[Scan-DC] B-52 flyover at Arlington later this week?

[Sean Hoyden]

The "Batwing" is a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber.

I've seen B-52's over Arlington numerous times in the past year or two.
Also saw a B-1 Lancer (aka BONE) which is the variable geometry supersonic
bomber for the Air Force.

About 2 months ago, they had a pair of Predator UAV's fly over for a pilot
who passed away he retired the UAV program out of Beale AFB in California.
He'd been a contractor for several years after his retirement from the USAF.

Yesterday, I saw trifecta of AH-1S SuperCobra gunships fly over my house in
Centreville, but other than knowing they were flying Northeast, no idea
where or what they were up to.

Sean


On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Bruce Harper <brucebharper at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Andrew wrote:
>
> > Last fall when I was golfing at East Potomac, a B52 flew directly
> > overhead, coming from the direction of Andrews. That was super cool.
> > Eight engines.
> >
>
> We get all manner of fly-overs here in Blacksburg, some scheduled and some
> impromptu, with a variety of aircraft. Because of the Corps of Cadets,
> there
> has been a pretty steady stream of fly-overs at the openings of Virginia
> Tech football games, with an alumni connection where possible. The flight,
> weather permitting, typically goes from north to south crossing the campus
> then the length of Lane Stadium, timed to hit just as the National Anthem
> is
> being completed by the marching bands. In some cases, usually the military
> training flights that are one-shot deals, they just "wing it" (pardon the
> pun) on their approach and timing. But last October, there was a B-25
> bomber
> from the Tri-State Warbird Museum in Batavia, Ohio, that was also on
> display
> the Friday before the game. There were several test runs made the Friday
> afternoon before the game, with the unicom channel for the Virginia
> Tech/Montgomery Regional Airport used for communications as the plane
> circled around Blacksburg several times to time how long it would take to
> get from a certain point to just the right place over the stadium. The
> other
> flights are a variety of transient aircraft that seem to take either a
> planned or unplanned course that just happens to take them in the vicinity
> of Blacksburg. Sometimes there might be a one- or two-circuit circle of the
> campus, sometimes not. The aircraft include a variety of helicopters,
> transports, fighters, and an occasional bomber. Sometimes there might be
> mention of their being in the area on the unicom channel but often not.
>
> Bruce in Blacksburg
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