Posted on 12/04/2010 5:52:22 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Four pilots at Vance Air Force Base in Enid are under investigation to determine if they flew too low over Kennick Stadium in Iowa before the Hawkeyes played Ohio State back in November.
"The gentlemen involved are instructor pilots and part of this was a training mission," said 1st Lt. Katherine Roling.
Although the fly over was authorized, pilots with the Air Force are required to fly at least 1,000 feet above congested areas such as a sports stadium.
Nearly two weeks after the flyover, the Air Force is still trying to determine exactly how low the pilots flew.
Since the game, several cell phone videos of the flyover have been posted on the internet and debated.
"Those guys are good and they know what they are doing or they wouldn't be doing what they are doing," said Pilot Lonnie Gillespie who flew in the Korean and Vietnam Wars
(Excerpt) Read more at kfor.com ...
They must have changed the rules. Back in the years WWll I remember fighter planes doing practice dog flights in the skies of rural Nebraska. I was too young to go to school, but my older brothers said that as they walked or rode their bicycles to and from school, the fighter planes would come flying along the roads that the kids were traveling. I asked my brother how high they were flying. "Twice the elevation of the power and telephone poles along side of the road," he said. Of course those weren't jets. I suspect that in addition to flight time, the 18-20 year old pilots were scoping out the young ladies.
1000 feet is very low. That wasn’t lower
Trust me on this: They did not fly over Kennick Stadium. Not at any altitude.
However, I’ve heard rumors they did a flyover at Kinnick.
Couldn’t have been 100 feet . Awesome display
Couldn’t have been 1000 feet . Awesome display
ok. That’s, I think, a Phantom. What country flying in what country watching?
I was on the Mall after Gulf I for the victory celebration. The F-117s did a fly by a lot lower than that. I swear I saw the tops of the trees move in their jet wash...
I have flow in a jet so low it actually touched the ground.
“That’s a negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full.”
Wheels up or down?
I don’t know, I had an aisle seat and couldn’t see out the window.
;<)
Correct. It's a Phantom. My understanding is it's a German Phantom. The pilot was retiring that day and the video was of his final flight during which, he appeared to have broken many rules and regulations.
I was there. It was awesome! After all, our stadium is named for a fighter pilot! It certainly seemed lower than the various other fly overs of Kinnick I’ve seen. However, I know I’m not an expert on such and would guess any absolute estimate I’d make would be well off on the low side. Everyone in the stands seemed suitably and favorably impressed! They presented all the flyers on the field at half time to a large round of applause, something I wish the article had mentioned.
Unless they rented the planes on their AMEX card and took out the insurance.
Still Moving along.....
I keep wishing those Hog pilots would blow their horns before they blast over the ridge so I’d have some warning they were coming!
};^)
The T-38C model with upgraded cockpit is still the USAF the trainer in use. they have about 400 still in service.
During one of the WW II anniversary celebrations (’95?) I saw what I believe was a B 29 land on an old Floyd Bennett NAS runway, take off and then buzz the tower at JFK......TWICE!
It seems President Bush was in charge of America when this beauty was started. There are tons of stories of pilots getting into trouble every since 2007.
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