Aviation: 'low' flying

[R6_kid]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A244hlxOeH0&mode=related&search=

pretty cool stuff from the frogs. This is what i dreamed of doing as a kid, just in skyhawks and up the westcoast of NZ.

[Indiana_Jones]

under a labour govt. you can keep dreamin' lol

pretty cool though :blip:

-Indy

[marty]

pretty unimaginative. i'm more a fan of the cloud surfing/aeros etc. i would have been more impressed if they were upside down at 30 ft

[MrMelon]

This is what I'm talkin about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9T51UsuaPU&search=Flying

I guess there's not much chance of getting to fly jets without being part of a foreign air force though :/

[MrMelon]

Here's another one of a guy getting a ride in one of the blue angels' f/a-18's.. He only passes out 3 times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65fZhws76Jk&search=blue%20angels%20reporter

[bobsmith]

This is what I'm talkin about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9T51UsuaPU&search=Flying

I guess there's not much chance of getting to fly jets without being part of a foreign air force though :/

Was that guy reading a map at 50ft above ground at one stage???

[R6_kid]

lol, yes - i was a bit wtf too. Dude, your 40ft off the ground at 400+kts and you dont know where you are?

The one i liked best is when there are two lead aircraft that buzz 'low' through an airbase, and then shortly after another follows and looks like his wings are level with the fence which is probably 3-4ft high.

[Indiana_Jones]

I still say riding is more dangerous then flying a jet :D

-Indy

[Swoop]

I guess there's not much chance of getting to fly jets without being part of a foreign air force though :/
You can do that in the New Zealand air farce!
... just passenger transports though...:yawn:

[Lias]

Cool videos..

Makes me wish I had the money to learn how to fly..

And the money to go buy a Mig 29 or someit :-)

[Lias]

Cool videos..

Makes me wish I had the money to learn how to fly..

And the money to go buy a Mig 29 or someit :-)

[terbang]

Looks like fun. In a previous I used to fly turboprops low level over the sea and land, day and night looking for bad guys. That also had its exciting moments and often we just navigated with only a map on our knees.

[eliot-ness]

Got this pic from the Pensacola News journal. Taken at an airshow two weeks ago. They don't get much closer than that

[marty]

Looks like fun. In a previous I used to fly turboprops low level over the sea and land, day and night looking for bad guys. That also had its exciting moments and often we just navigated with only a map on our knees.

one of the guys at work is just heading off to adelaide to work on the dash 8 and other coastal fleet a/c - isn't that what you used to fly? he's looking at good money (he's a LAME spook) and a 3 year contract. the flying looks like fun!

[terbang]

I flew for National Air support contracted to coastwatch. I was the Dash 8 Fleet manager based in Darwin. The aircraft in Adelaide is the LAD (Laser Depth thingy) and belongs to the same company. Its a cruisey number in ADL that has a couple of ex surveillance pilots driving it. The surveillance flying was a real blast and one of the more interesting 18 months in my career.

[Indiana_Jones]

They don't get much closer than that

oh, I think they do :D


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"Greetings!"

cue, 'Top Gun anthem'

You know, the finger?

-Indy

[Brett]

oh, I think they do :D


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"Greetings!"

cue, 'Top Gun anthem'

You know, the finger?

-Indy


Ahh that is one of the best movies of all time.

[R6_kid]

Got this pic from the Pensacola News journal. Taken at an airshow two weeks ago. They don't get much closer than that

they are flying side by side though....

the mirro thing the Red Checkers do in the CT-4E is more daring than that, however it used to be more so with the old B models which im pretty sure didnt have the equipment for long time inverted flying, therefore if you left it up above your mate too long you'd soon started closing in unexpectedly :shutup: