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July 11, 2010 at
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Okay it's the 50th Knoxville Nationals! I wonder if that deserves a fly over on Saturday night? Seems like the last couple years they haven't done it but it is cool as hell when they do! Makes you feel like your part of something really big and proud as hell to be a American.
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July 11, 2010 at
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I agree. I have been to football games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, NE, and they have fly overs and they are impressive. I have seen fly overs with Blackhawk Helicopters and they are unbelievable.
My wife told me if I went to one more Sprint Car race
she would leave me.................I'm sure gonna miss
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July 11, 2010 at
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what about TV coverage?
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July 11, 2010 at
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Posted By: dickman on July 11 2010 at 02:17:19 PM
what about TV coverage?
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Heck with TV, Be there or be square... I hear it will be tape delayed or showed at a later date.
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July 11, 2010 at
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IMHO I think the Nationals started losing it's personality & mystique when they brought the live broadcasts in.
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July 11, 2010 at
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Posted By: darbo42 on July 11 2010 at 01:23:38 PM
I agree. I have been to football games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, NE, and they have fly overs and they are impressive. I have seen fly overs with Blackhawk Helicopters and they are unbelievable.
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Black Hawks or Fighter Jets, Either one would be awesome.....
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July 11, 2010 at
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There is a fly-over scheduled.
"If you're gonna run the bottom, you might as well get
a real job."
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July 11, 2010 at
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They had a fly over scheduled last year on Saturday and called it off at the last minute due to rain in the area.
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July 11, 2010 at
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Probably a fly over by the GoodYear blimp. Wow, that would be awe inspiring. lol
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July 11, 2010 at
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So what if that sucker blows up over the speedway?!?!?!?
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July 11, 2010 at
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they had a flyover 2 years ago i believe with 2 military heli's going over
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July 11, 2010 at
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The B2's are stationed 200 miles to the South, they fly over my work nearly every day, it would be cool to see one of those do one. It's my understanding that it's not too tough to get a flyby for a major sporting event.
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July 11, 2010 at
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Posted By: Hawker on July 11 2010 at 08:20:40 PM
The B2's are stationed 200 miles to the South, they fly over my work nearly every day, it would be cool to see one of those do one. It's my understanding that it's not too tough to get a flyby for a major sporting event.
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A B2 flyover would be siiiick at the Nationals. Seen a few of them other places and it's awe inspiring.
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July 11, 2010 at
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B-52! living close to a U.S. Air Base most of my life I see these things pretty frequently , amazing they can even leave the ground! , The engine's noise is something you almost "know" the "ring" of and can predict what is flying overhead without looking,
Watching the burnt fuel exit the engines on take off is humorous, I worked in one of thier (B-52) hangers last week, just for shitz n giggles I walked off the wingspan , I stopped in the middle , im guessing 180' simply huge! Id love to know how much fuel that badboy consumes..
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July 12, 2010 at
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Posted By: dirtdevil on July 11 2010 at 11:42:26 PM
B-52! living close to a U.S. Air Base most of my life I see these things pretty frequently , amazing they can even leave the ground! , The engine's noise is something you almost "know" the "ring" of and can predict what is flying overhead without looking,
Watching the burnt fuel exit the engines on take off is humorous, I worked in one of thier (B-52) hangers last week, just for shitz n giggles I walked off the wingspan , I stopped in the middle , im guessing 180' simply huge! Id love to know how much fuel that badboy consumes..
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I'm not only an aircraft mechanic, but also an enthusiast... BUFF's (Big Ugly Fat Fuc**r) AKA B-52's are pretty damn cool. To think that they have been in service now for 55 years and are expected to last at LEAST another 30 years (80 years in service). They are relatively fuel efficient now, when you consider how bad they were with the old J57's that would "bang water" (water injection)....Talk about loud, those were horrendous. They burn around 14,500 lbs of fuel per hour (2,150 gallons) at max cruise.
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July 12, 2010 at
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water injection? for cooling the turbines? thanks for the info, ya, thier pretty amazing, most airmen around here are pretty proud of them, we see alot of window stickers of a B-52's (BUFF). comes with the territory I guess, Im glad I know thier real name now!
Ill try post some pics if I ever get a call back from a aircraft show I was possibly going to take my car too, wings n things ! I hope I can convince the local beer n wing's pub to show up !lol, anybody have some pics of sprinters on the runway/hanger/ect ? , I always liked those shots.
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July 12, 2010 at
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The Blackhawks the other year were awesome. There have been unofficial fly overs by a couple of Piper Cubs the last few years. They do not make a lot of noise but are fun to watch. Also, they keep them grounded if there are any official fly overs going on.
A covey of A-10's would be good, but I do not know if any are based nearby. There are some pretty cool videos posted on YouTube.
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July 12, 2010 at
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This is a great way to start an event. Pretty amazing really...
"Winged or non-winged its all about
the sprint cars for me!"
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July 13, 2010 at
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but, how are we going to get rid of all that water before the heats start? lol
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July 13, 2010 at
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Posted By: dirtdevil on July 12 2010 at 02:53:42 PM
water injection? for cooling the turbines? thanks for the info, ya, thier pretty amazing, most airmen around here are pretty proud of them, we see alot of window stickers of a B-52's (BUFF). comes with the territory I guess, Im glad I know thier real name now!
Ill try post some pics if I ever get a call back from a aircraft show I was possibly going to take my car too, wings n things ! I hope I can convince the local beer n wing's pub to show up !lol, anybody have some pics of sprinters on the runway/hanger/ect ? , I always liked those shots.
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The water not only cooled, but more importantly, it increased the thrust by increasing the mass. It also made them VERY, VERY loud. Of course this is in the day of the turbojet (before the more efficient turbofan). A good friend of mine worked as a crew chief on BUFFs and retired as a crew chief of a B-2. He hated the B-2 and told me of a standard "saying" among Air Force mechanics. "When the last B-2 is taken to Davis-Monthan (the boneyard), the crew will return on a BUFF". And the sad thing is that it is true!
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