Originally Posted by
Melchett01
But I guess there are 2 sides to every story - I just wonder when the real one about this picture will finally come out?
The real one? I thought it was pretty well known already. Jets in dangerous places take off. They stay low as long as possible. They build airspeed. Once going nice and fast then they "heave ho" and point skyward at impressive angle.
Chap on ground has a giggle by standing at the end of the runway and getting his mate to film him playing chicken.
Hardly news is it? It's done every day at every risky airfield going. I've seen troops of many nationalities doing it on a daily basis at one particular airfield in the mountains.
So, the real story Melchett. There you have it. Nothing "cooked up" with the pilot. Nothing newsworthy either. I think what we see there however is a product of the computer age and "youtube" type sites. It's always happened, I guess that in the past right up until very recently, it's just one of those things that the public never saw.
Isn't new media just fantastic?