We live in Blacksburg, VA. Some NAVY pilots were flying into the big city (NOT) of Roanoke, VA, which is about 45 minutes away, with their cool jets. They were going to be doing the fly over for the Virginia Tech vs. Duke game October 13. TJ had to get the government van to Roanoke for those pilots to use. We decided to make it a family trip so we could go to some stores because Blacksburg doesn't have any! We got to meet the pilots and even got to check out the jets. We didn't have tickets to the game the next day, so we just went over by the stadium and watched the fly over. It was a gorgeous fall day - and I REALLY wish we had tickets to the game - or any game for that matter! Tickets to Virginia Tech games are harder to come by than, well, stores in Blacksburg!
The pilots were from Meridian MS, from the VT-7 Eagles training squadron. The planes are T-45 Goshawks. When we got to the airfield we saw the two that were already on the ground. We got to watch the third one up in the air still doing some cool tricks with his plane and showing off just before he landed.
Third jet landing...
The next day at the game - jets coming in - you can barely see them, just little black dots off in the distance...
here they come!
They were really, really loud...
There they go...
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