Low altitude flying + more movies
05 February 2006, 09:06 PM
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Low altitude flying + more movies
ENJOY! 
http://www.dumpalink.com/media/11369...ltitude_Flying
http://www.wimp.com/altitudefour/
http://www.crazyaviation.com/movies/CA_bad_take_off.wmv
http://www.dumpalink.com/media/11156..._Airport_Video
http://www.crazyaviation.com/movies/f16flyby.wmv
Precision US airdrops!
http://www.crazyaviation.com/movies/airdrops.wmv
A peaceful days fishing
http://www.crazyaviation.com/movies/FISHING.WMV
Now theres an early gear up, and an early gear up, but this is silly.
http://www.crazyaviation.com/movies/Mig29crash.mpeg
http://www.dumpalink.com/media/11369...ltitude_Flying
http://www.wimp.com/altitudefour/
http://www.crazyaviation.com/movies/CA_bad_take_off.wmv
http://www.dumpalink.com/media/11156..._Airport_Video
http://www.crazyaviation.com/movies/f16flyby.wmv
Precision US airdrops!
http://www.crazyaviation.com/movies/airdrops.wmv
A peaceful days fishing
http://www.crazyaviation.com/movies/FISHING.WMV
Now theres an early gear up, and an early gear up, but this is silly.
http://www.crazyaviation.com/movies/Mig29crash.mpeg
06 February 2006, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by TopBanana
Brilliant. That last one - what a mistaka to maka!
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06 February 2006, 11:01 AM
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I enjoyed all that, good memories too.
The Canadian pilots used to select wheels up before they started the take off roll. The weight on wheels micro switches woiuld not allow the wheels to travel until the aircraft left the ground and the oleos extended to operate the microswitches. The wheels would then travel up and it looked impressive. Trouble was if you hit a bump along the runway and the weight reduced on the oleos allowing them to travel up before the Sabre had reached flying spped! The result was very similar to the Mig 29 in the video,
It then meant that the pilot would be invited to his boss's office to give him a good listening to
Les
The Canadian pilots used to select wheels up before they started the take off roll. The weight on wheels micro switches woiuld not allow the wheels to travel until the aircraft left the ground and the oleos extended to operate the microswitches. The wheels would then travel up and it looked impressive. Trouble was if you hit a bump along the runway and the weight reduced on the oleos allowing them to travel up before the Sabre had reached flying spped! The result was very similar to the Mig 29 in the video,
It then meant that the pilot would be invited to his boss's office to give him a good listening to
Les
06 February 2006, 01:51 PM
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I'm wondering why the bloke in the Catalina pressed on the way he did? It obviously wasn't going to happen. Maybe the stewardess was having a go 
Cheers
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Cheers
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06 February 2006, 06:25 PM
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Whilst in the University Air squadron I remember reading an accident report on an RAF tornado. Had pre-selected the reversing buckets before landing. Had a less than perfect touchdown, bounced and went to full throttle to go round.....just as the reversing buckets, triggered by the "touchdown", enagaged.
net result - max decelleration whilst still some distance above the runway
net result - max decelleration whilst still some distance above the runway
06 February 2006, 06:36 PM
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Ive lost a brilliant one - let me explain
Chap in the forground talking to camera(wide shot loose on presenter in centre frame, lots ot air above his head), you then see and hear a Spitfire in the background and he has to duck as it is so low travelling at a few 100mph just and it does look just above his head.
The camera angle accentates the lowness but it is still a superb bit of flying and a real brown trousers monent for the presenter, has anyone got it???
Chap in the forground talking to camera(wide shot loose on presenter in centre frame, lots ot air above his head), you then see and hear a Spitfire in the background and he has to duck as it is so low travelling at a few 100mph just and it does look just above his head.
The camera angle accentates the lowness but it is still a superb bit of flying and a real brown trousers monent for the presenter, has anyone got it???
06 February 2006, 07:12 PM
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Ive lost a brilliant one - let me explain
Chap in the forground talking to camera(wide shot loose on presenter in centre frame, lots ot air above his head), you then see and hear a Spitfire in the background and he has to duck as it is so low travelling at a few 100mph just and it does look just above his head.
The camera angle accentates the lowness but it is still a superb bit of flying and a real brown trousers monent for the presenter, has anyone got it???
