Cargolux 747-8 Delivery Flight Wing Wave
 

Delivery flight for a Cargolux 747-8 that departed Boeing Field (BFI) on September 30... a hearty good-bye wave to say the least. How dangerous (or not) was this maneuver? Aircraft presumably empty except for fuel load on this delivery flight. I am a pilot, small aircraft, commercial land and sea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnBr3enzW1I

Correction: Paine Field in Everett, not Boeing Field

An empty 747,would be anyone,s dream. Have no fear to see that,because it very probably out-flies anything that You find on the ramp. So no worry. ps. as a pilot, You might understand, why we never get old.

Danger level - Low to Zero.

You don t know
 

Naali,
i think you have no idea! I fly this machine, both 400 and -8. This was a close call getting out of control. I hope the FAA/NTSB will have a lock into this reckless and dangerous stunt pulled by CV management pilots.
This is just unacceptable.
rgds

Caveat, no 748 time, but. . . judging by the excess climb performance they appeared to have available to them, I don't see that any Boeings were likely to be harmed in this performance.

If they weren't management, I hope their management are more open minded than the Freemasons from Cathay. I understand the "lodge" didn't like this (probably jealous because any "skills" they once possessed were 3 squadrons ago )


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1ijLu2HzvI

Reminds me of the B52 crash. I have no problem with what is planned and approved before hand.

HURZ

Love your irony but beware, some people might think you are serious..

Sorry,HURTZ. never watched the video,-was just trying to calm down,perhaps some kind of a wave-down. I,ll watch the video right now. thank You for reminding me. Ps. i gathered my hours mostly,"at icy altitudes"-as Mitchell,s song goes. never bothered to count them after ten.

Some may know better,but to me,looks like an energy management made just for the fun of it.

Or, to put it another way. . . "getting real" (I am flying this, I am going to check, and you are going to observe, that A- I am, and B- I am capable of. . .doing so)

Maybe more of this "wrong stuff" would have saved AF447 & some others. . .

It's what we used to do :ok: but now := the result :eek:

This amateur 'stunt pilot' stuff can sure get you fired these days, for example:

Top British pilot fired for performing 320mph 'fly-by' just 28 feet from the ground - in a jumbo full of VIPs | Daily Mail Online

I believe the Cathay flight and the one yesterday departed Paine Field, KPAE not Boeing Field, KBFI, they both have large Boeing facilities.

The B-748 wing rock right after liftoff is not a normal maneuver and should at the very least get a letter from the feds I would think. Or maybe the Bud Holland Memorial Airshow Award.

I can confirm, that is most definitely Paine Field in the video, not Boeing Field.

Negative comments only come the uninformed or those who may envy a guy who can actually fly an aeroplane (airplane for the yanks)!

CV 747-8 wing swing
 

Hello Mods!
Why was the video and discussion about the (dangerous?!, see youtube) Cargolux Wing Swing removed?
Thanks for clarification.

Wow, are you a real pilot? Oh, I'm so envious! :D

Was it ?

http://www.pprune.org/fragrant-harbo...estingdhy.html

Not removed but moved to the spotters forum - where it belonged in the first place.

Touchy touchy Airbubba, but expected from you :D

Anyway, this wacky maneuver has been picked up by the local Luxembourg media and may generate derivative items elsewhere in the international news cycle:

Luxemburger Wort - Flugzeug im Elchtest

I've picked up planes from both Paine and Boeing Fields in years past. I guess somehow the adolescent urge to show off never crossed my mind. I was more concerned that the pages of maintenance sign offs were correct.

Maybe I'm not a 'real' pilot like Lt. Col. Bud Holland. :{

Control freak?
 

Still at it then, Hotel Tango.

" Not removed but moved to the spotters forum - where it belonged in the first place"

I thought that the item was newsworthy.

Perhaps you could become a "moderator auxiliary"?