Sunday, November 06, 2011

Flyby at Air Force Academy

We live close to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.  Sometimes they host Air Force fighter jet flyby's to open their home football games. We watched one yesterday. It is quite spectacular to see the jets approach the stadium in formation and then suddenly ascend vertically in a sort of palm tree pattern.
Stadium beginning to fill before the game.

Majestic Pikes Peak.
 
Jets flying above Cheyenne Mountain and NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command).


 Parachutests prepare to land in the stadium, the last one carrying the U.S. flag.









No comments: