Whoa. F/A-18 Fighter Jet Buzzes Detroit Apartment Building

[hdcolumbus]

This weekend's APBA Gold Cup speedboat race in Detroit may have been exciting, but it was slightly overshadowed, both literally and figuratively, by the orifice-exploding sight of a freaking F/A-18 Hornet buzzing downtown. Normally, jets aren't allowed to fly so low. In Detroit, however, there's no real risk of it hitting a populated area.

Video Link to News Story: Video

 

[fourteenandoh]

I got to see the Thunderbirds practicing for the Chicago air and water show one time from the roof of my building. We were a block off the water in a 30 story building. They were making huge circles south of the sears tower out over the water and then looping back over lincoln park and repeating. When they were coming off the water it literally looked like they were going to crash into our building then they would pull back on the stick and shoot over the top of the buildings. I loved every minute of it.

That is some photograph, BTW.

 

[MaliBuckeye]

Pity they couldn't head a little west and make a small deposit.

Would save a lot of people a lot of embarrassment this fall...

 

[martinss01]

believe thats a superhornet actually.

 

[kippy1040]

The Blue Angels put on a stunning aireal display every October here in Jacksonville. At 600 mph and at 80 to 90 feet off the ground is a breathtaking scene to take in. These guys are amazing pilots.

 

[OSUsushichic]

Pants. Shitting.

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

Merely a preview for scUM fans as what they'll see in Ann Arbor 11/21/2009

 

[ulukinatme]

Looks Photoshopped

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Looks Photoshopped

Totally agree. Look at the scale of the jet in the background compared to the scale of the building in the foreground...way too big.

 

[jwinslow]

How did the camera man get that shot, emerging at tremendous speed while hidden behind a building? That's rather difficult.

 

[Merih]

How did the camera man get that shot, emerging at tremendous speed while hidden behind a building? That's rather difficult.

Wait...does anybody smell that...its kinda like...jealousy?

 

[jwinslow]

I hear Montana has a very exclusive set of pipeline states.

 

[Merih]

I hear Montana has a very exclusive set of pipeline states.

Again, jwins???

 

[hdcolumbus]

They interviewed the photographer in the link of the OP.

 

[jwinslow]

That was some timing, given the foliage almost in the way. The one thing that adds some credibility to the shot are the dust spots (the fuzzy circles) sprinkled throughout the image.