HOLY CRAP KC-135 fly by vid

[pkober]

This is a tactical procedure the French use when the fighting starts. At least we know where the fighting is, behind the aircraft.

 

[SIG600]

You guys are killing me.

 

[dtfl]

Like this?
http://www.glumbert.com/media/flylow

That terrain looks like the craphole I was deployed to in Africa in 2003...lovely Djibouti. They had Mirages there...Frenchie pilots were good guys...invited us to their chow hall (how come other countries have great chow halls and we eat sh*t?) and one guy went to school in TX and surprised me when I found out he was a French Lt.
Anyway...the week after I left one of them flew right into the dirt on a night bombing run - target fixation. That terrain you see sucks at night - esp. low level, with NO vis due to sand/dust/no moon.....flying in a 2 ship of 130s at 300-500' and 200' in trail was..... less than fun....

 

[720persecond]

The French and the Swiss seem to have a thing for making some really good aviation videos depicting fast movers...There was no more exciting place on earth than either a carrier flight deck or the bustling ramp of an Air Force fighter base...I sorely miss it.

It's not the video making, it's the skills !

 

[FL420]

Lotta fun but no big deal. Navy tanker pilots had to do it occasionally when a fighter had just enough fuel for one try at the deck.

It was quite a sight to see an A-3 "Whale" fly by in slow flight with his basket out to pick up a fighter who just boltered off the angle. It was gear-UP, flaps-UP, hook-UP, probe-OUT and plug in.

 

[SIG600]

Lotta fun but no big deal. Navy tanker pilots had to do it occasionally when a fighter had just enough fuel for one try at the deck.

It was quite a sight to see an A-3 "Whale" fly by in slow flight with his basket out to pick up a fighter who just boltered off the angle. It was gear-UP, flaps-UP, hook-UP, probe-OUT and plug in.

Where's Guppygoshawk at? He can tell you all about current tanker ops at the boat.

 

[Huggyu2]

I'm sort of going off on a tangent, but I was at the Little Rock Airshow earlier this month, and saw the Navy E-2C do their flyby demonstration. Pretty good, fellas! We were quite impressed. I'd love to see what they'd do when there are no FAA types around.

 

[100-1/2]

vive le france!

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0517428/M/

Note the carriers under the wingtips for stowage of the additional drag link refueling points. French like everything in 3-way and always 'down-low'. ;>)

If they flew up high like everything else, they might actually have to fight. Ergo, dust dawgs.

I do find it humerous the outerage cast in earlier posts. You must be the guy that never lets the hotel shuttle leave the airport until all crew are properly fastened securely within their safety belts. Come on. Live a little. Be adventurous and eat the oreo from the inside out!


100-1/2

 

[LJDRVR]

I didn't see anything wrong with what they were doing...

I imagine Bud Holland would have liked it also. Too bad he's a burned pile of grisly remains.

 

[badlander45]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xoprb_amateur-davion


Anyone have any info on this?
That just looked like all kinds of stupid.

Not to mention the crew that was put at risk that happened to be at the mercy of the bonehead that pulled this off.

I bet you step out of the shower to take a piss don't you?

 

[JungleJett]

I imagine Bud Holland would have liked it also. Too bad he's a burned pile of grisly remains.

And took three others with him...

 

[LJDRVR]

And took three others with him...

That's the worst part. The Bomb Wing DO's family was present to watch his fini-flight and got to witness his death.

Sad and totally unnecessary.

 

[LJDRVR]

I bet you step out of the shower to take a piss don't you?

Wow. What are you suggesting here? That anybody who calls a totally blatant piece of profoundly crappy airmanship what it is, somehow is a timid, overly-cautious person, worthy of ridicule?

Did you watch the same video I did?

What part of it do you find remotely sane?

 

[andy_paul]

I bet you step out of the shower to take a piss don't you?

Actually, I piss on my feet. It helps kill the athletes foot. Dude, that plane has more altitude sitting with the gear down on the ramp. Pause the video when the A/C is right in the middle and take a look at the tree/bush that lines up with the SHADOW of the A/C. That tree was just a few feet from the outboard engine. BUUTTTTTTTT, to each his own........ use your own judgement, as you will only clean out the gene pool with impressive maneuvers like the above mentioned.

 

[SIG600]

I imagine Bud Holland would have liked it also. Too bad he's a burned pile of grisly remains.

I was being sarcastic... that's a pretty fvcking low comment. Bringing the bar down a little at FI are we?

 

[andy_paul]

http://thatvideosite.com/view/978.html

Bud Holland videos, shows him doing a couple of similar low passes.
RIP Holland, McGeehan, Wolff and Huston.

 

[badlander45]

Actually, I piss on my feet. It helps kill the athletes foot. Dude, that plane has more altitude sitting with the gear down on the ramp. Pause the video when the A/C is right in the middle and take a look at the tree/bush that lines up with the SHADOW of the A/C. That tree was just a few feet from the outboard engine. BUUTTTTTTTT, to each his own........ use your own judgement, as you will only clean out the gene pool with impressive maneuvers like the above mentioned.

Relax francis. I would never attempt a maneuver like the one in the video. I am pretty sure though that the crew had a pretty good idea of what they were doing DUDE. There may be better and more skilled pilots in the world besides you and me.

 

[andy_paul]

Relax francis. I would never attempt a maneuver like the one in the video. I am pretty sure though that the crew had a pretty good idea of what they were doing DUDE. There may be better and more skilled pilots in the world besides you and me.

Just like Bud Holland knew what he was doing, right?
(with all due respect to the departed)

 

[bagasticks]

As long as there are pilots, there will be low level, as long as there is low level, there will be lower level. It was either Hub Zemke or Francis Gabreski that killed a German soldier with the blade of his prop as the dude was running down a road. .