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re: Is the B52 flyover vs Bama really happening?
Posted on 10/27/18 at 8:02 am to SaveFarris
Posted on 10/27/18 at 8:02 am to SaveFarris
That makes it pretty OFFICIAL. It will happen, pending weather and other external factors.
Nice post.
Nice post.
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Posted on 10/27/18 at 8:37 am to BornAndRaised_LA
Yep. I'm stationed at Barksdale. The B-52 really sounds more like an airliner. F-16's are probably one of the loudest aircraft.
The B-52 is still a magnificent beast. Most resilient airframe in the history of aviation. It's actually going to outlive the B-1 and B-2. When the old man says "Get off my lawn!", you damn well better listen.
The B-52 is still a magnificent beast. Most resilient airframe in the history of aviation. It's actually going to outlive the B-1 and B-2. When the old man says "Get off my lawn!", you damn well better listen.
Posted on 10/27/18 at 8:54 am to BayouCowboy
I heard it was B-40 painted white.
Posted on 10/27/18 at 9:04 am to TaderSalad
Yes, that is the plan!
Posted on 10/27/18 at 9:10 am to rono417
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Sun will have set for game time, Flyovers are night are EXTREMELY rare. 0% chance of B-52 flyover.
Twilight extends to 6:45PM.
Posted on 10/27/18 at 9:23 am to chity
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Is the B52 flyover vs Bama really happening?
I heard it was B-40 painted white.
Actually the WW2 fighter P40 flown in China by the”Flying Tigers “ would be more appropriate.
Posted on 10/27/18 at 9:26 am to lsudave1
Alabama had a bomber flyover for the LSU game, a fighter off each wing. I believe it was the last year for Coach Shula. It is never to be forgotten.
Posted on 10/27/18 at 9:29 am to rono417
I went to the Tennessee game last year in Knoxville. It was a night game in November and there was a flyover.
Posted on 10/27/18 at 9:41 am to lsudave1
Need to bring out an F104 from Davis Monthan bone yard and put Chuck Yeager at the controls - let him come from Addis at 1000ft/1000mph - break a bunch of windows and set off alarms 5 mile radius of TS.
Posted on 10/27/18 at 9:42 am to la_birdman
Makes the house shake, makes the ground shake, and extremely loud. So loud actually that you can be screaming right next to a person and they can’t hear you whatsoever.
Posted on 10/27/18 at 9:45 am to la_birdman
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I heard that B-52s make the ground shake when they fly really low.
I grew up near barksdale and then bought a house right near the runway. Nothing quite like a B52 flying so close to your house. Used to sit on the patio and watch them for hours.
Posted on 10/27/18 at 9:54 am to OU812
Have any of y'all seen a b52 flyover?
It's special.
Saw two, once at NOLA air show several years back.
Another at Eglin air show.
Both scared the crap out of me.you don realize just how huge & loud until up close and personal!
And obviously much slower than the jets that whiz by, so it builds up more excitement as seems you're just waiting for it to wreck you! LOL
Big Ugly Fat Frickers !
Maybe the gov Edwards could call Barksdale?
It's special.
Saw two, once at NOLA air show several years back.
Another at Eglin air show.
Both scared the crap out of me.you don realize just how huge & loud until up close and personal!
And obviously much slower than the jets that whiz by, so it builds up more excitement as seems you're just waiting for it to wreck you! LOL
Big Ugly Fat Frickers !
Maybe the gov Edwards could call Barksdale?
Posted on 10/27/18 at 9:56 am to engl6914
Yea that was the 2005 Bama game in T-town and it was so unexpected and exhilarating. I remember they were building the expansion on one of their end zones and I was sitting on the opposite side. From
My vantage point, it looked like it was flying low enough to hit the new construction.
My vantage point, it looked like it was flying low enough to hit the new construction.
This post was edited on 10/27/18 at 9:57 am
Posted on 10/27/18 at 9:58 am to skinny domino
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What time does it get dark on the night of the game? That could be a factor.
It was dark at 6:45 last night. With an extra week it’ll be dark even earlier by the 3rd.
Posted on 10/27/18 at 10:29 am to lsudave1
I sure hope so...I have been wishing for a B52 flyover literally for a couple of decades. I have seen videos of one at Alabama and it was the most awesome thing I have ever seen!
I have to say that it must be terribly difficult to get the timing correct in an aircraft of that size.
I have to say that it must be terribly difficult to get the timing correct in an aircraft of that size.
Posted on 10/27/18 at 10:44 am to Spankum
I just got back to Barksdale and will check this week to make sure, but In the past the B-52 flies over the LSU Salutes event on the parade ground the day of the game. AF flyovers at night are extremely rare.
I was also at the Tenn game last year, that was the Navy. Their rules are a lot more laxed then ours.
I was also at the Tenn game last year, that was the Navy. Their rules are a lot more laxed then ours.
Posted on 11/1/18 at 8:47 pm to BeastMode
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Nov. 3 Alabama SOLD OUT | Ticket Marketplace Kickoff: 7 p.m. Watch: CBS Listen Free: Pregame at 5 p.m. Affiliates Live Stats: LSUstats.com Pregame Live Music (2 p.m.): Bag of Donuts Details LSU Salutes Guest Captains: Ben Bordelon, Gene Lang, Leonard Marshall, Marty Phillips, Sheddrick Wilson Recognitions: LSU Salutes Steve Gleason Vet School Gift Brigadier General Mike Jones LSU Football "Next Great 25" Ronnie Estay – SEC Legend Team LSU Corporate Partners TAF Campbell Socienty Halftime: Golden Band from Tigerlan
Looks like the flyover was canceled
Posted on 11/1/18 at 9:06 pm to OU812
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Barksdale is right up the road
Oh suuuuuuure, now that you South Louisianians need us, we're no longer Yankees or part of Texas, we're "just right up the road."
Posted on 11/1/18 at 9:16 pm to bigbowe80
We were there and that seemed to fly really low like right over the scoreboard low.
And Steve Gleason being presented Saturday — awesome. No White Flags!!
And Steve Gleason being presented Saturday — awesome. No White Flags!!
Posted on 11/1/18 at 9:21 pm to BayouCowboy
Bayou what squadron? I was CE there a few years ago.
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