[The_bluester (Paul)]

Even an F18 looks like a bus with wings when you get up close to it. I am ex RAAF, didn't work on aircraft but got up close to a few.

The pig (F111) was damn impressive in the air. I used to work on RADAR systems and while at Williamtown we heard that a couple of the pigs were flying down to do a beat up on the airfield. We knew when they were coming (We were working at the RADAR head site where the transmitters were) as we could see primary RADAR paints out over the Pacific, spaced a lot further apart than anything else (They were really belting along) So we went outside to watch one of them belt along the runway at about 50M height then pull up hard, and then the other went in a straight line over the two RADAR units on the base. Wasn't much for it so I turned to my mate (Mid 90's and still mates) and said to him "I think we are dead"

Wow they looked impressive and made some noise.