Lowest/ Fastest 747 I have ever seen

[randyolddog]

743 doing some Crazy stuff.

"Captain to Stewardess", "pass me my brown pants please luv"

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[Pilotette]

Haha gotta love the "Hijo de puta" blurted out there! :}

[Atlas Shrugged]

Wonder how close the left wingtip actually came to the ground on the climb out?

Thank christ he's not from Cathay - He might have been ;)

[The Bunglerat]

Nah, didn't really live up to the expectation, sorry. Maybe you just had to be there - like I was back in the early '90's at the inaugural Avalon Airshow, when the Australian Airlines 727 came belting over the top of the crowd. Now that was a fly-by! :ok:

[FoxtrotAlpha18]

Wonder how close the left wingtip actually came to the ground on the climb out?

I'd estimate <12 feet...what a dumb pr!ck! :eek:

[Buster Hyman]

...Especially as it was out of Warranty!

[Bullethead]

Fast? He could've gone around 200 kts faster if he'd had the flaps up! :eek:

Regards,
BH.

[18-Wheeler]

Fast? He could've gone around 200 kts faster if he'd had the flaps up!

Yep - 381KIAS at sea level. :)

http://www.billzilla.org/highindicated.jpg

It's fun! :D

[Bullethead]

IIXX Wheeler!

Plummeting out of the sky there mate! Was it close to bar closing time? :}

Interesting stuff on yer website. :ok:

Regards,
BH.

[tarmac12]

YouTube - KC-135 Flyby (Low Level!!!) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO5afHDqDFk)

This I think takes the cake for a big set of you know whats.

[18-Wheeler]

Plummeting out of the sky there mate! Was it close to bar closing time?

Interesting stuff on yer website.

No it was on a test flight to return the 747-300 to the owners. (Finished doing the Garuda Hajj, handing it back to Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Leasing)
One of the tests was to check the Vmo & Mmo clackers.
Here's Mmo.

http://www.billzilla.org/reallyhighmach.jpg

Fun!

[sandpit]

18 Wheeler - I had to do one of those C of A test flights too - in a B727 way back. The program called for 418 KIAS and M0.92 - figures I am not likely to ever see again :eek: (BTW this is an accurate dipiction of my face at the time!!)

[Bullethead]

IIXX Wheeler,

I used to do the same sort of thing in the RAAF B707's after heavy maintenance, the dinger was supposed to go off at M.888 but we were allowed to go to M.92 if it didn't so the techs could re-calibrate the Machmeter.

As you say great fun.

Regards,
BH.

[18-Wheeler]

A lot of fun hey guys?
Sandpit, was the 'wing on fire' ? :D

[18-Wheeler]

Holy Crap! I've got a few thousand hours on those and I didn't know the ASI could really go that high! Great photos...especially the camera shake in the MMO test.

Whilst it might look like shake, it was merely the auto-focus on the camera not behaving properly. The big plane just sat there nice & stable - remember that Mr Boeing has run one up to M 0.991 with no problems at all.

FWIW one of the companies I used to work for had a 747-200 hit by a very power standing wave out in the middle of the Pacific; even with idle thrust it ran up to M 0.96 before slowing down. Again, zero damage and I think they made a little fuel on that sector. ;)

[629bus]

what happens if it fails the test?

[peuce]

What are all those round dials with hands on them?;)

[Atlas Shrugged]

what happens if it fails the test?

It breaks .

[Steve Zissou]

I once got up to mach 3. Sorry, I once shaved with a mach 3. You guys are dangerous!

Before any one has a sense of humour failure ...

ICEMAN - The Later Years from Nino - Video (http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/8afa50b440/iceman-the-later-years-from-nino)

[aluminium persuader]

Nice one XVIII !