EXCESSIVE NOISE EDITION

TANK

Shared on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 16:44

I work in Downtown San Francisco and this week is Fleet Week. I've been listening to the loud crack of F/A-18 Hornet jet fighters flying around the buildings down town here. These jets are FAST... i'm used to watching commercial aircraft come and go from the Oakland airport across the bay, but these Hornets move! And damn are they loud, you can always hear them but trying to actually see them is a different matter. Anyway this is a yearly thing, they'll be flying around practicing today and tomorrow and then the actual show is sometime on the weekend.

 

Blue Angles flying over Bay Bridge and Waterfront San Francisco... hey guy on the top, YOU'R DOING IT WRONG! :lol:

 

YOu can see more fleet week pics and Blue Angles photo's here

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2008/10/06/fleet_week__san_francisco.DTL&o

 

Comments

MTK005's picture
Submitted by MTK005 on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 16:45
That's fantastic. I'm jealous!
ekattan's picture
Submitted by ekattan on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 16:45
No pic. Is that the one with the white shark?
TANK's picture
Submitted by TANK on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 16:48
Pic should be fixed
Lala Calamari's picture
Submitted by Lala Calamari on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 18:20
I live very close to a Navy base and have watched the Blue Angels several times. They are awesome. It's so amazing to see how fast, loud and agile those planes are. I'm used to the A10's that usually fly at the base. My wifes old daycare center was located was on the landing path for the base. These things would be screaming over the center about 100 feet off the ground!
Guardian's picture
Submitted by Guardian on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 18:48
Nice picture. When I lived in Louisiana, I was only about 15 miles from Fort Polk. Every 2-3 months or so they'd have fighter jets flying maneuvers right over the house. There'd be about 4 of them up there dogfighting and chasing each other. I guess they use lazers or something? It was pretty amazing to watch.
dkhodz's picture
Submitted by dkhodz on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 19:08
Um, there are actually 2 upside-down Angels in that pic.
TANK's picture
Submitted by TANK on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 19:12
Well they're BOTH doing it wrong then :lol:
Brad's picture
Submitted by Brad on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 21:48
people were worried - ships came in a day late and the wind was harsh when they were flying - but all is good.

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