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My F16 flight! (with pics)

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    My F16 flight! (with pics)

    I got a ride in an f16 on Friday. Man was it awesome... I will never be satisfied with the speed of my car ever again, haha

    Here are a few pics:


    This is one of us in the arming area. Thats where the pull all the safely pins and arm up things like chaff, flares, ejection seat, and weapons if they are active. You can see the other jets in the back ground. We went as a flight of 4.
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    Here is a pic out the window of our wingman. After a few simulated bombing runs we split up into 2 separate 2 jet formations and flew throught the alps at about 7,000 feet. OMG it was the greatest ride ever.
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    Here is a pic of the Swiss Alps. They are just a few miles from the base.
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    This is me in the cockpit of course, and the last one is of me and the pilot that I flew with. Fighter pilots are some pretty cool guys... He even let me fly the jet for about 20 minutes. I would have took pics of the console and the heads up display, but how they had it configures was classified so I couldnt take pics.
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    1337Rolla oh my

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    that's awesome! Really lucky you got a ride in one of those, wish I did :D
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    Photoshop!!!

    Sike....thats awesome!!! Id love to go up in a fighter jet!
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    i'd be scare to ride it tho...so high up in teh sky...
    AE102, Oct 15, 2005
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    ahhh fighter jets - nothing substitutes one of those on an AB takeoff...
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    Dude that kicks azz! Looks like you had a blast.
    statik, Oct 15, 2005
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    sweet man...looks like a blast...

    now, swiss alps....like europe??....assuming ur in the military, is that were ur stationed at and are u on active duty???....curious....
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    Nah, he means the Swiss Alps in New York. :)

    The fastest acceleration Ive felt was a NASCAR.....cant imagine the acceleration in a jet leaving an aircraft carrier....THAT would be awesome
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    How in the fuck did you get to go for a ride in a 30 million dollar aircraft?!?!?!!? OMG! Why can't this happen to me ever ;)
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    You can buy a ride in a F16, I think they run for around $6k last time I checked. :)

    Pics don't work for me, my work's firewall pwn3s photobucket :(

    -Doc
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    thats awesome, i only plane i ever been in was a single prop lil 4 seater, it was awesome though
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    Yeah, im active duty Air Forcebased at Aviano AB, Italy.


    The AB takeoff was incredible... I dont really know how to compare it, haha.
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    that's because there is nothing that compares lol
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    Search for Bun Laden's ass!
    Then this group can play pin the donkey. :D
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