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Didn't they have some guys parachute in a few years ago and one or some got blown off course and landed out in the parking lot?
 
My son saw this fly over as a Tech freshman. Both Navy pilots permanently grounded over it.

 
whaler11 said:
Didn't they have some guys parachute in a few years ago and one or some got blown off course and landed out in the parking lot?
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No, it was the West Virginia game in 2010, and it was a windy night, and there was discussion as to whether not to call off the night jump. Not sure what kind of aircraft they made the jump from, but It was dark by kickoff time, and there were 10-12 knot cross winds or something like that. We've all seen what the wind can do coming off the runway into the stadium. Jumpers were cadets out of West Point, and both of them landed in the middle of the C. Helps to have a well illuminated and line calibrated LZ target like a football field though.
 
Back to the other point in the initial note, 30,000? Against a "basketball" school? On a Thursday night following a horrid season and horrid seasons before that? I'd love to see it and I hope I'm wrong but I don't think we come close to 30K.

We should have a great crowd for Army, unless the weather really sucks that day, but not the 'Nova opener.
 
Palatine said:
The best one I saw was a few years back at Edwards Air Force Base. We were playing golf and in the fairway (miraculously) and a B-2 bomber with it's wheels out came slowly right down the fairway and over our heads at much less than 500 feet. Just awesome in the true meaning of the word.
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Was playing there in mid-70s and we saw the space shuttle on the 747 carrier. That thing was huge. Not flying, just sitting outside the hanger... nice view from the hill on the course.
 
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Nope - I was wrong whaler - 4 jumpers made the jump that night in 2010, and 2 of them landed outside the stadium. Windy night, and they probably went out in pairs, and the timing and wind, one pair didn't make it. I remember them carrying game balls. Pretty cool.
 
Carl Spackler said:
No, it was the West Virginia game in 2010, and it was a windy night, and there was discussion as to whether not to call off the night jump. Not sure what kind of aircraft they made the jump from, but It was dark by kickoff time, and there were 10-12 knot cross winds or something like that. We've all seen what the wind can do coming off the runway into the stadium. Jumpers were cadets out of West Point, and both of them landed in the middle of the C. Helps to have a well illuminated and line calibrated LZ target like a football field though.
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If we are talking about the same event (and I can only recall one time parachutist were at the Rent) two of them landed out in the parking lot and a few made it safely inside the stadium.

**Should have kept reading; at least my memory was correct**
 
UConnChapette said:
My son saw this fly over as a Tech freshman. Both Navy pilots permanently grounded over it.

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John said:
what'd they do wrong? landing gear down? too low?
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Any flyover requires FAA approval and meet service policy. Pilots broke the hard ceiling for altitude and unlike Maverick in Top Gun, it cost them big time.
 
Palatine said:
The best one I saw was a few years back at Edwards Air Force Base. We were playing golf and in the fairway (miraculously) and a B-2 bomber with it's wheels out came slowly right down the fairway and over our heads at much less than 500 feet. Just awesome in the true meaning of the word.
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Be thankful it wasn't a supersonic low pass by some of the planes out there. They do it routinely and it will scare the poop right out of you.
 
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minidarren said:
If we are talking about the same event (and I can only recall one time parachutist were at the Rent) two of them landed out in the parking lot and a few made it safely inside the stadium.

**Should have kept reading; at least my memory was correct**
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I was inside the stadium and I only remember seeing 2 chutes. I remember the announcement that game balls would be delivered to the stadium that way prior to game. They both landed dead center in the C a few seconds apart. I went back and checked though, because I also don't remember there ever being a drop in like that any other time, and even though whaler is a degenerate, he's got a good memory for football, so I went back and found what I found. They were part of the Army Golden Knight program and they jumped in two pair, one pair made it and the other didn't. They were all carrying game balls, I remember them handing balls over to the crew after landing. Very cool. There was a flyby scheduled not too long ago, but it was the lear jet out of Bradley I think, and it was high altitude, nobody knew it happened. Waste of money. Hopefully something cool will be scheduled for either Army or Navy, or both.

We also beat West Virginia in OT that night, to start the roll toward the fiesta bowl, after a disasterous start to that season - QB controversy, players dismissed for substance issues, a 26-0 goosegg against Louisville- then we got that game, a slop fest of a game filled with turnovers and all kinds of stuff. Bill Stewart made the numbnuts call of a punt in our territory late in the game that turned the game and our season.
 
I remember the Lear Jet as well. I believe it flew over about 2 minutes after the National Anthem ended. It was quite a spectacular sight.
 
Chin Diesel said:
The subtle irony of playing Danger Zone which was used for Top Gun and Navy F-14's while having USAF F-15's do a flyover.
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Southwest aircrew having some fun during takeoff. I find this hilarious and think of it every time I fly commercial now.

 
minidarren said:
I remember the Lear Jet as well. I believe it flew over about 2 minutes after the National Anthem ended. It was quite a spectacular sight.
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I'm not sure what game it was, I think USF homecoming, Skippy's return to Connecticut. They had one of those giant flags on the field carried by servicemen and women, and/or boy scouts or something. Might be wrong, the jet was way high though, and I remember thinking that if you weren't looking for it, it wouldn't have mattered - would have looked like a jet on approach to Bradley.

Budget issues were shifted just this past year about all this kind of stuff though. A couple of F-15's out of Barnes as well as the Hecules 130 out of Bradley did close flyovers of Memorial day parades across CT back in May. Chin is right, there are all kinds of issues that go into getting flyovers approved, but with the military academies playing at Rentschler in Sept - that's a pretty big wide open opportunity to get something authorized.

