Fleet Week 2009 Pix

Schöneboom · 10-11-09, 07:53 PM

I took a few pix yesterday & today. First, the USS Green Bay (LPD-20) arrives in San Francisco Bay.

A bit of convoy activity today: Liberty Ship plus Tanker.

Due to heavy overcast, aerial shots were fuzzier than in previous Fleet Weeks. First: The Patriots Jets Team, flying L-39s past my home.

Then the Blue Angels -- passing directly over my home, low enough to set off car alarms and give you that eerie full-body tingle. It doesn't get much closer than this:

WHOOSH!!!

And this, I could not have planned. It just happened that way.

Not bad, I guess, considering my view from home is all "backstage" -- facing away from the main action over the bay.

10-11-09, 07:53 PM	#1
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Fleet Week 2009 Pix I took a few pix yesterday & today. First, the USS Green Bay (LPD-20) arrives in San Francisco Bay. A bit of convoy activity today: Liberty Ship plus Tanker. Due to heavy overcast, aerial shots were fuzzier than in previous Fleet Weeks. First: The Patriots Jets Team, flying L-39s past my home. Then the Blue Angels -- passing directly over my home, low enough to set off car alarms and give you that eerie full-body tingle. It doesn't get much closer than this: WHOOSH!!! And this, I could not have planned. It just happened that way. Not bad, I guess, considering my view from home is all "backstage" -- facing away from the main action over the bay. __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

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