Burner02
7 years ago
Is it really a parade or a static display of some military hardware and a flyover or two?
Burner02
7 years ago
Sounds like TDS at full throttle.
izonfire
7 years ago

Honestly I think there is nothing wrong with a military parade. It may not be traditional, but does that really matter? The French have a military parade

Speyside wrote:



Is that where they lay down their arms???

(Sorry Delta and Stiegs, couldn't help it)
delta1
7 years ago
no worries...humor is always (mostly) appreciated here...

Trump actually gave a speech that wasn't centered on himself....and the optics of the event were much more "normal" than I expected...good on him...
victor809
7 years ago
Yeah... Less "mememe" than most of his stuff.

Of course, he still had to give a shout out to those revolutionary war heroes capturing all the airports along the east coast.... Sigh....
dstieger
7 years ago
Local news said hundreds turned out
victor809
7 years ago
Meh... Bad weather. Can't really blame him for that.... Even though I'm sure his supporters still blame Obama and his weather machine.

dstieger
7 years ago
I was down there. There were thousands just in our vicinity. Easily tens of thousands just around reflecting pool
victor809
7 years ago
Good? Bad? There's always been a huge crowd. I assumed based on your statement that it wasn't well attended... I don't know how it compares to prior years... But poor weather is a valid reason if it is less well attended than prior years.

I saw a picture of the good VIP area... Looked like they took a decent chunk of space away from the "normal" citizens....
victor809
7 years ago
Good=GOP.... Goddammit
tailgater
7 years ago

Good=GOP.... Goddammit

victor809 wrote:



Finally.

delta1
7 years ago
WTF? hahahahaha.....smh...


welcome back, tail
dstieger
7 years ago
Victor, my comment about the 'hundreds' was just to point out that local media report was ridiculous. I also saw a photo on HuffPost that focused on a small area in the back of the ticketed area, trying to minimize the crowd. But if you zoom in, you can clearly see the fence and the crowds behind in the cheap seats where I was. Silly games
frankj1
7 years ago
local news said half a million...
delta1
7 years ago
pics/videos of the crowd looked like it filled the area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument...impressive given the rain storm...

I miss the Spiceman telling us how big the crowd was...
Burner02
7 years ago

Victor, my comment about the 'hundreds' was just to point out that local media report was ridiculous. I also saw a photo on HuffPost that focused on a small area in the back of the ticketed area, trying to minimize the crowd. But if you zoom in, you can clearly see the fence and the crowds behind in the cheap seats where I was. Silly games

dstieger wrote:




Which flyover was the best?
dstieger
7 years ago
Probably the B2. Blue Angel's are always awesome, but I haven't seen but a couple B2s in flight before.
opelmanta1900
7 years ago
My aunt's now deceased husband was a mechanic for a b-52 (heavenly bomber he always called it).... Took my grandma - an all around military plane enthusiast - for a short flight... She said she was shocked at how loud it was the entire time and went on a small tirade about how "our boys" shouldn't have to endure such noise... But she loved it obviously...
Burner02
7 years ago

Probably the B2. Blue Angel's are always awesome, but I haven't seen but a couple B2s in flight before.

dstieger wrote:




Bet the B-2 was impressive in person!

I get to see the Angels beating up the pattern once or twice a month when at the commissary at Pensacola NAS. Pretty impressive when they make a formation low level turn/pass over the parking lot.

Never gets old.

Burner02
7 years ago

My aunt's now deceased husband was a mechanic for a b-52 (heavenly bomber he always called it).... Took my grandma - an all around military plane enthusiast - for a short flight... She said she was shocked at how loud it was the entire time and went on a small tirade about how "our boys" shouldn't have to endure such noise... But she loved it obviously...

opelmanta1900 wrote:




The water injected engines are really, really loud.

Your granny was correct.
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