Aircraft pics

[mockingbird812]

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Not only a testament to the tuffness of the Eagle, but that pilot had ALL of his s*#t in one sock. Of the folks who fly our aircraft, the Israeli pilots are some of the most serious and professional aviators. Good thing they are on our side.

[ANDY M]

Flying on a "wing and a prayer", and for the Israeli pilots, their prayers are a local call.

[47Hammer]

Back in '79-'80 my younger brother was the crew chief for the first F-16 officially put into service for the Air Force up at Hill AFB in Ogden Utah. His planes tail number was 001 for all us number freaks, they referred to it as balls one! I got to ride out to the plane with the pilots and crew in the van to the flight line, cool stuff. The first Israeli pilot to train and fly the B model (two seater) was Ilan Ramon. I just remember thinking this guy is the same age as me at the time, 22 and he was flying F-16's. Wow! Bad Ass. And my 20 year old brother was in charge of the plane. Amazing!



http://www.space.com/missionlaunches...el_030201.html

[ANDY M]

Last year, the International Space Station was orbiting over the east coast when the shuttle was launched.
They were in the right position to capture these amazing photos:


What I wouldn't give to be there!

[SS427]

NEAT photos but it looks like they were shot from within our atmosphere and not above it. Still very cool shots.
Rick

[x Baldwin Motion]

maybe shot from 30-35000 feet ?

[ANDY M]

Shot from space. No conventional jet can climb to an altitude where the sky turns black and you can see the curvature of the earth. It's just the oblique angle of the space station as it flew from the northwest to the southeast as it passed bye.