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Old 22nd May 2015, 15:51
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HookEcho
 
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Phantom Memories 1970s

Only a/c to serve with both Thunderbirds and Blue Angels.

I grew up on Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina. The base had a hunting club and would hunt deer in and around the runways. When I was about 10 me and a buddy went on a hunt with our fathers. They parked the truck within 10 yards of the active runway and left us and a beagle in the truck bed while they went looking for deer. We were very excited to see two F4s line up for a formation take off - we were parked mid-field. Excitement turned to pain as they accelerated past us as they departed. It was LOUD! It took us a while to get our hearing back, but we were thrilled. The beagle did not share our enthusiasm.
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