Low Fly-by

[awabbit6]

I had a video sent to me of a low fly-by of a plane.
This got me looking for the lowest fly-by video I could find.

This is the best I've found so far:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S61zLcMFp1A&mode=related&search=

I reckon it would also qualify for "the most soiled white trousers" video too!!


Can anyone go lower??

[Studio54]

Awesome, what a laugh!

[PhilipA]

I saw one go lower at the Maroondah airshow in about 1980.
Aerospatiale single engine was wowing the crowds with low turns, until his wingtip touched the ground.
The pilot survived, but I believe his legs were pretty mangled. Its embarrasing when they go just that bit too low.
Not too clever.
In terms of close , the Spitfire was LOW, but the Phantom was the most impressive.
Best for me is an A10 which came from below me once in Germany when I was driving along a ridge.
Regards Philip A

[Ben]

Plane 1, Reporter 0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onXF3uaGCtg

Not quite as low, but impressive given the size of the plane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZT4BdI7STE


And for some nice chopper work:
Neat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXNCZlQcvGw

Crazy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRHDNnuZ4T8

Insane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjYUMXcHIZ4

[Bushie]

I put this up a while ago but its worth a revisit for anyone into aircraft

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/aviation_videos.htm


Martyn

[barryj]

I had a video sent to me of a low fly-by of a plane.
This got me looking for the lowest fly-by video I could find.

This is the best I've found so far:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S61zLcMFp1A&mode=related&search=

I reckon it would also qualify for "the most soiled white trousers" video too!!


Can anyone go lower??

Did Ray send it to you as well?

[awabbit6]

Plane 1, Reporter 0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onXF3uaGCtg


I found this one, but decided that it really doesn't count as a fly-by. Must've hurt like buggery!



Not quite as low, but impressive given the size of the plane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZT4BdI7STE


This is the one that was sent to me and got me start on this search. Very impressive!



And for some nice chopper work:
Neat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXNCZlQcvGw

Crazy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRHDNnuZ4T8

Insane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjYUMXcHIZ4

I didn't think to look for helicopters. The first one is the best IMO.
I had a student in the Cisco TAFE course I taught who spent time in NT rounding up cattle in a helicopter. I always thought that would be great fun. When I can, I compete in bitumen motorkhanas and too me, this would be like a 3-D motorkhana in the air!

The tunnel run in the last one was probably the lowest!

[awabbit6]

Did Ray send it to you as well?

Yep. Ben's link to the YouTube version is much better quality.

[George130]

I will have to get the footage my brother made.
It is fake but was very well done.
He filmed the freeways in Melbourne and then superimposed an fa18 flying down under the overpass before hitting the afterburners and going vertical.

very funny to watch:D

[moose]

I posted this one a while ago, a competition using helicopters to open beer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUvmPj9zU64

[solmanic]

Here's a couple of ultra-low military fly-bys...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFy1qq8RKm0&mode=related&search=

Check out the low hilltop flyovers in the middle of the clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQa4PpIkOZU

[mikecmb]

Well every time I got in trouble as a young bloke the instructers used to say to me the same thing.

THERE ARE OLD PILOTS AND BOLD PILOTS BUT THERE ARE NO OLD BOLD PILOTS.

Mike

[Quiggers]

I worked with a guy who's makes a crust flying choppers. I asked him what's it like to fly one....

His answer was: try standing on a rolling bowling ball when you're p1ssed...:D

easy, now where the eggbeater?:twisted::twisted::twisted:

BTW: I had the best hour or so, hanging (strapped) out the side of the Lifesaver chopper ( MBB ) over Sydney a few years back, shooting a tv commercial, a truly amazing place to take in the scenery....and get paid
to work:D

GQ

[shorty943]

Lowest I've seen was a Navy A4 skyhawk pilot.
Training off the East coast, just not enough throttle on, came in a touch too low and wiped out his undercarriage on the flight deck round down.
Wheels, suspension legs, fuel tanks, all bouncing down the deck all over the place. Sparks, smoke, flames, all very exciting.
He just held her on full throttle and clawed his way back into the air, and landed safely on a foam blanket sprayed on the runway at the Naval Air Station.
No biggy.:angel:

Used to know a qantas pilot, owned a P38 Mustang. He was doing an airshow, low level 400 MPH pass.
A 9 foot propeller blade, at 8 feet of altitude doesn't work. Made a big mess of his lovely airplane.

And probably the most impressive piece of flying, I have ever seen, was the first 747 test flight. Video footage only of course. The test pilot was grounded for his trouble, but, he thought the original 747 was so nice to fly, he reckoned he could victory roll her.
So he did, on her maiden flight. It really was such a graceful thing to watch.