How Do They Time Stadium Flyovers? Super Bowl 2017 Will Feature Thunderbirds Flying Over NRG Stadium

On football's biggest stage, fractions of a second can make the difference between victory or defeat. Quarterbacks and receivers spend countless hours timing and coordinating routes so that the pass is thrown at the precise speed and at the exact spot for a catch to be made.

But that's simple stuff when you compare it to the spectacle that occurs before a Super Bowl.