Hey do you remember the last umm "blast"? when the Iraqi troops were retreating and then the American air force bombarded them burning them and left their bodies and vehichles all like coal.. ugly

Good point - it's superstition going back to WWI to not photography a pilot at his aircraft before a mission. As was described over on www.f-16.net as 'old school' bad luck.

Mike

Originally Posted by Missileer

Great website MKopack. About being photographed by a plane, aviators and sailors are a superstitious lot, like the baseball pitcher who has to touch all the lucky places on their cap and uniform before his windup.