Fly-over honoring first responders

[230RN]

There was a flyover honoring our first responders today... and it was also Nurse's Day.

A TV station was  interviewing some people as two huge four-engined prop planes went over "They fly so slow," one of them said.

Indeed, with a large plane flying low, it looks like they're just lumbering along.  It's really kind of spooky at the right angles and height.  But they're not that slow, it's just that it takes a long time for their tails to catch up to their noses.

I wondered if other States had flyovers today.

[TommyGunn]

We have one due here Thursday morning in Alabama.  It was supposed to be Tuesday morning but bad weather delayed it.

[Fly320s]

I wondered if other States had flyovers today.

Yes.  The Blue Angels did a flyover of the DFW and Houston areas yesterday.  They are doing NC and nearby areas today. 

There is flyover of NYC by an airline this afternoon.

[TechMan]

Here today (5/7/2020) in SW Ohio / NKY.

[Larry Ashcraft]

I didn't see it, but we have C-130s doing touch and goes here all the time.  I've been told by someone who knows (Hoser) that the slowest they can fly is 175-225 MPH.  So, they're going faster than they look.

[Fly320s]

I didn't see it, but we have C-130s doing touch and goes here all the time.  I've been told by someone who knows (Hoser) that the slowest they can fly is 175-225 MPH.  So, they're going faster than they look.

175 with a clean wing, maybe.  That still seems fast to me.  The A320 can easily get down to 160kts with a clean wing and it has a swept wing.

[BobR]

I didn't see it, but we have C-130s doing touch and goes here all the time.  I've been told by someone who knows (Hoser) that the slowest they can fly is 175-225 MPH.  So, they're going faster than they look.

It depends on things, weight being one of them. A KC130 can refuel down to about 100kts and as fast as 270kts. Stall speed for a J model is around 100kts at max normal take off weight (155,000 lbs). So yes, they can look slow, because they are! :)

The C17s that fly into here look like they are about ready to fall out of the sky!

bob

[WLJ]

I don't think they thought this one all the way through

   Tonight, at 7 P.M. three @JetBlue aircrafts will conduct a flyover over Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx to salute frontline first responders & health care workers. The aircrafts will fly at approximately 2,000 ft. Please follow social distancing guidelines if viewing in public. pic.twitter.com/YdDdq37p4z

    — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 7, 2020

   Nothing soothes the nerves of New Yorkers more than the sight of commercial jets flying low over Manhattan. https://t.co/jQZvIvVmU3

    — Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 7, 2020

 

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2020/05/07/nypd-alerts-residents-that-3-commercial-jets-will-do-a-low-level-flyover-of-nyc-tonight-as-a-first-responder-health-care-worker-tribute-and-the-pr-isnt-going-well/

[230RN]

^
"The aircrafts will fly at approximately 2,000 ft. Please follow social distancing guidelines "

Before I read the second quote, I thought you were going to make a joke about 2000 ft being a good social distance.  

[fifth_column]

As I understand it, the lower altitude improves the chemical dispersion . . . .

 

[WLJ]

As I understand it, the lower altitude improves the chemical dispersion . . . .

 

Hmmm

“Nothing like a corporate PR campaign that burns jet fuel at low altitudes over vulnerable communities dying from a respiratory virus that compounds on our preexisting and disproportionate exposure to air pollution to show healthcare workers we care,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/aoc-criticizes-jetblue-new-york-city-flyover-coronavirus-health-workers

[MechAg94]

I heard a radio report the flyover of Houston was delayed until Sunday due to weather.  Not certain of the details. 

[RoadKingLarry]

^
"The aircrafts will fly at approximately 2,000 ft. Please follow social distancing guidelines "

Before I read the second quote, I thought you were going to make a joke about 2000 ft being a good social distance.  

Not too bad but still a little close to other people for my taste.

[BobR]

We are getting a flyover today, taking off from Fairchild and making a big loop around central and eastern WA, if I am out I may see them but the thought of a couple of KC 135s that are nearly as old as me flying around doesn't make me want to run outside. There is a Waco YOC (Custom Cabin) based here I would run out to see though.

bob

[230RN]

Well, I guess they have to fly pretty slpw for some special missions.

[TommyGunn]

   I never knew reindeer used JP-4.   

[230RN]

Special mission, special tankage: choklit milk.