How Low Can You Go??

Just to keep this thread rumbling on!

Spitfire low pass

Not as dramatic as some videos in this thread but worth a quick look!

PL965, if I’m not mistaken. Am I right in thinking one of the Hannas is in command there?

Wonderful 🙂

‘Undercarriage lever a bit sticky, was it?’

‘Er, well yes, as a matter of fact it was’

‘Well, I wouldn’t got telling that to the CO, if I was you’

All from memory- I am sure Daz is word perfect!

Close enough 😉

Just to keep this thread rumbling on!

Spitfire low pass

Not as dramatic as some videos in this thread but worth a quick look!

I don’t think you can go any lower than that IMHO…. 😀 😮 :diablo:

Just how low can you actually go though??

http://www.exposetheleft.com/2006/01/23/gallowayintights/

😀 😀 😀

Kev 🙂

How about:-

Jonathan

‘Undercarriage lever a bit sticky, was it?’

‘Er, well yes, as a matter of fact it was’

‘Well, I wouldn’t got telling that to the CO, if I was you’

All from memory- I am sure Daz is word perfect!

Tr IX Belly Flops.

I remember Spitfire G-AIDN also landing gear-up, also at Coventry in 1978.
ML407 ended up on its belly at Southampton in 1986.
PT426 was alleged to have landed gear-up whilst owned by Charles Church in a rather ‘hushed-up’ incident.

It would be an obvious conclusion to suppose that a ‘trainer’ is more likely to suffer landing mishaps, but in reality that does not seem to be a common factor.

They all returned to the air in due course.

Propstrike,

Those three ‘trainers’ yes and a couple more, MJ772/G-AVAV during the BoB film in 1968 & TE308/163 on its delivery flight to the Irish Air Corps in 1951.

Mark

I remember Spitfire G-AIDN also landing gear-up, also at Coventry in 1978.
ML407 ended up on its belly at Southampton in 1986.
PT426 was alleged to have landed gear-up whilst owned by Charles Church in a rather ‘hushed-up’ incident.

It would be an obvious conclusion to suppose that a ‘trainer’ is more likely to suffer landing mishaps, but in reality that does not seem to be a common factor.

They all returned to the air in due course.

How low can you go in a Spitfire?

No lower than this.

All you can do after this is change your angle of attack…in this case reduce it.

Not a trick photo, no ‘Photoshop’ or ‘PSP’, just one man, an aviation enthusiast and photographer, who happened to be there at the moment.

That photographer was ‘Ian Frimston/Sigma’ and he has graciously consented to my posting this shot.

Paul Day, with an u/c operation malfunction, making a classic, professionally executed, wheels up landing at Coventry on the grass – 23 April 1998.

Note front canopy has been released.

Minimal damage.

Mark

The dog video was really funny!!!

Steve

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Try these links a friend sent me – i havent been able to open them as Media Player has exploded on my PC but am told they are pretty good!

http://www.break.com/index/abirdhitsplane.html
http://www.break.com/index/closeplane.html
http://www.break.com/index/onewheellanding.html
http://www.break.com/index/concreteplane.html
http://www.break.com/index/planestunt.html
http://view.break.com/75385
http://view.break.com/76477
http://view.break.com/74818
http://www.break.com/index/iraqfootage.html
http://www.break.com/movies/tbirdcrash11.html

TT

JJEESSUUSS!!!!!!!, All links worked and I now have coffee in my lap!!!

The Mirage 2000 low flying video is a must.

John.

Try these links a friend sent me – i havent been able to open them as Media Player has exploded on my PC but am told they are pretty good!

http://www.break.com/index/abirdhitsplane.html
http://www.break.com/index/closeplane.html
http://www.break.com/index/onewheellanding.html
http://www.break.com/index/concreteplane.html
http://www.break.com/index/planestunt.html
http://view.break.com/75385
http://view.break.com/76477
http://view.break.com/74818
http://www.break.com/index/iraqfootage.html
http://www.break.com/movies/tbirdcrash11.html

TT

Has anyone see this low flying Blue Angel before?, It certainly made think of how far luck can be stretched!!

John.

Thanks Peter.

The Putnam Avro book mentions that the Finnish Air Force received 3 Ansons.

I’m assuming ti’s Finnish – the swatztikas were what made me suspect (and it’s prewar so not captured).

I didn’t even know the Finns used Ansons – nice shot, though!

I don’t know if thgis one has been seen before, I scanned this from the June 1938 programme to the RNZAF Display at Rongotai. A Finnish-marked Anson I believe, not too far off the ground.