2022-02-02, 07:32 PM
I recall camping at Homestake Dry camp, at the south end of Racetrack Valley, in the early 1970s. We were having a leisurely breakfast, only people in the camp, around 9am. All of a sudden, I thought my eardrums were going to split from the noise. A pair of F-4 Phantoms came blasting over the hill above Lippencott lead mine, and flying through the valley. By the time they got to the Racetrack, they were below our elevation at Homestake. The next second, they were gone. I don't think we could have gotten a picture even if we knew they were coming.
I've seen them several times at Father Crowley point, and of course a great number of times at PSR. If we were out by the runway and wave, they would sometimes circle back around for another pass. They also like to buzz us when on Trona-Wildrose rd, south of the turnoff heading into Wildrose canyon.
If you look near the intersection of Panamint Valley rd and Trona-Wildrose rd, there is a an old sign a couple hundred yards to the west of the road. The sign in the 1970s used to read "Caution, Low Flying Jets".
David Bricker / SYR
I've seen them several times at Father Crowley point, and of course a great number of times at PSR. If we were out by the runway and wave, they would sometimes circle back around for another pass. They also like to buzz us when on Trona-Wildrose rd, south of the turnoff heading into Wildrose canyon.
If you look near the intersection of Panamint Valley rd and Trona-Wildrose rd, there is a an old sign a couple hundred yards to the west of the road. The sign in the 1970s used to read "Caution, Low Flying Jets".
David Bricker / SYR
DV Rat. Live upstate NY, play Death Valley, retiring to Hawaii. '95 Cherokee, barely.