Got to get up close an personal with a little something this weekend.

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For discussion... I have been to a lot of bases, been to a lot of air shows (brag: including the Paris Air Show the year the Mig-29 decided it was a lawn dart), seen a lot of aircraft, but I have never seen a plane turn and burn like this one. The slow and deliberate vertical take-off, followed by a tight (TIGHT) wingover at about 1000 feet, heading straight back down to a 10 g turn over barely over the runway. The tightness of the cork screws made me laugh. It was PHENOMENAL watch this craft manuever. It is so tight, the turns almost look angular instead of smooth curves. Then there were F-15s and F-4s doing their thing for comparison, and they couldn't even come close. I know the F-22 is leaps and bounds over the F-15, but how much you cannot imagine until you see one in person. The only way I can describe the difference is Pop Warner Football to the NFL.

BTW - Plane inventory: P-40 (1), P-51 (3), F-86 (1), A-1 (1), A-10 (4), F-4 (4), F-15C (2), F-15E (2), F-16 (3), F-16D (1), F-22 (2). MPs and SPs in abundance. Spectators: 200