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I got an email today, don't know how to copy it A CHIP in San Diego working radar notices his The USMC Commander wrote back stating the USMC A little rebellion is good medicine for the government
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runawaygun762
50 feet at 300 MPH over San Diego with live missiles. I'm whistling and throwing the bullshit flag.
CharlesW
San Diego City proper.
Who knows and where is
the missile range in that area?
runawaygun762
it would not be near that low. I've read this before, pretty sure it started as a joke.
CharlesW
if it were true but makes a cute story.
I don't put anything past the military.
My wife just said they used to fly out over the ocean
and circle around populated areas to a missile
range in the desert? She was a Navy brat but
that was a long time ago
luckybychoice
gone 300 ft. at 50 mph on my H-D,just in case you want a baseline for the BS meter,lol,good story but the timing doesn't quite work out,and the deck limit is definately not 50 ft.,the only plane this pilot would be flying after that stunt would be outside some grocery store a quarter at a time if he did fly that low.
TXLUCKYGUY
Last I heard the NAS here in my area keeps 3 F18s and 2 F16s 'loaded for bear' after 9-11. The 'squids' and AF take turns being on deck I think.
Having lived near 'Carswell' for a lot of my life and having several relatives either working at GD (now Lockheed) or in the military, I've had a lot of plane-stuff pointed out to me.
The day the fella crashed his plane into the building at Austin, one of the rookies asked me why the planes were flying around so much....I pointed out the missiles on the wings to him and told him to pay more attention to the news.
That said, I'm calling BS on the story as well. A handheld police radar is not very powerful at all; I dunno if a .mil setup would even recognize it. That, and I don't see 50ft as a useful or safe altitude for an F18 unless you're landing, taking off, or at an airshow.
Reaper308
there are lots of different versions of this story being emailed around. I think Sam or Clint sent one a while back. They are all similar with different details.