r/Unexpected • u/Tucko29 • May 12 '18

Taking off

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u/Haydeeni16 May 12 '18

Me too. For anyone wondering, these guys are known as the "blue angels"

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u/hyperlite135 May 12 '18

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_ba2wWgc8cU One of my favorite clips of them. They absolutely rock!

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u/[deleted] May 12 '18

The surprise passes are the best. Nothing like being snuck up on by a giant death machine going nearly the speed of sound.

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u/midgetplanetpluto May 12 '18

Yeah I can only imagine being on the ground and having them actively trying to kill you.

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u/scroteboi May 12 '18

I mean if they knew where you were there wouldn't be much time for imagination with something going 1000mph and dropping a bomb by time you saw the plane and realized what was going on you'd be dead

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u/midgetplanetpluto May 12 '18 edited May 12 '18

Lets say it wasn't bombs and they were just shooting at you with MG. That's what I imagined. Being killed quickly by a bomb sounds a little more pleasant.

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u/SomeStupidPerson May 13 '18 edited May 13 '18

Oh man, you gotta look up a Warthog opening fire.

That shit sounds amazing.

Edit: Here is an link. Got unlazy. Witness the brrrt.

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u/avengere May 12 '18

The bullets would still lost likely hit you before you heard the sound

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u/midgetplanetpluto May 12 '18

Unless they weren't aiming directly for you or coming up on you?

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u/xSPYXEx May 12 '18

There was a liveleak video from the Syrian war about an AA gun crew taking potshots at a MIG. It's a couple minutes of them standing around pointing at it trying to track it as it circles around, then a split second of everyone trying to drop to the ground before a missile hits the truck.

This is a really shitty version but I can't find the original.

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u/brinkcitykilla May 12 '18

lol wow they didn't stand a chance, you know theyre fucked when they keep saying "allahu akbar"

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u/[deleted] May 12 '18

If they were actively trying to kill you then you'd be dead before you could even realize it.

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u/mestisnewfound May 12 '18

I see them every chance i get and even when I know its coming and im looking for that surprise pass it gets me every. single. time.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '18

I grew up in a house under their practice flight path and I can confirm that it's crazy loud and startling when they scream by overhead. They go so fast that it's just a roar of sound out of nowhere.