All I tuned into Super Bowl 55 was for this flyover
The B-1B is from our local USAF base.
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February 07, 2021, 07:46 PM
Belwolf
Saw the B-52 flanked by 2 B-1B's turning low and slow during rush hour in South County Hillsborough on Thursday.
Was quite the sight. Only time I was glad to be at a red light.
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February 07, 2021, 08:14 PM
lastmanstanding
I thought Troy Aikman said you would not see these waste of taxpayers money fly overs under a Biden Harris administration?
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February 07, 2021, 08:21 PM
gw3971
B52 should have led the way.
February 07, 2021, 08:25 PM
TMats
Yeah but...isn’t LIV, 54?
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February 07, 2021, 08:29 PM
cslinger
Hard to believe the old BUFF has been flying since before the Super Bowl was technically a thing.
I love how the B1B looks so sleek and fast and the B2 is all space age and the B52 is trailing smoke, screeching overhead like a smoker from Firefly muttering in my day we didn’t care if they saw us bombing the shit out of them.
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February 07, 2021, 08:37 PM
bald1
quote:
Originally posted by TMats: Yeah but...isn’t LIV, 54?
Ah..............NO
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February 07, 2021, 09:17 PM
Veeper
Uh oh. All the hats that the winners were wearing said LIV
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February 07, 2021, 09:25 PM
TMats
quote:
Originally posted by bald1:
quote:
Originally posted by TMats: Yeah but...isn’t LIV, 54?
Ah..............NO
Well, yeah, LIV IS 54, but this indeed was SB 55. You’re right, I’m wrong. You’re better, I’m worse. You’re happy, I’m sad...
I’ll add, I was thrown off by the logo with the trophy in the middle that I mistook for an “I.”
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February 07, 2021, 09:28 PM
Veeper
Oh I see. It was the logo that was throwing me off. They put the trophy in the middle.
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February 07, 2021, 09:29 PM
bald1
quote:
Originally posted by Veeper: Uh oh. All the hats that the winners were wearing said LIV
Not really. The Roman numerals framed the Lombardy Trophy making it look like 54.
Pretty lousy graphics.
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February 07, 2021, 10:08 PM
Rawny
52+2+1=55 for Super Bowl 55.
February 08, 2021, 02:08 PM
JimmyRayBob
That had to be pretty loud - those planes make a lot of noise. The sound of FREEDOM.
February 08, 2021, 04:29 PM
cas
And look at all that anti aircraft fire!
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February 08, 2021, 06:26 PM
Sigmund
Some great stills of the flyover plus a few additional videos:
That has to be the best video of the flyover I've seen. Thanks.
And I agree with that article's closing comment: "Now if we could just get a trio of B-1Bs with afterburners lit to do it next time..."
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February 09, 2021, 02:04 AM
wildheartedson0105
quote:
Originally posted by gw3971: B52 should have led the way.
I'm thinking the B-2 crew would rather be the lead, than in the turbulence from the BUFF.
The Bone crew had to be groaning, flying at low altitude/wings unswept.
"This sucks"
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February 09, 2021, 09:20 AM
Jimbo54
quote:
Originally posted by bald1: Sigmund,
"if we could just get a trio of B-1Bs with afterburners lit to do it next time..."
That would do serious damage to both structures and human bodies. Just one in afterburner rattled these old bones at an airshow a number of years ago.
Jim
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February 09, 2021, 01:27 PM
bald1
Jim,
I've watched a pair of B-1Bs take off from EAFB with full afterburners before. Yup... bone rattling (pun intended)!
Here's some videos for fun
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February 09, 2021, 05:27 PM
wingfoot
quote:
Originally posted by lastmanstanding: I thought Troy Aikman said you would not see these waste of taxpayers money fly overs under a Biden Harris administration?
I said the exact thing to my wife, can't stand either one of those talking heads.
