# F-22 Raptor with P-51 Mustang From My Rooftop **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-22-raptor-with-p-51-mustang-from-my-rooftop/796810 "2017-09-20T15:15:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SHARKBITEATTACK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@SHARKBITEATTACK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SHARKBITEATTACK)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-22-raptor-with-p-51-mustang-from-my-rooftop/796810/1 "2017-09-20T15:15:56Z")
6 Decades of Air Supremacy 🙂 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dIQVBnN1xHY/maxresdefault.jpg "[4K] F-22 Raptor and P-51 Mustang Flying Together at 2017 Chicago Air and Water Show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIQVBnN1xHY) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-22-raptor-with-p-51-mustang-from-my-rooftop/796810/2 "2017-09-20T17:36:51Z")
Very cool! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-22-raptor-with-p-51-mustang-from-my-rooftop/796810/3 "2017-09-20T17:45:07Z")
Ah, [Air Force Heritage Flights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAF_Heritage_Flight). As an old warbird nut, those things do my heart some good. The one I liked best a few years back at our local military airfield was a P-47 Thunderbolt and an A-10 Thunderbolt II. Unlike a lot of these flights, you could tell the P-47 wasn’t firewalling its throttle to keep up with the jet, and the A-10 wasn’t on the verge of stalling trying to fly slow enough for its elderly companion. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-22-raptor-with-p-51-mustang-from-my-rooftop/796810/4 "2017-09-20T19:42:49Z")
Looked like an eagle about to pounce on a sparrow. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-22-raptor-with-p-51-mustang-from-my-rooftop/796810/5 "2017-09-20T19:44:44Z")
Looking forward to the video 70 years from now where a carefully maintained grandpa F-22 Raptor flies next to…whatever is new and trendy 70 years from now in a Legacy Flight. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-22-raptor-with-p-51-mustang-from-my-rooftop/796810/6 "2017-09-20T20:15:17Z")
God I love the sound of a WWII prop engine! ---
**Author:** ![SHARKBITEATTACK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@SHARKBITEATTACK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SHARKBITEATTACK)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-22-raptor-with-p-51-mustang-from-my-rooftop/796810/7 "2017-09-21T02:30:47Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Looking forward to the video 70 years from now where a carefully maintained grandpa F-22 Raptor flies next to…whatever is new and trendy 70 years from now in a Legacy Flight. 😃 LOL!! I wonder if by that point “Jet Engines” will be considered old technology and we’ll be using anti-matter propulsion or something that has yet to be conceived. hopefully fighter planes won’t just be remote controlled drones by then… ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-22-raptor-with-p-51-mustang-from-my-rooftop/796810/8 "2017-09-22T12:41:30Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Looking forward to the video 70 years from now where a carefully maintained grandpa F-22 Raptor flies next to…whatever is new and trendy 70 years from now in a Legacy Flight. 😃 The F35 might be finished by then. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-22-raptor-with-p-51-mustang-from-my-rooftop/796810/9 "2017-09-23T19:20:10Z")
I surprised at the pretty tight formation flying. Good Job! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-22-raptor-with-p-51-mustang-from-my-rooftop/796810/10 "2017-09-23T19:24:12Z")
I used to live RIGHT under the flight path that was used for airshows. Some of the pictures taken from the roof of my house are better/more up close than ones take AT the actual airshow. Which I find pretty cool. Nice OP. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-22-raptor-with-p-51-mustang-from-my-rooftop/796810/11 "2017-09-24T01:44:31Z")
Feh! Neither pilot was even trying to evade the other. (grumble) Nice video. ---
**Author:** ![pete66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8c91f0/32.png) [@pete66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pete66)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-22-raptor-with-p-51-mustang-from-my-rooftop/796810/12 "2017-09-24T13:07:17Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Ah, [Air Force Heritage Flights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAF_Heritage_Flight). > > As an old warbird nut, those things do my heart some good. > > The one I liked best a few years back at our local military airfield was a P-47 Thunderbolt and an A-10 Thunderbolt II. Unlike a lot of these flights, you could tell the P-47 wasn’t firewalling its throttle to keep up with the jet, and the A-10 wasn’t on the verge of stalling trying to fly slow enough for its elderly companion. One of my favorite heritage vids. The 2 really do look comfortable flying together. The second half of the vid is an F6 and an F18. It really shows what your talking about. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6zBbbdivwOU/hqdefault.jpg "P-47,A-10/F6F,F-18 Heritage Flight's") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zBbbdivwOU)