A friend of a friend managed to snap this from a hi-rise rooftop at the recent Honda Indy 300 here. An awesome pic given the speed of the subject.

 

sweet!

 

Dig that crazy aero package

 

I'm not an expert but I think it is a FB111. I don't think the USAF is still flying them.. but they were one of the fastest FB's ever. The wings out like that is for slower speed operation but they fold back into a delta.

 

cdelena wins the 'name that fighter jet' comp folks.

It is indeed an F111 and the wings do sweep back. We use these along with FA18's in Australia.

[This message has been edited by Muz (edited December 03, 2000).]

 

That plane ate too many beans for dinner.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Muz:
[B]A friend of a friend managed to snap this from a hi-rise rooftop at the recent Honda Indy 300 here. An awesome pic given the speed of the subject.

 

Yep. it's the FB111, built right in my hometown of Fort Worth, Texas at what we affectionately called the "bomber factory" next to the joint AF/Naval base. I can still remember hearing the old B-36 bombers flying over my house in the fifties. They were the first turbo-prop jet bombers and had a unique sound all their own. I can still see their white contrails against a deep blue Texas sky. I'm gonna quit now, I'm waxing too nostalgic . . . sorry.