r/oddlysatisfying • u/solateor 🔥 • 5d ago

Perfectly-timed graduation moment

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u/abieslatin 5d ago

Damn, not only perfectly timed, but perfectly placed as well!

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u/NebulaNinja 5d ago

Even the planes pumped the breaks for a few seconds to hit it right. Incredible!

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u/BedditTedditReddit 5d ago

brakes

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u/certnneed 5d ago

C’mon, give them a brake this time!

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u/anon-mally 5d ago

Stop ✋️ with all the puns. Slow down and just enjoy the crotch view

Lol

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u/Circus_Finance_LLC 5d ago

your being pedantic

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u/AdamantEevee 5d ago

You almost got me lol

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u/KEPD-350 5d ago

*ur

learn 2 fukn spell u moran

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u/RBuilds916 5d ago

It's amazing how well they can time those flyovers. Blue Angels are badass.

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u/mr_potatoface 5d ago

Those are the thunderbirds I think. 16s not 18s.

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u/RBuilds916 5d ago

You're right. The FA-18 has a different shape, and zooming in I can see the paint, not just the silhouette. And the navy doesn't wear white pants. I looked and I couldn't find when the Thunderbirds went from a five plane formation to six planes. 

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u/PM_MeYour_pitot_tube 5d ago

The Navy does wear white pants. The uniform is even called “dress whites.”

These are the Thunderbirds though. This is the flyover for the USAFA graduation. Happens every year.

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u/TheChrono 5d ago

Pretty sure the hat throwers were the ones timing it…

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u/CatWeekends 5d ago

It's a little bit of both, which is why they're almost always able to perfectly time their stadium flyovers during the national anthem.

Flyovers have to be carefully timed, usually so that the fighter jets appear just as the national anthem finishes (during the "home of the brave" line). The calculations are all performed on a computer, using GPS coordinates and a target speed. Meanwhile, the planes are in a holding pattern near the event site. When a spotter positioned on the ground gives the command, the planes are off and soar over the event right on cue.

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u/Top-Sheepherder-3657 5d ago

It's generally treated as a training exercise.

Time management is a critical skill for pilots.

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u/TheSaucyCrumpet 5d ago

View from the cockpit of how they coordinate timings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9UJFcGhx4w

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u/abholeenthusiast 5d ago

More like the guy announcing. That's why he paused between are and dismissed

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u/TheChrono 5d ago

Well yeah it's a group effort.

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u/TheSaucyCrumpet 5d ago

Those are the Thunderbirds, Blue Angels don't fly the F-16.

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u/ForHelp_PressAltF4 5d ago

Yeah and blue angles would have been closer together

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u/ForHelp_PressAltF4 5d ago

Check out their IMAX. 400 mph 12 inches apart doing a rolling diamond (stay in a diamond while the whole thing does a roll)

I think running that on time is their wheelhouse. Their insanely talented wheelhouse.

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u/RBuilds916 5d ago

The Air Force Cadets really should have tipped me off.

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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot 5d ago

I hope this is a joke. It’s slow motion. Look at the caps slow down at the same time. 

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u/verygroot1 5d ago

even the caps brake!!