laag, lager, laagst

[Copter]

Downwash van een heli kan toch best gevaarlijk zijn ....

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/973991/ ... sprey.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Stratofreighter]

En een Harrier (volgens mij een Brit, geen Amerikaan zoals vermeld) die ook gaat laagvliegen, te laag wel te verstaan:
http://www.zie.nl/video/opmerkelijk/Lan ... bz18jfgkp6" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Erwin

http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/ ... ction.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[js51672]

die auto is echt bizar!!

zo extreem!
zal wel aan het bellen geweest zijn

[warthog64]

a bit to low, but saved...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d5b_1275818947" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Stafhunter]

of toch voor een nieuw topic hoog, hoger, hoogst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub0BRcg5MB0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

blijft altijd leuk de Dukes off Gilze

[Stratofreighter]

a bit to low, but saved...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d5b_1275818947" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The story behind the video
http://www.freep.com/article/20100607/S ... roit-River" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Posted: June 7, 2010

Air racing

Pilot Matt Hall tells how he avoided crash into Detroit River

His plane was too badly damaged to compete Sunday
BY MIKE BRUDENELL

WINDSOR -- Matt Hall flirted with disaster Saturday when he almost crashed his Red Bull Air Race plane into the Detroit River.

Hall, the former Australian ace fighter pilot, admitted Sunday just how close he was to a watery grave in qualifying during the Windsor round of the world championship.

"A foot or so lower and I would have been in the water permanently," said Hall, 39, who saved his MXS-R aircraft from smashing to pieces on the river, or, worse still, spinning out of control and hitting spectators lining the course near Hart Plaza.

"It all happened and was done with before I had a chance to think about it," said Hall, who lost lift in his plane after a series of high-G turns and dipped both wings and his right-hand wheel into the river before powering up and out of what could have been a bad wreck.

"I was back in the air before I was aware of it," said Hall, whose wife was watching from the riverbank in Windsor. "I just knew I had to get it away from the crowd line."

Had Hall's propeller hit the water, his plane surely would have crashed or cartwheeled across the river and perhaps struck spectators on the bank.

But years of flying fighter jets, including stints in Iraq with the U.S. Air Force, and aerobatic planes saved the day as instincts kicked in and Hall automatically powered his plane upward, gaining critical altitude.

"Pushing the plane to the limits caught me by surprise," said Hall, whose plane was too badly damaged for him to compete in the finals of the Red Bull Air Race on Sunday. He will race over New York City on June 19-20.

"Everyone in aviation has been in tight situations before," Hall said. "You just do what has to be done, and you haven't time to think about it."

Hall was not injured in the incident but, accompanied by a support helicopter, had to land his crippled airplane back at the Windsor Airport, where the Red Bull hangars are located.

"The main damage is on the right aileron," Hall said. "I think the plane is not that badly damaged. It is going to be a matter of replacing parts."

[Hurricane]

"Pushing the plane to the limits caught me by surprise," said Hall, whose plane was too badly damaged for him to compete in the finals of the Red Bull Air Race on Sunday. He will race over New York City on June 19-20.

"Everyone in aviation has been in tight situations before," Hall said. "You just do what has to be done, and you haven't time to think about it."

Hmmm, normaal gesproken ben je, als vlieger juist extra goed bewust van je omgeving (zeker tijdens races of aerobatic vluchten)
Wel typisch dat hij refereerdt naar zijn voormalige AF-carriere; dan druk je alleen nog maar een grotere stempel van "cowboy" op je voorhoofd.
Gelukkig voor hem en zijn vliegtuig had ie de juiste reacties op het juiste moment.

[Arjan]

Hmm hadden wij deze al?

Zweedse Herc piloot met hoogtevrees!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNVnqC0I ... re=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Stratofreighter]

-Ja, Sint Maarten...

-Ja, een verkeersvliegtuig...

-Ja, heel laag over dat strand en die weg...

Alleen nu geen landing maar een start vanaf de andere kant.

Even laag als de bekende landingsbeelden...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r8wtXL0Hdg[/youtube]

[Benjamin]

Heftig.

Scheelt nog al, staan onder flight idle of max take-off

[Stratofreighter]

Whaddaya mean "wing flutter" ?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQI3AWpTWhM[/youtube]

[Antilliaan]

Vreemd dat dit zo bijzonder wordt gevonden, het gebeurt vrijwel dagelijks op St Maarten, alleen niemand zet het op video blijkbaar. Ben zelf al een aantal malen zo opgestegen....

Bij de airfieldguide van St Maarten op de Scramble website staat een foto van een Transall die nog veel lager zit, en die is niet genomen tijdens een take-off maar tijdens een lowpass....

[wild weasel]

En dan kun je het natuurlijk ook nog te laag proberen (below sea level) van chopper tot duikboot!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMVKEv3jcio&NR=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Menno

[Stratofreighter]

En hier is weer een "bruine broek moment" met een Aero L-29 Delfin. VEEL lager dan de bedoeling was en de piloot eigenlijk wilde...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd6V8zHInnI[/youtube]

[michel N]

Hebben ze die Delfin nou echt in Patrulla Aguila kleuren gespoten??? Of zie ik dat verkeerd?

Overigens vloog ie wel mooi laag voorbij......