This 2005 LSU game flyover was the all-time best! Everyone who was there remembers it.
I'm sure it started as a recruiting ploy. "Join the Air Force. Look at this cool stuff."Great question, why do we? I see no real reason at all, but, what the heck do I know. May be some reason way back that started this fly over thing, not sure when or why it got started. Anyone know its origin?
There's a kc135 that does touch and go runs about 3 days a week in Huntsville...moneys no object.They are expensive, however, and doing a fly-by is not exactly greta training for the crews (unless we plan on declaring war on football fans & teams).
Thank you for this breakdown. There is a lot going into this that I did not realize.If I didn't know better I'd say the same thing. But I do, so allow me to help you understand the value and how it literally changes nothing regarding your tax dollars.
1) The guys flying this are going to have to plan the route for travel from base, timing so that they appear over the stadium at the key moment, and fuel. All of that is directly related to the training conducted for any "time on target" missions aka being at an exact point in space at an exact time, usually plus or minus 30 seconds. Think it's easy, drive to your local store and arrive at an exact minute and second that you planned. Tell me how it works out.
2) Your tax payer money (ours too cause don't forget, the military is paying taxes as well). That money for flying was allocated a year ago. Now it's up to the unit on how to spend it. Let the guys go fly the pattern? Straight and level at 3000 feet, or maybe coordinate with entry and exit of several different airspace, coordinate with the FAA to create a ROZ, etc. Again, valuable training being used for something that is already paid for. They will fly that time either way, it just depends on how it's utilized.
3) Recruiting. The military (namely Air force and army) are at record lows regarding military pilots and losing the battle of attrition to the commercial aviation side. If you don't think that all it takes is a good memory of a football game and a flyover to be enough to motivate a kid to chase the dream of becoming a combat pilot then you're a silly goose.
And finally, it looks cool. Yup. It looks really cool.
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Well, because......follow me REAL closely here......the subject of the flyover concerns flyovers at......wait for it...FOOTBALL games.....I love the flyovers and America, but this subject belongs on the football board why?
Well, because......follow me REAL closely here......the subject of the flyover concerns flyovers at......wait for it...FOOTBALL games.....
Gotcha...so if we have a thread..."Why do we know longer play Dixie before the opening kickoff", that would be a football thread topic, right? Follow me REAL closely here!
Well, because......follow me REAL closely here......the subject of the flyover concerns flyovers at......wait for it...FOOTBALL games.....
Gotcha...so if we have a thread..."Why do we know longer play Dixie before the opening kickoff", that would be a football thread topic, right? Follow me REAL closely here!
Serious question - did Alabama ever play Dixie before kickoff? I know OM did.
When I was a student in the 70's, the Bama Band played "Dixie", at some point, most every game. We, as students, thought absolutely nothing of it. There was no black nor white. I actually was a good friend of Tony Nathan, and T.R., and Mule, and Leon.
Dixie was simply a melody and an instrumental that could fire you up through the roof.
A great melody. Nothing more. We were "kids".
But yes, it was played....
And what it has to do with us preparing for Arkansas I have no idea, and thus the reason I asked the original question...
It should be in Non-Sports....just my opinion...which isn't worth two cents
It used to be Troy State's fight song. But that was replaced. But Troy still gives a nod to Dixie in their opening Fanfare.When I was a student in the 70's, the Bama Band played "Dixie", at some point, most every game. We, as students, thought absolutely nothing of it. There was no black nor white. I actually was a good friend of Tony Nathan, and T.R., and Mule, and Leon.
Dixie was simply a melody and an instrumental that could fire you up through the roof.
A great melody. Nothing more. We were "kids".
But yes, it was played....
And what it has to do with us preparing for Arkansas I have no idea, and thus the reason I asked the original question...
It should be in Non-Sports....just my opinion...which isn't worth two cents
I'm protesting. Or something.There will be a flyover at this week's game vs Arkansas.
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Those are the T-38 Talon training squadron out of Tyndall AFB in Panama City.There will be a flyover at this week's game vs Arkansas.
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=3228f1af0dd19ec20b2391d435eddef0&oe=5A869E44
That's not true at all. It's a great training opportunity - if nothing else it allows the crews to work on timing. Most operations require a specific "time on target" and likewise flyovers usually shoot for a specific time (end of the anthem). That requires coordination with ground crew as well.I'm sure it started as a recruiting ploy. "Join the Air Force. Look at this cool stuff."
doing a fly-by is not exactly greta training for the crews (unless we plan on declaring war on football fans & teams).
Well, there is a dollar cost attached, for starters.That's not true at all. It's a great training opportunity - if nothing else it allows the crews to work on timing. Most operations require a specific "time on target" and likewise flyovers usually shoot for a specific time (end of the anthem). That requires coordination with ground crew as well.
Aside from that, the pilots have to build hours somehow. Why not have fun with it and make some folks smile?