Guest Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Civilians want to see their airplanes up close. Louder is better. Surely you know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napoleon_Tanerite Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Steven Tyler's singing made me want to defect. And as for the flyover-- FRED? Really? What's next, an E-8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmwalk Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Steven Tyler's singing made me want to defect. And as for the flyover-- FRED? Really? What's next, an E-8? Drones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arg Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 What was painted on the bottom of FRED? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEflyer Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 The Fred crew did a nice job for the Patriots game today. Agreed. Barnes was headed out to Red Flag, so Westover got the nod. Picture from the 439th- And as for the flyover-- FRED? Really? What's next, an E-8? Please. I like a great pointy nose flyover just as much as the next person, but talk about overplayed, nice to change it up every once in a while. The Fred got way more reaction than I've ever seen, you could see the players keep looking up. That being said, this one was a few years back at Gillette. They don't get any better. (1:35) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Davies Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Surely you've heard it fly before. Nobody wants to hear that any louder than they have to. I'll have to be the dissenter and say that these flybys always give me goosebumps, and I'm not even a Septic. If the RAF did this, I wouldn't care what it was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortbus Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Agreed. Barnes was headed out to Red Flag, so Westover got the nod. Picture from the 439th- Please. I like a great pointy nose flyover just as much as the next person, but talk about overplayed, nice to change it up every once in a while. The Fred got way more reaction than I've ever seen, you could see the players keep looking up. That being said, this one was a few years back at Gillette. They don't get any better. (1:35) and then "Danger Zone". Bleh. I'll have to be the dissenter and say that these flybys always give me goosebumps, and I'm not even a Septic. If the RAF did this, I wouldn't care what it was. What's a Septic? Is it like a dikfur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backseatdriver Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 What's a Septic? Is it like a dikfur? What's a....wait a sec...I see what you did there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEflyer Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 What was painted on the bottom of FRED? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grind Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 "MHK" under the left wing as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Davies Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 What's a Septic? Is it like a dikfur? No, nothing derogatory! From Cockney rhyming slang: Septic = 'septic tank' = Yank. You can also say 'lamb shank'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoleIt Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (1:35) Fireworks then a fly over right under? Looks epic...but is there no worry about ingesting a bunch of firework remains? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 What was painted on the bottom of FRED? GO PATS and MHK MHK = Myra Kraft's initials, she's the late wife of the team owner and the Patriots dedicated the season to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeHoler Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Fireworks then a fly over right under? Looks epic...but is there no worry about ingesting a bunch of firework remains? Gotta work on your perspective...those jets were above the fireworks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Davies Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 The Wing's Facebook page has some good reverse angle images of the flyover, as well as some close-ups of the markings: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Man Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 No, nothing derogatory! From Cockney rhyming slang: Septic = 'septic tank' = Yank. You can also say 'lamb shank'. Holy shit, people really talk like that? I thought it was just hollywood crap in Ocean's 11... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ak47 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Steven Tyler's singing made me want to defect. And as for the flyover-- FRED? Really? What's next, an E-8? It's a C-5 from the Patriot Wing located just up the road. Tail flash is complete with the Patriots' logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Davies Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Holy shit, people really talk like that? I thought it was just hollywood crap in Ocean's 11... They do indeed. Various words from rhyming slang also make regular appearances in 'normal' British English dialects, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snow Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 If I read one more comment with "This guy will be the next bud holland" I am going to gouge my own eyes out. Every breach of safety or lapse of judgement does not equate to the deliberate disregard for aircraft limitations and life that Bud Holland operated under. There are people with momentary judgement lapses, frequent judgement lapses, and then there is the Bud Holland ###### the rules I make my own and do what I want mentality. Without knowing these people individually we can't gauge which category they fall into so stop with the sweeping generalizations on every incident posted...FFS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BQZip01 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) If I read one more comment with "This guy will be the next bud holland" I am going to gouge my own eyes out. Every breach of safety or lapse of judgement does not equate to the deliberate disregard for aircraft limitations and life that Bud Holland operated under. There are people with momentary judgement lapses, frequent judgement lapses, and then there is the Bud Holland ###### the rules I make my own and do what I want mentality. Without knowing these people individually we can't gauge which category they fall into so stop with the sweeping generalizations on every incident posted...FFS Valid point, but the incident in question was nothing close to a "momentary deviation" Edited January 24, 2012 by BQZip01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snow Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Valid point, but the incident in question was nothing close to a "momentary deviation" Maybe my lack of experience with this type of flying is to blame, but isn't there a long reaching AF tradition of doing flyby's below published mins or am I just talking out of my posterior? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 If I read one more comment with "This guy will be the next bud holland" I am going to gouge my own eyes out. Ready? This guy will be the next Bud Holland. Go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeHoler Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Ready? This guy will be the next Bud Holland. Go. I don't think you could have picked a better avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Snow Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Ready? This guy will be the next Bud Holland. Go. iim niht surte what im typpintg bearcase my eyes arree beedin pretety baaedly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BQZip01 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Maybe my lack of experience with this type of flying is to blame, but isn't there a long reaching AF tradition of doing flyby's below published mins or am I just talking out of my posterior? History, yes. Recent history, no. BTW, pushing the minimums and a momentary deviation are quite different from this one (flying 700 feet lower than the 1000 ft minimum AGL is not off by a "little") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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