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Pilot "Rain" was a FAIP when my favorite pilot was a student at Columbus AFB.

CanyonAg77 said:

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https://www.facebook.com/vicenews/videos/971221349704482/

Pilot "Rain" was a FAIP when my favorite pilot was a student at Columbus AFB.

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Lucky reporter!

What was the point of a flyover in an enclosed stadium?

tgray99 said:

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What was the point of a flyover in an enclosed stadium?

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TV

I'm guessing that P-51 had to be going near top speed the whole time while the A-10s were probably cruising and the F-16 was probably struggling to go slow enough to keep in formation and stay airborne.

My flyover success has been pretty poor. I've attended 3 football games at the USAFA in Colorado Springs and all three of them got snowed out.

HollywoodBQ said:

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I'm guessing that P-51 had to be going near top speed the whole time while the A-10s were probably cruising and the F-16 was probably struggling to go slow enough to keep in formation and stay airborne.

My flyover success has been pretty poor. I've attended 3 football games at the USAFA in Colorado Springs and all three of them got snowed out.

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Daughter went to USAFA to do a graduation flyover, and got rained out.

A P-51 can hit 500, cruise at 300. The A-10 and F-16 probably have to be doing 150 or better to be very controllable, so you're probably not far off.

To speak to your question about different planes in formation, take a gander at this flyover from Columbus AFB. T-1, T-6s, T-38s, and a Super Tucano (A-29?) doing a pass.

Notice that the T-6s are nose down, throttles to the firewall. The T-38s are nose up, going as slow as possible.

Original, huge, hi-def photo at

CAFB




Another view



Hi-res large version

All 3 of these a/c in the pic at Columbus have cruise speed very similar. So they are
not at some stall speed for the T-38 and max out for the T-6
The A-10 and P-51 for SB all cruise at 300 plus

Probably lots and lots of fun for the big guy.