumulator (much like you have in a home well system) and a solenoid valve. It was turned down by the Navy because it added about 3 pounds to the aircraft. I was disappointed at the time but I realize now that every pound counts in a fighter aircraft.
We had 2 on Friday. Maybe MacDill AFB.
Umm, Jeff, there have never been A-10s on Carriers. I'm sure your engines were used on something else.
No arresting gear on the A-10...
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That is very true. For me that is very true for helos. Too many service memories of helos coming in for both good and bad reasons.
In fact recently we were somewhere and a helo was off in the distance and you could not make out the type but could hear it. My wife thought it was a life flight but as soon as I heard it without even getting a good sighting I knew it was a military helo.
Sure enough it was a Blackhawk.
I am used to the sound of the Huey that we used but the miltary helos now still have a distinctive sound.
I live 100+ miles from any military base but I saw my first V-22 Osprey fly over a couple of weeks ago.They really have their own unique sound.
We see a few A10s and ospreys on occasion . Coast guard come thru once a month or so
See some civilian contractor flight from time to time
I think the C5A has a unique sound as well. Back when they had 130's in Boise. I got very used to their sounds. On occasion we would get a visiting Orion passing through. didn't even have to look up to tell what it was.