Low approach into Lakenheath.
The 24 approach into Lakenheath is directly over a major road that runs right along the fenceline of the airfield and the mounds there allow a elevated positon from which you can take straight down the nose shots of aircraft landing, although it does require a steady nerve as they don't clear you by much. One day a high sided bus or truck is going to meet a F-15 making a mess up of its approach (seen that many times) and the end result is going to be interesting. This 492nd F-15E is caught late in the afternoon with sun low and down the nose, showing off the LANTIRN pods, practise bomb carrier on the centreline as well as the usual AAMs. After this shot was on airliners.net for a while I was contacted about the different positions of the nozzles by a USAF pilot, suggesting that one engine may have been shut down during the approach. Perhaps standing there was not the smartest thing to have done on this one!
Low approach into Lakenheath.
The 24 approach into Lakenheath is directly over a major road that runs right along the fenceline of the airfield and the mounds there allow a elevated positon from which you can take straight down the nose shots of aircraft landing, although it does require a steady nerve as they don't clear you by much. One day a high sided bus or truck is going to meet a F-15 making a mess up of its approach (seen that many times) and the end result is going to be interesting. This 492nd F-15E is caught late in the afternoon with sun low and down the nose, showing off the LANTIRN pods, practise bomb carrier on the centreline as well as the usual AAMs. After this shot was on airliners.net for a while I was contacted about the different positions of the nozzles by a USAF pilot, suggesting that one engine may have been shut down during the approach. Perhaps standing there was not the smartest thing to have done on this one!