Chap in the forground talking to camera(wide shot loose on presenter in centre frame, lots ot air above his head), you then see and hear a Spitfire in the background and he has to duck as it is so low travelling at a few 100mph just and it does look just above his head.
The camera angle accentates the lowness but it is still a superb bit of flying and a real brown trousers monent for the presenter, has anyone got it???
06 February 2006, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Habgood
Ive lost a brilliant one - let me explain
Chap in the forground talking to camera(wide shot loose on presenter in centre frame, lots ot air above his head), you then see and hear a Spitfire in the background and he has to duck as it is so low travelling at a few 100mph just and it does look just above his head.
The camera angle accentates the lowness but it is still a superb bit of flying and a real brown trousers monent for the presenter, has anyone got it???
Chap in the forground talking to camera(wide shot loose on presenter in centre frame, lots ot air above his head), you then see and hear a Spitfire in the background and he has to duck as it is so low travelling at a few 100mph just and it does look just above his head.
The camera angle accentates the lowness but it is still a superb bit of flying and a real brown trousers monent for the presenter, has anyone got it???
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...ire%20pass.wmv
06 February 2006, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Edcase
From what the commentator was saying, it was actually a purposeful test by the Russian military to see if they could be landed with damaged landing gear.
06 February 2006, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Habgood
Thanks chaps, that the one, still looks good and i just love the crew and Brendans comments!
06 February 2006, 11:54 PM
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A USMC Harrier returned to base last year with multiple impacts to the leading edges of the wings.
Turns out he'd engaged in a bit of ultra-low night time flying, and had impacted several cactii as he flew as low as four feet!!
The slightly more worrying thing was that the pilot had no idea that he'd damaged the aircraft!!
Turns out he'd engaged in a bit of ultra-low night time flying, and had impacted several cactii as he flew as low as four feet!!
The slightly more worrying thing was that the pilot had no idea that he'd damaged the aircraft!!
07 February 2006, 12:08 AM
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http://www.wimp.com/altitudefour/
amazing....
who, is providing the background music??? it rocks!!!
mart
amazing....
who, is providing the background music??? it rocks!!!
mart
07 February 2006, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by mart360
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dsmith,
Yes thats a good one and it is similar to when I saw a Vulcan pilot stream the tail brake chute just before touchdown. We all used to do that to get the shortest landing possible since it took 4 seconds to bite.
He got the flare wrong however and he ballooned up and the chute deployed when he was still a good 10-15 feet up. As you say, instant decelleration and it was like dropping the aircraft on the ground from that height and they don't like it!
Never seen a Vulcan so close to the ground with its wheels down when the oleos compressed fully as it hit.
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Yes thats a good one and it is similar to when I saw a Vulcan pilot stream the tail brake chute just before touchdown. We all used to do that to get the shortest landing possible since it took 4 seconds to bite.
He got the flare wrong however and he ballooned up and the chute deployed when he was still a good 10-15 feet up. As you say, instant decelleration and it was like dropping the aircraft on the ground from that height and they don't like it!
Never seen a Vulcan so close to the ground with its wheels down when the oleos compressed fully as it hit.
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Bit of a thread resurrection, but worth it for this. What a nutter!
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=68f_1306880662
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=68f_1306880662
06 June 2011, 12:59 PM
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Well that was impressive to say the least! I mean that he managed to miss the blokes watching!
We had a bit of a wild flying instructor who used to push it a bit at times. There was a drain pipe sticking out of the bottom of a Vampire fuselage by a few inches. He did a low level loop in front of our training squadron building at RAF Valley and did not get it quite right because after he landed they found the pipe was jammed up with earth and grass! We found the groove in the grass in front of the building. It impressed the student who was flying with him-he was white as chalk!
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We had a bit of a wild flying instructor who used to push it a bit at times. There was a drain pipe sticking out of the bottom of a Vampire fuselage by a few inches. He did a low level loop in front of our training squadron building at RAF Valley and did not get it quite right because after he landed they found the pipe was jammed up with earth and grass! We found the groove in the grass in front of the building. It impressed the student who was flying with him-he was white as chalk!
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06 June 2011, 07:04 PM
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All good fun, until
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E21byPXR1ek
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stapp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E21byPXR1ek
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stapp
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All good fun, until
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E21byPXR1ek
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stapp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E21byPXR1ek
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stapp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Fa...ase_B-52_crash