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re: Fly over for the game
Posted on 9/6/12 at 4:12 pm to Lackamoola
Posted on 9/6/12 at 4:12 pm to Lackamoola
quote:do you have any documentation of this?
For those who might care:
During WWII there was an Army Air Corp flight school in Baton Rouge. As they polished their flying skills students pilots would buzz (the empty) Tiger stadium. One day one of them clipped the scored board and crashed on the east bank Mississippi levee, killing himself.
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Posted on 9/6/12 at 4:12 pm to VernonPLSUfan
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I love the ones at the Saints home games.
LOL
Posted on 9/6/12 at 4:13 pm to tigerbait3488
you offended me hoss. It is time that you pay the price. Fred Parking lot 7pm.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 4:14 pm to Ash Williams
When I was in Marine Corps, I served with a Marine Fighter Attack squadron. I remember the pilots would do "cross country" flights over the weekends. They would start getting phone calls on Wednesday or Thursday during football season to do stadium fly overs.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 4:15 pm to Lackamoola
quote:Odd that you say that, because I was watching WWII in color the other day flipping through channels, and there was a segment about that (not the guy killing himself, but the Army Air Corp in BR).
During WWII there was an Army Air Corp flight school in Baton Rouge
Posted on 9/6/12 at 4:21 pm to RealityTiger
Posted on 9/6/12 at 4:53 pm to southernelite
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Odd that you say that, because I was watching WWII in color the other day flipping through channels, and there was a segment about that (not the guy killing himself, but the Army Air Corp in BR).
Ken Burn's PBS series on WWII featured an Army pilot from Minnesota who trained in B.R., married a local girl, and went to LSU.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 5:02 pm to CarRamrod
quote:
quote: For those who might care: During WWII there was an Army Air Corp flight school in Baton Rouge. As they polished their flying skills students pilots would buzz (the empty) Tiger stadium. One day one of them clipped the scored board and crashed on the east bank Mississippi levee, killing himself. do you have any documentation of this?
This incident was recalled in the memoir of an ex WWII Army pilot who had trained in B.R. The dead pilot was a friend of his. Sorry but its been 20 years and I don't remember the title of the book. You might be able to find it in a back issue of the Advocate.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 5:49 pm to tigerbait3488
quote:
It's not bad arse...
Don't be a jackass, it is badass.
Posted on 9/6/12 at 5:54 pm to tigerbait3488
fricking republicans
Posted on 9/6/12 at 6:10 pm to Burt Reynolds
quote:When did you start?
fricking republicans
Posted on 9/6/12 at 6:15 pm to tigerbait3488
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Have a nice day tough guy
Not trying to be a tough guy, just merely pointing out that you're a douche bag!
Posted on 9/11/12 at 3:59 pm to tigerbait3488
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I am just a big Tiger fan with an opinion. I am already jacked up before the game and dont need to see it to get me more "jacked up".
For the same reason people go to air shows like the Blue Angels. It never gets old. Its bizarre that you would think it adds nothing to the gameday experience.
Posted on 9/12/12 at 12:10 am to Lackamoola
quote:
For those who might care:
During WWII there was an Army Air Corp flight school in Baton Rouge. As they polished their flying skills students pilots would buzz (the empty) Tiger stadium. One day one of them clipped the scored board and crashed on the east bank Mississippi levee, killing himself.
Yep. That is how my Dad's sister met her husband. He was a student pilot at Harding Field and she was attending LSU at the time. They met, he got sent overseas to fly P-47s in Europe. They married right after the war and are still married.
My Aunt Belle and my Uncle Earl. Now in their 90's. I hope to live as long and as happy a life as they have.
LC
Oh, and for the record, those were Navy T-45 trainers at the Washington game. The T-45 Goshawk, built by McDonnell Douglas.
This post was edited on 9/12/12 at 12:14 am
Posted on 9/12/12 at 7:21 am to LongueCarabine
This post was edited on 9/12/12 at 7:23 am
Posted on 9/12/12 at 7:33 am to lebouefs
They do it during normal ifr training exercises right? Then just break off to do the flyover?
Posted on 9/12/12 at 7:41 am to tigerbait3488
T-45 trainers from Pcola
Posted on 9/12/12 at 7:42 am to supadave3
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How do they time it so freaking perfectly?
airstrikes are timed even better......
Posted on 9/12/12 at 11:58 pm to choupiquesushi
These guys were based out of Mississippi. Got to talk to them for about twenty minutes after they shook hands with Shaq down on the field.
One of the pilots closed on a house that day, flew over the stadium, got engaged on the helicopter ride from the airport to the stadium, got to go in death valley for the first time and on the field and then had a surprise party for his fiancee waiting on the balcony of Tsunami... He had one epic day!
One of the pilots closed on a house that day, flew over the stadium, got engaged on the helicopter ride from the airport to the stadium, got to go in death valley for the first time and on the field and then had a surprise party for his fiancee waiting on the balcony of Tsunami... He had one epic day!
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