Mr King Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bd1 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 ukrainian air force su-24. i guess flying really low has for them new importance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liUu0yGGzqk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiloMorai Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Saint Maarten http://www.aol.ca/article/2015/03/13/low-flying-plane-landed-just-feet-from-the-beach/21152960/?ncid=canada-webmail1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.V. Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 A Tomcat passes by USS America in 1988. http://theaviationist.com/2014/02/12/f-14-buzzes-uss-america/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Iranian F-4:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoZ15Iqa9mg&feature=youtu.be Edited April 1, 2015 by bojan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share Posted April 11, 2015 FJ-3 Fury's passing over some Marines - 1957 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETAC21 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Beyond common sense, the flying of LTC Bud Holland: https://youtu.be/LTOOtPST4Rs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaarin7 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I've seen USN jets back in the 1980's flying low enough to scorch tree tops but could not take a photo. They went about that low briefly on the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 MI-8 in the Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jye40dwDDlc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep854 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 B-36 Doing The Deed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCViKu9XlbQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiloMorai Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Quite often, the B-36 would be called upon to demonstrate how quickly it could get off the ground, especially when loaded with a minimum amount of fuel. On a Sunday afternoon in October 1954 a group of firemen were having a convention in town and were on a tour of the Base. In order for a person to draw his flight pay he was required to fly at least fours a month, and 100 hours each year. Thad Neal's crew was scheduled for a two or three week leave in October, so in order to get in the required flying time this pilot proficiency mission was set up for the crew. I believe it was on a Sunday afternoon.Before leaving home for the Base that morning, Thad called and told me to have Rin (my wife) standing by with the movie camera. I knew he had visitors and that he wanted them to get a good look at the plane, so I expected that it would be a low flyover but had no idea just how low he planned on making it.The visiting firemen were on the ramp at the time of our take off so Thad was directed to make a maximum performance takeoff and then come around with the low pass over. With a minimum fuel load the B-36 really got off the ground in a hurry. We taxied onto the runway heading south and set the brakes. Thad called for full power on the six recips and four jet engines. That old bird started to stutter and seemed to skid until the brakes were released. I don't think we used a thousand feet of runway before breaking ground. We leveled off at four thousand and headed to the north end of Eagle Mountain Lake at 4,000' before turning south and heading for the north end of the runway. When over Eagle Mountain Lake the plane turned south. With "six turning and four burning" the plane headed directly for the north end of the runway. In a shallow dive with full power the plane skimmed down the runway at almost no altitude. I don't know how fast we were going but it had to be at least 180 mph. Thad kept right on the deck for the whole length of the runway. I was sitting in the glass nose and had a good view. The operators in the GCA shack along side the runway took a dive for the ground as the plane approached with the props almost ticking the concrete.Thad had originally planned on flying directly over his house. Between the Base and West Ridglea the ground rises maybe a hundred feet so. Thad could not get a true bead on his house from the low altitude so he flew down the road where Ridgmar Mall sits today. Climbing over the small ridge he soon spotted his house just a wee bit off to the left. Still following the terrain he pushed the nose down a bit again but did not dare to drop the wing in a turn. After crossing he ridge, the land gradually gets lower until it reaches Mary's Creek. We stayed on the deck all the way and then part way down highway 377. Then we climbed back to altitude and my log book show we flew for six hours.Trinka was in her front yard filming the approach, until frightened, when she dropped the camera. Rin had heard us takeoff so she got our camera and sat on the back porch to wait for the next event. It came so fast and caught her by surprise so that all she could do was step off the porch and shoot between the two houses. She did get a short blip of film as we passed about a block away. She did run out front and got a few feet as we few down the hill to the Creek, then she went in the house and poured herself a stiff drink.As we flew down the highway I recall seeing cars stop and people head for the ditches. Several years later I was telling this story to some co-workers at General Dynamics and one man told me that he was one of those that had sought shelter in a ditch.We landed and went home to prepare for our vacation not realizing the furor that was going on in Headquarters. One man had called in demanding that his TV antenna be returned. He claimed that a jet pod had removed it from his roof. One character even claimed that the jet exhaust had set fire to a phone pole. There were claims about cracked plaster and pictures that had fallen from the walls.There was such a fuss raised that General Jack Ryan the 19thAD CO had to take some action. Early the following morning before we could get away, Thad called and said not to leave. General Ryan wanted to talk with all of us. We met at his office and one by one had to go in to give our version of the whole episode. When it was all over he had to fine Thad. I believe it was for $250.00 and he was taken off the promotion list for a couple of years, but as he left the General's office, General Ryan told Thad that was the best buzz job he had ever heard of. It didn't hurt his career either. He would serve as a Commander at Wichita Falls, and then in the Pentagon before going to Florida. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.Thad was killed in a crash in the early 60's while training in C-123's in Florida. The training was preparing him for duty in Viet Nam, defoliation, I think they called it. In the middle of a low altitude turn he lost an engine and went down. http://www.fortwortharchitecture.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4804 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanoid Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.V. Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 http://ww2live.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-MHEiOUK6c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 Good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendist Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 (edited) Edited October 16, 2017 by wendist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep854 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Pretty! The Brits had really nice-looking paint schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olof Larsson Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 (edited) Second* division** from the F6*** flotilla**** (also called the 62nd division) practicing anti-shipping with bombs from Karlsborg to the Baltic and back.There were only enough RB04 anti-ship missiles for 2 missions with the attack squadron*****, so anti-shiping with bombs and rockets was anticipated. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6o36NXomDUEAs can be noted, from the text below, the RSwAF designated (and designates) the units after artillery and naval practices, while the anglo-saxons seems more cavalry inspired.(*) Blå=Blue to designate second division/squadron.(**) Squadron in RAF/RCAF/USAF/USN/USMC.(***) First flotilla/group/wing F1 was called "Adam", the second "Bertil" and so on. F6 was consequently called "Filip".(****) Wing in RAF, RCAF & USN &group in the USAF & USMC.(*****) Group in RAF & USN, Wing in USAF & USMC and Air Division in RCAF. Edited October 16, 2017 by Olof Larsson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeOne Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I think this qualifies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougRichards Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Clean underwear required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R011 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) Apparently a student pilot taking off from Buttonville Airport just north of Toronto last week. The aircraft crashed just off screen, staying mostly intact with pilot and instructor injured but alive. Edited March 17, 2019 by R011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 If you don't like the way I fly, stay off the highway. That video reminds me of one of those general aviation rules of thumb; your probability of crash survival is proportional to the cosine of the impact angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) Rise, rise and be alive again... Posted this on TN FB group, but it is pity not to post it here. Serbian AF Gazelle helicopter. 0:58 for a really good stuff, following a ditch by the highway: His channel has also a lot of other Gazelle flying. Edited January 31, 2022 by bojan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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