Sam Eckholm of the F-22 Demo Team, and together they were able to wrangle the Raptor road warriors into a quiet room to meet with Full Disc Aviation after the practice show. Of course, needless to say, this is only a fraction of the jet's capabilities. And naturally, as he repositioned one of the last times, he squared us up on the field and pulled a hard turn over us. He'll float the jet down through multiple rotations, looking like a slow motion flat spin. He'll backflip seemingly in the same spot in the sky. Loco does truly breathtaking things with the Raptor. This might not sound like much, but watching a full routine not glued to our viewfinders and rattling off hundreds of shots at a time was a breath of fresh air, and we were able to fully appreciate things that cannot be communicated through photos. RyTy, James, Ryguy and I were far enough out that it didn't make sense to take photos unless Loco was repositioning directly over us (which he did a few times), so, for a few rare minutes as aviation photographers, we simply became observers. Full Disc Aviation spent three days hanging around MCAS Beaufort before their airshow, and on Friday, we got to watch Major Paul "Loco" Lopez shred the sky over the base in partly cloudy conditions from a nearby field. Interview & Photography: Ryan Kelly, Nicholas Pascarella, Ryan Tykosh, James Woodard
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