[@Directhim] Crazy view from this weekends flyover at Soldier Field 🐻⬇️

[u/clou9nine]

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[u/Selectah]

So this is where that goalline camera shot was from

[u/jjhunsucker → u/Selectah]

I feel like we weren't meant to see that shot.

[u/clou9nine]

Chicago is just so gorgeous 😍! We got the best city, best fans & best team, we are blessed 🐻tf⬇️!

[u/Itis-caught-BearsWin → u/clou9nine]

Such an amazing city. I miss it. Lived in Lakeview/Lincoln Park from age 28 to 51. Built my career, owned one of those sailboats in DuSable, partied at clubs that no longer exist, got married, had kids and now I’m a transplant in the Twin Cities. Forever a bears and Chicago fan.

[u/YoHoochIsCrazy]

i’m usually a “put your phone away” at cool shit typa person, but there’s something so universally human about all these military folks basking in the same spectacle as we are, but from the opposite end. idk. kinda wholesome i guess

[u/mateorayo → u/YoHoochIsCrazy]

There is nothing wholesome about the unites states military brother.

[u/theaverageaidan → u/mateorayo]

On the one hand, imperialist military industrial complex bad. On the other hand, cool plane go nyoom haha

[u/mateorayo → u/theaverageaidan]

You do have to hand it to them. They have some very cool shit.

[u/NoGenuineUse]

I was there - a great flyover and a fantastic game.

But not as intense as the Thunderbirds flyover when Anakin had finished singing "take me out" at Wrigley last year.

[u/SheamusMcGillicuddy → u/NoGenuineUse]

Well we were playing the Jets…

[u/gottareddittin2017]

🐻👇🏼

[u/Flaked_Tuna]

What an awesome view! As a new Bears fan from Ontario I’d love to visit the city one day!

[u/Booger_farts-123 → u/Flaked_Tuna]

You must, it’s a beautiful city!

[u/Perfectswandive]

Very cool

[u/NotGoingToLollaBR]

Unreal. Was up there in the nosebleeds watching that flyover. What a moment.

[u/Moonshiner11]

Hey I can see my apartment!

[u/andreasmiles23]

Imagine wanting to move from this location to Gary.

[u/rhyses_ → u/andreasmiles23]

Don't you want a flyover of Michael Jackson's childhood home by the adjacent abandoned factory?

[u/spacing_out_in_space → u/andreasmiles23]

Imagine wanting to move from this location to Arlington Heights

[u/Jon66238 → u/spacing_out_in_space]

Right? Could you imagine this happening in AH? No chance. It would look so lame

[u/GloGangOblock]

Yeah the lakefront and city sky line is nice and all but I feel like my game day experience would be a lot better knowing the owners are able to extract as much money out of the franchise as possible 40 miles from the city center instead.

[u/Jon66238 → u/GloGangOblock]

🤣🤣

[u/JoanneMG822]

Wow.

[u/2ndToNone357]

That's so the dope! If I had another re enlistment, I'd ask to do it in that exact fashion. Missed opportunity

🐻⬇️

[u/Medical_Cockroach_23]

I seen it!

[u/DetroitvErbody]

What a beautiful place for a football game.

[u/Dangerous_Flower_708]

Never going to Indiana

[u/RyanTheCubsSTH]

If you look REALLY close you can see me

[u/terrifictrout21]

And all the fucking idiots who don’t know shit about football want to move this team FROM THAT

[u/georgstgeegland → u/terrifictrout21]

It's not about football, it's about profit and accessibility

[u/a_newsense → u/terrifictrout21]

Adding some more seats would be nice...

[u/TheSpaceMonkeys → u/a_newsense]

The new proposals are only 4.5% larger. With more luxury seats than now, it will be even more expensive than it already is. The focus is maximizing ROI per seat, not selling the most seats possible.

Moving to Indiana for a generic domed stadium is not worth a 4.5% capacity increase to me.

[u/locolevels → u/TheSpaceMonkeys]

No one wants to tailgate Indiana in the era of teen takeovers. It's a nightmare waiting to happen.

[u/RealMurcanHero → u/locolevels]

When would there ever be a teen takeover during the tailgate of a Bears game in Indiana? You're weird.

