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Originally posted by Omega_M holy shit, the F22 raptor is dope. the roller coaster kind of loop that it does is amazing. Notice the smoke as it does that maneuver ? I think its a shock wave that develops around the plane as it suddenly changes direction.

It's water vapour condensing as the pressure of the air increases over the surfaces during manoeuvres. And the roller coaster stuff it does is totally thanks to the thrust vectoring...basically it can change the direction the jet engines point in the back, letting it do some crazy stuff. It was definitely the highlight of the show.

The show as a whole was pretty weak, I thought, though. There weren't enough historic aircraft and the Snowbirds had their crappiest sequence I've seen in a decade. Nonetheless, it's always exciting to see an airshow.

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Originally posted by catinthehat The show as a whole was pretty weak, I thought, though. There weren't enough historic aircraft and the Snowbirds had their crappiest sequence I've seen in a decade. Nonetheless, it's always exciting to see an airshow.

One of Snowbirds pilot died in an accident not a short time ago during a show IIRC. I'd imagine they are going through reviews of their acts and SOPs and whatnot to figure out what went wrong.

PS: This thread needs some plane porn

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Originally posted by chinamon not true. i say "ugh" but i am a tranny.

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Originally posted by kotsy lol colour me retarded

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Originally posted by trancechaos Its back people. Get the fuck out there and see some fine machinery

dood thank u so much i missed the air show but wanted to see highlights - perfect thanks!

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Went to the airshow yesterday and got to see the raptor. We got to watch the show from the top of Atlantis nightclub (it cost $5 and they were serving booze). I must say the raptor is quite the aircraft to watch. That being said, it quite funny to hear the announcer say that it is the most manuverable aircraft in the world even though the MIG-29 (correct me if i'm wrong) has had thrust vectoring for years now...

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Originally posted by itikia Went to the airshow yesterday and got to see the raptor. We got to watch the show from the top of Atlantis nightclub (it cost $5 and they were serving booze). I must say the raptor is quite the aircraft to watch. That being said, it quite funny to hear the announcer say that it is the most manuverable aircraft in the world even though the MIG-29 (correct me if i'm wrong) has had thrust vectoring for years now...

thats right, i love the mig...same with the eurofighter.

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Went to the airshow on Saturday. Very very cool... the F22.... oh shit
And the old plane from the 40s, so fun to see. Definately thought he was going to end up in the lake. Fire from plane = ohhhh no

I live on Queensway and Windemere (South Kingsway exit of Gardiner) on an 8th floor...I thought our neighborhood was being bombed..That was so scary
They literally were just above my condo building, too close...

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