There's alow pass and there's a low pass - Qatar 777
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Someones flying rubber dogs $hit out of Hong Kong forever, if they ever fly again!
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swampy442 said:
Someones flying rubber dogs $hit out of Hong Kong forever, if they ever fly again!
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Ironically, that'sd exactly what this particular cargo conversion of the 777 is designed to do.https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-tracking...
Forgive me here, but I saw this earlier and couldn't work out exactly what (if anything) the pilot had done wrong.
He was a sensible separation distance from the people, and the aircraft was never in danger, so aside from some handwringing, what is the issue?
Cue the joke about Buccaneer's taking off then lifting their landing gear to get down to flying altitude.
He was a sensible separation distance from the people, and the aircraft was never in danger, so aside from some handwringing, what is the issue?
Cue the joke about Buccaneer's taking off then lifting their landing gear to get down to flying altitude.
Condi said:
Forgive me here, but I saw this earlier and couldn't work out exactly what (if anything) the pilot had done wrong.
He was a sensible separation distance from the people, and the aircraft was never in danger, so aside from some handwringing, what is the issue?
Cue the joke about Buccaneer's taking off then lifting their landing gear to get down to flying altitude.
That right wingtip seemed awfully close to the ground. He got away with it but there wasn't much margin for error - and I am pretty sure it wasn't something he declared in his original flight plan.He was a sensible separation distance from the people, and the aircraft was never in danger, so aside from some handwringing, what is the issue?
Cue the joke about Buccaneer's taking off then lifting their landing gear to get down to flying altitude.
Condi said:
Forgive me here, but I saw this earlier and couldn't work out exactly what (if anything) the pilot had done wrong.
Its the flying equivalent of doing a hand brake turn into a parking space at your local tescos.It looks cool, it can be done with enough skill but if something goes wrong its a bad day.
Most fly pasts in the US are done at 1000ft - those that might be in areas which are less populated can be as low at 500ft.
Lower than that I believe you would need very specific permissions from the FAA etc.
I stand to be corrected though.
Condi said:
Forgive me here, but I saw this earlier and couldn't work out exactly what (if anything) the pilot had done wrong.
He was a sensible separation distance from the people, and the aircraft was never in danger, so aside from some handwringing, what is the issue?
Cue the joke about Buccaneer's taking off then lifting their landing gear to get down to flying altitude.
At best its incredibly stupid. The right bank at the end could have turned out very badly. This was a new aircraft being delivered and possibly filmed by the trailing helicopter but even so with no landing gear down its incredibly dangerous. He was a sensible separation distance from the people, and the aircraft was never in danger, so aside from some handwringing, what is the issue?
Cue the joke about Buccaneer's taking off then lifting their landing gear to get down to flying altitude.
HocusPocus said:
Maverick did fly pasts supersonic, so these pilots must try harder 
Apparently Tony Scott enquired about the possibility of an F-14 performing an actual supersonic flypast of the tower whilst filming TopGunThe over pressure would've taken out every window within a couple of miles so they made do with a high subsonic pass instead.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Never-Anger-Anthony-Bugs-...
This chap actually performed a slightly supersonic run in a Lightning once, it was not well received...
Condi said:
Forgive me here, but I saw this earlier and couldn't work out exactly what (if anything) the pilot had done wrong.
He was a sensible separation distance from the people, and the aircraft was never in danger, so aside from some handwringing, what is the issue?
Cue the joke about Buccaneer's taking off then lifting their landing gear to get down to flying altitude.
Airlines don't want their pilots performing these sort of manoeuvres in their multi million aircraft. Airlines are granted certification to operate based on vetted procedures, normally based on the manufacturer's ops manuals. Any operation (like this) outside of those procedures is deemed as a violation, and is subsequently investigated. If the pilot can't justify going outside of the procedures (say for safety reasons), then they can expect to be made an example of! He was a sensible separation distance from the people, and the aircraft was never in danger, so aside from some handwringing, what is the issue?
Cue the joke about Buccaneer's taking off then lifting their landing gear to get down to flying altitude.
5150 said:
Condi said:
Forgive me here, but I saw this earlier and couldn't work out exactly what (if anything) the pilot had done wrong.
He was a sensible separation distance from the people, and the aircraft was never in danger, so aside from some handwringing, what is the issue?
Cue the joke about Buccaneer's taking off then lifting their landing gear to get down to flying altitude.
Airlines don't want their pilots performing these sort of manoeuvres in their multi million aircraft. Airlines are granted certification to operate based on vetted procedures, normally based on the manufacturer's ops manuals. Any operation (like this) outside of those procedures is deemed as a violation, and is subsequently investigated. If the pilot can't justify going outside of the procedures (say for safety reasons), then they can expect to be made an example of! He was a sensible separation distance from the people, and the aircraft was never in danger, so aside from some handwringing, what is the issue?
Cue the joke about Buccaneer's taking off then lifting their landing gear to get down to flying altitude.
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