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Back when SF Fleet Week was cool
- Thread starter Lonestar155
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That's an awesome picture, thanks for sharing it! That would be quite an experience.
That was USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) in Oct 2006.
I'm sure this is a stupid question, but have they banned doing this in the SF Bay? All I know about SF is what I've read here and on another aviation site that the city council (or some such group) didn't want the Blues to fly in the airshow. Heck, that would be awesome to watch! Thanks.
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The city council has been trying to ban the blues from SF for years. Unfortunately, most people in the city enjoy the show, and the city benefits from the increased tourism (and bridge tolls) during fleet week.
One of the solos flew right over fisherman's wharf at ~ 400-500 feet during the thursday practice: B-A-D--A-S-S!
One of the solos flew right over fisherman's wharf at ~ 400-500 feet during the thursday practice: B-A-D--A-S-S!
I was there for that year. Missed the cat shots, but did get to ride out to the Nimitz with a few guys from 3rd Fleet. Red Bull was there that year too. Are they still bringing full CSGs up? I remember hearing that starting on 07 they had stopped due in part to political stuff.
LOL, you bet many of us have never seen a cat shot a couple hundred yards away?? Nice.
I thought birds needed a significant amount of wind down the pipe to launch...were they steaming in the bay during flight ops?
The SF city council and Mayor do not have the power to ban anyone from any airspace or the bay. That power rest with the federal government. (FAA and Coast Guard for civilian aircraft and ships.) For the military, it is policy to abide by the FARs/FAA, etc, to the greatest extent possible but the military can basically blow them off if the commanders decide they need to.
Many years back, then SF Mayor Diane Feinstein actually called the highest navy Admiral she could get hold of in the area and "ordered" him to "get the Blue Angels out of HER airspace immediately". He politely told her it was the FAA's airspace and to pound sand.
Never seen one 5 yards away either.
Depends on type of aircraft, weight, etc. When I was on the TR, we launched S-3s while anchored.
A light F-18, 10 kts of wind, 5-7 kts CVN speed steaming into the wind, after burner for the cat shot - probably no problem. But this is just my vague memory from driving the TR years ago.
The bay can get very windy, especially in the afternoon. They must have had enough natural wind over the deck. Maybe they light loaded the jets too.