Monday - July 13, 2009

ONE HELL OF A FLY BY, WOULDN’T YA SAY? NOT TOO CERTAIN I’D WANT TO BE ON THAT BALCONY.

Wait a minute. Wouldn’t flying that low lose him lift? OK maybe not but this is hard to believe. It isn’t April 1st tho.
Gee ... talk about a very high wow factor.

Thing is, that guy on the balcony watching.  He just looks so casual like it’s an every day event. And what about being that close to a jet engine?
How about the walls and windows in the apt. complex?  Wouldn’t they suffer some damage?
I’m just trying to figure out if it’s a hoax. It was published a short time ago (an hour ago) in the Mail.

Now that’s what I call a fly-past: US Navy F18 streaks past apartment block

By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 1:27 PM on 13th July 2009

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.

One resident said: ‘I couldn’t believe how low they flew and how close they came to our building - I’m sure the pilot waved at me.’

The jets had flown in from the Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia to put on a spectacular show for thousands of spectators.

The Chrysler Jeep Superstores APBA Gold Cup race was won by speedboat ace Dave Villcock.

‘We danced with the devil at every turn,’ said Villwock, 55, who demolished the field on his way to his seventh Gold Cup win.

‘We were either going to win it big or lose it big.’

He couldn’t match the F15s for speed, although his average of 141mph for the five-lap final remained impressive.

DAILY MAIL

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