NO MISSING MAN FLIGHT AT ARLINGTON TODAY

BK · **Joined:** Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:23 pm **Posts:** 597

http://youtu.be/L3krjEpqiYI

51fixer · **Posted:** Tue Sep 24, 2013 6:56 am

A news clip on this.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local ... 51962.html

DH82EH · **Posted:** Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:15 am

A very classy move by some high class folks.
Thank you.

Andy Scott

Robbie Stuart · **Posted:** Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:15 am

Thanks to all involved with providing the flyover! True Americans!
Robbie

lmritger · **Posted:** Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:07 am

SaxMan wrote:

Thank you to all those who participated today.

Again, I believe that opportunities like these are the "silver linings" in the sequestration cloud. The positive publicity that this gives to the Warbird movement is invaluable. I will bet that someone watching today will think "That is something I want to be a part of".

I saw an interview with the family on the local news, and the nephew of one the flyers said that when he saw the A-26 fly over, it just gave him a lump in his throat. Had there not been the budget constraints, this probably would not have happened. While an F-16 missing man formation is certainly a spectacle to behold, to be able to fly over in the same type of airplane that these two men were lost in brought a whole new dimension to the flyover for the families.

Read the bold part again, folks- that right there makes this a far, far more appropriate and touching gesture than four gas-passers rocketing overhead. And I completely agree that this has represented in some absolutely OUTSTANDING exposure for our favorite people, those who fly and maintain these old warhorses... I saw that Nine-O-Nine got some nice prime-time coverage thanks to her overflight at the NASCAR race this weekend, for instance.

Yes, the sequestration sucks for thousands of reasons, but I prefer to focus on the excellent opportunity it has brought for our little corner of the world. And let's not forget, just two short years ago, things were looking pretty bleak for warbirds in the aftermath of Jimmy Leeward's tragic crash at Reno.

Heartfelt thanks to all who participated in this and made it so meaningful. Well done, all.

Lynn

JohnB · **Posted:** Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:30 am

Not trying to get political, but there is a large part of society (including more than a few within earshot of that flight) that thinks everyone with money is somehow bad. Well, some wealthy people used their very expensive to operate aircraft to pay homage to two fallen Americans....they picked up the check for all of us.

Thank you to the owners, maintainers, and crews for using their aircraft on for this project.

PinecastleAAF · **Joined:** Fri May 25, 2007 4:50 pm **Posts:** 1028

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Not trying to get political, but there is a large part of society (including more than a few within earshot of that flight) that thinks everyone with money is somehow bad.

Not trying to get philosophical but this is a theme repeated throughout history. I've even read about it in the bible.

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