Phoenix Flyby

"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
05/01/2020 at 20:55 • Filed to: None

I went on a hike in my neighborhood to get a good view of the flyby. I only had a half hour of time to get up there, so I just brought my phone and streamed the flyby during my class. It was pretty cool, although I was hoping they would be lower. Seven F-35A’s, seven F-16’s and a tanker. It was pretty cool, but I exhausted myself a bit and am now taking a final. Halfway through!

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DISCUSSION (17)

The Ghost of Oppo > DipodomysDeserti
05/01/2020 at 21:06

South Mountain?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DipodomysDeserti
05/01/2020 at 21:11

I’m surprised our Dear Leader hasn’t been boasting about his flybys. Or had his signature stenciled onto the tails.

I used to work in San Francisco in a 24-story building and I knew how to get onto the roof and did so a couple of years until the executives found out we had fun doing it and forbade us from going up there any more.

TheRealBicycleBuck > DipodomysDeserti
05/01/2020 at 21:19

Thanks for sharing and good luck on the final!

DipodomysDeserti > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
05/01/2020 at 22:53

Funhaters.

Trump probably secretly thinks they're spreading chem trails.

DipodomysDeserti > The Ghost of Oppo
05/01/2020 at 22:56

No, part of the Phoenix Mountains. You can see South Mountain far off in the distance in that first pic.

DipodomysDeserti > TheRealBicycleBuck
05/01/2020 at 22:57

Thanks, almost done! It was great for my students. Gave them something to look forward to. Of course my sister, who is a covid nurse, was inside and didn’t make it out in time. Her house was right below them.

The Ghost of Oppo > DipodomysDeserti
05/01/2020 at 23:08

Ah. I’ve only been to Phoe nix once so all of the mountain views look the same to me.

DipodomysDeserti > The Ghost of Oppo
05/01/2020 at 23:19

There’s really only a few that look distinctive if you’re not familiar with the area. Camelback, Red Mountain and the Superstitions. South Mountain and this area look very similar rock wise.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > DipodomysDeserti
05/01/2020 at 23:27

Well they gotta spread the chemtrails somehow not that the airlines are down.

In all seriousness, that is awesome.

ttyymmnn > DipodomysDeserti
05/01/2020 at 23:46

I believe that formation is called a “gaggle.”

The Ghost of Oppo > DipodomysDeserti
05/01/2020 at 23:55

That was my first time in the south west and I liked it way more than I expected. I’m trying to convince the wife that a drier climate would be better for our health.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DipodomysDeserti
05/02/2020 at 00:13

Or Clorox.

DipodomysDeserti > The Ghost of Oppo
05/02/2020 at 00:32

Unfortunately Phoenix’s particulate pollution negates the dry air health benefits now. However, I think the sunshine and lots of opportunities for outdoor activities help.

DipodomysDeserti > ttyymmnn
05/02/2020 at 00:41

Yeah, they were all over the place. The migrating geese would have laughed at them.

It was pretty cool to see just one group of planes circle around the valley. Very surreal.

DipodomysDeserti > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
05/02/2020 at 00:47

Yeah, it was cool. I originally didn’t really care, as I’ve lived in Phoenix and Tucson and seen my fair share of jets flying around, but when I saw they were going over my neighborhood mountains I got pretty excited.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
05/02/2020 at 00:53

A Blue Angel saw us up there waving like a bunch of kids and did a high-G turn right around the top of our building. I was looking right at the tops of their heads through the top of the canopy as moisture condensed and fog came off the leading edges of the wings. And no camera, naturally... Would be about twenty years ago now...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DipodomysDeserti
05/02/2020 at 09:14

Can I send you one of the TEAM OPPOSITELOCK stickers when they arrive from the printer?