1927 〽️ Stadium flyover
I don’t know how to embed, but the video is here: https://twitter.com/umichbentley/status/1187733047694811136?s=21
October 25th, 2019 at 11:58 AM ^
Very cool
October 25th, 2019 at 12:07 PM ^
After flying past Michigan stadium, that same plane continued flying east to New York City where it shot King Kong of the Empire State Building.
The more you know.
October 25th, 2019 at 12:12 PM ^
i think i saw don in the student section....
October 25th, 2019 at 1:15 PM ^
My grandfather attended U-M from 1901 to 1905. He watched Fielding Yost’s first four seasons, which were fairly successful.
October 25th, 2019 at 1:23 PM ^
any family resemblance b/w you and dear old grand dad?
October 25th, 2019 at 1:42 PM ^
I've been reading for decades that baldness is inherited from the mother's side of the family.
All of the men on my mom's side have full heads of hair even after they're in the casket.
All of the men on my dad's side—including the grandfather I mentioned here—are billiard balls after they're 40, with the added benefit of big ears. Guess which side I take after.
BTW, last summer a friend and I went up in the red Waco biplane that the Yankee Air Museum flies out of Willow Run. Flew close to the stadium, and then right over my house where I could see my wife down in the yard waving at me. I'd recommend it highly.
October 25th, 2019 at 2:25 PM ^
What's her name?
October 25th, 2019 at 3:50 PM ^
the wife or the plane?
mrs don would be the obvious answer. pretty skull, nice hair, easy to pick out in a crowd.
October 25th, 2019 at 5:20 PM ^
The plane...I know a lot of Yankees....
And, BTW—Mrs. Don was not waving —she was fixing her hair thanks to the reflection from Don’s head...
October 25th, 2019 at 5:20 PM ^
The plane...I know a lot of Yankees....
And, BTW—Mrs. Don was not waving —she was fixing her hair thanks to the reflection from Don’s head...
October 25th, 2019 at 3:12 PM ^
Next to the venerable Craig Ross!
October 25th, 2019 at 12:13 PM ^
Looks like "Dedication Day" vs Ohio State.
Louis Gilbert scored all three TD's from his HB spot and star Bennie Oosterbaan made several great catches and had bone-crunching tackles on defense and XM recovered a key fumble as MICHIGAN won on a rainy day, 21-0!
MICHIGAN previously wrecked Ohio State's "Dedication Day" for the Buckeye's new stadium in 1922, 19-0.
Not many cars--but the horse and buggy's were crammed in the old underground horse garage where the NW part of the golf course is now....
GO BLUE!!!
October 25th, 2019 at 12:39 PM ^
i had forgotten about that fumble recovery, lo those many years ago....
as i tell my kids, 'there are minerals younger than me!'
October 25th, 2019 at 12:16 PM ^
Wow...
Look at how tiny the push rods are for the ailerons... holy shit they're itty bitty.
October 25th, 2019 at 12:26 PM ^
Student section is full
October 25th, 2019 at 2:25 PM ^
Yeah, and those little bastards refused to sit down. I couldn't see a thing.
October 25th, 2019 at 12:38 PM ^
If you squint hard you can see John O'Neill making a terrible call.
October 25th, 2019 at 12:47 PM ^
He just ejected Joe Bolden's great grand dad for being pushed into another player!
October 25th, 2019 at 12:46 PM ^
That is really cool
October 25th, 2019 at 12:53 PM ^
Believe that is the opening as you can see the stands extend up above ground level on the end zone sides. I recall reading (maybe in "The Big House: Fielding H. Yost and the Building of Michigan Stadium") that temporary seating was installed for the opening game that did that as later on the top seats were at ground level.
October 25th, 2019 at 12:57 PM ^
When did this M emoji become a thing?
October 25th, 2019 at 1:11 PM ^
From Emojipedia:
〽️ Part Alternation Mark
Used in traditional Japanese music such as Noh or Renga, to indicate the start of a song. More specifically, the part alternation mark is displayed where the singer’s part begins.
This symbol looks sort of like a lopsided capital M; or a rollercoaster track showing a dip, and then a drop off to the right.
Part Alternation Mark was approved as part of Unicode 3.2 in 2002 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
October 25th, 2019 at 3:01 PM ^
Quite a while ago in the Twitterverse. It's been Michigan's unofficial emoji for years.
October 25th, 2019 at 1:03 PM ^
great clip
October 25th, 2019 at 1:05 PM ^
Towing a giant Deja Vu banner behind it.
October 25th, 2019 at 1:09 PM ^
That's the norm for game days in East Lansing.
October 25th, 2019 at 1:32 PM ^
oh yes..... the good ol' days. pre-no fly zone
October 25th, 2019 at 2:09 PM ^
That is cool as hell. I had no idea that existed. Thanks for sharing.
October 25th, 2019 at 3:38 PM ^
Was it pulling Dave Brandon's banner to E Lansing?
October 25th, 2019 at 4:38 PM ^
This is the year that the people who yell "down in front" at me every game used to stand up and cheer!!
October 26th, 2019 at 7:19 AM ^
They wouldn’t have like the Nats game last night...most of the stadium stood the whole game and cheered their ass off....and it was mostly oldsters.....electric!
Go Nats!
GO BLUE!!!!!