Supersonic Selfie

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 03/22/2017 at 09:24 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Carla Thomas, one of two female in-flight photographers for NASA, snaps a selfie while riding in the backseat of a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.

“Armstrong Flight Research Center chief pilot Nils Larson and I were flying supersonic runs to note the handling qualities between the single seat and two seat F/A-18 aircraft for the Sonic Booms in Atmospheric Turbulence, or !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! program. Afterwards we did some aerobatic maneuvers, pulling 5 Gs and leaving some contrails.”

Wow. What a gig.

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Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 03/22/2017 at 09:33

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And you just know she’s doing those duck lips under the mask and hashtagging it #barelyF18 or something.

crowmolly > ttyymmnn 03/22/2017 at 10:07

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“Armstrong Flight Research Center chief pilot Nils Larson and I were flying supersonic runs to note the handling qualities between the single seat and two seat F/A-18 aircraft for the Sonic Booms in Atmospheric Turbulence, or SonicBAT program. Afterwards we did some aerobatic maneuvers, pulling 5 Gs and leaving some contrails.”

7/10.

Had to deduct 3 points since she didn’t ask for a ground speed check.

ttyymmnn > crowmolly 03/22/2017 at 10:24

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But just take a second to think about that quote. Basically, she’s saying that they did the science then decided to hoon the Hornet on the way back to base. As I said, “Wow, what a gig.”

Shoop > ttyymmnn 03/22/2017 at 11:35

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Tales from the hornet: the ultimate selfie

wiffleballtony > ttyymmnn 03/22/2017 at 11:49

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How fast was she going?

ttyymmnn > wiffleballtony 03/22/2017 at 12:00

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The article didn’t say.