F-22 makes airshow debut.

http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-5183.html

“Freaking unbelievable… I was catching some shade under the F-14D and Elvis walked by, no kidding it was the King!

The F-22, the tail slides were Sierra Hotel, and the loops inside of 400 feet were flat scary. It was interesting watching the TF-51D and the F-22 do BFM. The Raptor did a 90 degree pull in less than 2 seconds and gunned the Mustang… Then he went back to holding altitude with the nose 70+ above the horizon.

The Raptor proceeded to ease down the flight line and do a 90 degree pitch into the vertical, climb vertically from its low speed entry, and do a negative push over to level flight. The roll rate reminded me of another Lockheed fighter that also howls, the Zipper, it was exceptional. It was nice to see they were opening up the “public” display a little with the tail slides and nose high loops. But don’t watch the flight line as the tail slides, loops, and dissimilar BFM happened while the F-22 was waiting for the Eagle Demo to complete and he was a couple miles from the field… And all the lemmings were looking the wrong direction.

Oh yeah, it was definitely the King, or his illegitimate brother, “Oooooohhhhhh Yeah”, you should have seen them darned pork chop side burns…”