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F16CrewChief — 37th TFW Commander's F-117A
Published: 2012-05-27 00:59:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 1907; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 37
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The only "Cockroach" I ever shot!F-117A-LO, 80-0786 assigned as the 37th TFW Commander's jet, based at the Tonopah Test Tange and seen during the 1991 Davis-Monthan AFB Airshow.
I really detest Airshow shots with all of the crap in the background!
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I know what you mean about airshows - I love going and seeing all of the aircraft, but it really is hard to get a good shot. Sometimes I can get a decent close-up, but that's about it.
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I got spoiled by over 20 years of flightline photography! Airshows had good acft subjects, they were either not parked well, had terrible backgrounds or crowds!
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cockroach? never heard of that nickname... Its always been nighthawk for me. Great shot
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Looks nothing like the F-19...
They have a lot of nick names, but I prefer "wobbly goblin", never heard "cockroach" before.
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I have never heard "Wobbly Goblin" ever used by anyone associated with the "program". The aircraft was actually very stable. I heard "Cockroach" used for many years by ops and nmission planning folks at Nellis and elsewhere..
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It might have been the Have blue(?) that was called WG.
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I thgink the Bill Gunston, or the other "Book Experts" name the acft that on their own. I have never seen any reference to that name by folks involved with the Have Blue or Senior Trend programs...
I have seen the Have Blue referred to as the "Hopeless Diamond" after the original design shape of the jet.
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What I can find, a test pilot said it behaved like a "wobbly goblin" before the computers were up to speed and it spread in news papers.
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Cool! I love nighthawks! I even have a cheap die-cast model of one.
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Glad you like the shots!
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At least the cop allowed me to lower the rope in front of the jet.
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I agree, but sometimes those are the only shots you can get. I guess that is why they invented photoshop.
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Glad you like the shot though!
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