Cathay pilot 'sacked for Top Gun stunt'

[Chris Scott]

Quote from Dream Land [Today/04:13]:
Unfortunately CX management disagrees with you, a harmless low pass that is unfortunately frowned on by the FAA.
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Dream Land, you have presented no credible evidence to back up your assertion. You have previously tried to support it on the basis of:
1) the "not less than 500 ft from any person, vessel, vehicle or structure" rule;
2) the speed limit (not more than 250 kts IAS below 10,000ft) rule.

If you care to take a look back at posts over the last 2 days, you will find that both your points have been demolished. For whatever reason, you have not had the decency to retract them.

If you have any EVIDENCE that the FAA frowns on these delivery fly-by manoeuvres, kindly share it with us.

Put up, or shut up.


Quote from exeng [Feb26/23:23]:
I never had anything to do with the VC10 apart from some odd bits as an engineering apprentice - what a cracking looking aircraft it is though; especially in that photo.
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Yes (and thanks, Flying Lawyer). Whatever the commercial deficiences of the old "Ten", versus the agricultural "Seven-oh" (which some of us, who flew both, called the "broom cupboard"), she was a lovely sight from any angle, as BOAC's publicity machine (in earlier days) knew only too well.

She was the last all-British long-haul airliner, as well as the last long-hauler to have tail-mounted engines. They don't make them like that (for very good reasons) any more...