Pilots 'Buzzing'?
 

I have been hearing this word quite a bit at my local strip in reference to a pilot there. I'm assuming it is in reference to pilots flying close the ground, making potentially stupid/dangerous maneuvers and generally disregarding saftey rules!

So the confident young PPL guy at my strip who likes to fly fast and low approaches and chuck the aircraft around over York and surrounding areas is Buzzing?

Permition to buzz the tower
 

Couldn't help it....it's a classic

Could it be the best film in the world...? :D

Allegedly a 'gay icon' - so if that's what you think is the 'best film in the world', that's your opinion....

'Buzzing' seems to be an Americanization wordwise. But anyone behaving in the manner you describe will soon have another description -

A statistic.

Leave 'fast and low' to those trained for it!

No. :=:=:=

One of whom has described to me dogfighting exercises in the desert, after which they drove out to look at the marks their wingtips left in the sand.

Wingtip vortex I could believe. Wingtips? Sand?

'Buzzing' is simply a low pass. Not a great idea if you're not at an airfield or if the buzzee is not expecting it.

A friend of mine was accused of 'beating up' the airfield when in fact he'd gone around from very short final because he'd forgotten to slow to approach speed, lower the gear and alter prop pitch. A nice Chandelle onto downwind and he got it all sorted out. Easily done. Done it myself.

Better low and fast than low and slow.

It must be a lot of bent airplanes at your strip, or did you refer to x-plane? :rolleyes:

The French are the kings of low flying IMHO...