Saturday Flyover Alert: Practically an Airshow
This year, the University is celebrating 100 years of the aerospace department (of which I'm a grad, yayy). Here is the flyover schedule for Saturday, it's awesome (with pictures because I'm an aviation photogrpaher):
B-17 'Yankee Lady'
B-25 'Yankee Warrior'
This here's 'Panchito' but similar color scheme to 'Yankee Warrior'
P-51 Mustang, F-86 Sabre, F-100 Super Sabre
Not necessarily flying together. I've heard the F-100 will do an afterburner pop over the stadium, which is really cool. Might make ya jump.
Boeing Stearman
Lockheed Electra Model 12
T-34 Demo Team
There are also three helicopters listed:
Enstrom 480B
Eurocopter
Sikorsky S58T
And that's all I'm allowed to say ;)
EDIT: Also, don't expect these to all fly together. An F-100 can't really fly slow enough to stay in a good formation with a P-51 (see Thunder Over Michigan Airshow 2013). I've heard that they will start doing flyovers at about 3:15.
September 18th, 2014 at 4:35 PM ^
I saw this thread and immediately thought "Bando's going to hate this"
September 18th, 2014 at 4:45 PM ^
I look at it this way: Dave Brandon is throwing everything but the kitchen sink at trying to sell tickets to these games. He thinks the solution is this "epic," "WOW EXPERIENCE" stuff at the expense of what's going down on the field.
Remember when Michigan Football was the attraction of Michigan Football? And not bouncy castles and free cotton candy and an airshow and a flash mob like the stadium is some kind of carnival midway?
So, yes, I kind of hate this, because it's so transparently tacky. Michigan spent 125 years building an identity that was above shit like this. Now we're just a goofy marketing department with an Athletic Department, too.
September 18th, 2014 at 4:57 PM ^
September 18th, 2014 at 10:42 PM ^
Your logic is getting in the way of their misplaced rage. Can't you just accept that Brandon is the cause of everything bad to ever happen?
September 19th, 2014 at 11:56 AM ^
Michigan's School of Aeronautics and some of the planes that have helped protect freedom over the last century?
What a totally bizarre point of view. No other word for it.
September 18th, 2014 at 2:42 PM ^
September 18th, 2014 at 6:43 PM ^
Grab a free cup of Chuck Woolery's Absopure and enjoy the show.
September 18th, 2014 at 10:58 PM ^
Well, then Brandon can enjoy another empty seat.
September 18th, 2014 at 2:55 PM ^
Now extra ticked I have to be in Canada for work this Saturday.
September 18th, 2014 at 3:03 PM ^
Come for the airshow, stay for the football game.
September 18th, 2014 at 3:47 PM ^
How will we know the difference this week?
September 18th, 2014 at 3:37 PM ^
BOOM beat the press release.
September 18th, 2014 at 3:53 PM ^
OSU easily could have been 6-6 that year
September 18th, 2014 at 4:06 PM ^
Needs more planes designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson besides the Electra for a very successful aero alum. Could use U-2, f-104 unfortunately their are no flying SR-71's, that would be cool. Get all those skunk works planes he helped develop for a flyby. Still that is a very impressive combination of planes hope the weather is permissible.
September 18th, 2014 at 4:28 PM ^
Is this the answer to the question "How do we get more rednecks to attend our games?"
September 18th, 2014 at 5:54 PM ^
I demand a B-24 Liberator! They were built at Willow Run for Pete's sake. Local stuff.
And how about a P-38 Lightning? The twin tailed devil.
And a C-5A Galaxy? That's not a fly over. It's an eclipse. They built these in Georgia when I was a kid and flew over my football practice field just about every day. Big shadow on the ground.
And where's the Goodyear blimp?
September 18th, 2014 at 6:42 PM ^
Negative, Ghost Rider. the pattern is full
I feel the need. The need. For. Speed.
you people disappoint me with your lack of Top Gun references.
September 18th, 2014 at 9:22 PM ^
Good excuse for a skywriting exhibition.
September 18th, 2014 at 9:32 PM ^
Didn't know there was another "F100" besides the Fokker F100 commericial aircraft, which reminded me of the DC-9-10 series models, except I think that F100 had leading edge flaps and the DC-9-10s did not....
September 18th, 2014 at 9:59 PM ^
September 18th, 2014 at 11:54 PM ^
September 19th, 2014 at 2:16 PM ^
Looks like the part the OP coyly referred to when he said he wasn't allowed to share all the details just got canceled anyway.
The FAA found out Michigan was going to deliver the game ball with a drone and stepped in to stop it:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-19/michigan-s-pigskin-delivery-dr…
"The University of Michigan Wolverines plan to use an unmanned aircraft to deliver the game ball tomorrow before the kickoff against University of Utah at its Ann Arbor stadium, which holds the most sports fans in the U.S.
That was news to the Federal Aviation Administration, which has only approved limited drone operations."