HOLY CRAP KC-135 fly by vid

[SIG600]

That would never happen - the Mirage would get a tickle on his frenchy RWR and would have been running away from the FEBA as fast as he could. The frog wouldn't know the first thing about HVAA protection.

Oh snap.

 

[80for80]

Hello,
If was indeed a French Air Force KC-135 depicted in the video then it was more than likely filmed in Chad. The French had a large presence there in the during the war there. Quite a few low-flying videos made by those folks on the internet.

Regards,

ex-Navy Rotorhead

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

 

[Huggyu2]

The French really do a great job doing low-fly stuff for airshows and videos. Too bad they can't use their military equipment to win a war.

 

[RJP]

French. Chad. R-Model is quiet. Seems that Kaman beat me to all these answers, but I figured I'd agree anyway. That's how I get so many posts on FI.com.

 

[Kaman]

Sorry to steal your F.I. thunder RJP. I used to have to know all that "stuff" when I was in "Uncle Sam's Canoe Club" and a WTI. Scrappy really took me back a few years with all the abbreviations that I can still recall even after nearly 7 years. It seems like I remember the military stuff much better than the psi on the door snubber on the mighty beech 1900 that I fly now.
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.

Regards,

ex-Navy Rotorhead (and USAF brat, Dad was USAF pilot 26 years; WWII, Korea and Viet Nam as a "civilian" for that airline no one talks about anymore)

 

[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?