Dusty Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 Matt that picture rocks! I had some photos of a DC-8 doing a beatup over a dirt strip in some dodgy place, anyway where the person was standing/lying down taking the photo, one was literaly blured silver (the aircrafts belly). Now I cant find them as per usual as they were in sequence of the DC8 decending... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 I suppose we could also share photos of "How low have you flown your model plane"... If everyones up for it maybe the mods can sort out a combined thread or something? Must be some good shots of peoples models flying LOW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Parker Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Just clearing Rosthwaite Fell from the Langstrath valley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 Great photo Brian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy watson Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Well, no photo on mine- but an added spice because I was in the plane in question. In the mid 80's I was in the air cadets, and we were offered the chance to "fly in a hercules". So off a dozen of us went, expecting the usual 2 hours of being sick whilst flying around for no good reason. But this time was a bit different........ The plane was being run by "special forces". More than that, I don't know, but after we had been up for 20 minutes we were told to strap ourselves in. The back of the hercules opened, and soon we were doing very low passes over the runway. Apparantly it was a training run before the plane and crew went out to Etheopia and made humanitarian food drops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Last summer the wife and half the world were on the ridge leading to Catbells, in Cumbria. A Hawk literally appeared from nowhere, climbing up the hill side, rolling as it climbed to the inverted, passed overhead in an explosion of sound. For a split second the pilot was clearly visible, before you registered what you saw, it had gone. Now rolling upright as it disappeared towards Bassenthwaite, followed by the diminishing wall of sound. All followed the jet with their eyes, until it disappeared presumably over Sale Fell. All turned dumb founded looking at each other, not a word was said. Until a lone voice was heard, "did he do that on purpose?", "I bloody hope so came the reply". Erfolg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 The lowest low flyer I've seen was also in the lakes, a Tornado going up Langdale, I was watching from Bowfell and he banked to head up to Rossett Pike - I honestly thought he was going to trim the mountain. A USAF F-111 followed him a few mins later but much higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Claridge Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 way back in the late 70's i went to a hares garage open day at goodwood airfield, they had a demonstration of the dunlop run flat tyre. i bagged a ride in a 3.5 rover running on four flat tyres. as we got going a pitts special was doing a display, we came round on to the straight and we were doing about seventy when this bright red pitts shot over us taking the roof arial off with his wheel. the pilot dropped the plane down to abou three foot off the ground ten feet in front of us there were four sets of brown trousers in the car which was being driven by one of goodwoods racing school drivers, he was shaking like a leaf when he got out and went to give the pilot a piece of his mind, but the plane did not land and flew off elsewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Parker Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 A few years ago the A10s used to fly particularly low over the fells (and even lower over the lakes themselves). I've even ducked when in a kayak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iawnski Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 lowest ive seen a USAF1.11 flying up from the alwen dam years ago in north wales ,i was fly fishing and up to my waist in water and he flew just to the side of me ,can still see the picture of a chieftain indian on the side awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 My first pic was bumf... here is a better pic! Bring it on now This is on the 06/24 run at Charles Prince Airport, Harare, Zimbabwe... pax were on board either en route to London Gatwick or on the return leg I believe! Smoking was probably still allowed on a.c then too lol... oh the days Edited By Dusty on 15/03/2010 21:24:18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcho99 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Check this out for low http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmTL2AbPQOA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Fidling Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 What about this!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 I think this was my all time favorote.........was surprised I didn't see it earlier on the list Spitfire un der the Bridge Cheers Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby159 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Have we forgot something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 Russian belly landing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hargreaves - Moderator Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Not that low by the standards of some of the pics...its an American pilot after all but still mighty impressive........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby159 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Agreed impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Matthews Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Fly past at our club strip by 1947 Aeronica Champ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Matthews Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Another good one; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vksT0oUguQw I believe that the pilot took the producers direction very literally! WARNING THERE IS (VERY JUSTIFIABLE) BAD LANGUAGE AT THE END OF CLIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 This one has been posted at least three times before Clive . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Grigg Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Still great every time you watch it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 I have extracted a still from that video and it rather shows just how low Ray Hanna was!I reckon if he had actually flown exactly over the presenter the prop tips would have been mighty close to his head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 The film Catch 22 comes to mind for some reason . Diced beef anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 This is not bad get bythe adverts the flyby is worth it... eerm the guy standing on the runway has some cahonies the size of earth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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