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I worked just up the hill from the Air Force Museum. They have a runway that they activate when a new plane is coming in for the museum. Our area manager would let us go out to the runway and watch. I saw some awesome planes come in. They usually do a flyover before landing. There is a hill at the east end of the runway that we usually sat on so the planes would fly right over us. About 20 years ago the museum's Blackbird was due to arrive. Right on time this black dot appeared off to the west. The 'bird came in slow and the pilot lowered the gear and we thought, "Crap, no flyover this time." When the plane was about 10 feet off the tarmac he snapped the gear up and lit the afterburners and the Blackbird shot over us at maybe 100 feet. The heat and sound hit us like a concussion. Knocked us flat. I've never experienced anything like it.
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