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This is the moment a a US Navy pilot gave a shocked resident a very close look at his F18.
The fighter/bomber streaked past an apartment block on the banks of the Detroit River at the weekend.
It was part of a tactical demonstration fly-past to open a speedboat race in the North American city.
Officials waived rules to allow the Navy flyers to swoop under 100ft along the waterway.
Originally posted by MR BOB
yeah and if it clipped the apartment block just a tad, that jet would be *snip*.
and people could have been killed, especially if it had any rockets attached to it.
Originally posted by DontTreadOnMe
Thanks for posting this.
I live north of Detroit, and heard them yesterday....and wondered what the HECK they were and WHY were they there!!!
Even though we're quite a few miles away, I am guessing they need quite a bit of room to make those turns
I did find a video from yesterday:
Originally posted by MR BOB
yeah and if it clipped the apartment block just a tad, that jet would be *snip*
and people could have been killed, especially if it had any rockets attached to it.
Originally posted by C0bzz
And you haven't seen loud till you've been CLOSE to a B-1 at full power without hearing protection.
Originally posted by Darthorious
I'm kind of surprised they allowed that.
Heck the best of the best make mistakes at air shows and go down in flames.