Another low pass vid - F18
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Another low pass vid - F18
Yet another low pass vid for your perusal and entertainment. This time it's a Spanish F18:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=527_1374791635
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=527_1374791635
Newt, I just pray that you are not a wannabe or a trainee pilot somewhere in the world who thinks that is cool. And I fear someone, somewhere will watch that and think it's ok to do it cos he did it.
It is crass irresponsibility in the extreme. It is not his aircraft to risk like that, nor his life (when on the business of his employer) and lacks even a modicum of professionalism. It was done for kicks, to look cool to his mates, to assuage some deep seated desire to 'push the boundaries' for some reason and it kills people....B52 crews for example amongst many others.
I can't speak for other militaries, but if he was discovered doing that in todays RAF, he'd be outside the station gates, P45 in hand, before he could say can I have a copy of the video.
That's the party line anyway. I have to admit, having done similar myself many years ago, I understand it, but I do realise that in todays world, it is not acceptable, even if it does look great.
It is crass irresponsibility in the extreme. It is not his aircraft to risk like that, nor his life (when on the business of his employer) and lacks even a modicum of professionalism. It was done for kicks, to look cool to his mates, to assuage some deep seated desire to 'push the boundaries' for some reason and it kills people....B52 crews for example amongst many others.
I can't speak for other militaries, but if he was discovered doing that in todays RAF, he'd be outside the station gates, P45 in hand, before he could say can I have a copy of the video.
That's the party line anyway. I have to admit, having done similar myself many years ago, I understand it, but I do realise that in todays world, it is not acceptable, even if it does look great.
Thank you so much for the lecture jaj! Obviously you failed to read my profile! Whilst I accept things have changed and jets are costly and in short supply these days, I would expect any real fighter pilot to have a little devil within who just once in a while pushes the limits!!
Mine still appears when driving my garden tractor!!!
Mine still appears when driving my garden tractor!!!
Outrage bus, supervisory issues and irresponsibility apart, it has to be said that it's one hell of a pass. At least he can recognoze the picture from the cockpit when the wheels are down. Like the old Jag pilots'saying, "Raise the undercarriage and descend to operating altitude."
Newt - apologies if you took that as a lecture, it wasn't meant so. I pretty much knew you weren't a wannabe, though I didn't check your profile and I was merely using your post to highlight my point.
20 years it was a different air force. Today, attitudes have changed. The plane does not belong to the pilot and those in the supervisory chain that authorise him to do things do not authorise things like that, so where does he get off doing such dangerously stupid activities? It's idiots like him that cause the accidents that kill innocents, like the B52 crash I mentioned earlier. He was a hot dog too, his ego writing cheques etc etc.
Fareastdriver.....utter bolleaux, my friend. I've been around 30+ years and whilst we don't have the numbers we used to, what we can today do is far, far better than what we used to do and in my experience it's in a far more professional manner.
20 years it was a different air force. Today, attitudes have changed. The plane does not belong to the pilot and those in the supervisory chain that authorise him to do things do not authorise things like that, so where does he get off doing such dangerously stupid activities? It's idiots like him that cause the accidents that kill innocents, like the B52 crash I mentioned earlier. He was a hot dog too, his ego writing cheques etc etc.
Fareastdriver.....utter bolleaux, my friend. I've been around 30+ years and whilst we don't have the numbers we used to, what we can today do is far, far better than what we used to do and in my experience it's in a far more professional manner.
