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Doing my best 26CB impression.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We're the only fanbase of any team in any sport that stands for an hour in 0 degree weather on New Year's Eve to show the players our support.

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Just got back from the airport. What an amazing time. After the initial mob of people, we spread out to either side of the roadway and cheered the players as they drove past. Got a picture with Peterman and high-fived Poyer and Yarborough. Totally worth it. 

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1 minute ago, Kevbeau said:

Wow...they charter a 7-4?

 

sorry,first thing I noticed. Go Bills!

Got the plane twice. LA and this game. It is whatever the airline provides to meet the requirements this plane is beinf retired 

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2 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

Got the plane twice. LA and this game. It is whatever the airline provides to meet the requirements this plane is beinf retired 

I'd heard DL was retiring all their 747s. Least everyone had plenty of legroom

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1 minute ago, Kevbeau said:

I'd heard DL was retiring all their 747s. Least everyone had plenty of legroom

 

I am sure every charter is configured with extra leg room. Essentially all first class seats no matter what the plane is 

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1 hour ago, Kevbeau said:

Wow...they charter a 7-4?

 

sorry,first thing I noticed. Go Bills!

 

I thought the BNA runways were too small?

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Now that the "glow" has calmed, have to say that Airports are not equipped to handle this type of activity.

 

I was working at Dulles in maybe 77 when the Redskins won the championship.  Same deal!  Come out to Dulles to "greet the Redskins!"  That was a normal eastern time afternoon game, so not a midnight arrival.  At that time the Dulles access road was 2 lanes between I-495 and the airport.  About 30-40 minutes before the plane arrived, I was in the tower and as far as you could see, looking east, were headlights, and they were not moving.  The first problem happened when some impatient driver decided to drive on the shoulder of the road.  They worked fine till he got to an underpass, at which time, he couldn''t stop, and the car went down the embankment.  Next drama was in the actual terminal.  Word was that after all that, the Redskins had departed Dulles, via a service road, to Redskins Park, and nobody was going to see the team.  1 or 2 people were pushed through plate glass windows at the restaurant.  So you have fans who have had a few drinks during the game, and maybe should NOT be driving, trying to get to the airport, where they are not going to do/see what they were expecting. 

 

Fast forward to now, we're 16+ years past 9/11.  There are layers of airport security that didn't exist in the 70's.  Everything is secure with monitored perimeter fences and monitored security gates, and unless your thing is standing and shouting over a 10-12 foot fence in freezing temps, in the dark, the better option is to stay home, stay warm, and let the TV people cover whatever non-event is happening at the airport.

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6 hours ago, bbb said:

 

I thought the BNA runways were too small?

I was thinking the same thing but wasn't positive....always thought it was a weight issue with youngs road running under the runway? Maybe a chartered 747 is light enough?

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7 minutes ago, Kevbeau said:

I always thought it was a weight issue with youngs road running under the runway? Maybe a chartered 747 is light enough?

A 747 holds like 350 passengers, right? How many do the Bills travel with? Is the upstairs lounge used as a film room?

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7 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

Incredible moment, yesterday was filled with just amazingIy euphoric moments for Bills Nation. This is the start of something special

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7 hours ago, Fadingpain said:

Some of the Bills were really getting into and feeding off the crowd energy as it were.

 

Looked like Poyer was one of them!

 

:thumbsup:

And White was dancing around with Poyer

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