F1 Flyby?

[aerojock]

I saw a P-38, P-51 and F-16 fly over my house today. I don't know of any airshows this weekend and thought they might be practicing for a flyby at the F1 race on Sunday. Anybody know what was going on?

Jim

[DB2]

They flew over the track a few times at a couple thousand feet altitude, unannounced, so presumably a practice run for Sunday. Appeared to be Glacier Girl and La Pistolera.

[aerojock]

Hopefully they will show it on tv>

[The Inspector]

Hopefully they will show it on tv>

And that would depend completely on Bernie who owns F-1 TV as well as the series, that's why Bob, David, and Steve are some times caught out since they are commenting on a satellite feed to report the races and I don't recall ever seeing shots of a flyover on the direct broadcast, they did run footage of an ETHID Scarebus A-340-600 @ I think, Dubai but it came from another source and SPEED used it.

[expat]

The AIRBUS was probably at ABU DHABI, i was there amazing race!!!

[JDK]

That's not a F-1 flyby -

THIS is a F-1 flyby...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa_KrNNebzU

[Chappie]

Could be Dan Friedkin in the P-38 too.


Chappie

[The Inspector]

That's not a F-1 flyby -

THIS is a F-1 flyby...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa_KrNNebzU

Chuck Norris was a Ramp Boss too?

[Thomas_Mac]

From the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation Facebook page

"The wait is almost over! We can't wait to kick off the 2012 Formula One Grand Prix with a Heritage Flight TODAY at 1:00 PM CST. The crowd at the new Circuit of The Americas track in Austin, TX is in for a treat! Capt Garrett Dover will be in the F-16, with Dan Friedkin and Tom Gregory (of Lone Star Flight Museum) in P-51 Mustangs on his wing and Steve Hinton (of Planes of Fame Air Museum) in the P-38 Lightning to top it off!"

https://www.facebook.com/AirForceHerita ... on?fref=ts

[Mike]

Nice shot of it on Speed's coverage - 2 P-51s, P-38 and F-16

[blurrkup]

Saw it on Sky's F1 channel in the UK.