How Low Can You Go??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA6FtDw44XM&feature=related

I just found a good excuse to revive this thread:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Roblex-Aviation/Short-360/1350838/L/
http://www.airliners.net/photo/DHL-Cargo/Cessna-208B-Grand/1345351/L/
http://www.airliners.net/photo/KLM—Royal/Boeing-747-406/1252724/L/ 😀

Ah yes that one with the Yak – a classic! Lucky escape it was! 😮

Hmm that video doesn’t work anymore unfortunately…

Anyway, I found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPmWkf1NsXM

This pilot has a little too much fun…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgziZs5GUvQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYfhC9ft_hk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWdDHGEMQ2Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVIAiy-LNvs

found the same vid with a different user, the link should work now 🙂

Not quite Alain de Cadenet… :diablo:

im sorry about the amount of posts ive made recently, but this has got to be the mother of all close encounters low level or otherwise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek: 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮

Hmm that video doesn’t work anymore unfortunately…

Anyway, I found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPmWkf1NsXM

This pilot has a little too much fun…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgziZs5GUvQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYfhC9ft_hk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWdDHGEMQ2Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVIAiy-LNvs

Lowest flight of a Bucc!! Its between the hangar and tower!!

http://photobucket.com/albums/ee38/flycookie/?action=view&current=BuccaneerLoFlyByHiQsound.flv

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!

im sorry about the amount of posts ive made recently, but this has got to be the mother of all close encounters low level or otherwise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek: 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮

This would have been nice n noisy

http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=161409&page=4

How low?

I found this whilst looking at Phantom Phils clip, you could almost measure altitude in centimetres!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JaWvUTe03To

The RAF no longer have ULLA (LAPES) as part of their inventory of supply dropping methods. The method was only kept alive by one the crew who did the drops for JATE (ie most Herc crews had ever done it). Most trials airdrops included the ‘low inspection pass’ but after they did hit and kill one of their recovery team the method was discontinued and all inspection passes were done at a safe height (better for the inspection but not nearly as much fun). Following the acident all I could say was “there but for the grace of God” as I have experienced the low pass from the ramp, the cockpit and the drop zone.

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Anyway after the safety lesson here’s an earlier ULLA trial although due to the size of the Bev the pilots are at altitude;)

The reason the pilot was grounded was that his part in the exercise was over and he came back to to a low pass “for fun”, which the guys on the ground did not expect and did not find funny! The “fun” could easily have turned into disaster if a prop blade had hit someone who was not looking.

A bad choice of words on my part. I am well aware of the roles and capabilities of the Herc, I was even priviledged to get a ride in one on a training exercise doing such drops many years ago. It is possible someone complained at the dangerously low level with so many people in the ‘Drop Zone’, the outcome could have been a lot worse.

Martin

hers one of a swedish C130 flying a bit low. Aparrently the Pilot was grounded after this stunt.

I don’t know if this was a ‘stunt’ or not, but most Herc pilots train for this sort of low flying at some time.

The flight profile shown is that used to deliver supplies when no airfied or suitable landing strip is available – more usually though when delivering supplies to troops in hostile areas. The supplies are pallated and drawn out the back of the Herc by parachute to skid along the ground. The method has been well used (and filmed) during food drops in various African hot spots as well as a few years ago in Kosovo.

😉

hers one of a swedish C130 flying a bit low. Aparrently the Pilot was grounded after this stunt.

Martin
Herc low pass

F-4 Phantom

For all those Phantom Phiends out there!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hObqy2f4KKc

I dont think this lightning pilot has been shown here before, if it has, im sorry, but I think it should be shown again 😀

As per my new post on OHB – the Black Knight getting personal…

Ah, thank you. I was nearly frying the grey matter trying to figure out what it was.