Pictures of aircraft water-skiing? Genuine or not?

[Tim Inder]

Originally Posted by SixDelta

Faked, but faked very well.
Why? Where's the surface disturbance from the props?

There won't be any as the prop slipstream converges behind the prop...

[AlanM]

More for the non-believers......

See http://www.aviation-dimension.com

You can register for free and see some of the best aviation pictures ever!

And a view from the riverbank.........







how much proof do you need?!?!?!?

[ShyTorque]

Alan, Perhaps one of them should have ditched, or at least dinged the prop?

[Milt]

They are well above their aquaplaning speed.

But hit a wave and off comes the gear.

[nugpot]

From here: http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...=212568&page=3

Originally Posted by J3ST3R

A picture is worth a thousand words, ...
... but at 25fps, this video is worth 3 200 000!

For the unfortunate souls who either don't have access to DStv, or those who missed it, here http://www.flightzone.co.za/media/harvards.wmv an edited version of the insert broadcast on SuperSport's "Aviation Action"

(The clip has been edited down to 2 minutes, from its original 15 minutes, so basically all the commentary has been edited out.)

Copyright
Video: Supersport & Blue Sky Productions
Audio: FreePlayMusic

For all the non-believers.

[Sleeve Wing]

Originally Posted by Sleeve Wing

C'mon, guys.
I know it looks pretty calm but, I mean, ALL of them in contact ALL of the time ??

Kee-ryste! I thought I'd seen some spectacular flying but that is awesome.

Only too pleased to change my opinion.
I would never have believed it could be done in close formation.
Brilliant !
Sleeve.

[SixDelta]

Yeah, fair enough. That's kinda cool

[EGCC4284]

http://www.koreus.com/media/avion-roule-sur-eau.html

[alvin-sfc]

private flying

Eureka!!!! the answer is staring us all in the face. They are taking off in formation over a very large 1 inch deep puddle.

[corsair]

I must say when I saw the photos, I thought 'absolute fake'. But they're real. Incredible. I thought I'd seen it all in aviation terms but this is something I never even considered or heard of. But there you go. You really do learn something new every day.

[MarcJF]

Looks to good to be true, all in the same position over the water, all at the same time! That would be accurate flying.

[Max Shutterspeed]

Is this as dangerous as it looks? Waterskiing Harvards

This looks like a really dumb thing to be doing. Is it really as dangerous as it looks?

YouTube - T6 Waterskiing

I'm sure it's been discussed before.

Waterskiing Harvards.

Regards,

Neill Watson

[HAL-26]

Doh! Check Out this NTSB report!

NTSB Identification: SEA06FA168
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, August 27, 2006 in Owyhee, OR
Aircraft: Aviat A-1B, registration: N94HY
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On August 27, 2006, about 1326 Pacific daylight time, an Aviat Aircraft, Inc, Husky A-1B, N94HY, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a nose-over while landing at the Owyhee State Reservoir Airport (28U), Owyhee, Oregon. The airplane was registered to the pilot and was being operated as a personal cross-country flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The private pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that originated from Ontario, Oregon, approximately 1 hour prior to the accident.

In a written report submitted to the National Transportation Safety Board on September 6, the pilot stated he completed 3-4 water ski runs (a maneuver that is accomplished by setting the aircraft's parking brake, touching down on the water, and skiing on the main landing gear tires) and was proceeding to the airport for a full-stop landing. The pilot stated the airplane touched down (wheel landing at approximately 43 mph) on the dirt runway and immediately started to skid. The aircraft continued to skid and eventually nosed-over. The aircraft came to rest inverted on the dirt/sod runway.

Following the nose-over, the pilot discovered that he had inadvertently landed with the parking brake set.

[Max Shutterspeed]

Bugger......

NW

[sir.pratt]

it's not that long ago were were debating the point of doing a BUMPFPL check on downwind......

[On-MarkBob]

I used to fly a Gumman G164 Agcat. We would sometimes bounce the aircraft off a river. As the wheels struck the water the aircraft would just bounce off, so it was nothing as skilled as these guys. I never put the brakes on, never thought about it. It was a fairly firm feeling I seem to remember, the logic was that water at speed was like hitting a solid surface. Crop spraying was a low down job anyway (in more ways than one) but like skimming a stone, get the angle right and it's OK get it wrong, BIG trouble. I wouldn't do it again, I was young and impressionable in those days, and I wouldn't recommend anyone to try it unless you have a good many hours crop dusting and you know your aircraft very well indeed!

[Baboon Boy]

Do the wheels actually have to be in contact with the water to produce spray, or would the aerodynamic effect of them being a few cms above the surface create the spray?

I reckon the latter.

[rudestuff]

It all seems quite plausible to me - if man can barefoot waterski, why cant a plane? as for all doing it at the same time - and of course I speak with no authority whatsoever - I'd have thought that once you get the wheels down (carefully) - you'll feel resistance and it shouldn't be much different than holding the tail up on a runway - or flying the length of the runway with one wheel on the ground - as no doubt most of us here have practiced - so it's not really any great feat to have lots of a/c doing it together.

Respect

[Cacophonix]

[Flyingmac]

A certain magazine contributor used to do this for fun on locust spraying jobs. (Don't worry, I won't tell).