Impressive shuttle launch as seen by fighter jets (pic)

Man this is too cool I had to share this one, F-22's overlooking a recent shuttle launch,




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WOW! Thanks for my new wallpaper.

reply to post by Happyfeet

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No prob glad you liked the pic enough to use it for your desktop, I might as well somewhere down the road.

Great shot.

Higher definition can be found here:

reply to post by Chadwickus

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Nice, thanks for sharing I would love to see something like this first hand from the cockpit.

reply to post by alyosha1981

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If you're lucky (and American), you can catch it launching while on a passenger jet:

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The acceleration is amazing!

looks like there are 2 lanches???
whats the other one?? or what is that?

reply to post by whatshenneping

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I think it's just a reflection.

If you look closely you can see a third, dimmer reflection above and slightly to the right of the second one.

reply to post by Chadwickus

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American, yes. Lucky no. The video you posted is as close as I'll ever get to that experience friggin sweet though!

Outstanding pics guys ! As happyfeet said thanks for the wallpaper Good to see the raptors here in Florida