Holy carp. Military jet buzzed Emerald

[RickSue]

Bout scared the carp out of me sitting on my balcony an extremely loud military jet just came out of nowhere and buzzed our ship about a mile out. Not sure if it was Cuban or USA or Mexican but it sure scared the check out of us

[RickSue]

Carp/crap. Whatever. LOL

[paul929207]

I noticed your typo. I wasn't sure if it was deliberate to get by the censors. LOL.

[Tedferg]

Something Fishy anyway :)

[Colo Cruiser]

They are everywhere. :p

[john watson]

Bout scared the carp out of me sitting on my balcony an extremely loud military jet just came out of nowhere and buzzed our ship about a mile out. Not sure if it was Cuban or USA or Mexican but it sure scared the check out of us

 

I am not an expert on military airplanes; but my instinct tells me this would have been a US fighter jet, however did the aircraft appear to have an overloaded roof rack or additional people sitting on the roof?

 

Regards John

[Cruzaholic41]

That's pretty normal. I see flying fish on every cruise.

[nukesubsailor]

Bout scared the carp out of me sitting on my balcony an extremely loud military jet just came out of nowhere and buzzed our ship about a mile out. Not sure if it was Cuban or USA or Mexican but it sure scared the check out of us

 

Ya gotta watch out for those jet jockeys! They are a bunch of hot doggers; especially the Navy ones who like to land on ships.

[dchip]

Same thing happened when I was at the pool on the Grand in November. It was between San Diego and Ensenada. It scared the c@&$ out of me too.

 

Cheers, Denise.

[framer]

Once early morning w/the CB pulling into Boston, I'd gotten up to see the jets landing at Logan. They normally close a rwy while the ship is passing. Someone miscalculated the timing and a 747 got a bit too close to the ship for the plane captain to continue his approach. The 747 went to full power and aborted his approach, it flew over about 200 - 300 feet. My wife had been asleep in the middle of the ship and was vibrated awake:

 

It was so cool to watch.

[sfaaa]

It's just Maverick and Goose doing a fly by.

[elliair]

Bout scared the carp out of me sitting on my balcony an extremely loud military jet just came out of nowhere and buzzed our ship about a mile out. Not sure if it was Cuban or USA or Mexican but it sure scared the check out of us

 

This happened to us once on a Mexican cruise. We were headed out of Cabo on our way to LA when the ship turned around and headed back towards Cabo. The Captain said that there were military exercises going on and was ordered to turn back. After the exercises were over, the military jet buzzed the ship. It was pretty exciting. I was walking on the stern on the Promenade deck and I saw it coming. Gave me the chills!

[ChiefBoats]

I they were Navy they probably were checking out the pool area.......:D

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[iceleven]

Same thing happened when I was at the pool on the Grand in November. It was between San Diego and Ensenada. It scared the c@&$ out of me too.

 

Cheers, Denise.

 

Yes, this happened to us as well. Two jets, one after the other by only a few seconds and flying very low right over the ship. At first it frightened me because I thought we might be under attack. :p I thought we were still off the Mexican coast then it dawned on me that it had to be the U.S. Navy out of San Diego but with all the airspace out there they could have taken, I guess they felt a need to remind us they were protecting us. :D

Edited January 28, 2016 by iceleven

[kruisey]

Yes, this happened to us as well. Two jets, one after the other by only a few seconds and flying very low right over the ship. At first it frightened me because I thought we might be under attack. :p I thought we were still off the Mexican coast then it dawned on me that it had to be the U.S. Navy out of San Diego but with all the airspace out there they could have taken, I guess they felt a need to remind us they were protecting us. :D

 

Its very comforting to know they are there.........:)

[Astro Flyer]

During a British Isles cruise while off the coast of Scotland watching a movie on MUTS at night with overcast skies a fast moving very loud jet buzzed our ship resulting in many Holy "Carp" reactions. :p

Edited January 28, 2016 by Astro Flyer

[riclop]

They were looking for thongs by the pool.

[satxdiver]

They were looking for old men in speedo's!

 

holy carp is spelled correctly.

[davekathy]

Fighter jets doing a flyby...the sound of freedom.

[pris993]

Sounds like a Blue Angel fly over... use to love seeing them flying around San Francisco during Fleet Week...

[MrSchwump]

Carp/crap. Whatever. LOL

 

Now you're just being Koi.

[kalyn]

This happened to us on a Baltic cruise in 2008, but it looked like a Russian fighter. It buzzed the ship a few times.

[tanzer22pilot]

A plane flew by you a mile away?

 

Did you notice the CG Boats on the way out of port?

[georgiavol]

I am not an expert on military airplanes; but my instinct tells me this would have been a US fighter jet, however did the aircraft appear to have an overloaded roof rack or additional people sitting on the roof?

 

Regards John

 

Instant classic response. Loved it!!

 

SSN-646

[donaldsc]

I they were Navy they probably were checking out the pool area.......:D

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Was there anyone topless in the pool?

 

DON