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50 year old swedish pilot grounded after joke scaring soldiers.
Jimmyjimjim
3rd Feb 2008, 11:34
"For fun" was the pilot's comment.
the 50 year old pilot was grounded.
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article1755411.ab
video here:
http://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/nyheter/article1756355.ab
Please move if not appropriate in this forum.
c130jbloke
3rd Feb 2008, 11:55
"Oh fu(k!" was Mike Morrison's comment after he killed Pte Game at South Cerney doing the very same thing in 1994..........:ugh:
StopStart
3rd Feb 2008, 14:32
Agreed. Not clever.....ramp open too.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/judgesaw/swedes.jpg
FlyingNikonian
3rd Feb 2008, 16:01
This is pretty old stuff though!
I think the event took place sometime in September/October.
Wondering why they're diggin' this out now?!:rolleyes:
Not much else going on, I suppose + probably even more important, they need to sell their "news"paper?!
By any means necessary.:yuk:
Jimmyjimjim
3rd Feb 2008, 16:38
Oh, sorry about that!
The newspaper posted this today or yesterday so I assumed it was fresh.
Obviously, judging from the green grass it is quite obvious this wasn't exactly from last weeks Sweden:ouch:
Faithless
3rd Feb 2008, 18:39
So what you doing reading Aftonbladet Jimmy? Fed up reading the UK news? :(
It's OK, he can just claim the Rad Alt wasn't working and therefore he cannot be expected to judge the height visually:ouch:
It doesn't seem wise to do this over the top of the heads of people on the ground (even if photographers), but otherwise, it looks pretty much like a normal days work in the life of a military pilot, including the open cargo ramp.
Have a look at the following link:
http://www.parachutehistory.com/military/lapes.html
Enjoy!
Argentus
4th Feb 2008, 11:43
The incident with the Hercules has not been made public before as it has been classified by the Swedish Airforce. Thé plane had been conducting para drop exercices, and this was the "bye-bye chaps" greeting from the pilot.... not a very good idea though... 3-5 metres a g....
Vie sans frontieres
4th Feb 2008, 11:51
Er, EMIT, refer to c130j bloke's post.