Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 728 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 - 12:58 pm: | |
If you can see the sky over esat detroit and the pointes right now, there is a great show being put on by a military aircraft. check it out! |
Toolbox Member Username: Toolbox
Post Number: 1090 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 - 1:01 pm: | |
Air show at Selfridge this weekend. |
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 729 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 - 1:03 pm: | |
Maybe this was some preparation then. It sure was a sight! I hope more pilots are out testing this afternoon. |
Bigjeff Member Username: Bigjeff
Post Number: 88 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 - 1:34 pm: | |
I was at the DYC on Wednesday for a dinner. It was said there will be an f-18 over the river for the boat races doing different stunts both Saturday and Sunday. He will fool around for about fifteen minutes or so over the Belle Isle area. Was told it was in celebration of Navy Week here in Detroit. They are trying to get the Blue Angels in the next couple of years, fingers crossed. It was said he is practicing today. |
Yupislyr Member Username: Yupislyr
Post Number: 228 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 - 1:49 pm: | |
More info: The Navy's West Coast Super Hornet Demo Team will demonstrate maneuvers of one of the U.S. Armed Forces' most impressive aircraft, the FA-18. Friday July 13th 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch & Possible Navy Fly Over Saturday July 14th 1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. Air Show (Autograph Session) 6:30 p.m. Air Show (Message edited by yupislyr on July 13, 2007) |
Gannon Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 9631 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 - 2:08 pm: | |
I heard a fly-over a bit ago, probably an hour, it blew my mind. Somebody must've been going to Selfridge, but they were LOW and LOUD. Pretty cool, if I had known what they were in advance. |
The_rock Member Username: The_rock
Post Number: 1828 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 - 3:21 pm: | |
To set the record straight, The Selfridge Air Show is not this weekend. It is July 21 and 22. And it's free, too! |
Ookpik Member Username: Ookpik
Post Number: 289 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 - 3:46 pm: | |
I saw the flyover. It was done for the hydro races which I was attending. It was the most awesome flyover I have ever seen. The announcer told about the aircraft and then announced each "trick" the pilot was going to do. I have no idea what the "tricks" were as I know virtually nothing about military aircraft but it was a great show. The jet flew faster than the speed of sound and the sonic boom set off everyone's car alarm. Awesome! I have a very old and slow digital camera but I did manage capture the jet!
Ookpik |
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 732 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Friday, July 13, 2007 - 10:01 pm: | |
Yea, I'm from a major military family and I'm ashamed to not know this, but I too know nothing about the names of the maneuvers. My favorite though was when the pilot flew straight into the air and then spiraled back down right towards the earth. Even though I was about a mile away, it was still a great site to see...and loud. (Message edited by DetroitSTAR on July 13, 2007) |
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 736 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 12:24 pm: | |
he's baaack!!! |