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moose135
2008-06-09, 11:45 PM
Sunday at Pocono, we were treated to a fly-over by a B-52 prior to the NASCAR race - usually you get some little fighters doing these things, but Pocono has gotten a BUFF a couple of times. Lighting really sucked for aviation photos, but here are a few shots:

Coming in for a pass over the grandstand
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That's the top of the grandstand (with the race team spotters' stand) on the left side of the photo.
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After the fly-over, he turned and flew directly at us...
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/310391899_RMsuM-L.jpg

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http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/310392191_kf8zx-L.jpg

A B-52 thundering 1,000 feet overhead - now that's the way to do a race fly-over! :D
Informant
2008-06-10, 12:07 AM
Thats the scariest looking aircraft I have ever seen.
Derf
2008-06-10, 09:14 AM
:borat: 1000 feet must have been awesome!
adam613
2008-06-10, 09:23 AM
Wow...lighting aside, those are some great shots...it's hard to make the B-52 look bad though :)
MarkLawrence
2008-06-10, 10:08 AM
Awesome pics Moose - I saw that coming in watching the pre-race coverage - it looked really nice!
cancidas
2008-06-10, 11:55 AM
how far out was that airplane when you stopped hearing anything from track?
PhilDernerJr
2008-06-10, 03:12 PM
Informant is right...scary plane...especially when it's coming at you. Wow. Good coverage, Moose.
Chris102
2008-06-10, 04:27 PM
Great shots Moose!

I bet it was great to see!
Mateo
2008-06-10, 05:54 PM
Sunday at Pocono, we were treated to a fly-over by a B-52 prior to the NASCAR race - usually you get some little fighters doing these things, but Pocono has gotten a BUFF a couple of times.
Some races have "standing engagements" for flyovers - Dover, for example, always has TX ANG F-16s for some reason (which is sad - the track is almost within sight of the airbase; how great would it be to have a C-5 1000' over the bleachers).

Naturally, Richmond always had VA ANG -16s from the airport next door, but the unit was BRACed, and a RI ANG C-130J does the flyover (!?)