Arlington Cemetery Flyover

[Derf]

Arlington Cemeyery Flyover
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/23/vietnam-era-fliers-buried-side-by-side-at-arlington/


For the first time ever at Arlington, two Horse drawn cassions for two fallen heros buried together side by side and I would be there.

After a long drive down with Ricardo, we arrived and were soon out on the ramp taking pictures
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Events/Arlington/i-G9PxNmD/0/XL/IMG_4000_1_2_tonemapped-XL.jpg

we were lucky enough to have Douglas A26 Invader in our formation for the flyover which was the same type aircraft that went down.
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Events/Arlington/i-N7Ct7Mc/0/XL/IMG_4131_2_3_tonemapped-XL.jpg

This was all started and done by Warrior Aviation who I can say I PROUDLY photograph for
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They Hid 2 bottles signed by the aircrew to go in Vandy 1 to give to the family's after the flyover
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Events/Arlington/i-gxKVcJk/0/XL/Pat Marsh-XL.jpg
(Pat Marsh, Founder and of Warrior Aviation and owner of Vandy 1

The service was awesome, the precision that the ceremony was done was amazing and it was an amazing day for all. Family's finally have their loved ones and they are home where they belong. There was a huge feeling of PRIDE and HONOR just to be present
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The Ceremony Stopped for about 5 minutes as the fly over began, first was the B-25
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Then the Douglas flanked by two Mustangs
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Finally the L-39's came into view and did a missing man formation
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There was lots of press
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Thanks for taking the time to look.


More pictures can be seen here (http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Events/Arlington/)

[threeholerglory]

great coverage Fred...really nicely done. Puts you into the event.

[wunaladreamin]

I have two family members at rest there and every time I've visited it's brought chills. Excellent coverage and pics Fred. Very well done my friend.

[megatop412]

I hope to visit there one day, well done Fred

[steve1840]

Fred those images are incredible. As said above you covered that exceptionally well.

[moose135]

Really well done, Fred. Pinch told me he got to see you down there.

[Big Tim #70]

Fred, you honor those brave men with your coverage of the services. Well done sir, well done.

[captmjk16]

Well done Fred, you did a great job of capturing the events, thanks for sharing.

[Zee71]

Fred ..... Thank you for sharing this. It is very moving and stirred up emotions for our fallen hero's. I feel as if I was there witnessing the event. Thanks again and outstanding images!

[Derf]

Thank You for the kind words everyone

[lijk604]

Fred, you have some very powerful images there. Coverage was very well done. You did the Warrior team proud.

[PhilDernerJr]

Incredible. I read about this one the news, how the Air Force couldn't afford a flyby and all these pilots privately got together and did this for these two heroes.

Great to see Fred, thank you so much for attending and sharing!

[Chris S]

I agree, it's unbelievable the Air Force couldn't afford to do the tribute flyover because of ongoing the sequestration budget cuts and it's just great to see these 8 civilian pilots got together and made sure these two fallen heroes got the proper tribute they deserved !!
Thanks for sharing your outstanding pics of this very special tribute, Fred !

[ch2tdriver]

"Combined fuel cost for 8 Warbirds for an Arlington Memorial Flyover: $24,000" "The feeling you get honoring two of America's fallen hero's, when our pathetic, useless politicians do nothing but wrangle over and never settle on a budget, and deny them that honor: PRICELESS"

[DHG750R]

very touching and as always, your pictures are incredible Fred. Well done!

[Derf]

Pat is a great guy and the owner of vandy 1. He made it all possible and I am proud to call him my friend. He was an F/A 18 test pilot for the Navy
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Aviation/Oceana-NAS-2011/i-cM97kmN/1/L/Pat-L.jpg

Mark "Crunchy" Burgess is a 2000+ hour tomcat pilot that flew the Demo for the F-14 in his later years. Mark Piloted the aircraft as Pat wanted to attend Arlington.
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/PRIVATE/Photo-Sessions/Oceana-Airshow-2012/i-8SWfJXN/1/L/IMG_1320_1_2_fused-L.jpg

Matt Blush is ground support and one of the greatest guys you will ever meet... the entire team is like that
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Events/Arlington/i-CcXQpcc/1/XL/Matt Blush-XL.jpg

There are many more in the team but these are the key players. There is Sean, Dane, and pekker, Amy, Gary,General Johnson, and all are top notch people. I am proud to photograph for them.

Thanks for such nice compliments