The Greatest Day of My Life (TR w/pics)
Old friends of OOT,
This is the story, mostly in picture form, of a moment of my life that took months of planning, and perfect execution by many different people. The fact that it went so smoothly is a tribute to my training, and the Jacksonville Jaguars organization. Sometime before the season started I was contacted by a guy from the Jags organization, asking me if I could arrange a flyover of one of their games. Yes I could, but he'd have to help me do something I've been waiting a long time to do (no spoilers yet). He had to ask permission from several people, and ended up going all the way to the team's owner during a meeting, telling him what I want to do, and the guy ended up waiving a long standing Jags policy to allow this to happen: The National Anthem ends, and I nailed the flyover (I'm in the lead jet, its my job to arrive overhead right on the last note) coming overhead plus or minus 1 second. The coolest part about the actual flyby was the fact that, as shown in this picture, I could actually see myself from my jet, in the jumbotron: http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/7...yover13ob1.jpg http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2...yover20hw2.jpg Then we landed, jumped into our cars, drove to the stadium and parked in the Player's Parking Lot. Parked my sexy little 2000 Accord next to a Bentley. Walked into the stadium and got our credentials. In flight suits, with credentials, it was surprisingly easy to walk onto the field. 3rd Quarter rolls around and they drag us onto the field and say a few words in recognition of the flyby. I'm on the far right: http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2259/flyover8hm5.jpg 50,000 people getting louder than they have all game for you is a good feeling. My girlfriend was on the field to "take pictures", along with my Skipper's wife. The PA system guy says "oh what's this, what's that guy on the end doing?" as I walk over towards GF, legs shaking a bit, only mildly aware of 50K people staring at me: http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/7...yover11sf0.jpg http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1872/flyover6rk1.jpg The crowd goes absolutely insane, and then suddenly very quite as the GF is in shock and hasn't responded yet. Then when we hug, they go [censored] nuts. Loudest I've ever heard at any sporting event: http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2...yover14ml0.jpg http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2...yover15bk2.jpg http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6210/flyover5cq6.jpg We get interviewed by several people, find out later we were on TV for the game broadcast, and were picked up by a few national media outlets: http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/5861/flyover9am4.jpg Took some publicity photos afterwards, I invited them all to my bachelor party, I have recieved 0 RSVP, which is surprising considering that 10 of them minimum were strippers or worse: http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2...yover21bg4.jpg It seemed like everybody in the stadium wanted to personally congratulate us, and the walk to the car was impossible. Everybody was incredibly warm, kind, and constantly thanking me for my service, which is always a nice feeling. Several players came over to shake my hand, but that really wasn't that amazing because not many of them were recognizable, I'm sure the 1st string guys were busy. Playing. Obviously an incredibly unique and memorable experience that only comes through an already incredibly rewarding career in Naval Aviation. Every day, especially when things aren't great, I get to say "holy [censored], I'm doing something every 5 year old boy would kill for," and then days like this come along and widen the smile of a child in a grown-ups body. Fortunately, I've got the right girl to share my dreams with. |
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wrong forum, ban
srsly though congrats, looks fantastic |
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grats dude, sick execution
also shes hot |
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NH, sir. Congrats!
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wrong forum, ban srsly though congrats, looks fantastic [/ QUOTE ] he means your future wife looks fantastic |
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Wow, awesome. Congrats man!
Edit to add: From the Tales of Revenge thread a few days ago: [ QUOTE ] Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I first started posting on 2p2 a few years ago, JIHAD made one of the best trip reports ever in the history of time. I remember this thread only b/c I thought it had to be [censored] and nobody could ever do this, but after I met him irl in vegas, it was obvious this tale was true. Here is teh link: (link) BEST TR EVER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh yeah, I remember reading this TR. He got a lot of [censored] for it, but I thought it was glorious. Jihad did a lot of borderline stuff, but I liked him and hope he comes back. [/ QUOTE ] Ha welcome back, duder. |
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Wow, awesome. Congrats.
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Congrats! Very cool, thanks for sharing.
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If you'd done it again yesterday they might have won.
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Well this almost tops your open-handed bitchslap at Home Depot TR.
But seriously, awesome [censored] story and congrats. |
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beyond awesome. congrats.
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Congrats!
