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Farrell
3rd May 2016, 03:01
A stunt pilot's near fatal crash at a Budapest air show - 9news.com.au (http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/05/02/10/04/a-stunt-pilots-near-fatal-crash-at-a-budapest-air-show)
Capn Bloggs
3rd May 2016, 05:02
Looked like he did it deliberately. Why else would you dip that low below the lead?
Maybe he got a text message... "catch up 3!".
ATC Watcher
3rd May 2016, 05:50
Agree , looks like it was just another deliberate stunt, each year one more to draw the crowds . Next will be the Wizzair A320 under that bridge I guess.. :E
AerocatS2A
3rd May 2016, 07:42
Matt Hall's water antics were much more spectacular.
ExDubai
3rd May 2016, 08:30
Agree , looks like it was just another deliberate stunt, each year one more to draw the crowds . Next will be the Wizzair A320 under that bridge I guess.. :E
Not below :E
https://mobile.twitter.com/wizzair/status/727080093084966912/photo/3
Back in the crop spraying days - OK with great big balloon tyres for dirt strip usage - we used to water-ski down the canals or very smooth rivers e.g. The Nile. However, the touchdown was more gentle than this. The attempt could have gone very wrong with such a clout and relatively small tyres.
JulieAndrews
3rd May 2016, 09:34
just glad the brakes were 'off'!
The AvgasDinosaur
3rd May 2016, 12:01
The S.A.A.F. used to have a display team that did similar with much more aplomb and 4 or 6 Harvards.
Be lucky
Dave
P.S. wish I could find a link, sorry
alwayzinit
3rd May 2016, 12:59
I believe Nelson used to do it with cannon balls and Sir Barnes Wallis modified some water storage areas using a similar law of physics.
To be fair though a manned projectile seems just a touch silly!
G-CPTN
3rd May 2016, 17:19
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Journey Man
3rd May 2016, 20:41
just glad the brakes were 'off'!
from a vague recollection of the SA Harvards on the Hartbeespoort Dam, I think it's the opposite...
treadigraph
4th May 2016, 07:23
I thought it was brakes on as well but as Dave Phillips water skis his Tiger Moth in NZ, presumably it doesn't have to be... Unless his Tiger has brakes fitted?
AerocatS2A
4th May 2016, 08:22
I thought it was brakes on as well but as Dave Phillips water skis his Tiger Moth in NZ, presumably it doesn't have to be... Unless his Tiger has brakes fitted?
Some do have brakes, though I've never flown one that does. It seems more common in Aus.