Cool Blue Super Low Pass

[splatt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8zP5s9vdX0&feature=related

Very Low - Very Cool look'n Transonic Blue Angel Pass

 

[SIG600]

Wow, that was sweet. Too bad the San Fran homo squad doesn't want them performing there anymore.

 

[mudkow60]

That, my friend, is a pretty silly statement. I saw them perform, from almost that exact location. Almost every roof in the city was packed full of people.

 

[say again]

That, my friend, is a pretty silly statement. I saw them perform, from almost that exact location. Almost every roof in the city was packed full of people.

I believe he was speaking of the politicians!!!

 

[splatt]

I read that this might be the last San Francisco Air Show because the Mayor doesn't like it... or something like that? Too bad, because the public sure seems to enjoy the show.

 

[AirBadger]

I think it was one guy who had that idea, and it was subsequently shot down.

 

[mzaharis]

Here's a photo of a pass from this year. Classic Schlieren effects caused by the shock waves (those are hard to photograph in the lab, let alone out in the field).

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?..._nr=23&prev_id=0367248&next_id=0955437&size=L

 

[MJG]

^^^^ Now that is cool!

Stupid question, maybe we could get the Mythbuster geeks to try this out. What would happen to a person if they were directly under an aircraft like that with that kind of pressure wave caused by the jet?

Death? Serious injury at least? Loss of hearing for sure. Would be similar to the pressure wave from an explosion I would think.

 

[Bjammin]

Been there, it's not that bad. Like getting hit by a sudden blast of wind while a gun goes off near your head. That was an improptu airshow at the carrier.

Want to be there? Find the VR 1266 Military Training Route in Southern California where it crosses the Salton Sea. Guys going M.9+ at very low altitudes. It's one of the main routes for the Low Altitude Training school at Yuma. See ya there.

 

[SIG600]

I was standing on the flight deck last week when two guys went buy supersonic maybe 100 yards away, like jammin said it just feels like a little thump of wind.