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    An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit

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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    True story: pilots are told not to eat a lot of beans before flying.
    Now you know why.
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    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    you divided by zero didn't you?
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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    Hey, look! It's Skywarp! And I always thought he was an F-15. Guess I was wrong.
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    08/05/09

    @Meirelle: Decepticon: The F-15's intakes are not as stretched out as the F-18's.
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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    08/10/09

    @ACEACEACE: It was a joke. :/
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    Image of Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    That's the F/A-18 that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    that is an awesome photo
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    Image of Alf Shot The FUD Alf Shot The FUD
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit

    I'm in Detroit and when they were practicing for the flyovers during the race, they scared the crap out of people in the area who had no warning of what was going on.
    My g/f called me at work, sounding scared, "What the hell is going on?" Since I hadn't left a dead hooker in the bathroom that morning, I had no idea what she could be referring to.
    "What are you talking about?"
    "We just got buzzed by a fighter plane. All the cats are hiding in the basement and the neighbors are outside looking at the sky."
    I check the local news sites and seeing that Canada wasn't attacking, told her, "I dunno." While we were talking, I heard it fly over another time.
    Anyways, the main picture in this story isn't as impressing as THIS ONE:
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    08/05/09

    @Alf Shot The FUD: That is an AMAZING photograph. :D
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    Image of HalseyVerres HalseyVerres
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    Funny thing is, they don't explain it, io I will: what's happening in this picture is a shock wave causing adiabatic cooling of water vapor which can make this drmatic form when a plane traveling LESS than the speed of sounds travels through moisture-laden air. This is agood, but not great picture of the phenomenon.
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    High humidity, transonic (not supersonic) airflow over the airframe, shock wave drag causing vapor to condense...happens all the time, although this one is nice and thick.
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    Image of zenseeker zenseeker
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    Who cares? Just google "Sonic Boom" in images for plenty of better examples.
    [images.google.co.uk]
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    08/05/09


    @zenseeker:
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    Image of kosai kosai
    08/05/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: I am awed and slightly scared of your picture collection.
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    Image of lazyeight lazyeight
    08/05/09

    @zenseeker: If it was over Detroit, then there was no sonic boom. This picture is different than the ones you refer to - note how defined the shock cones are in the trans-sonic shots.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    08/05/09

    @kosai: I found that one via google images, appropriately enough.
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    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    08/05/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: Yeah, but how did they get the poop to coil up so neatly?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    08/05/09

    @Anekanta: I don't think that's the right question to be asking in this situation...
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    Image of ProgHead777 ProgHead777
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    The Detroit police are calling in air strikes now? Trans-dimensional air strikes, no less.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    Hurr hurr, it farted.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    ha. yeah. those darned vapor cones. got stuck in one over the weekend too.
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    Image of johnnyichiban johnnyichiban
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    No, no. One of the planes from Final Countdown finally made it back. (Yes, I know this is a Hornet and not a Tomcat.
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    08/05/09

    @johnnyichiban: I thought of the same thing when I saw this photo.
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    Image of SatyarupaViper SatyarupaViper
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    It's John Chriton returning from the other side of the galaxy.
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    Image of captnkunuckles captnkunuckles
    08/05/09

    In reply to An FA-18 Emerges From A Transdimensional Wormhole Over Detroit
    wow that's intense.. it does look like it's been photoshopped or like it's cgi.
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