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I do have a problem with this. Thousands in taxpayer dollars are being spent to augment an entertainment performance being put on not for the public good, but to make money for those selling the entertainment. Why should I pay to subsidize this activity?
Heard this on Free America Radio this afternoon: The Chair is Against the Wall, The Chair is Against the Wall.Chinese paratroops dropping into Spencer, MA....
Chinese paratroops dropping into Spencer, MA....
Heard this on Free America Radio this afternoon: The Chair is Against the Wall, The Chair is Against the Wall.
This is how it was explained by my dad. Also said tbey play games with fuel management. Either way it does not matter big money gets to play with .gov toys. Yet we cant get a decent showing of US armed forces gear and troops in the 4th of july parade s?Think they also use it as a "time over target" drill. Be at point X at such-and-such a time. May be just a weak excuse to do what you said, but thats what I had read somewhere.
How flyovers hit their exact marks at games
"The request: As Berentson explains, a team or league that wants a military flyover must fill out a government form called DD2535, which is a “request for military aerial support” for a specific date. Once submitted, the request must be approved by the Federal Aviation Administration -- essentially saying it’s safe to conduct a flyover at the time and site -- before it goes to the headquarters of the branch of service that has been requested for the flyover. If the request is deemed eligible, the team or league must then find a squadron willing to do a flyover.
This is important because typically flyovers are considered part of a unit’s training requirement. Pilots need so many hours in the air to stay current in their qualifications, says Berentson, so flyovers are incorporated.
“It becomes another training mission, essentially,” says Berentson.
For that reason, the cost of flyovers is part of the military budget -- not paid for by a sports team or league -- unless special circumstances dictate that the team must pay for the cost of fuel (in an area of scarcity, for instance).
As far as the military is concerned, it’s a win-win: good training time (that pilots would have needed anyway) and good PR. For fans, there’s something special about seeing a jet, bomber or formation of helicopters directly overhead."
Funny how it's always on game day.
The timing over my house matched right up with the 1PM game start time.
I do have a problem with this. Thousands in taxpayer dollars are being spent to augment an entertainment performance being put on not for the public good, but to make money for those selling the entertainment. Why should I pay to subsidize this activity?
I'm totally good with this right up until the point they refuse to do the same for a local high school game.
No idea how the ANG does it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it has been done. It's all about scheduling. I know the ARNG has done static displays with helicopters at schools which obviously include flying and landing them there. As others have stated... hours need to be flown (and will be paid for and flown anyway) by pilots, so all about lining up whatever needs to be lined up to make something like that happen. More often than not I'd bet it's a who you know kind of thing, IE if a pilot wants to file a flight plan and fly over his kids school when they happen to being playing a game, as long as all else is good and it falls in line with the rest of his training requirements I'd bet it could and does happen.
I'm sure there is red tape and logistics hurdles, but a lot of this stuff is probably less impossible than you may think.
The whole having to pay the NFL to "advertise" while the NFL pretends to be all patriotic is pretty funny... I find the NFL as an organization to be pretty gross.
Mike
Right over my house, noisy as heck. F18s or F22? I’m use to this on sundays. Any estimate on what this event costs? Where is the nearest air station?
I remember a fly by up at loudon 15 plus years ago at the nascar race. 2- B2 bombers at full afterburner at fly by, it was unreal.
The B2 is a mean looking plane.
I also miss seeing the constant fighter jet activity overhead when the Weymouth Airbase was open back in the day, as a kid it was very awe inspiring.
F-15s out of Westover. There aren’t any F18s of F22s stationed anywhere near here — closest are probably Virginia.
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Two of the intruders. They flew over the cuckoos nest known as the 'ham several times. I thought they were after me for a while!
Pic was taken around 12:50pm but they'd made several passes already in the previous 20 minutes. I suppose they were "hanging around" until it was time to fly over the game.
I tried to get a video on one of the passes but all I got was the noise. Tree branches and crappy camera prevented a good shot.
They were probably thinking of a B-1Afterburners on a B-2? I don't think so.
They were probably thinking of a B-1