Something similar happened to us once at the Salton Sea, back when it was still a place worth gong to. It's been over 50 years but I recall that it was a Navy Skyhawk. Dead quiet and all of a sudden there he was 50 yards away and 50 feet above the water. Way cool.
When I lived in Florida a fighter jet jockey did a pass over my place at about 100 feet at about Mach .5, I shit you not. My cows thought it was the end of the world and my horse totally freaked. Just glad I wasn't mounted at that moment because I would have no doubt been tossed!
My grandfather ended up having a word with the local base commander over planes buzzing him and his horses during WWII. One of two occasions my mother actually saw the man get mad.
A similar thing used to happen in northern Maine in the early 80's. We'd be fishing in the middle of a secluded lake and a cruise missile on a test flight would come flying down between the mountains at about 100 feet up and about blow us out of the canoe. You'd get about half a second of warning.
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Something similar happened to us once at the Salton Sea, back when it was still a place worth gong to. It's been over 50 years but I recall that it was a Navy Skyhawk. Dead quiet and all of a sudden there he was 50 yards away and 50 feet above the water. Way cool.
ReplyDeleteI would toss my paddle up in the air to see hat happens when a piece of oak hits a spinning turbine.
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ReplyDeleteDrakens are some of the coolest-looking aircraft ever. A-4 Skyhawks are my other favorites.
DeleteWhen I lived in Florida a fighter jet jockey did a pass over my place at about 100 feet at about Mach .5, I shit you not. My cows thought it was the end of the world and my horse totally freaked. Just glad I wasn't mounted at that moment because I would have no doubt been tossed!
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather ended up having a word with the local base commander over planes buzzing him and his horses during WWII. One of two occasions my mother actually saw the man get mad.
DeleteWhat a story to tell!
ReplyDeleteA similar thing used to happen in northern Maine in the early 80's. We'd be fishing in the middle of a secluded lake and a cruise missile on a test flight would come flying down between the mountains at about 100 feet up and about blow us out of the canoe. You'd get about half a second of warning.
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