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The flyover at Super Bowl 52 is going to be unique. Here’s why.
sbnation.com ^ | Feb 4, 2018 | Ryan Van Bibber

Posted on 02/04/2018 8:17:27 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

... Besides this being the first time the Heritage Team has done this at the Super Bowl, there’s an interesting mix of aircraft flying over U.S. Bank Stadium.

There are four planes representing three generations of aircraft for the flyover: one F-16, two A-10s and a P-51 (more about the planes themselves below). They’ll be flying in a diamond formation with the P-51 out in front, the two A-10s even with each other on the side and the F-16 bringing up the rear.

“It’s a really unique formation to take a look at, because you never really get to see those vintage aircraft flying with modern fighters,” Levy said.

“The heritage formation is unique. It’s usually just four modern day fighters that are all similar operating a similar speeds and used to doing a flyover together,” Maj. John Waters, the F-16 pilot, said.

“It’s a sign of strength and unity and the sacrifices that have been made. And the cool factor is off the chart. It’s a very special event,” Hinton said.

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KEYWORDS: aviation; superbowl; usaf
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Uh, no.


41 posted on 02/04/2018 9:26:20 AM PST by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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To: al baby

Flyovers are really never waste. They essentially schedule flight training to the national anthem. They have orders to fly in a certain area in particular formation at a designated moment. An actual Win/Win(which is
rare).


42 posted on 02/04/2018 9:29:11 AM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: Blueflag

Helicopters are faster than the A-10.... /s

jk and I love the A-10.


43 posted on 02/04/2018 9:31:23 AM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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To: mad_as_he$$
How about this?? Love it!!


44 posted on 02/04/2018 9:35:58 AM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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To: thoughtomator

It is “sort of” practice for the close coordination and timing needed for bomb drops. r


45 posted on 02/04/2018 9:38:04 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Inside the stadium? Is there room under the roof to fly in formation?


46 posted on 02/04/2018 9:39:11 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: gnarledmaw

The most unique part is that it will be the first time that all 4 pilots will be giving the teams below the finger simultaneously.


Love it.


47 posted on 02/04/2018 9:40:04 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: al baby

exactly; a colossal waste of taxpayer money


48 posted on 02/04/2018 9:40:41 AM PST by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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To: Enchante

Perfect!


49 posted on 02/04/2018 9:42:54 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: Berlin_Freeper
"Piloting the P-51 is Steve Hinton, a 56-year veteran flyer with a passion for vintage historic airplanes. He’s president of the Planes of Fame Air Museum. He tells me that he’s done a couple flyovers at the Rose Bowl, but this is his first NFL game. Not a bad one to start with."

Do any Freepers know just how Bad-@$$ Steve Hinton is as a pilot ? Have you seen the old shows on History or Discovery of flying Zero's and all the other Warbirds over California? Steve was often at the controls. I can't remember if he was flying a Racer @ Reno when I went in 91' ( he may have been starting to be the crew chief for the Pond Racer ) but he is a Racer of some note. He also flew the Old No. 4, the Spirit of Springfield Gee Bee Replica in the "Rocketeer" and I am not sure if it was the Turner Replica or the Kermitt Weeks Replica that bit him and he had a landing accident that banged him up pretty good.

His son is now Racing at Reno and he is young and darn good...

BTW these historic multi-generational fly-by's are done @ Oshkosh, they are amazing, I've seen Mustangs w/ F-86's and the F-22. I may have pictures but I can't post them here, darn it...

50 posted on 02/04/2018 9:43:56 AM PST by taildragger ("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Song of Angry Men!")
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To: Finalapproach29er

Did they do a “missing” man maneuver?


51 posted on 02/04/2018 9:45:34 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It is a sad waste of time and money.


52 posted on 02/04/2018 9:48:24 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
“It’s a really unique formation to take a look at, because you never really get to see those vintage aircraft flying with modern fighters"

All hype, big friggen deal, a SB fly over. I do a lot of filming for the clients at airshows and there are always heritage flights with a P-51, F-16, F22, etc, this is not big deal.

53 posted on 02/04/2018 9:48:29 AM PST by New Perspective (Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I have a feeling that the crowd will also feel it when the jets flyover.

LOL was just imagining the A-10s shooting a row of blanks


54 posted on 02/04/2018 9:51:41 AM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: Blueflag
And the P-51 is faster than the A-10 IIRC ;-)

It had to be, different roles. Long distance escort fighter, also suited for ground attack vs. tank & bunker busting ground assault aircraft. Love 'em both; the Good, the Bad*, and the Ugly!

*They both bad, baby!

55 posted on 02/04/2018 9:57:03 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Finalapproach29er
15 MOH recipients led by Woody Williams(94ys old-Iwo Jima) will do coin toss around 5:30 local time. Worth a look.

How many progs will be kneeling and booing?

56 posted on 02/04/2018 10:00:01 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: vooch; al baby
...a colossal waste of taxpayer money.

On the other hand, it could well be viewed as a big "stick it up your nose (etc.)" gesture to the kneelers.

Perhaps more likely, it is intended to remind Americans how seriously and how well we regard defense and security.

57 posted on 02/04/2018 10:00:20 AM PST by frog in a pot (Nancy Pelosi: Home invasion alarm systems violate the rights of burglars.)
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To: Hulka
(I’ve heard them all. . being an ol’A-10 fighter pilot that I am. Sadly, it is the last of the manly jets. . .made for men.)

Hmmmmm...what would Kim Campbell and Martha McSally say? heheh...

Presently I'm living in Tucson and totally enjoy seeing many A10 flybys almost every day. Sometimes I'm up on the hill and I can spot a half dozen or more in the air at once...

So many fantastic aircraft flying around here.

58 posted on 02/04/2018 10:06:45 AM PST by no-s (when democracy is displaced by tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Replace one of the A-10’s with a P-47 Thunderbolt, the original Ground Attack Aircraft.


59 posted on 02/04/2018 10:11:23 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Shithole".)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

I have to chuckle a little bit when people on Free Republic wonder why the nation, as a whole, is ignorant about WWII.

For a kid in high school today, WWII is at least three generations away. It is a relevant to kids today as the Spanish American war was to my generation. If I was pressed, I could probably talk my way through an explanation of the causes for the SAW. But, I never spent for than a couple of classroom hours on it.

Let’s face it, the demographics of FR are significantly older than the nation as a whole.


60 posted on 02/04/2018 10:18:25 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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