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theLRG t1_j0ufsqc wrote

It was just over Bryn Mawr a little bit ago. Man those things are loud!

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[deleted] OP t1_j0ufu5e wrote

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XeroG t1_j0ujbxs wrote

POTUS is at his house for the weekend, some dude in his Cessna strayed into the no fly zone without permission, got intercepted.

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theLRG t1_j0ukyvt wrote

Oh shit I think I saw it! I saw a low-flying small craft fly over Bryn Mawr and then the fighter jet was swirling around behind it!

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GroupBQuattro t1_j0un4do wrote

Yep that’s it. Fighter had to do circles because it can’t fly as slow as the little plane (cessna)

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K3R3G3 t1_j0xgjgq wrote

TL;DR - If you haven't seen a fighter jet at an airshow, try to. The occasional flyovers here are next to nothing in comparison. It'll blow your mind.

Dude, if you thought that was loud, I went to an airshow where the same jet was: an F-15. This thing flew right in front of us, less than 100 feet over the runway that we were on the edge of. I can't even describe it. With my ears plugged, it was still deafening. The ground, both concrete and soil, quaked. The vibrations through your feet were ridiculous. Your entire body gets pummeled by the thunderous energy of the engines. It shakes the earth and hammers through every molecule of your being. It feels like someone is punching your chest or it's going to disintegrate you.

I don't know how close to the speed of sound it was going, but it was fast. It would do the runway passes then pull straight up and turn into a dot in seconds and punch through the clouds. You'd still hear it somewhat faintly lurking above, or fade to borderline inaudible, then it would punch back through and approach until it did another apocalyptic runway pass at breakneck speed.

I was a kid when I went and it's still one of the coolest things I've ever seen. The F-15 is so badass.

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thebadpixel t1_j0wd8df wrote

I was biking across Jersey in the MS City to Shore in 2019 when a fighter jet blew over us at low altitude. Holy hell… I almost had to stop and hold my ears.

There were no follow-up kabooms, so I figured WW3 hadn’t started and kept riding. Found out later it was something to do with Tr#um’s golf club.

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