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Low Pass Fly-By's....................... #4847579 01/22/11
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,471 nemesis OP Campfire Tracker
OP nemesis Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,471	The first 10 seconds shows a clip from the Top Gun movie when Tom Cruise does a fly-by of the control tower. The rest shows actual LOW PASS FLY-BYS. Pay attention to the last one. It is numbered (#1) and it happened during a Blue Angels event over San Francisco. It was the pilots� last show and he had nothing to lose. Many of the boats lost windows due to the sonic blast. Some of these planes were probably no more than 10 feet off the ground. Amazing (and stupid) but fascinating too.

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Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... nemesis #4847909 01/22/11
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,796 Southern Oregon USA S Seafire Campfire 'Bwana
Seafire Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,796 Southern Oregon USA	I can verify, driving on I 94 in Montana, and coming down one of those long dips in those gullies, in eastern Montana, and have a B 52 come flying about 50 feet over your head at about 400 to 500 knots, will surely make you wet or soil your BVDs... especially when you see the A/C is below the level ground on the bluffs.. also have seen F 4s and F100s flying at high speed about 25 feet or less off the ground. "Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC “Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... Seafire #4847947 01/22/11
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,251 Ogden, Utah RockyRaab Campfire 'Bwana
RockyRaab Campfire 'Bwana Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,251 Ogden, Utah	It's only a still, but this is how I flew many of my 300 combat missions ... Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... RockyRaab #4847975 01/22/11
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,327 7 7x57STEVE Campfire Tracker
7x57STEVE Campfire Tracker 7 Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,327	Worked with a couple of Navy pilots who lost their wings doing Fly-Bys. One had buzzed his mother-in-law's house. He said it was almost worth it. Steve

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... 7x57STEVE #4848030 01/22/11
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 13,268 TX NathanL Campfire Outfitter
NathanL Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 13,268 TX	Warning, rude language at the end. Otto is my co-pilot.

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Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... NathanL #4848044 01/22/11
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 20,379 The Bozone, Montana Rancho_Loco Campfire Ranger
Rancho_Loco Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 20,379 The Bozone, Montana	Those sneak passes at Fleet Week never broke any windows, nor will they ever. That would be the end of the annual Fleet Week, and probably of the Blue Angels. Originally Posted by captain seafire I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... Rancho_Loco #4848049 01/22/11
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 13,268 TX NathanL Campfire Outfitter
NathanL Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 13,268 TX	I'll have to search but I used to have a video of a flyby at a college game that got the pilot's wings taken away. He literally was below the tops of the sides of the stadium. Here it is. I remember reading the pilot got in serious hot water. On the second shot of it you can see the guys in the press box looking down at the plane. Last edited by NathanL; 01/22/11. Otto is my co-pilot.

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... Seafire #4848490 01/22/11
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 18,005 Gone To Texas D DocRocket Campfire Ranger
DocRocket Campfire Ranger D Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 18,005 Gone To Texas	Originally Posted by Seafire I can verify, driving on I 94 in Montana, and coming down one of those long dips in those gullies, in eastern Montana, and have a B 52 come flying about 50 feet over your head at about 400 to 500 knots, will surely make you wet or soil your BVDs... especially when you see the A/C is below the level ground on the bluffs.. also have seen F 4s and F100s flying at high speed about 25 feet or less off the ground. I was out with my dad hunting pheasants in southern Saskatchewan in the late 60's. We were travelling south on a gravel road at about 50 mph, crested a hill, and met a B52 flying north at about 400 mph. Scared the bejabbers outta us! Apparently SAC used to do those low-level exercises all the time down that way. "I'm gonna have to science the schit out of this." Mark Watney, Sol 59, Mars

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... RockyRaab #4848541 01/22/11
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,896 Nebraska FlyboyFlem Campfire Outfitter
FlyboyFlem Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,896 Nebraska	Rocky,seen that my times from all angles!!... You better be afraid of a ghost!! "Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops Woody

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... DocRocket #4848551 01/22/11
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 52,680 North of Liberalism in Wyoming eh76 Campfire Kahuna
eh76 Campfire Kahuna Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 52,680 North of Liberalism in Wyoming	When I first moved to Wyoming SAC used to run low level flights out here with B-52, B1B and F16. Had the schitt startled out of me several times. Could never prove it but sometimes I swore they did it on purpose when we were out working. Laughed about it after we cleaned out our shorts....hell I enjoyed seeing those birds! Liberalism is a mental disorder that leads to social disease.

