Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)If you're not a professional pilot but want to discuss issues about the job, this is the best place to loiter. You won't be moved on by 'security' and there'll be plenty of experts to answer any questions.
We command big jets because we can exercise restraint and operate within the boundaries we are given.
I, too, would love to do aeros and low passes in a B744 but it is simply against all our training and contrary to the whole ethos within which we operate.
Cool! At least there are still some real pilots out there instead of lawyers, managers, beancounters and chickensh!t buttonpushers! Stop moaning from your ivory tower, instead enjoy a cool video!
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Couldn't agree more..............puts the magic back into flying Bravo
When asked by a reporter to comment on the fly-by Capt Jesse Rhodes and First Officer Richard Peter Cesarz who were real pilots and both answered to the name "Maverick" declined to comment.
Edit: Jesse Rhodes and Peter Cesarz did not comment because they are dead! They pushed the aircraft they were in to the limits and they were not test pilots.
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Yes, once again we see, people in the LHS of an aircraft that should not really be there, as demonstrated in the video clip. Who were they trying to impress?! Certainly didn't impress me.
Very often it is a case, or a mixture of, SPS (small p****s syndrome), lack of air experience, no discipline etc., etc.
Agreed the "turn off the deck" was even more alarming. By the grace of God, and not skill, all this could have ended in tragedy.
It also demonstrates the "relative simplicity" of beautiful Boeing aircraft. However it is a 2 edged sword, that allows chumps like that to be at the controls of said aircraft.
East european and ex mil? My money is on that.
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It was an air show demonstration in the third world in a more golden age.
In those great days before the nanny society showed up, the chief pilot would have smirked for the record and said: "Don't do that again" and then bought them both a beer in the bar.
But here in the great government pushbutton world of tomorrow, most pilots couldn't hand fly their way out of a wet paper bag if their lives depended on it (which is pretty much the danger pax face today every time the autopilot fails).....
Not quite nanny state, but those waving their pinkies do have a very valid point.
However, considering he was slow, properly set up and rotated before banking, with a low roll rate, I would suggest this Pf was no chump and had a prety good idea how to perform a low energy manouver that looks nice and doesn't put any stress on his aircraft. (Unlike the poor B52 crew who were g'd into the park).....
I've seen a lot worse, from proper test pilots as well.
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