Are they flying around or do I hear traffic from Hwy 6?
*****Official Aggie Football Season Flyover Details*****
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Confirmed, while outside, the four flew over Mission Ranch, Quail Run Estates and Kyle Field Friday afternoon ... as well as far off.
Gotta draw since me got no grammar
Maybe I missed it. What time is the flyover?
10:56
They've been flying circles over my house for the past 45 minutes and I can't see anything through the clouds. So frustrating.
Looks like it's a lot clearer in town (watching Gameday) so it should be awesome from the stadium!
Looks like it's a lot clearer in town (watching Gameday) so it should be awesome from the stadium!
Why didn't all 4 jets participate in the flyover?
MiMi said:
Why didn't all 4 jets participate in the flyover?
I heard they were spare planes in case they had problems.
dubi said:MiMi said:
Why didn't all 4 jets participate in the flyover?
I heard they were spare planes in case they had problems.
Thanks. I don't remember flyovers that have come in with backups. Maybe the other crews really wanted to see the game in person?
I found a gigem while editing!
If they had four working planes and four pilots, I'm not sure why they didn't use them all?
But what do I know.
But what do I know.
Tailgate88 said:
If they had four working planes and four pilots, I'm not sure why they didn't use them all?
But what do I know.
It's weird.
Agreed. But must be some sort of policy thing. I know one thing - if there were 4 pilots with aircraft that function and they could - they would burn 4 hours of fuel and fly 4 planes over instead of 2. That's a certainty.
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EBrazosAg said:
Agreed. But must be some sort of policy thing. I know one thing - if there were 4 pilots with aircraft that function and they could - they would burn 4 hours of fuel and fly 4 planes over instead of 2. That's a certainty.
And yet they flew all of them from another location to CLL and did flyover practice with all four.
How much fuel do you think a C-17 burns to pass over Olsen for a baseball game?
Kinda making my point. It's a policy thing not a fuel thing. Which makes sense from a fuel side perspective Jet fuel cheap relatively now and we can afford to refine and use it to have high operational readiness. Not flying 4 isn't a fuel bill issue.
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They almost certainly had a ground liaison which would have been one of the 4 pilots. That instantly drops you to 3.
I think the original intent was 2 planes both piloted by Aggies. Then they had 2 more pilots that had training hours that must be flown in December so they joined them for the trip to BCS and they could attend the game.
That left the 2 planes parked on the tarmac during the game and it caused a mini uproar. It is common to have personnel here for flyovers that do NOT fly.
That left the 2 planes parked on the tarmac during the game and it caused a mini uproar. It is common to have personnel here for flyovers that do NOT fly.
That makes sense
dubi said:
I think the original intent was 2 planes both piloted by Aggies. Then they had 2 more pilots that had training hours that must be flown in December so they joined them for the trip to BCS and they could attend the game.
That left the 2 planes parked on the tarmac during the game and it caused a mini uproar. It is common to have personnel here for flyovers that do NOT fly.
I would have watched the planes if they let me sit in the cockpit and play with the gizmos.