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How flyovers hit their exact marks at games

On Opening Day at Target Field this year, an Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber came roaring over the Minnesota Twins’ ballpark perfectly in sync with the last note of the “Star-Spangled Banner.”

In 2009, before Game 2 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium, three Navy F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets appeared in the night sky just as John Legend completed “and the home of the brave.”

And on Jan. 27, 1991 in Tampa, Fla., just seconds after Whitney Houston finished the anthem before Super Bowl XXV, four Air Force F-16s in formation streaked overhead with a deafening encore.

Hundreds of times each year, fighters, bombers and helicopters perform pregame flyovers at sports events. No matter the venue, the sport or the aircraft, the flyovers all have one thing in common: precise timing that puts the pilots directly over the stadium just as the anthem ends.

How do they do it?

How do aircraft traveling at high speeds -- sometimes from long distances -- manage to hit their marks with military precision?

Well, the answer might lie partially in that one word: military.

“We do similar things a lot in all of military aviation, where you have to be at a site at a particular time,” says Marine Capt. Emily Miller, a helicopter pilot who has flown missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and recently led a two-chopper flyover at Petco Park in San Diego. “It’s really not a lot different.”

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Belligerent Savant » Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:07 pm wrote:.
The Economy. What are the primary drivers of Economic health?

And irrespective of the Economy, how are our prospects going into 2021 Re: 'creeping' fascism?

We are barrelling towards technocratic fascism on a global scale, regardless of who the President will be.
One can argue one may get us there faster given how eager he is to escalate and prolong lockdowns and other excessive mandates under a pretext of health concerns.

Blue » Sat Nov 21, 2020 6:11 pm wrote:An article from 2012 is considered relevant?
Covid19 is different and government responses are telling.

The fact that you compare something happening in 2012 with now under the pandemic is pretty ignorant...just partisan crap.

Belligerent Savant » Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:19 pm wrote:.
I know more people than 2 that have died, and numerous others that got sick. You don't know me, and don't know what i've experienced. My wife works in an urgent care facility within 25 miles of NYC.

The survival rates remain well above 99% for those under 70. The lockdown measures as currently drawn up are sheer madness, and you'll continue to be a lemming to the State.

Belligerent Savant » Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:35 pm wrote:.
A virus will spread. It's what it does.
We all want the virus to end, needless to say.

The key factors here are finding a balanced approach towards managing virus impact while also minimizing, to the extent possible, devastation to lives and/or livelihoods as a result of excessive and unwarranted lockdown measures/mandates.

A more balanced approach is what's needed here.

Govt overreach has caused -- and will continue to cause -- far more damage to lives and livelihoods than the virus itself.

Don't be controlled by fear.

Govt overreach has caused -- and will continue to cause -- far more damage to lives and livelihoods than the virus itself.