Posted: 2/10/2014 7:23:10 AM EDT
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A friend sent me this:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=172_1391973627 |
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From the start of video just seeing that dude with a mullet and beer lets you know there is going to be high risk of death or injury. Usually it has to do with a 4 wheeler or jeep of some sort but you just never know.
That plane's wing looked to be no more than 2 feet AGL and probably came close to taking the camera man's head off. These guys are not long for this world. Just hope they don't take some unfortunate bystander with them when they fuck up. |
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End of the day low pass at a drop zone. Pretty common.
I might know where that was done. And if it is where I think it is, I might know the pilot. And if it is who is think it is I can tell you, he is a damn good stick. Skydive pilots get to know every tree and power line in their local area and get more hands on flying time than most of the people watching that video from the safety of thier armchair. Still, thats a bit too low. From some one who has been there, done that and knows better now. |
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End of the day low pass at a drop zone. Pretty common. I might know where that was done. And if it is where I think it is, I might know the pilot. And if it is who is think it is I can tell you, he is a damn good stick. Skydive pilots get to know every tree and power line in their local area and get more hands on flying time than most of the people watching that video from the safety of thier armchair. Still, thats a bit too low. From some one who has been there, done that and knows better now. If it was his plane, his insurance, his airport, then go ahead and do whatever he wants. Till then he's a idiot. |
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End of the day low pass at a drop zone. Pretty common. I might know where that was done. And if it is where I think it is, I might know the pilot. And if it is who is think it is I can tell you, he is a damn good stick. Skydive pilots get to know every tree and power line in their local area and get more hands on flying time than most of the people watching that video from the safety of thier armchair. Still, thats a bit too low. From some one who has been there, done that and knows better now. I'm actually a little surprised that it took this long for someone to show up and try and rationalize it. Someone always does. |
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End of the day low pass at a drop zone. Pretty common. I might know where that was done. And if it is where I think it is, I might know the pilot. And if it is who is think it is I can tell you, he is a damn good stick. Skydive pilots get to know every tree and power line in their local area and get more hands on flying time than most of the people watching that video from the safety of thier armchair. Still, thats a bit too low. From some one who has been there, done that and knows better now. Is that so they can fly within a few feet of them,intentionally? |
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dryvalleyboy and Bob58 and UnderdogII,
Call it what you want. I agree that that was too low. But I am defending the general idea of doing an occasional low pass. A pilot who is flying one plane hundreds of hours a year, with no autopilot, at one airport, and doing a 40 cycles a weeks will be dialed into his airplane. He is much more capable than the typical private pilot. He might also be better than a lot of the button pushing airline pilots out there. |
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End of the day low pass at a drop zone. Pretty common. I might know where that was done. And if it is where I think it is, I might know the pilot. And if it is who is think it is I can tell you, he is a damn good stick. Skydive pilots get to know every tree and power line in their local area and get more hands on flying time than most of the people watching that video from the safety of thier armchair. Still, thats a bit too low. From some one who has been there, done that and knows better now. I've flown for a dropzone for a few years, I jump and have a lot of friends that do as well too. No matter what he's doing, it's idiotic and he's a moron. I have known a lot of jump pilots and I only know one that would do dumb crap like that and he was fired. Any DZO that saw someone do that with their plane would fire the pilot. Who wants to lose a plane at least, not to mention people? We would do end of day stuff, a low pass or something, but nothing dangerous and irresponsible. |
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dryvalleyboy and Bob58 and UnderdogII, Call it what you want. I agree that that was too low. But I am defending the general idea of doing an occasional low pass. A pilot who is flying one plane hundreds of hours a year, with no autopilot, at one airport, and doing a 40 cycles a weeks will be dialed into his airplane. He is much more capable than the typical private pilot. He might also be better than a lot of the button pushing airline pilots out there. You have no idea what you're talking about. I can say this because I've done/do both. I fly as a jump pilot and have flown/fly for an airline. I don't care if that was Chuck Yeager flying that plane. It wasn't made for it and I know that he wasn't trained for it and it takes both. The plane and pilot need to be capable of doing that. You rarely even see that at airshows. He knows how to take off, open the door for the jumpers and land. Just because he flies, maybe, that plane everyday doesn't mean what he did is any safer than anyone else that might try that stupid move. Maybe you missed the video of the King Air life flight that tried that same thing over a drag strip. Just because it's occassional doesn't make it OK either. I'm pretty dialed in with a revolver I have. Maybe I should put a round in the cylinder, spin it, point it at my head and pull the trigger. It's really no different than what he did. Out of interest and it may explain a lot, do you fly? |
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Everybody is all up in everybody's shit nowadays because it's easy to put videos on the internet. And the internet is anonymous so everybody is an expert on everything online.
I am applauding the fact they videotaped that, it shows they have and know how to use a camera. This increases the chance of an entertaining event being caught on camera and shared on the interweb! |
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dryvalleyboy and Bob58 and UnderdogII, Call it what you want. I agree that that was too low. But I am defending the general idea of doing an occasional low pass. A pilot who is flying one plane hundreds of hours a year, with no autopilot, at one airport, and doing a 40 cycles a weeks will be dialed into his airplane. He is much more capable than the typical private pilot. He might also be better than a lot of the button pushing airline pilots out there. Who is criticizing the general idea of doing and occasional low pass? Not me. I'm criticizing what that Bob Hoover-thinks-he-is actually did when he intentionally and significantly endangered himself, the plane and the other person on the ground. But, yeah... He's "dialed in" and "the best stick" and blah blah blah blah blah. I've heard it all so many times. |
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Who is criticizing the general idea of doing and occasional low pass? Not me. I'm criticizing what that Bob Hoover-thinks-he-is actually did when he intentionally and significantly endangered himself, the plane and the other person on the ground. But, yeah... He's "dialed in" and "the best stick" and blah blah blah blah blah. I've heard it all so many times. Quoted:
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dryvalleyboy and Bob58 and UnderdogII, Call it what you want. I agree that that was too low. But I am defending the general idea of doing an occasional low pass. A pilot who is flying one plane hundreds of hours a year, with no autopilot, at one airport, and doing a 40 cycles a weeks will be dialed into his airplane. He is much more capable than the typical private pilot. He might also be better than a lot of the button pushing airline pilots out there. Who is criticizing the general idea of doing and occasional low pass? Not me. I'm criticizing what that Bob Hoover-thinks-he-is actually did when he intentionally and significantly endangered himself, the plane and the other person on the ground. But, yeah... He's "dialed in" and "the best stick" and blah blah blah blah blah. I've heard it all so many times. Usually it's the family or friends when they are interviewed by the news after the accident... |
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The fucked up thing is I bet that pilot has no idea how close he came to crashing. A wingtip a few feet off the ground at a steep bank angle ... there is literally no margin for error. Yeah,well,don't forget,he knows where every tree and power line is in his area. |
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Yeah,well,don't forget,he knows where every tree and power line is in his area. Quoted:
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The fucked up thing is I bet that pilot has no idea how close he came to crashing. A wingtip a few feet off the ground at a steep bank angle ... there is literally no margin for error. Yeah,well,don't forget,he knows where every tree and power line is in his area. Except for the one he doesn't.... |