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    Posted: February/29/2012 at 18:31
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That is Friggen amazingExcellent
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WHOA!!!!!!!! Thanks, Mike! 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote shooter07 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February/29/2012 at 19:11

VERY cool....and i mean that, coming from a former C-130H Loadmaster. Big Grin

 
I can safely say, i never got THAT close to another aircraft...and damn if their assholes weren't puckered a bit tight.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote RifleDude Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February/29/2012 at 19:36
The Eurofighter Typhoon is an awesome aircraft!  If I were those guys, I'd be nervous about getting sucked into those engine intakes!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 3_tens Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February/29/2012 at 20:03
I wonder how much draft a C-130 has. Just like NASCAR!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dsr Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February/29/2012 at 20:11
Not draft -down wash. To see an example check out the F-104 & XB-70
Midair crash.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Glock Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/01/2012 at 00:14
Amazing shots wouldn't want to be in either aircraft
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wow !!!!! so cool
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote budperm Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/01/2012 at 09:55
One of the C-130 crew should have washed his windows while he was there!  Excellent
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote SD Dog Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/01/2012 at 10:16
Originally posted by RifleDude RifleDude wrote:

The Eurofighter Typhoon is an awesome aircraft!  If I were those guys, I'd be nervous about getting sucked into those engine intakes!


Exactly!  Have to be a fair amount of air moving through them.
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WOW. What a pic! Excellent
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That is so so so so cool!!!!!!!!  And great piloting!!! Excellent
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Alan Robertson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/03/2012 at 05:17
Originally posted by helo18 helo18 wrote:

That is so so so so cool!!!!!!!!  And great piloting!!! Excellent
No lie! There's bound to be major turbulence, so besides flight skills, that guy has a set (and so do the crew members).
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Summer@SWFA Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/06/2012 at 08:31

That is pretty amazing! Thanks for sharing!

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