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F-14 buzzes USS America (CV-66) in 1989


Description from Aerofiles: The pilot was Capt Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, at the time Executive Officer of VF-33 with more 
than 4,800 hours in the F-14, currently Director of Congressional Liaison, US House of Representatives. The photo from 
the USS America in the summer of 1989 is widely seen, and most folks think it was either an edited photo, a risky 
maneuver, or a crash in progress. However, Snodgrass explained: "It's not risky at all with practice. It was my opening 
pass in a Tomcat tactical demonstration at sea. I started from the starboard rear quarter of the carrier, slightly below 
flight deck level. Airspeed was about 270 kts with the wings swept forward. I selected afterburner at about a half-mile 
out, and the aircraft accelerated to about 315 kts. As I approached the fantail, I rolled into an 85-degree bank and did 
a hard 5-6G turn, finishing about 10-20 degrees off of the boat's axis. Microseconds after this photo was taken, after 
rolling wings-level at an altitude slightly above the flight deck, I pulled vertical with a quarter-roll to the left, 
ending with an Immelman roll-out 90 degrees and continued with the remainder of the demo. It was a dramatic and, in my 
opinion, a very cool way to start a carrier demo as first performed by a great fighter pilot, Ed "Hunack" Andrews, who 
commanded VF-84 in 1980-1988. The photo was taken by an Aviation Bosun's Mate who worked the flight deck. The individual 
with his arms behind his back was Admiral Jay Johnson, immediate past Chief of Naval Operations for the USN." 


THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN SURFING THE INTERNET:
1.  Everything is true on the Internet
2.  Everyone is a celebrity on the Internet
3.  The future of the human race is the Internet
4.  The Internet defines reality
5.  The Internet is where one can rediscover their lost memories
6.  If it's not on the Internet, it isn't really important
7.  Everything you need to know is on the Internet
8.  If it doesn't work, it's on the Internet
9.  Terrorists give/receive orders to commit crimes against humanity over the Internet
10. Big Brother keeps tabs on you over the Internet
11. You can plan your own funeral on the Internet
12. You can read about your own funeral on the Internet
13. You can read about your (ex-)wife's affair on the Internet (no, really!)
14. You can re-write history on the Internet
15. You can find variations of reality on the Internet
16. The Internet proves there are infinite continuums of reality
17. You can arrange enlarging your male member via the Internet
18. You can pick up Pack-Pals© via the Internet
19. Internet or not, it's all about The Lakers®
20. Not everyone is cut out to be a hero, but everyone has a right to be on the Internet
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25. Everything is legitimate on the Internet, and everything on the Internet is legitimate
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28. You can find out someone's true identity on the Internet
29. You can find what you want for free on the Internet
30. You can get divorced on the Internet
31. Your son can drown in the bathbub while you porno-surf the Internet
32. The Internet, like crack cocaine, can be all-consuming
33. You can make up and post outlandish conspiracy theories on the Internet
34. You can diagnose your own medical condition on the Internet
35. You can find maps of critical infrastructure on the Internet
36. The Truth comes to light on the Internet
37. Through the Internet you can achieve the status of wealthy eccentric warbird collecter
38. Once an internet celebrity you need to make a maximum effort to entrench yourself deeper each day
39. You don't have to wait long when you get something wrong on a web site before someone 
    brings it to your attention
40. You can see pictures of imminent destruction on the Internet
41. You can use the Internet to track the movements of all airplanes
42. The Internet is a breeding ground for Conspiracy Theories, i.e. http://digilander.libero.it/p_truth/
43. Internet Celebrity may lead to True Celebrity
44. There are aerial photos of Area 51 on the Internet
45. You can attain instant fame through Youtube
46. You can locate Ernie Price on the Internet for Cindy
47. You meet the most interesting people on the internet
48. It is unbelievable how much Nazi UFO information can be found on the Internet

Regarding the fact that you can actually obtain information from the
internet other than pornography, but that you must then determine 
whether what you have read on the internet is really true:
The big difference is that, with pornography, you don't care 
if the information you are getting is correct or not.
  --Greg

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