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2021-10-10 01:01
in Flying, Nflying
I cannot believe it had been 15 years since last time I went to see fleet week in 2006. Glad I decided to go back, even if this time red bull air races was not happening.
Thanks to Lee for joining me, that made it more fun.
I got a slightly better camera 15 years later, so the shots were a bit better. It was cool to see an airliner flying so close to the ground/water:
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![yeah for energy management, cool that the flight by wire allowed this yeah for energy management, cool that the flight by wire allowed this](/blogimg/06/thumb1024_106_20211018_SF_Fleet_Week.jpg)
yeah for energy management, cool that the flight by wire allowed this
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low enough to buzz the boats
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coast guard
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damn, that's a lot of control authority
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Outside of driving through San Francisco and terrible parking (had to park a long ways away and bike in), it was fun :) |