It's out there, the base commander was relieved of duty after that because several people had formally complained about that pilot being nuts, and several folks refused to fly with him, the CO knew about it and did nothing. IF that is the same crash we are talking about; he flies by, banks hard port, and goes into the ground. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUEhNKBi4DY
Last wednesday I ferried an ex RNLAF Fokker 60 (the one from post nr. 3 in this thread) to Lima, Peru as it was bought by the Peruvian Navy. After departure we did a flyby for the spotters present at Woensdrecht Air Force Base, the Netherlands. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I remember seeing an article written about him stating that the pilots were worried about what he was going to do at the airshow. From what I heard his goal was to try and do a barrell roll with a B-52. Maintainers that I knew that were stationed at Barksdale, said that he would put soo much stress on the airframe that the bladder cells would leak in flight. I guess the bladder cell interconnects would flex during G forces. Jim
If a B-52 where put into a barrel roll like the 367-80 with 1G positive all the way around I would bet that there would be no problem with the interconnects or anything else. The wing and all the internals were designed to flex as much as 30 feet at the wing tip. The tubing in the leading edge along the front spar had had U shaped flex loops in it as did the huge fuel vent line in the fuselage that was a circular loop. The airplane from the get-go was a flexible living object due to the thin wing and high aspect ratio of the fuselage. I have seen pictures taken from a point ahead of the airplane in a steep bank and the wing and forward fuselage are at a much greater bank angle than the aft fuselage and tail, the fuselage twisted like a wash cloth. I would bet that if Holland had 25,000 feet altitude and a 45 Deg. entry he or anyone else could have rolled the B-52 IF it were done properly like Tex Johnston did with the 367-80, !G all the way around. BUT Holland wasn't Tex Johnston.
Sad thing was that the copilot had refused to fly with him, but was pressured into doing it one last time. His wife and kids were watching when the plane crashed.
I used to fly SWA all the time, when I was a teenager. At the time, it was a small airline, that flew just in and out of Texas. It was the only airline, where I preferred an aisle seat - instead of the window.
Amazing, wait till you see the last one http://twistedsifter.com/2010/03/10-greatest-low-pass-flybys/
Sorry, it's a dupe: http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=284707 It is a kickass video though...
Remember the two L-39 pilots (I guess now FORMER pilots) buzzing the Santa Monica Pier a year or two ago? Can someone find a video to post? The one video I saw had 911 calls as the audio portion. My uncle, a former Marine and now retired General Dynamics test pilot, mentioned buzzing the University of Florida engineering building in the early '60s but not sure what jet he was in. If you YouTube "YF-16 first flight," you see him flying. KevFla Orlando
Not low and not a flyby, but I sure love Coronado....from last weekend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOhDi6Evegg
BUMP from another forum [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eebBjs507Yc&feature=player_embedded[/ame] INSANELY LOW
^^ That would be a career ender in the USA. It even scorched the grass! 5-7 feet off the ground, in a fighter, IS insane!
Here's a screen grab from that last video. The aircraft is a Pampa, the indigenous Argentine primary trainer jet. I don't think the airplane would be this low if it was sitting on the ground on its landing gear! Muy loco, no? Image Unavailable, Please Login
The Argentines seem to specialize in this sort of thing. Here are a couple of clips featuring Pucaras. Now you have to wonder how someone didn't get decapitated by a propeller. Kinda reminds me of a scene in "Catch 22": [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb5-7s8dxcY[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKnAfZkdjHs[/ame]
And would you believe -- C-130s? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygwxsaWotlo[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seI-ViLOvYw[/ame]
The Swedes prove that they can fly a Herky even lower than that! [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOSRubXJHQo[/ame]
I always liked this video of a group of T-6 Texans skimming the water. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDDBbmedrgk[/ame]
