Cargolux 747-8 Delivery Flight Wing Wave
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Cargolux 747-8 Delivery Flight Wing Wave
Delivery flight for a Cargolux 747-8 that departed Boeing Field (BFI) on September 30... a hearty good-bye wave to say the least. How dangerous (or not) was this maneuver? Aircraft presumably empty except for fuel load on this delivery flight. I am a pilot, small aircraft, commercial land and sea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnBr3enzW1I
Correction: Paine Field in Everett, not Boeing Field
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnBr3enzW1I
Correction: Paine Field in Everett, not Boeing Field
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An empty 747,would be anyone,s dream. Have no fear to see that,because it very probably out-flies anything that You find on the ramp. So no worry. ps. as a pilot, You might understand, why we never get old.
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You don t know
Naali,
i think you have no idea! I fly this machine, both 400 and -8. This was a close call getting out of control. I hope the FAA/NTSB will have a lock into this reckless and dangerous stunt pulled by CV management pilots.
This is just unacceptable.
rgds
i think you have no idea! I fly this machine, both 400 and -8. This was a close call getting out of control. I hope the FAA/NTSB will have a lock into this reckless and dangerous stunt pulled by CV management pilots.
This is just unacceptable.
rgds
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Caveat, no 748 time, but. . . judging by the excess climb performance they appeared to have available to them, I don't see that any Boeings were likely to be harmed in this performance.
If they weren't management, I hope their management are more open minded than the Freemasons from Cathay. I understand the "lodge" didn't like this (probably jealous because any "skills" they once possessed were 3 squadrons ago )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1ijLu2HzvI
If they weren't management, I hope their management are more open minded than the Freemasons from Cathay. I understand the "lodge" didn't like this (probably jealous because any "skills" they once possessed were 3 squadrons ago )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1ijLu2HzvI
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Sorry,HURTZ. never watched the video,-was just trying to calm down,perhaps some kind of a wave-down. I,ll watch the video right now. thank You for reminding me. Ps. i gathered my hours mostly,"at icy altitudes"-as Mitchell,s song goes. never bothered to count them after ten.
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Or, to put it another way. . . "getting real" (I am flying this, I am going to check, and you are going to observe, that A- I am, and B- I am capable of. . .doing so)
Maybe more of this "wrong stuff" would have saved AF447 & some others. . .
It's what we used to do
but now 
the result 
Maybe more of this "wrong stuff" would have saved AF447 & some others. . .
It's what we used to do
but now the result
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This amateur 'stunt pilot' stuff can sure get you fired these days, for example:
Top British pilot fired for performing 320mph 'fly-by' just 28 feet from the ground - in a jumbo full of VIPs | Daily Mail Online
I believe the Cathay flight and the one yesterday departed Paine Field, KPAE not Boeing Field, KBFI, they both have large Boeing facilities.
The B-748 wing rock right after liftoff is not a normal maneuver and should at the very least get a letter from the feds I would think. Or maybe the Bud Holland Memorial Airshow Award.
Top British pilot fired for performing 320mph 'fly-by' just 28 feet from the ground - in a jumbo full of VIPs | Daily Mail Online
I believe the Cathay flight and the one yesterday departed Paine Field, KPAE not Boeing Field, KBFI, they both have large Boeing facilities.
The B-748 wing rock right after liftoff is not a normal maneuver and should at the very least get a letter from the feds I would think. Or maybe the Bud Holland Memorial Airshow Award.
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Negative comments only come the uninformed or those who may envy a guy who can actually fly an aeroplane (airplane for the yanks)!
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Anyway, this wacky maneuver has been picked up by the local Luxembourg media and may generate derivative items elsewhere in the international news cycle:
Luxemburger Wort - Flugzeug im Elchtest
I've picked up planes from both Paine and Boeing Fields in years past. I guess somehow the adolescent urge to show off never crossed my mind. I was more concerned that the pages of maintenance sign offs were correct.
Maybe I'm not a 'real' pilot like Lt. Col. Bud Holland.
Luxemburger Wort - Flugzeug im Elchtest
I've picked up planes from both Paine and Boeing Fields in years past. I guess somehow the adolescent urge to show off never crossed my mind. I was more concerned that the pages of maintenance sign offs were correct.
Maybe I'm not a 'real' pilot like Lt. Col. Bud Holland.
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Control freak?
Still at it then, Hotel Tango.
" Not removed but moved to the spotters forum - where it belonged in the first place"
I thought that the item was newsworthy.
Perhaps you could become a "moderator auxiliary"?
" Not removed but moved to the spotters forum - where it belonged in the first place"
I thought that the item was newsworthy.
Perhaps you could become a "moderator auxiliary"?
