21 Aircraft flyover for President Bush...

[bunk22]

Maybe posted already, I did not conduct a thorough search. If not, here it is...

Navy Will Perform Unprecedented 21-Fighter Flyover for Bush Funeral - USNI News

 

[JeppUpdater]

Shoulda called the CAF.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Shoulda called the CAF.

Def think a flyover of a couple TBM’s would be more fitting

 

[Baronman]

In general are were turning the death of a President into a spectacle?

They're the head bureaucrat, not a King or a Caesar. The elected citizen that maintains the cogs. Or is that where we are as a society? We've turned the position into something akin to God's chosen one?

 

[JordanD]

In general are were turning the death of a President into a spectacle?

They're the head bureaucrat, not a King or a Caesar. The elected citizen that maintains the cogs. Or is that where we are as a society? We've turned the position into something akin to God's chosen one?

This isn't a new thing.

 

[Cessnaflyer]

In general are were turning the death of a President into a spectacle?

They're the head bureaucrat, not a King or a Caesar. The elected citizen that maintains the cogs. Or is that where we are as a society? We've turned the position into something akin to God's chosen one?

My grandfather who was a B-24 bombardier and POW had a flyover of C-17s at his funeral. I don't think this is too out of place for a president.

 

[Pilot Fighter]

In general are were turning the death of a President into a spectacle?

The president is the commander-in-chief of the military. A military display of this scale is reasonable to me.

 

[NovemberEcho]

If nothing else, launching and recovering 21 aircraft at one time is probably pretty significant just by itself.

Not particularly

 

[Pilot Fighter]

And I suspect they're not just flying over for the purpose of flying over. There's probably legitimate training activities that can be conducted during such a flight. If nothing else, launching and recovering 21 aircraft at one time is probably pretty significant just by itself.

Not unless they recovered on a carrier in Chesapeake Bay.

 

[A Life Aloft]

I was touched by the ordinary citizens who turned out to greet the train that his casket was riding in.

 

[Phantom017]

I saw this. Gate 41 at IAH. Closed for the day.

 

[mikecweb]

I was kinda thinking 21 together....

 

[NovemberEcho]

I wonder if we’ll have enough MiG’s in our inventory to do a flyover for Trumps funeral

 

[A Life Aloft]

Might be nice if the constant hourly 'I hate everything Trump' spewing could just stay in the Lav in one of the many Trump crap threads.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Might be nice if the constant hourly 'I hate everything Trump' spewing could just stay in the Lav in one of the many Trump crap threads.

Oh take a joke

 

[A Life Aloft]

Or take the death and subsequent funeral services of George H. W. Bush, as a somber occurrence and due of some respect and decorum.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Or take the death and subsequent funeral services of George H. W. Bush, as a somber occurrence and due of some respect and decorum.

This is a Internet forum, not a funeral.

 

[knot4u]

This is a Internet forum, not a funeral.

It's a thread about a funeral on an Internet forum, IMHO you politicizing it is a bit disrespectful and in poor taste regardless of who it is. Everyone knows you hate the current president, you don't need to reaffirm that fact every chance you get. It gets old and makes you look like a dullard with only one thing to say, over and over and over and over..........

 

[NovemberEcho]

It's a thread about a funeral on an Internet forum, IMHO you politicizing it is a bit disrespectful and in poor taste regardless of who it is. Everyone knows you hate the current president, you don't need to reaffirm that fact every chance you get. It gets old and makes you look like a dullard with only one thing to say, over and over and over and over..........

Ok. Aren’t you the guy who doesn’t see anything wrong with calling people retards?

 

[knot4u]

Ok. Aren’t you the guy who doesn’t see anything wrong with calling people retards?

Yes. It was not a derogatory term when I grew up, it was a medical diagnosis. Using it as an insult is wrong.
Why did you bring Trump into this thread? George HW didn't even support him, nor did he apparently vote for him, Trump has no place in this conversation but you just had to think you would appear clever if you found a way to drag this thread down the same old rabbit hole, it makes you look like a disrespectful, petulant ass.