danpass
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I found one, Rainbow Canyon, aka Jedi Transition, at GOOGLE MAPS and was wondering about the other ones, such as in Oman/Qatar/SomewhereOverThere.
Thanks.
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Where are the various star wars canyons?
There are definitely some spots in East County SD that look like where R2-D2 was wandering right before the jawas grabbed him.
Tatooine is an actual place. I think some filming was done in Tunisia.
Tatooine is an actual place. I think some filming was done in Tunisia.
I had a buddy visit Tunisia during his time at the USMC War College, and they visited some of the sets, which still exist.
Towards the beginning of VR-1266, before the Salton Sea, is star wars canyon.
1266 is OK, and short, so you can run it twice. But Star Wars Canyon? Try the Million Dollar Ride.
A former member had a story about buzzing (flathatting? nah....) the RoTJ set outside of Yuma. https://www.airwarriors.com/communi...viator-kind-of-stuff.10310/page-6#post-125901
The ones that I have heard about repeatedly have been the ones in Oman. An old A-6 pilot in my first squadron talked about doing some right after Desert Storm and said it was a blast, a free for all. He was especially impressed by how good the Brit expat Hunter pilots flying for the Omanis were, they apparently took 'low level' very literally in the canyons.
Another one I know of was some of the glacial canyons in Antartica, the VXE-6 Huey guys apparently flew them all the time along the coast. An LC-130 Nav also from my first squadron had a whole bunch of videos of them flying the canyons though more Hoth and Firefox than Tatooine, very cool.
Another one I know of was some of the glacial canyons in Antartica, the VXE-6 Huey guys apparently flew them all the time along the coast. An LC-130 Nav also from my first squadron had a whole bunch of videos of them flying the canyons though more Hoth and Firefox than Tatooine, very cool.
When people say "Star Wars Canyon", I always wonder if people are referring to something that looks like the Death Star trench, or Luke's comment about full throttle being "Just like Beggar's Canyon back home"
Kings Canyon in the Sierras looks like the Death Star trench from up high, but it's in a national forest, so you aren't supposed to low-level through it (although I'm fairly sure it's been done...)
I have flown plenty of "Jedi transitions" out here.
Kings Canyon in the Sierras looks like the Death Star trench from up high, but it's in a national forest, so you aren't supposed to low-level through it (although I'm fairly sure it's been done...)
I have flown plenty of "Jedi transitions" out here.
The trench is always the meaning I understood.
Old thread, but Star Wars Canyon popped into my head and I searched here. This is the Oman canyon...
17°22'55.5"N 55°13'10.8"E · 17.382083, 55.219667
Picture out of my E2 while trundling through it, in-between cycles while the single cycle weenies were launching and recovering.
Is the Marine Corps hiding all of its Harriers in canyons now?
I think they are all hiding at Cherry Point which is about the same thing.....