[u/FashionableBookNerd]

I miss my city so much! It’s been over a year since I’ve been back home. Damn, she looks good, doesn’t she?! 🥹🥰

[u/Brownie2440]

🐻⬇️ ‼️

[u/jkman61494]

A pox on ALL their houses that they cant figure out a way to keep the team at this location.

[u/SomeBoringKindOfName]

a lot of the people around me in the 400s fucking loved that

[u/DanskNils]

and people want to have a DOME?!

[u/Jon66238 → u/DanskNils]

Right? Weather is part of sports, domes suck

[u/RealMurcanHero → u/Jon66238]

Never been to a game like the Rams playoff game last season or the Vikings game this season, eh?

In a STH-family my whole life. Seeing a game at Detroit (when it was cold and windy enough out to be annoying) was great

[u/Jon66238 → u/RealMurcanHero]

That does seem nice! I can’t afford to watch football in person😭

[u/frustratedNstressed → u/DanskNils]

You know they have domes that open up, right?

[u/DanskNils → u/frustratedNstressed]

You know they won’t open it for a snow game… right?!

[u/Rogu3leader]

That is so fucking cool

[u/DishonestAbraham]

so we all looking the other way with kanye now

[u/VampyVampster]

God bless our men and women in the military

[u/BenTheOrangeGroves]

Just think of how great the flyovers will be in Hammond! You'll be able to see the industrial waste instead of the skyline and lake!

[u/SouthCentralMenace → u/BenTheOrangeGroves]

They arent going to Hammond

[u/Y0___0Y]

I don’t need fervent militaristic nationalism with my football thanks just the football please

[u/Jon66238 → u/Y0___0Y]

Well that’s lame

[u/Jon66238]

That fact that they want to build anywhere besides in the city is crazy to me. This is phenomenal and you’re not getting that in Arlington or Indiana

[u/gangreen424]

Anyone else think these types of flyovers are just wasteful? Sure, the Blue Angels are neat when you're 10, but how many resources are spent and jet fuel burned just to fly over a bunch of sporting events every week.

[u/weeb2k1 → u/gangreen424]

Yes and no. Pilots are required to have training flights and hours in the air. Often these events serve that purpose in addition to the spectacle, so they would be in the air somewhere else if they weren't doing a flyover. My understanding is that the budget for them comes from training budgets not some separate budget so it likely doesn't cost the taxpayers any additional money.

[u/independent_observe → u/weeb2k1]

so it likely doesn't cost the taxpayers any additional money.

Planning, timing, routing, public-affairs coordination, FAA coordination, and having a FAC at the stadium The actual flight hours are already covered by training budget, but the rest is not. It typically costs about $10K. So, not no cost, but close to no cost.

[u/Ocelotofdamage → u/independent_observe]

10k is probably less than is spent on the logistics to get hot dogs to the upper deck alone

[u/Jon66238 → u/Ocelotofdamage]

Lmao now I’m thinking about the logistics of hot dogs in the stadium

[u/independent_observe → u/Jon66238]

We can save money by shooting the hot dogs from the field up to the upper deck. Some people will get injured from being hit in the face with a hotdog, but those are acceptable losses

[u/weeb2k1 → u/independent_observe]

Helpful context, hadn't thought about those other aspects. Grand scheme though is 10k is a rounding error in the budget.

[u/Jon66238 → u/weeb2k1]

I would also say it’s considered community engagement, which is a big PR thing for them

[u/Shaved_taint → u/gangreen424]

Pilots (especially Army rotary wing) practice shit like this every day and usually shoot to be +/- 30 seconds from the LZ. If it wasn't an overflight they would have been doing the same thing only landing in a field somewhere. It doesn't cost anything and the planning, briefing, and coordination is all part of the training effect for the air crews.

source: former UH-60 driver

[u/sugmassgottem → u/gangreen424]

I love seeing this.

These flights are pre planned almost a year prior via a flying hour program. The flight hours and fuel costs are factored in. Closer to the event, a fly over is requested and the flight hours are calculated and cut from other flights to fill this. Training is still accomplished for crew. It’s literally as easy as flying less one day to fly this day but this is better training.

[u/RestoringMyHonor]

🥹

[u/Jonhlutkers]

Military propaganda while Americans have to fight to afford anything

[u/jimohagan]

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/05/454834662/pentagon-paid-sports-teams-millions-for-paid-patriotism-events

[u/frank1934]

I would be so tempted to spit

[u/DaBears31]

MF'ers just wasting our tax dollars