Super Bowl Fly-By

[ekuflyer]

I hate to be the one to say it, but they were 3-5 seconds late. Nice though.

 

[SIG600]

I'm sorry, how many fly-bys have you done? Do you have any idea how hard it is to hit a moving TOT to the second? Especially when the singer likes to get all artsy and do their own rendition of the Anthem, and completely fvck your overhead?

 

[JungleJett]

I'm sorry, how many fly-bys have you done? Do you have any idea how hard it is to hit a moving TOT to the second? Especially when the singer likes to get all artsy and do their own rendition of the Anthem, and completely fvck your overhead?

He has done plenty of fly-by's. I have seen plenty of moving TOT's hit within a second. And we practiced them about half a dozen times a week...if not more.

Fighters are not the only ones who need to be on time while still being flexible.

As for whether they were late or not...I don't know...and really don't care.

 

[Huggyu2]

Just an observation, which might be incorrect: it appeared the music that she sang the anthem to was recorded. Therefore, it would have been a "known" length of time.
That said, I've been way off on flyovers, thanks to the folks that started the "known" music at the most inopportune part of my holding pattern.

 

[jetjock6]

I'm surprised no one has said anything until now. I thought it was a little late myself.

With that being said, I have done them and it is very hard to hit a TOT within a second or two. And I only did it at a whooping 130kts. I have the up most respect for the guys that hit it in a fast mover.

 

[legendskid_44]

even if they were late, it was nice

 

[talondriver]

Better late than early.

It's funny how you get a 2 minute call from the ground FAC then "15" seconds later you get the 1 minute call as your outbound in the spin :angryfire

 

[Birdstrike]

And I only did it at a whooping 130kts.

90 knots here. But we could slow to 40 if we were too fast...

 

[ekuflyer]

He has done plenty of fly-by's. I have seen plenty of moving TOT's hit within a second. And we practiced them about half a dozen times a week...if not more.

Fighters are not the only ones who need to be on time while still being flexible.

As for whether they were late or not...I don't know...and really don't care.

Thanks Jungle, you beat me to that (good to hear from you by the way).
Sig, I was not saying it's easy to do single ship much less a six ship. That said, I just pointed it out. And it was very nice to say the least. I was in the North corner about 5 rows from the top and loved it. During the 3rd quarter they introduced the team and they got quite the reaction from the primarily Steelers crowd.
Afterburners would have added a nice effect.

On a side note, are they in winter training with new team members? Was it the new team that did the fly-by?

 

[JungleJett]

If one of the Guard or Reserve guys were leading the flight they would have been on time. :laugh:

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Just an observation, which might be incorrect: it appeared the music that she sang the anthem to was recorded.

You're correct.

 

[SIG600]

Just an observation, which might be incorrect: it appeared the music that she sang the anthem to was recorded. Therefore, it would have been a "known" length of time.
That said, I've been way off on flyovers, thanks to the folks that started the "known" music at the most inopportune part of my holding pattern.

Last one we did went something like this:

15 minutes prior to planned start of the anthem on the radio "things are on time, stand by words to follow"

10 minutes prior to planned start "uh, they're starting the alma mater, which is prior to the anthem, they may be starting early, stand by"

8 minutes prior to push "sh1t! PUSH NOW!!!!"

Updates passed every line of the anthem

20 seconds prior to TOT, two Hornets appear on the horizon with black smoke pouring out of them.

480KT flyby, hit to the second. Word from my guys was they were in and out of blower trying to catch up, and about 15 seconds to go they were back on timeline.

 

[legendskid_44]

hurry up and wait.....then BOOM everything happens at once

 

[CatfishVT9]

I was on the AIRLANT staff in about 1998 or 99 when we had the "worlds loudest flyby" at the baseball all star game at Fenway. The guy on on the ground was a LCDR named "Joe" (can't remember his last name) and he had us howling with laughter when he relayed the story the following monday.

The flight was a diamond of F-14s and everything was going as scheduled. There was supposed to be some presentation, then a commercial break followed by the anthem. At the end of whatever the presentation was, the singer steps up to the mike and starts singing, cutting out the commercial break. Once he realized it, Joe tells the Flight Lead "turn it in now, she started singing!" Flight lead asked "what's the timing?" Joe says "I don't know!!!" Lead again asks for the timing and at some point the FAA guy tells him "you're cleared any altitude and airspeed to make it happen." Thinking on his feet, Joe joins the singer in singing the National Anthem over the radio. I can only imagine what that sounded like to the Tomcat drivers. He told us you could see the flight crank it inbound and here comes the smoke and the wings sweep back in the turn. They ended up hitting the mark on time, but when the flight passed over the stadium, 2, 3 and 4 were all in blower to keep up with the lead.

After the game was over, Joe is down on the street and talks with the Boston cops about the flyby. One cop describing just how loud it was says: (imagine Boston accent) "See that horse over there? He jumped straight up in the air and starts S---ing and p---ing and took off running. We had to chase him for three blocks before we caught him."

Please excuse my paraphrasing, but it's as close as I can remember. I can still see Joe's facial expressions as he described it to us.

 

[bagasticks]

they werent late. . . .singer was early.