Simviation Forum - MCAS Beaufort Air Show

Apr 25^th, 2004 at 9:49pm

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Taken Saturday April 24 2004, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort SC,

For Hagar - A real jet trainer...

Patty -

Somehow, I wanted to eat pizza after these guys performed.

Out Sunday for a walk, I hear a noise, and took a REAL snapshot .. freaking bird almost got in the way..

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Reply #1 - Apr 25^th, 2004 at 9:54pm

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Nice one

!@#$ing bird! Shocked

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Reply #2 - Apr 25^th, 2004 at 10:24pm

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Side note - the B2 and Jet Provost photos were taken with an Olympus C-50 digital camera. The Patty Wagstaff and "Red Baron Pizza" performers were taken with a Mead Digital Binoculars - binoculars with a built-in camera that were a Christmas present.

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Reply #3 - Apr 25^th, 2004 at 10:40pm

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Do you often get to see B2's fly over like that Felix?

Who switched the lights off? I can't see a thing....... Hold on, my eyes were closed. Oops, my bad...............&&

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Reply #4 - Apr 25^th, 2004 at 10:44pm

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Do you often get to see B2's fly over like that Felix?

No. Even my son (based in Beaufort) says that that is a one-time happening. There was an airshow Saturday and Sunday, and the B-2 didn't fly over on Saturday. We were taking a walk along the waterfront when we heard turbine noises. It wasn't the whine of an F/A-18, nor the deeper growl of a "heavy" ... we looked up and there was this "thing".

Not knowing the details, we can only assume that it was doing an air show flypast.

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Reply #5 - Apr 25^th, 2004 at 10:49pm

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Very lucky walk indeed! Thanks for posting the shot.

I think the closest to anything like that I have ever seen was during the warm up for the first Gulf conflict. An A-10 caming screaming over my dad's house at about 600 feet being chased by some Harriers. The A-10 was weaving about like a maniac and the Harriers were keeping as close as possible, it was breathtaking. Sadly I had no camera.

Cheers Felix,

Will

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Reply #6 - Apr 26^th, 2004 at 2:54am

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Love the last shot........ at first glance it looks like a Kite I had to do a double take Shocked

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Reply #7 - Apr 26^th, 2004 at 4:59am

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Nice one Felix. The shot of that B-2 is amazing. Thanks for posting them.

PS. The Jet Provost is nice but I prefer Patty's Extra.

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Reply #8 - Apr 26^th, 2004 at 5:52am

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Great shots Felix Wink

The JP is gorgeous

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Reply #9 - Apr 26^th, 2004 at 7:18am

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great shots:) i have seen those binoculars before but couldnt imagine what sort of picture they would take, now i see its pretty good.

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Reply #10 - Apr 27^th, 2004 at 9:00am

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I live on a AF base and I have never seen a B-2 in person. Ive seen F-117 an so on up clouse... Cry

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Reply #11 - Apr 27^th, 2004 at 10:33am

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Bones is jealous! a B-2 is always an amazing sight! be happy you could hear it because it normally doesn't make lots of noise...that's the only negative i can say about this plane: the sound sucks. Wink

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