Would be cool. This stuff is definitely memorable and people like it.
 
The B25 at Michigan Stadium was pretty cool. Looks like they also had a B2 fly over for their game against Army.
 
Carl Spackler said:
Nope - I was wrong whaler - 4 jumpers made the jump that night in 2010, and 2 of them landed outside the stadium. Windy night, and they probably went out in pairs, and the timing and wind, one pair didn't make it. I remember them carrying game balls. Pretty cool.
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Yeah I watched them land in the bus lot back behind the student section.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
Any flyover requires FAA approval and meet service policy. Pilots broke the hard ceiling for altitude and unlike Maverick in Top Gun, it cost them big time.
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they did that flyover on a whim?? wow, stupid.
 
Carl Spackler said:
I'm not sure what game it was, I think USF homecoming, Skippy's return to Connecticut. They had one of those giant flags on the field carried by servicemen and women, and/or boy scouts or something. Might be wrong, the jet was way high though, and I remember thinking that if you weren't looking for it, it wouldn't have mattered - would have looked like a jet on approach to Bradley.

Budget issues were shifted just this past year about all this kind of stuff though. A couple of F-15's out of Barnes as well as the Hecules 130 out of Bradley did close flyovers of Memorial day parades across CT back in May. Chin is right, there are all kinds of issues that go into getting flyovers approved, but with the military academies playing at Rentschler in Sept - that's a pretty big wide open opportunity to get something authorized.

Would be cool. This stuff is definitely memorable and people like it.
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I used to LOVE the CT ANG A-10 flyovers of our memorial day parade in town, I would get so pumped for that.
 
John said:
I used to LOVE the CT ANG A-10 flyovers of our memorial day parade in town, I would get so pumped for that.
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An A-10's close fly by is nothing if not memorable. One way or the other. I get a lot more nightmares about them, than I do good memories. They haven't been stationed in CT for many years now. The past few years budget issues under Obama, the concept of military flyovers nationwide was pretty much shelved. Never mind sporting events, memorial day and july 4th parade flyby's were scrapped for a while. They lifted that budget issue just this year. I know a guy who knows a guy, etc....about a pilot from the same Naugatuck valley that Arkeel comes from, that was psyched to be able to fly over CT again this year for memorial day. First time in a long time, and pilots love that . Seeing the crowds lined up for parades and stuff. Hopefully they get the same planes to come over Rentschler for at least one of the academy games in Sept. If not, that C-130 from Bradley buzzing by like a giant bumble bee would be cool too.
 
Carl Spackler said:
An A-10's close fly by is nothing if not memorable. One way or the other. I get a lot more nightmares about them, than I do good memories. They haven't been stationed in CT for many years now. The past few years budget issues under Obama, the concept of military flyovers nationwide was pretty much shelved. Never mind sporting events, memorial day and july 4th parade flyby's were scrapped for a while. They lifted that budget issue just this year. I know a guy who knows a guy, etc....about a pilot from the same Naugatuck valley that Arkeel comes from, that was psyched to be able to fly over CT again this year for memorial day. First time in a long time, and pilots love that . Seeing the crowds lined up for parades and stuff. Hopefully they get the same planes to come over Rentschler for at least one of the academy games in Sept. If not, that C-130 from Bradley buzzing by like a giant bumble bee would be cool too.
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I know things change, but I miss the CT ANG A-10s buzzing around, and I miss -15s being stationed on Cape Cod.
 
John said:
I know things change, but I miss the CT ANG A-10s buzzing around, and I miss -15s being stationed on Cape Cod.
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There is a fighter wing I already noted at Barnes AFB in Mass, just north with F-15s that literally could be making circles over Rentschler about 30 seconds after going airborne. Those same planes did flyby's for memorial day all over CT back in May. As did the C130 at Bradley. There are an assortment of Army Guard helo's at Bradley at any given time that are flight ready and audible/visible flying over CT regularly. They're adding an army medevac unit as of October this year, if they're not there already. With Sikorsky in Stratford, there is no shortage of both fixed wing and rotary blade aircraft that can go airborne, are damn cool, and can buzz Rentschler, and be back on the ground in the space of a 1/2 hour. We'll see if it happens for either Army or Navy.
 
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John said:
they did that flyover on a whim?? wow, stupid.
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They had approval for the flyover. I'm nearly certain they were Virginia Beach based F/A-18 pilots. Whatever the low altitude ceiling was, they went well below it. All these pilots are made well aware of what they can and can't do. Ego is a powerful force; especially when combined with adrenaline.
 
John said:
I used to LOVE the CT ANG A-10 flyovers of our memorial day parade in town, I would get so pumped for that.
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Dual interests there. A-10's are GE powered aircraft. Pratt may provide a not so gentle nudge to not have GE engines flying over PW field.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Dual interests there. A-10's are GE powered aircraft. Pratt may provide a not so gentle nudge to not have GE engines flying over PW field.
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There are very few, if any, within reasonable flight time of East Hartford stateside anyway. They haven't been stationed here since 2008. Non-issue. If there is going to be a flyby, you got to choose from what's available! I'm almost positive that aside from maintenance and training rotations, the entire remaining A-10 compliment is active duty deployed overseas. The air force has tried to retire them for years, but there just is no other plane like it, and we need it
 
We should move the games to the long term lot at Bradley. People could watch planes go back and forth like Shea Stadium and we'd capture that population of people whose flights are delayed.
 
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