I'm never going to get married so I don't really care, but I'm sure FFK's fiance is glad he proposed before you posted this story. |
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That is just fantastic!! I don't know what could be more awesome... Congrats!!
-ChipsAhoya |
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you would of got much more publicity if you would of got denied.
Congrats tho, seriosly tho I could nvr do that, if she says no in front of 50,000, ouch. You got balls! |
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Almost every single one of my friends said something to the effect of "I hope she says no so we get on Sports Center." Pilots are [censored].
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you would of got much more publicity if you would of got denied. Congrats tho, seriosly tho I could nvr do that, if she says no in front of 50,000, ouch. You got balls! [/ QUOTE ] do people really set stuff like this up and get shot down, like, ever? seems so lame my buddy and his girlfriend have this plan where they want to start doing it at every sporting event they go to. sounds pretty funny IMO |
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That's really awesome. Congratulations.
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this thread is useless without pi...wait NICELY DONE!
congrats man! huge brag |
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[ QUOTE ] you would of got much more publicity if you would of got denied. Congrats tho, seriosly tho I could nvr do that, if she says no in front of 50,000, ouch. You got balls! [/ QUOTE ] do people really set stuff like this up and get shot down, like, ever? seems so lame my buddy and his girlfriend have this plan where they want to start doing it at every sporting event they go to. sounds pretty funny IMO [/ QUOTE ] HaHa yeah. Somebody should make a documentary on some of the marriages that never happen/end badly. Kind of like the lottery winners that lose it all. |
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Very nice Navy, congratulations to the both of you.
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wow.. this dude's got style for sure!
Congrats to you both and good luck ever coming up with something to top THIS one any time soon! LOL ps: flyboys RULE! ;D |
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this is seriously very cool. very, very cool. Congratulations!
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this is like something you see out of a movie. congrats OP. the best of luck in the future.
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Sick style, sick set, sick everything.
The Jags needed you yesterday [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Congrats! |
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Dude, awesome! Congratulations! You're upping the bar for everyone else, though!
I'm glad you put pic #10 as the last pic because I would have stopped reading if that pic was earlier. Nicely done. FWIW, a couple weeks ago at an Astros game a guy proposed during the stretch and his fiancee threw popcorn in his face and got up and left. Right there on the Jumbotron. It wasn't all bad, though, as a cotton candy guy came down and gave him two free wads of cotton candy. Actually I made that last part up. But the popcorn is true! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Craziness. Good job! |
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Awesome, you're very pretty btw.
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This is one of the cooler things I've read on this site in a while. Congrats.
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Awesome!! Best of luck to you.
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I only skimmed this, but I saw enough to see that you are a badass. Congrats Jihad.
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Congrats. That went over a lot better than this guys "proposal" at a Yankees game. video [/ QUOTE ] Jesus, that's brutal. Awesome work Jihad. Congrats. |
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Congrats!
Normally I am completely against sporting event proposals, I find them cheesy and completely lame--in fact that was my fiancee's one request for when I proposed was for it to not be at a game of some sort. But yours was pretty G, it helped that you FLEW A [censored] PLANE OVER THE FIELD! This was way better than most sporting proposals b/c the timing was great, it wasn't just chick and dude in a seat and then jumbotron shot. Well done. |
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Congrats! Normally I am completely against sporting event proposals, I find them cheesy and completely lame--in fact that was my fiancee's one request for when I proposed was for it to not be at a game of some sort. But yours was pretty G, it helped that you FLEW A [censored] PLANE OVER THE FIELD! This was way better than most sporting proposals b/c the timing was great, it wasn't just chick and dude in a seat and then jumbotron shot. Well done. [/ QUOTE ] You guys discussed how you were going to propose? I've always wondered this, and maybe the OP can fill me in. Does a couple typically talk about and agree to getting married beforehand, or is the proposal a huge surprise? |
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[censored] my life
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[ QUOTE ] Congrats. That went over a lot better than this guys "proposal" at a Yankees game. video [/ QUOTE ] Jesus, that's brutal. [/ QUOTE ] quite funny though also, Awesome work Jihad. Congrats. |
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wait....so you're not a terrorist?
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grats dude, sick execution also shes hot [/ QUOTE ]huge brag, happy for ya |
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Undeniably awesome. So awesome.
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