I got this shot at the Langley air show a few years back.
Stealth fighters are pretty cool-looking planes.
The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
They might be in use over Iran soon enough.
Joel, we can only hope!
Stealth pics are nice.
So are pics of Tig and Gracie.
I don’t know what’s hotter, that sleek looking fighter, or the fact that you were at the Langley Air show plus got to see it.
They are ALOT bigger then they look in person.
I got to see one at an air show at willow run in Detroit (well suburbs of Detroit).
Take a look at the Pilot’s melon and you can kinda get an idea of scale.
That and many years ago I got to see a SAC ac-130 do a JATO launch off the runway. Awesome is the only description.
I had a great time at the air show. When I arrived, paratroopers were falling from the sky, causing me to immediately break into the old Weathergirls hit, “It’s raining men,” to the embarrassment of my companion. Not that I stopped. It was raining men.
I’ll have to dig around and put up some more shots, since this one seems so popular.
I had the opportunity to watch an SR-71 Blackbird take off from a runway in Korea in 1982. I’ll never forget that…
Robert
Last week I took the family to the museum at Pax River Naval Air Station, which is where the Navy flight-tests new planes.
They had on display the actual F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ship that won the competition for the “little brother” version of the F-22 Raptor. Israel just announced it will purchase a fleet of these F-35s, which are at least as stealthy as the F-117 you photographed, Meryl.
It’s a beautiful bird, and I was imagining seeing the big Magen David on the side of the fuselage – it would look great.
The F-117s are being phased out of service. Cool as they look, they are 1970s technology. They are being replaced by the F-22.
On the other hand, some Night Hawks will still be in the inventory through next year. So, if GWB decides to enliven his last year in office by taking a whack at the Iranian nuke sites, well, Joel and Robert, you might just get your wish.
“Last Ride of the Night Hawks”. Sounds like a Tom Clancy title doesn’t it?
I’ve seen F117’s at air shows for the past 2-3 years now. Most recently at the Joint Service Open House that is held every year at Andrews Air Force Base, usually a week or two before Memorial Day.
If you can make your way to attend next year, it’s always a good show. You get to see both modern and historic planes. Often flying in formation together (so-called “heritage” flights.)