During the pre-game festivities for the Boston Red Sox 2008 home opener at Fenway Park, one of the Vermont Air National Guard F-16 pilots slated to fly in formation over the stadium performed an "unusual maneuver" which resulted in him being grounded for "remedial training."
Quotes
- Lt. Col. Lloyd Goodrow on unusual flyover: "We're not about doing acrobatics."
Fenway Flyover Ads
Fenway Flyover Blogs and Commentaries
Bostonist: Da Plane, Da Plane: Fenway Flyover Pilot Grounded (April 11, 2008)
Google Blog Search: Fenway Flyover
- Fenway Flyover is currently a stub, a brief collection of the best links for this story. The page will be updated as we find more information.
Help Mahalo complete this search! Let us know if you've found additional quality links about Fenway Flyover on Google, Del.icio.us, Digg or elsewhere, and we can expand this result.
References
Fast Facts
-
Height of flyover
approximately 1,200 feet above stadium
-
Fact:
Vermont Air National Guard spokesman called maneuver "legitimate" but noted it is usually done at 5,000 feet or above
-
Fact:
The pilot apparently fell behind and then tried to catch up to the formation
-
Fact:
Pilot suspended when he landed at Burlington International Airport in Burlington, Vermont
-
Fact:
Officials estimate that a flyover costs $8000-$10000 per plane, per hour
-
Fact:
The Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers that day, 5-0
