F-22 Raptor display at Edwards AFB 2005

This was by far the best F-22 display I’ve seen so far, together with the stuff we saw at Nellis it bodes well for the future – no more lame displays consisting of high flat passes like the F-117s and B-2s do!

Nice afterburner climb after takeoff, the F-22 is sure as heck noisy when it lifts off:

Banking in front of the crowd, a novel experience:

Apparently this was the first ever public display where the F-22 opened the doors of its weapons bays:

Aerodynamic braking on landing, in the background you can see the NASA “ACTIVE” F-15 Eagle with Canards and other experimental equipment:

Taxying back in:

More on the F-22 display here:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Edwards2005/F22/index.html

Comments, questions and suggestions all welcome.

Richard.