Here is some more!
It seems that of all aviators the military has the most cases of "daredevils". In response to the thread starting R-22 bridge"stunt", a British Aviation mag wrote the following:
case A: Some time ago a RAF officer flew a Hawker Hunter up the Thames and under the London Bridge! Not to be blamed to have risky pilots, the service put their guy through a psychological exam as only a "head case" would do this stunt! After the press lost interest, the pilot ended up on the side street...
case B: Things change with numbers! After the Forth Road Bridge was constructed in the sixties, the Fleet Air Arm took care of that bridge: On a winter night a flight of four Blackburn Buccaneers on a "Night low level mission" flew under both bridges!!
As nobody saw this, the press didnīt bother, however people thought the nearby petrochemical plant blew up!!
8 Rolls-Royce Spey engines at full throttle probably make for some earsplitting noise!!
In this case however, the "Brass" could not afford to sack 8 front line officers or admit to have a whole bunch of lunatics in their rows, so they put this "show" down to high spirits and "Battle of Britain" stuff! (...loosly copied from the mag)
I guess the R-22 pilot will have to be quartered for his "dangerous" behavior, as he was all by himself and soo slow!!
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