Thunderbirds Daytona 500 Flyover

Post by **Lawndart** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:07 am

Some pics from the Thunderbirds' Facebook page (see more here).

Delta looking good so far this year!

Ells · Post by **Ells** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:58 am

Awesome and great shot in front of the VAB too.

Blaze · Post by **Blaze** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:24 pm

WFTV (ABC) Orlando rough cut of behind the scenes feature on the USAF Thunderbird's Flyover for the Daytona 500. Finished story will be broadcast on July 4, 2011 as part of fireworks show in Orlando.

Behind the Scenes of USAF Thunderbirds Flyover at 2011 Daytona 500

There's more that goes into coordinating a flyover than you think.

Post by **Lawndart** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:34 pm

Great find!

Now, there's your reason for why there's an incredible amount of time spent discussing timing (in this case ToT).

Ells · Post by **Ells** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:52 pm

Wow that's awesome, I even got goose bumps when they flew over!

Post by **Lawndart** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:56 pm

...and he's a Brit!

♪ "Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave..." ♫

Post by **Teej** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:29 pm

Lawndart wrote:...and he's a Brit!

♪ "Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave..." ♫

Eh. I bet he hums 'God Save the Queen' over that bit.

Ells · Post by **Ells** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:19 pm

Haha, I probably know your national anthem more than mine as most of our TV, or certainly the stuff I watch is American.

NCIS, CSI, Battlestar Galctica, Friends...the list goes on.

And it's pronounced tow mar tow...not tow ma tow...

Post by **Teej** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:22 pm

Ells wrote:Haha, I probably know your national anthem more than mine as most of our TV, or certainly the stuff I watch is American.

NCIS, CSI, Battlestar Galctica, Friends...the list goes on.

And it's pronounced tow mar tow...not tow ma tow...

And I watch Top Gear and used to watch 'Spooks'.

They used to show the latter over here under another name but they cut out 1/3 of the content to fill with our annoying ads-every-5-minutes format. 20 minutes/hour of ad time, and they still wrapped the show up in 60 minutes. :O

Blaze · Post by **Blaze** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:41 pm

Teej wrote:And I watch Top Gear and used to watch 'Spooks'.

Ah yeah Top Gear UK is the best!

Ells · Post by **Ells** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:35 am

Yep, love both of those.
We have a channel called Dave that shows Top Gear about 9 hours a day.
And loved Spooks.

Yeah, I remember my visit to Florida many moons ago and thought how the hell do you guys actually watch a program with all these commercials.