Author Topic: Special event (Read 1699 times)

pigman · « **on:** April 19, 2009, 12:48:25 AM »

I just back from an event not too far from where I live. What was the event and what plane is in the picture.

Radar67 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 19, 2009, 12:53:47 AM »

The plane looks like a B52 from that angle. The event was Thunder over Louisville. (Air Show)

Raider Bill · « **Reply #2 on:** April 19, 2009, 08:31:07 AM »

I was going to guess the knob creek machine gun shoot

pigman · « **Reply #3 on:** April 19, 2009, 09:08:19 AM »

And Rader Bill is correct.

It is a ~~B- 52~~ F-52 comming in for a strafing run using all tracer rounds in it's 50 cal guns.

I hope no one believes that.
I just can't fool A military man like Radar67. It is a B-52 making a fly by at the air show before the Thunder Over Louisville Fireworks. I live just 45 miles away and this year was the first year I have gone to the event. Amomg about 50 planes performing at the air show, I thought the F-22 was the best. That plane did some things that I didn't thing was possible. They had a civilian flying a helicopter doing some things that even DanG probably hasn't done. It was announced that flying a helo upside down is easy once, but the trick is to be able to do it twice.

Chuck White · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2009, 05:32:38 AM »

Definitely a B-52 and I believe it's a "D" model.

I worked on them for 2 years while I was stationed at Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX, 1970-1972.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #5 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:21:03 PM »

Seen all kinds of them here before Loring closed. Cracked the glass in a couple windows. A couple were lost in back woods NB from crashes.

CLL · « **Reply #6 on:** April 23, 2009, 03:31:23 PM »

I live close to Whiteman Air Base and see them all the time, along with Stealths and A-6 Warthogs. I know in VIetnam, it sure woke you up when the B-52's dropped near you.

Mooseherder · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2009, 08:30:58 PM »

Quote from: SwampDonkey on April 23, 2009, 12:21:03 PM

Seen all kinds of them here before Loring closed. Cracked the glass in a couple windows. A couple were lost in back woods NB from crashes.

We grew up a few minutes from Loring AFB. There was always a B-52 in the air along with suppport fighters.
People were devasted when they closed Loring. Others would say the animals came back after all that noise was over with.

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