Fly by's

[ChrisH]

I guess there are some advantages to working for the /begin sarcasm/ evil military industrial complex. /end sarcasm/

So far I have been privileged to attend the following:

A private airshow put on by the F-20 Tigershark (before they bent two of them).

B-2 rollout and first flight via live video feed

F-23 first flight, again via video

JSF first flight (they'd laid so many people off, every one could go who worked on the program)

Not to mention engine testing down at P&W's test stand in FL.

This isn't counting going to public airshows or the occasional plant flyby from one of our products.

Yes, I worked on all these programs, and I've been on and off the F-18 program my whole career. Can you guess where I work?

BTW, It's not an airplane until there's air under the tires!