How Low Can You Go??

Just found this one on the Real Aeroplane Company’s page:

Reminds me of Ray Hanna flying the OFMC Buchon at one of the Fighter Meets in the late 80’s or better still, that sequence at the start of the BoB film were a Buchon is only just above a not so tall fence! 😀

Cheers

Paul

The BoB Scene

By the way it was not planned that way. The spanish Buchon pilot surprised everybody.

“García-Bermúdez spoke to us about his low height pass in the sequence of the assault. Since they had only been authorized to go down to 10 meters, there was imposed a fine of 10 pounds, which went to a bag used every month to organize a party with all the pilots and their wives. An attendee asked him why has he flown so low if it was not necessary, and he answered that he didn’t know it, maybe it was the enthusiasm of a 25 years old boy t. He said a Rebuke of the director because the plane was out of the angles of the cameras, but it was turning out to him curious that he left the above mentioned intact scene in the final assembly” There was a cinema, and every day was showing us how we had done it. He told me bad work, 10 pounds, but then he, did not cut the scene “.

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Just found this one on the Real Aeroplane Company’s page:

Reminds me of Ray Hanna flying the OFMC Buchon at one of the Fighter Meets in the late 80’s or better still, that sequence at the start of the BoB film were a Buchon is only just above a not so tall fence! 😀

Cheers

Paul

Oooh yes! 😀

😮 😉 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3do_5eg1Bo 😀 :diablo:

Farewell Breighton!

Just found this one on the Real Aeroplane Company’s page:

Reminds me of Ray Hanna flying the OFMC Buchon at one of the Fighter Meets in the late 80’s or better still, that sequence at the start of the BoB film were a Buchon is only just above a not so tall fence! 😀

Cheers

Paul

Thanks Fouga23 – just had a look at that site, very nice. Sorry! 😀

Andy.

it IS real. You can see several pictures of it on airliners.net from about 5 different angles and different photographers.

I reckon it’s taxying and the undercarriage has been removed with Photoshop or the like.

tache3

Several people have commented previously about the authenticity of the low MiG picture elsewhere. Like yourself they also queried the lack of a sense of motion but I think this can easily be explained.

If the photo was taken using a camera with a high shutter speed the possible blurring caused by a moving target could very well be eliminated.

Also if you look at the very rear of the aircraft there does seem to be some degree of motion blurring at the rearmost point of the MiG.

Is the photo 100% genuine?

I firmly believe so!

Originally posted in Modern Military. Apologies for the non-historic but it’s definitely low…but is it a fake? There doesn’t seem to be a great sense of motion in this shot. Having said that though, the firemen in the background are looking directly at the subject.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBA7VfNAUP8 😉

http://www.flightglobal.com/ImageArchive/PhotoArchive/1939-1945/fa_18037s.aspx
http://www.flightglobal.com/ImageArchive/PhotoArchive/1939-1945/fa_18033s.aspx

Fabulous site! Many thanks for posting this, such amazing photos! 😮

Some more:
http://www.flightglobal.com/ImageArchive/PhotoArchive/1939-1945/fa_18385s.aspx
http://www.flightglobal.com/ImageArchive/PhotoArchive/1939-1945/fa_18449s.aspx
http://www.flightglobal.com/ImageArchive/PhotoArchive/1939-1945/fa_18458s.aspx
http://www.flightglobal.com/ImageArchive/PhotoArchive/1939-1945/fa_18588s.aspx
http://www.flightglobal.com/ImageArchive/PhotoArchive/1939-1945/fa_18629s.aspx 😮

That DC-6 picture reminded me of this Dutch Naval Air Service Orion buzzing Valkenburg air base. Brings back memories… my high school was next to the base and I did a 5-month trainee ship there. All gone now, thanks to some political BS decisions… :confused:

While at it, also a Dutch Starfighter doing a seriously low pass.

PS. Would give credit for the photographers if I knew who they were…

Not as low as some, but a little more recent 😀

Tom.

yikes thats low

what a blooody long thread!

MAN, that’s a lot of page’s from start to finish :eek:, lot of interesting stuff to learn and see.

Better stop that now 😮 , Me eye’s are getting bad 😀 (AND NOT FROM TOO MUCH SELF ABUSE :p )well not to much.

Still I do like that story from B-17 pilot Mr Jule’s 😎 , now that is from the horse’s mouth hey!

Ciao 😉

😮 Wow, that is well low!! 😉 😀 Anna 😀

http://www.flightglobal.com/ImageArchive/PhotoArchive/1939-1945/fa_18037s.aspx
http://www.flightglobal.com/ImageArchive/PhotoArchive/1939-1945/fa_18033s.aspx

And Extracted from:http://www.dhc4and5.org

When Cor van Gent was guided around at Villanubla-Vallodolid on 23 September 1988 the guide (pilot) takes him to a spot near the runway. One of the based aircraft will make some overshoots for the occasion. After a while a Spanish Caribou appears at relatively high altitude, intending to start the private airshow with a dive. Even before the plane fully recovers from the dive the guide starts cursing and yelling in fluent Spanish and a few seconds later surprised Cor understands why. The Caribou is losing much too much height and its pilot only just succeeds in keeping it in the air. The eventual outcome was not only a very spectacular picture, but most probably also blood, sweat and tears for the crew.
(Cor van Gent – Villanubla-Vallodolid, 23 September 1988)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV3bMttkkSg

😉 😀 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDZsBk8zzFI :diablo:

Here’s a couple neat ones I stumbled upon the other day… firstly, F-80 – early in Korean conflict, and Secondly, a little ‘Extra’ work from haute-voltige.com – some very neat stuff on that site.