September 10
One of the tours was a visit to the F-16 base in Denver, which was only activated after 9/11 as part of the National Guard. The group leaves the hotel in a Disco van with instructions to meet “beef”. What a way to start a military installation huh? Well it turned a bit more interesting and one of the highlights was an engine test for an F-16. So imagine this: inside a hangar with a strapped down F-16 (don’t ask us how they strap down an F-16!) and they start up an F-16 right in front of you with the exhaust blue flames shooting back into a containment tube. Five minutes to warm it up, test and then five minutes to cool it down and a total “blast” in between. Yes, MegaDoers have done it all.
