eyyy there goes $140 million dollars just so the chuds could take their chud-to-be tax burden kids to gawk at the military propaganda while saying “whooooa look at da airpwane”
Stfu, airshows and jets are fun to watch
They’re fun as fuck. Some of the best pics I have are from an air show! f35
^f35 doing a zooom!
They’re fun as fuck.
Some of the best pics I have are from an air show! f35
F-22 for life lol, 2000s era Lockheed tincan doesn’t even look good after they threw all my tax money at it.
Designs should’ve never progressed past the F-104. Change my mind.
Nothing will top lawn dart and the slick F-86 haha
See also: monster trucks, demolition derbies, fireworks, contact sports, and so much more. Wasteful and dangerous? Yep. Fun? Also yep.
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Fucking hate it when I go to the air show and the plane sucks up my internal American flag spirit straight out of my mouth
Nothing outs a shit human faster than their use of memes that rely on negative stereotypes of the mentally challenged in an effort to insult their opponent. If you can’t craft an insult that doesn’t use a vulnerable section of humanity as the root, fuck off.
okchamp.
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If they were free and couldn’t kill anyone etc.
Relatively intriguing 6-foot-tall bipeds are able to travel through the air in such a manner
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Obviously not advocating for anything
Just “how’d humans engineer that! I couldn’t build a good bike!”
Saw the RedBull Air Race in NYC. Amazing stuff.
there are plenty of things which are fun to watch which didn’t involve spending billions of tax dollars on killing machines
I hate this take. Air shows are awesome, they fascinate children and adults alike. Seeing these machines first hand is inspiring…
There’s little enough in this world that I would describe as “inspiring”, so I’ll take what I can get.
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Petty name calling, what a great addition to this community.
Almost ironic really, I’m appreciating childlike wonder, and you’re acting like a child.
This was obviously to be taken in the context of the comment at the top of the chain, but okay, I guess I’ll add a /s next time.
Only X likes Y
I like Y…
Found the X
Yeah we’re going to hell in a handbasket because the racoon part of our brain that likes shiny things is just so strong
So are drag races and monster truck rallies. Big and fast machines attract and fascinate mostly men.
…which aren’t (usually) paid for with taxpayer dollars
But I’m guessing doing air shows counts towards training hours, so they’re going to be flying those planes regardless. Still feels like a massive waste when two of them crash and burn in a show though
It happens during training, too,so I don’t really see a distinction.
Most airshows I’ve been aren’t put on by the military, they are usually just invited to a segment but often times they don’t even show up.
Most planes are privately owned like old planes or stunt pilots.
The military jets definitely cost money to move around so it is an extra expense
There should be an option of going to a simpler airshow. Planes takes off, circle the airfield and land, one after the other.
Most airshows have this, usually with historic planes and such. Similar with the air taxis they were showing off recently for the Olympics
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You can just go sit outside the airport and watch for free
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As someone who doesn’t attend them anymore, I think most of the fun in an air show ALSO involves the ground stuff. As a kid I actually touched and sat in a few planes.
Air shows are pretty far reaching, you don’t have to be in the paid box seating to watch generally. For example in San Francisco you just have to be anywhere with view to the water, in Salinas its a pretty small airport so you can be anywhere around it but tickets to get in are like $30 so its worth it to me to go in and be able to climb around helicopters and stuff, see the robotics and other stuff people bring and the play area for our kid to socialize a bit with kids
I’m pretty sure it does. Flyovers at ballgames etc do so I don’t see why airshows wouldn’t.
also racecar/nascar, its so mind-numbing boring, but conservative seems to love any kind of sports.
Only if it’s young dudes playing. Conservative men also love movies where it’s mostly just young dudes (like that 300 movie where the cast is all handsome young dudes in leather panties being led by an older middle aged dude) They really seem to prefer young dudes in general I guess.
You just be really exciting at parties
Perfect example of the kind of comment that makes social media so toxic to everyone.
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I see some people make similar comments in the gun community here in Australia. Everything they disagree with is considered controversial
These things are often in part military recruitment drives. There are plenty of airshows that don’t use fighter jets and don’t have military booths there (which I’m guessing is happening at that airshow).
My aerobatics instructor (who actually once had a mid air collision and still managed to land the plane by using thrust to pitch) used to fly at a lot of smaller shows where it was genuinely about planes and the pilots, and no hidden agenda
It doesn’t mean the pilots are there for the military, but it is a huge part of it imho. It’s cool to see military planes, but, they’re there so people go "wow, I want to join “air force”
Videos posted on social media showed four parachutes opening as the planes fell to the ground after colliding.
I read that people saw all four walking around, although I’m sure they were taken to be checked out. But seems like really good news so far.
If I had a nickel for every time a plane crashed at Mountain Home Air Force Base during an airshow I’d have three nickels. Which isn’t Lot, but it’s weird that it happened thrice. I’m
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This is how biplanes are made.
Smh no representation for gayplanes 😔
Aren’t you guys more rocket men anyway?
You would think so, but apparently Bennie has Jets.
Not B-b-b-bennie!
YouTube has taught me to never go to an airshow.
Vibe Piloting
This does happen sometimes. It sucks for all involved, but like NASCAR, some of the audience is secretly hoping. That’s part of the thrill of having planes fly at each other really close. Otherwise just don’t do that, there’s loads of air with no planes in it.
They fly that close all the time. This is genuinely exceptional, especially for the maneuver they were doing.
Oh no…
…Anyway
Suckers and losers.
The pilots ejected safely,
That’s a shame. Ah well, hopefully the jets are completely scrapped.
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Kinetic!
Insufficiently lethal to please Khal Hegseth though.
A USAF air show without at least six deaths is considered a dull affair…
i feel like this happens a lot