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Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... FlyboyFlem #4848570 01/22/11
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,896 Nebraska FlyboyFlem Campfire Outfitter
FlyboyFlem Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,896 Nebraska	I Got to do a flyby on "Evil Twin" once a long time ago..but it wasn't for fun!! You better be afraid of a ghost!! "Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops Woody

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... eh76 #4848581 01/22/11
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,251 Ogden, Utah RockyRaab Campfire 'Bwana
RockyRaab Campfire 'Bwana Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,251 Ogden, Utah	Probably not, elk76. There's just no way to see a guy on a tractor (or whatever) at that speed and altitude in time to intentionally buzz him. Or see him as you pass over, for that matter. When flying like that you have to focus hard on the horizon, because your plane goes where your eyes go - and if you look at the ground just ahead of you ... Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... RockyRaab #4848599 01/22/11
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 52,680 North of Liberalism in Wyoming eh76 Campfire Kahuna
eh76 Campfire Kahuna Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 52,680 North of Liberalism in Wyoming	Liberalism is a mental disorder that leads to social disease.

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... nemesis #4848634 01/22/11
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 8,748 P prm Campfire Outfitter
prm Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 8,748	Originally Posted by nemesis The first 10 seconds shows a clip from the Top Gun movie when Tom Cruise does a fly-by of the control tower. Used to be crewed with the guy who actually did those flybys, and the 'bird' scene. Went on to be a glider pilot for NASA.

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... NathanL #4848695 01/22/11
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,135 In the Swamps DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna
DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,135 In the Swamps	Originally Posted by NathanL Warning, rude language at the end. Best I've seen and good engine noise. I am..........disturbed. Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... prm #4848717 01/22/11
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 8,780 WNY L Lawdwaz Campfire Outfitter
Lawdwaz Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 8,780 WNY	I was shooting rifles with a friend a couple years ago and we had this dude do a fly by. A grass 1,500'(?) grass runway is right below him. To my (the weirdo with his arms in the air) left is a shooting house that we shoot out of. We saw this big C130 (?) coming at us from the west, we jumped out of the SH and watched him fly by at a very low altitude. I believe he saw us, them swung around to the south and came up by us at maybe 50' off the deck, hit the end of the runway and them banked hard to his right, heading east again. Never to be see again...... I asked a few people if he could have landed on that grass strip and they said sure, but wouldn't be able to take off afterward. I have another shot of him going by a second after this picture and you can read his tail numbers....I don't think I'll post that one! One of the coolest sights I've seen!

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... RockyRaab #4848749 01/22/11
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 6,208 C Crockettnj Campfire Tracker
Crockettnj Campfire Tracker C Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 6,208	Originally Posted by RockyRaab It's only a still, but this is how I flew many of my 300 combat missions ... You flew 300 combat missions in THAT!? Seriously? Unreal. (just went to your bio page. Wow! I'll be buying / reading your books once I finish my current Baldacci) Originally Posted by Archerhunter Quit giving in inch by inch then looking back to lament the mile behind ya and wonder how to preserve those few feet left in front of ya. They'll never stop until they're stopped. That's a fact.

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... Crockettnj #4848764 01/22/11
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 73,096 Punta Gorda, FL T LEE Campfire Kahuna
T LEE Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 73,096 Punta Gorda, FL	Originally Posted by Crockettnj Originally Posted by RockyRaab It's only a still, but this is how I flew many of my 300 combat missions ... You flew 300 combat missions in THAT!? Seriously? Unreal. (just went to your bio page. Wow! I'll be buying / reading your books once I finish my current Baldacci) You will enjoy every minute of them too. He is the quintessential BTDT guy. I can verify from his second book he really musta went on a Huey mission, described some of the stuff we did to a tee. George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you! Old cat turd! "Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison. I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... T LEE #4848844 01/22/11
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,251 Ogden, Utah RockyRaab Campfire 'Bwana
RockyRaab Campfire 'Bwana Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,251 Ogden, Utah	Yes I did, crockett. Most of them over Cambodia in that little gray plane, no national markings, in civvie clothes, no ID, and my right-seater was a NORTH Vietnamese captain. We got the REAL "Mission Impossible" speech about being disavowed. And that is no chit. Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.

Re: Low Pass Fly-By's....................... RockyRaab #4848864 01/22/11
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,896 Nebraska FlyboyFlem Campfire Outfitter
FlyboyFlem Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,896 Nebraska	Any magic boolit encounters?? My plane looked a guy who just cut himself shavin with tiny pieces of duck tape instead of tissue hangin all over!! You better be afraid of a ghost!! "Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops Woody

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