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Three planes
I saw these in the sky today.
I think they are for an air show.
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intrudermarine. Thank you for IDing them. Margar3t. Thank you for posting tis pic. |
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Thank you so very much for letting me know what they are. I figured the one in the middle was very old, it has a propeller :) Thanks for your visit and very informative comment. Have a great day |
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Glad you enjoyed it JoanneMor, Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Have a great day. |
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Must be an air show,,how neat to see the different generations of planes we have all together |
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It was pretty cool Phxgal. I was a bit surprised when I looked up to see the three of them flying so closely together. Thanks for your visit anc comment. Have a nice day. |
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There is definitely an air show nearby. Good shot!! |
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Thank you Kat-Al, they kept circling around most of the day. I got to see them quite a few times. Thanks for stopping in and for your comment. Have a great day. |
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The F-4 had to be the loudest. I don't know how far away you were from them, but that plane literally screams. Having two large engines is noisy, but when they are going slow such as landing, they have air prpoelled over the wings to "dirty" them and that noise is more of a very loud scream. |
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I could hear them from a ways off... I am not sure how high they were flying but they were circleing around the city... flew right over the house. Later on another plane joined them or maybe it was different planes, anyway there were 4. I will have to post them when I get them off the camera. Have a great day and thanks for your visit and comment. |
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Perhaps it was this private show? Tucson Davis Monthan Heritage Flight ConferenceTuscon Real Estate Blog - March 7, 2009 The annual Heritage Flight Conference is going on this weekend at Davis Monthan Air Force Base. It is not open to the Public but you can view it from a variety of locations around Tucson. One of ... »
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Yep anacoana, I bet you are correct. The photo on the link you posted is wonderful as if someone was taking it from the next plane. Thanks for the info and for your visit. |
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Ah, gee, now I have write a sea story. Davis Monthan as you may know, is an aircraft storage facility. If you look at my blog site or my picture; is is an A-6 Intruder. This plane was used by only the Navy and Marines. It was officially retired 10 years ago almost to the day. They have like 150 A-6's in storage at Davis Monthan in what is called ready reserve. This means the planes could come back into service. This is highly unlikely. Many A-6's were put into the ocean to create reefs. Of course they were stripped before they were sunk. Many have been put on display; I and many others have donated time and money for at least two of them. They are at the Leatherneck Museum at MCAS Mirimar San Diego, and just outside MCAS Cherry Point, NC. The one at Mirimar is from my squadron and has the Vietnam era paint job. I am sure there are many other planes there in the same situation. All of the F-14 Tomcats (see Top Gun movie)are there and they are the ones that are being carefully destroyed. This is because before Iran fell in 1979, they purchased many F-14's and parts were being stolen and sold to Iran by lets say less than honest people. Iran was trying to get them operational. Sea story over. |
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Very interesting intrudermarine, I have see the old planes out there at DM, there are tons and tons of them in rows. It is very cool to drive by and see them. Another cool place in the area is the Pima Air and Space Museum. I can hear planes flying again today... I need to see if they are any different than the ones yesterday and get my 4 planes off the camera for you to see. Thanks so much for your comment and "Sea Story" I enjoyed it very much. Have a wonderful day. |
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There is an A-6 in the outside presentations. It's interesting that there are no Navy/Marine planes in the air show. I guess that because it's an Air Force Base. Oh, Top Gun is now at MCAS Yuma, AZ. |
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I didn't know that Top Gun was in Yuma. I have no idea how they pick out the planes but you are right... it is an Airforce base. Once they had tons of old planes for a show, very cool seeing them flying around... I took more photos today, there are now four planes. If you want to see them they are posted here http://margar3t.blogster.com/three-planes-now-there-are-four |
They likely are for an air show. There is a P-51 Mustang from WWII, a F-4 Phantom, Vietnam era and some years after and an A-10 Thunderbolt which I beleive is still flying in the National Guard.