A B-2 "Spirit" says, "Hello!"

that is super cool.....

My work is basically across the highway from Moffett Field. I see big C-5 Galaxys, C-141s, etc
I'll try to take some video next opportunity.

their museum is awesome - and just re-opened to the public..
https://www.moffettfieldmuseum.org/

I think they were taking pictures or you....while taking pictures of them!! 3rd time it was in focus! Heh-heh.

notice how quiet that plane is. Someone posted a vid of a airshow where that bomber was in formation with a P51 Mustang and the Mustang was definitely louder than the B-2. Stealthy

Right place at the right time Kim, wish I had been there to enjoy it also.

I spent most of my adult life around Naval Air Bases and thought it normal seeing circling aircraft. But..........naturally, I never saw anything like that. If I had, I would have checked myself into sick bay. One of the most memorable was the F7U Cutlass.

What an amazing sight. I've never seen one in real life.

Thank you Reimar and Walter Horten!

Yeah, they finally got it sorted out, but without the AB it was a slug, something that you would never think looking at it. That said, and I have mentioned this before, I watched one taking off on AB from NAS Jacksonville going almost straight up on a trail of fire. Most impressive for that day and time. I have never forgotten it. And the sound..............

And, Lieven. I know those guys, probably from an issue of Air Classics Magazine.

There is currently one under restoration. I was reading about it the other day. The engine in the Cutlass is not all that impressive. The problem is that it's exclusive to that plane and changing it to something modern is not a doable situation as it would require cutting into the spar which is not a replaceable part, it's integrated into the airframe and wouldn't be allowed. The owner of the Cutlass has been in search of certain parts which for the past 30 years have been non existent. There's another Cutlass located in a field in Ohio which the owner won't part with. Project Cutlass as it's known is currently on hold but the airframe is completed. It would be neat to see this bird get in the air once again.

There was a time after WW2 that you could buy from the government a P-51 Mustang for as little as $1250.00. Others for less. Of course at that time you could buy a house for $1000.00. I bought my first car, a well used 1937 Ford Coupe for $80. But, oh to have had $1250 laying around......................

And now it costs that much to fly in one for 20 min. The world has gone out of control. Probably been 20 years ago, I was able to go up in the AT-6 Texan for less than $100. Even for a antiquated engine, that thing put you in the seat. I found it to be a bit scary as this was the first tail dragger I was ever in. When the tail lifted off of the ground, I had a sense that we were going to nose over. On landing, this was even multiplied. We had a cross wind so we were entering the runway with a slight skew. We were on the mains for what seemed to be a eternity and all I wanted was that rear end planted. While the pilot showed no signs of concern, I was uncomfortable.

Wow That would bee a moment to remember ! One wild looking bird for sure .

What luck and what a great video!

I grew up as a redneck (have luckily managed to remain so) in the middle of nowhere, so I spent a lot of time "looking up". Planes and model planes filled a big void of living far from playmates. One summer day, hearing a plane, I looked for it and found it -- 6 turning and 4 burning -- it was a B-36 Peacemaker. That was the first and last time I ever saw one in the air, but what a thrill for a country boy.

First time I have seen that drawing Kim.  

Love the tire swing hanging from the tree, the maybe P-51D model, and the cowlick.  

Did a little work on your Cherokeeish this morning.







I sure left it in an awful mess, so unlike me.  I must have been in a hurry or something.

And yeah. I cut the extension cord in two with the hedge clippers............again...

Kim, you mentioned the low level fighters and that brought up a memory of my son and I a few years ago. Our now defunct flying field was directly behind the Northeast Philadelphia airport. The ball stadiums are about a 15 min drive south of the spot. It's very industrial where we would fly with the exception of the beautiful and well maintained grass field on the back of one of the hangars. Seeing that one of our senior members worked there and retired from there, it sealed the deal for us to fly there. We flew on this spot for 35 years. We lost the field due to security reasons but not due to us flying rather another group of combat flyers ( Not myself) that had some flyaways resulting in the planes ending up in areas they shouldn't of been. Rather than talk to our club to retrieve them, they took it upon themselves to go get them. That was very frowned upon for several reasons.

During one of the opening season games, 3 F-16's were to make two low level passes over the stadiums at a 1:00 pm. They made their first pass and continued on where they began to circle back over our flying circle. They were totally knife edged and when my son and I were flying two up Ringmasters, Were both in the wingover when the F-16 pilots saw us. They flew down so low we were awe struck. The lead pilot put up his thumb and waved to us. The others leveled off with a wing rock and beat street back to the stadiums. The noise when they left hit us like a shock wave. My buddy Dan was like a little kid jumping up and down. Dan was a F-4 mechanic on the Forrestal for several years. I landed and I was just like WOW!!

WOW! That is a Great memory !! Just don't get much better than that , Thumbs Up on a low fly by of F-16 's

Great video, and even better you got to film it where you did.

Now my beef with the B-2! Quite a few years ago, there was to be a B-2 flyby at our local airshow. To say I was unimpressed was an understatement. One little flyby and that was it. The beef is as you described yours was in. The B-2 showed up early and was in a holding pattern over the area I live, did about 5+ circuits, and many of my friends got way better pictures of it than I did. But the bonus part is that there was supposed to be a B-1B Lancer here on display. Unfortunately something had happened so it was not here. But at the beginning of the same airshow, they announced that we would get a treat as it was on its way and would do a flyby for us. Great news. Then they announced that the plane had to turn around as something happened (was missed, probably in communication) that it was still armed and they had sent a different one. I still remember it clearly taxiing down the runway with it pointed nose right up behind a passanger jet.