Warthogs uber alles

[Scott Dyer HPN/NY]

Oh, lordy, Terry.....a Warthog flyover of the Superbowl!

[Terry Carraway]

Between that and the final score, I am sorry I did not watch the game.

There used to be Hogs at Madison, WI ANG unit.

[Scott Dyer HPN/NY]

It was a pretty good game, and I'm not much of a football fan anymore.

[Bruce Gorrell]

Why have a flyover of a domed stadium?

[Randy Sohn]

Why have a flyover of a domed stadium?

Bruce, t'wuz EAXCTLY my thoughts! Al called me, told me Steverino was gonna lead that formation past in "Sierra Sue" and I wondered - so? Saw only a little bit of it on TV, a photo shot of the Mustang's back seat?

best, randy

[John O'Shaughnessy [FCM]]

Why have a flyover of a domed stadium?

The stadium has large windows at (at least) one end, and half the roof is translucent. I suppose it is more to mark things as a BIG EVENT, and for the television viewers.

Nice article here: https://www.sbnation.com/2018/2/4/16...age-foundation

[Randy Sohn]

suppose it is more to mark

Sure dunno! Chuckling here tho, when Al told me he wanted to interview Steverino when he was in town to lead that flyover I thought of telling Al where Steve might'a got that idea tho, recall MANY years ago we did a formation flyover at the Ft. Smelling vets cemetary and I remember leading that formation in the B-25 from Flying Cloud.

Chuckle, had several bales of flowers(roses?) in the bomb-bay and I arranged them to have the slipstream cut the twine ties when I dumped them. Katy was in the back end and they (her and helper) tossed a bale out of the side window of the rear compartment when we passed over. Only problem was, those two didn't cut the twine on the bale and it hit the ground and bounced end over end and over about twenty feet in the air when it hit the ground. Good ole days, I guess!

best, randy

[John O'Shaughnessy [FCM]]

Only problem was, those two didn't cut the twine on the bale and it hit the ground and bounced end over end and over about twenty feet in the air when it hit the ground. Good ole days, I guess!

That's a great story! Love to see the faces of the folks on the ground expecting flowers to be floating down...

[Randy Sohn]

Love to see the faces of the folks on the ground expecting flowers to be floating

Chuckle, Memorial Day flyovers were always interesting, that also was the day that that John's FCM museum opened.

Prolly what you should've seen is the faces of that car's occupants when that bale hit and bounced over the fence right in front of them on the asphalt of that street on the west side of Ft. Snelling's Memorial burial grounds

best, randy

[Ralph Jones]

That's a great story! Love to see the faces of the folks on the ground expecting flowers to be floating down...

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly...

[Terry Carraway]

Sure dunno! Chuckling here tho, when Al told me he wanted to interview Steverino when he was in town to lead that flyover I thought of telling Al where Steve might'a got that idea tho, recall MANY years ago we did a formation flyover at the Ft. Smelling vets cemetary and I remember leading that formation in the B-25 from Flying Cloud.

Chuckle, had several bales of flowers(roses?) in the bomb-bay and I arranged them to have the slipstream cut the twine ties when I dumped them. Katy was in the back end and they (her and helper) tossed a bale out of the side window of the rear compartment when we passed over. Only problem was, those two didn't cut the twine on the bale and it hit the ground and bounced end over end and over about twenty feet in the air when it hit the ground. Good ole days, I guess!

best, randy

Sounds like the scene from WKRP in Cincinnati.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg

[Ralph Jones]

Sounds like the scene from WKRP in Cincinnati.

See above...;-)

[Randy Sohn]

See above...;-)

Concur with BOTH!

best, randy

[Terry Carraway]

I typed before reading to the end.

[Stephanie Belser]

Of the airplanes in the flyover, the Warthog is about the only one I'd be willing to try and fly, iffn Terry can tell me how to start it up.