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A big thrill for my son!
This was Monday night, a surprise I organized for my son, he liked it......
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I can't see it Jeff. Bad link?
edit: just a bad connection He'll remember that for a long tijme, pretty cool to be able to get to sit in there.
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Works for me. He does not look very thrilled.
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F-16?
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 Good lookin kid ya got there Jeff. David
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http://iluvmewall.com/Documents/f18-hornet.jpg Way to go, Dad! Great surprise!
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Thrilled nothing...I say he's looking for the start button.
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If thats a canadian f-18 then it's one of those wacky all purpose ones. Forgot the specific name, but they aren't used for naval operations. Wonder if it still comes with a tailhook?
I totally wish I was that kid. Lucky, he has such a great dad.
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Great job dad, he will always remember it, i'm sure! |
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wow if its an F/A 18 im very envious. i would trade just about anything i own to just sit in one. my favorite jet of all time. Lucky boy!!!
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July 31, 1991, a day I will remember very well. Got to go for a backseat ride in an F/A-18D. 1.4 hours of bouncing of the clouds at 30 - 40 thousand feet over the Pacific Ocean is really quite a rush! Randy
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wow! lucky you. every year i look foward to either the blue angels or thunderbirds coming to town. prefer the blue angels cause the f-16 just doesnt do it for me the same way....F/A-18 pulling straight up vertical and climbing is the BEST sound i have ever heard on this earth. the sound of the heavens opening up
i took my mom this year, who could give a crap and had NO idea what to expect...when the jet snuck up from behind all silent and then went rrooooooaaaarrrrr a hundred feet over our heads and the pulled straight up towards the sun, i could see her hair stand up on her head. she was like, "oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!!!" hahahah awsome memory i shall cherish took this last summer 
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Here are some shots of Hornets to compare. Note the placement and shape of the rear horizontal stabilators and the shape of the intakes. The older F/A-18s (A/B/C and D models) have rounded intakes. The newer, Super-Hornets (E and F models) are larger in overall size and do have squared intakes, similar to the F-15. Randy
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I flew that bad arse airplane for a few years. Not the fastest jet in the inventory, but it's fast enough that you can see the back of your own head when you're flying it.
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oh yea, your exactly right. totally forgot the F15 and 18 look very similar. this F15 was flying around our city for a week last summer...over my house, over my office, buzzing around the office buildings...very cool
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I thought this was what the excitement was:
 The hornet is cool. My dad flew them along with eagles and phantoms at Mac in the 70s and 80s. I got to fly the simulator once, which was...befuddling.
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He was pretty thrilled with his personal guided tour! It was a pretty tough climb to get up into it for him as it was damp out. He really liked the night vision goggles too!
I've got two I am using today for some trianing/fam purposes. Unfortuanetly they need to go do a comm check out near where his school is.... what bad luck!! Cheers
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