Last weekend while fishing up around Long Shoal - we had a Stealth fly over us - it was AWESOME
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Last weekend while fishing up around Long Shoal - we had a Stealth fly over us - it was AWESOME
Gary, you and Sue will have to come visit sometime. They takeoff and land over our property. I've seen them thousands of times and I still stop what I'm doing to watch them. The F22 Raptors are a sight too.
We had helicopter fly down the channel last Friday over us in the Tebo arm. It was low. It had to pull up when it got to the bridge. Some type of fighter copter. It was pretty neat.
You will see a LOT of planes and copters on Friday and Saturday, Whiteman is having their Air Show on Saturday. The copter that was following the lake channel is usually a National Guard doing a low-level run, they can't do that on private ground but on the Corp that's another story.
Bulletman
When I grew up we lived about 6 miles south of Whiteman near Turkey Kearns conservation area. It was always exciting around air show time. Bulletman have you been around Windsor long? Most of my family still lives there.
One of my favorite things about fishing around Truman is looking for the jets and helicopters out of Whiteman. More than likely it was was a AH-64D Apache helicopter. A couple of years back saw 2 KC-135 tankers refueling 8 military jets heading west that was coolest thing I have saw, wish i took a picture of it.
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Those pictures just give me chills. I have soooooo much respect for the men and women that protect our county. Too all of you THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
When I was a lad, we went to MTL and I was fishing in the boat with my Grandpa and Grandma, and an F15 or one of its' predecessors came Ripping down the lake just over our heads so low it seemed like it was just over the treetops. It was so close it disturbed the surface of the lake. Couldn't hardly hear it as is approached going who-knows how fast, but when it passed... WHAT a roar. It was incredible. We heard and saw several more planes that day, but none that low or that seemed to be going so fast.
Grandpa asked a couple of people what the Sam Hill was that all about, and found out the Air National Guard was practicing bombing runs, using the Clarence Cannon dam as the target.
Wish I had a pic of my face when it happened!
I remember Grandma wasn't too happy at all, but I'll never forget it.
If you think the flyovers are impressive, you should see them in action. U-tube has a lot of videos showing just how bad they can mess up a Taliban's day.
Jiggin',
I've been in and around Windsor almost all my life, grew up half-way between Turkey Kearn and the High School,,,,,,,,we prolly know each other.
I live in Windsor now, work in Sedalia.
An the low level runs those A-10 Warthogs put on my truck is cool, as long as they don't have any live ammo. You will see a pair of them cruising along on a tangent to your course and they will in unison make a turn and come across your bow, and you KNOW that your truck hood is in their gunsite!
Bulletman
Ted that is the one we saw on Friday. Pretty cool. Bullet man I a one of the many Fosnow's. My mom and dad take care of the park there in town.
Ahhhh you must be one of the youger one's, I'm OLDER than you HA!-----Bill is my buddy, you and I visited one evening there at the Park. I live a half-mile south of the lake.
Bulletman
Cool Picture!
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Originally Posted by bwillaub
We were at my office in KCK watching the Blue Angels practice for the air show and were SEVERAL miles from where they're flying.
You can see these specks in the air doing things...but they're just so far away.
So I'm watching them and they do some stunt or another and I'm watching one (broadside) but then it turns so I'm looking at it edgewise and it just disappears!
So I'm trying to find it again when, in like what couldn't have been two seconds it is RIGHT ABOVE ME, followed by a deafening sound. And I get to thinkin, "Is this a great country, or what?!?!!!"
Can you imagine one of those Taliban's sitting six miles away thinkin', "Yeah, I think I'm pretty safe....I'm clear over here!"
Game Over.
The day before the slealth flew over - there were a couple of jets buzzing the Long Shoal area - at one point they dropped something into the air that looked like sparklers - I told Mrs JJ they were putting on an early 4th of July celebration for us - at one point they flew so low we could see through the cockpit - not sure what they were but it was awesome to watch - makes me proud to be an American! And thankful for those who serve our great country.
when i was serving in iraq, we got a 2 week r&r in the states and they flew us out of baghdad airport in some big air force jet. when it took off they made a sharp turn and started firing flares. that scared me worst then being on the ground getting shot at.