Grass Cutting C47 style!

Clicked on the Youtube link and found that the clip has been removed by the person that posted it in the first place. Maybe someone decided that publicising the stunt may be ill advised.
I have seen my fair share of low flying over the years at airshows. Some have looked safe and controlled and others have provoked a sharp intake of breath at times but thankfully none of them have ever gone badly wrong.

Clicked on the Youtube link and found that the clip has been removed by the person that posted it in the first place. Maybe someone decided that publicising the stunt may be ill advised.
I have seen my fair share of low flying over the years at airshows. Some have looked safe and controlled and others have provoked a sharp intake of breath at times but thankfully none of them have ever gone badly wrong.

Thanks for that, but we find discussion round here flows much more freely if nobody has a clue what they are talking about 😉

LOL – I love that!!!!

Thanks for that, but we find discussion round here flows much more freely if nobody has a clue what they are talking about 😉

LOL – I love that!!!!

Certainly there are reasons to operate low for crop spraying and the risks are well known. But where is the justification for a very very low pass over the photographer ? Did the pilot even know where he was ? Had any markers been placed ? I still believe this particular pass was reckless.

Certainly there are reasons to operate low for crop spraying and the risks are well known. But where is the justification for a very very low pass over the photographer ? Did the pilot even know where he was ? Had any markers been placed ? I still believe this particular pass was reckless.

How about this one then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8_5Qc1mK54&feature=related

How about this one then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8_5Qc1mK54&feature=related

. I am not trying to be a smartass here, but pointing out that such flying as depicted can be carried out with more than a modicum of safety.

Thanks for that, but we find discussion round here flows much more freely if nobody has a clue what they are talking about 😉

Would love to see some pics of crop dusting Dakotas!

. I am not trying to be a smartass here, but pointing out that such flying as depicted can be carried out with more than a modicum of safety.

Thanks for that, but we find discussion round here flows much more freely if nobody has a clue what they are talking about 😉

Would love to see some pics of crop dusting Dakotas!

Correct Blue Max. Notwithstanding any of the views above, if one has not achieved the experience it is very easy to cast adverse comment. My first LAME licence for engine and airframe was on DC3s in 1961. I am a Dak rated pilot. I have over 19,000 hours of aircrew time. I have done my share of low flying. Maybe I am lucky to have got away with it or just maybe I have thought about what I am about to do and planned for eventualities. Empty Daks on one are no real problem. On one delivery flight I flew over 140 mile on one having shut down the Port due, as found later, a failed main bearing.As for manouverability, we used DC3s in NZ fitted for crop dusting with up to 5 1/2 ton of superphosphate or lime each load and that involved contour flying in steep hill country. I am not trying to be a smartass here, but pointing out that such flying as depicted can be carried out with more than a modicum of safety.

Correct Blue Max. Notwithstanding any of the views above, if one has not achieved the experience it is very easy to cast adverse comment. My first LAME licence for engine and airframe was on DC3s in 1961. I am a Dak rated pilot. I have over 19,000 hours of aircrew time. I have done my share of low flying. Maybe I am lucky to have got away with it or just maybe I have thought about what I am about to do and planned for eventualities. Empty Daks on one are no real problem. On one delivery flight I flew over 140 mile on one having shut down the Port due, as found later, a failed main bearing.As for manouverability, we used DC3s in NZ fitted for crop dusting with up to 5 1/2 ton of superphosphate or lime each load and that involved contour flying in steep hill country. I am not trying to be a smartass here, but pointing out that such flying as depicted can be carried out with more than a modicum of safety.

Huh…..

[QUOTE=AdlerTag;1865311] I have had the pleasure of spending a day with a UK Dak a few years back. This included a good old nosey round the aircraft with a couple of the groundcrew, sitting in the cockpit chatting about the type’s various handling pro’s and cons, and seeing for myself how the thing responded to control inputs, view from the cockpit etc.

‘Responded’…as in whilst flying it, or sat on the ground making aeroplane noises…?

Nice to see people sticking to what they know about. Where would these forums be with all the usual experts. :rolleyes:

Huh…..

[QUOTE=AdlerTag;1865311] I have had the pleasure of spending a day with a UK Dak a few years back. This included a good old nosey round the aircraft with a couple of the groundcrew, sitting in the cockpit chatting about the type’s various handling pro’s and cons, and seeing for myself how the thing responded to control inputs, view from the cockpit etc.

‘Responded’…as in whilst flying it, or sat on the ground making aeroplane noises…?

Nice to see people sticking to what they know about. Where would these forums be with all the usual experts. :rolleyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnc78LW7V1U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Lav2IOsjE (again, yeah I know it’s a take off)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnc78LW7V1U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Lav2IOsjE (again, yeah I know it’s a take off)

Mention of the Hanna family and how they flew is not the same as what this C47 clip showed. They were good at planning to reduce risk and I cannot recall a low pass which was directly above a cameraman at this height . Footage can be taken and also look dramatic without putting the crew at extreme risk. But then I am risk averse, I also find the lake surface skimming by landplanes very uncomfortable viewing.

Mention of the Hanna family and how they flew is not the same as what this C47 clip showed. They were good at planning to reduce risk and I cannot recall a low pass which was directly above a cameraman at this height . Footage can be taken and also look dramatic without putting the crew at extreme risk. But then I am risk averse, I also find the lake surface skimming by landplanes very uncomfortable viewing.

Hands up everyone who has seen a low-pass go badly wrong.

I’ll raise my hands on both, I’m afraid.

Hands up everyone who has seen a low-pass go badly wrong.

I’ll raise my hands on both, I’m afraid.