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By: 11th May 2011 at 20:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-with a strong enough headwind, why not? Whats the take-off speed of a cub.... 45kts? Mountain pilots are a breed alone....
By: 11th May 2011 at 20:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-With enough head wind Super Cubs will do that, so too Austers. For your info, the Auster J/1 series have a stalling speed, flaps down, of only 29mph, so any air passing over the wings at above that speed and it will fly! Our club one discovered that the hard way in a gale...
By: 11th May 2011 at 21:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I think the Valdez STOL competition in Alaska was last week. Google around and you'll find lots of similar stuff.
By: 12th May 2011 at 12:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Galland used to do similar with a BF109 I believe, pour on the power, get the tail up then go.
By: 13th May 2011 at 10:07 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Took a bit more than 10 ft to get the thing into the air tho!
By: 2nd June 2011 at 20:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Sorry I couldn't find a dedicated thread for videos. Maybe this one has the right title:
Is this for real?
Extreme low flying by AT-63 Pampa
Notice the grass afterwards
Other
Crazy argentine pilot in a L-29 4 inches from the ground
In the end a guy asks his friend: "Did you saw, what I saw?"
I hope you enjoy them. Mod, if this is the wrong thread, please direct me to the proper one, for I couldn't find a video and flyby thread. Thank you.
By: 3rd June 2011 at 00:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-No problems
Happy to leave them here
Moggy
Moderator
By: 3rd June 2011 at 01:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Speaking of 109's getting the tail up...
Near-disaster on Luftwaffe 109 and 190 take-off
By: 3rd June 2011 at 09:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Speaking of 109's getting the tail up...Near-disaster on Luftwaffe 109 and 190 take-off
Very 'interesting' video. Thanks for the link, Tony.
It's a pity people feel the need to convert these historic video/cine things to wide-screen format - spoils it for me, anybody else?:(
By: 6th June 2011 at 13:02 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Wow, looks great. Thank you for sharing.
By: 7th June 2011 at 18:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cc5_1307433924
Video from the cockpit of the earlier low pass.
By: 7th June 2011 at 18:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-That last photo reminds me of the shot of a MiG supposedly flying at 3 or 4 feet.
What was the consensus on that, faked?
By: 7th June 2011 at 20:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-That last photo reminds me of the shot of a MiG supposedly flying at 3 or 4 feet.The AT-Pampa is doing it at 2 feet.
What was the consensus on that, faked?Real. Check the video from post 8 in this same thread, and the cockpit video from the AT-63 of the same low pass in the same post of the photo.
By: 7th June 2011 at 20:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-No, I meant the MiG photo...
Nice work with the Pampa...albeit a bit foolish.
I'd hope the service flying it has a bit more discipline than that.
Looks like a good way to kill yourself/and or wreck an expensive (taxpayer bought) airplane.
By: 7th June 2011 at 22:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I'm not sure what is more stupid, the low flying or the fact that he videoed it. Utter clown and should never be allowed near an aeroplane again.
It looks like the rad alt display on the HUD is only calibrated in 10s of feet so he doesn't even have an accurate display of his height.
As I said - clown.
By: 7th June 2011 at 22:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I've seen RC model planes take off like that.
By: 10th June 2011 at 17:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I'm not sure what is more stupid, the low flying or the fact that he videoed it. Utter clown and should never be allowed near an aeroplane again.
It looks like the rad alt display on the HUD is only calibrated in 10s of feet so he doesn't even have an accurate display of his height.
As I said - clown.
Arthur. Do you mean to say, (As I don't know) that the pilot of this aircraft was relying on a "Guestimate" of his height from the ground?. if so, then I agree he is a prat of the highest order.
Jim.
Lincoln .7
By: 10th June 2011 at 22:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Over a clear flat area - even extreme low flying is not that dangerous,low level rolling and looping manoevers are much more dangerous...some aircraft build up a 'ground effect' so that it becomes difficult to fly into the ground (I am talking level flight here :D ).
Of course extreme low flying is dodgy for spectators...;)
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By: DazDaMan - 11th May 2011 at 20:05
Anyone??