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The Most Insane Flyovers..

Scoob

Scoob

If you gotta problem, yo, I'll be part of it.
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skidz said:
Why does is seem like the US has the most restrictions for military aviation?
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Take "aviation" out of that question and you might start to have an answer.
 
nittany03

nittany03

Recovering NFO. Herder of Programmers.
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phrogpilot73 said:
I actually have met that guy a number of times. I sit near his classmates at Navy Football games, and he usually swings by to say hello to them. He told me that it was one of his last flights before he retired, and when he switched back up to approach he said "so who am I supposed to call?" He also said that surprisingly, no one seemed to care. Nothing happened to him.
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Wow. I had heard a rumor that a pilot at some point in time was FNAEBed and shown the door for a, shall we say, overzealous flyover at Navy/MC Stadium. Didn't know if that was footage of the aforementioned event, but in today's climate I'm surprised he got away with it.
 
Ken_gone_flying

Ken_gone_flying

"I live vicariously through myself."
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skidz said:
Why does is seem like the US has the most restrictions for military aviation?
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We probably have just about the best safety numbers for aircraft incidents/ aircraft lost per flight hour. I think its worth it.
 
Raptor2216

Raptor2216

Registered User
Ze Germans at work

I can't believe this one hasn't been posted yet:

The following may or may not be ze Germans:

This one's pretty sweet:
More awesomeness:
Is this us?:
Some helo action:
 
jollygreen07

jollygreen07

Professional (?) Flight Instructor
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A common theme i'm noticing with these videos of low-flying military aircraft:

They are all French.

Are foreign military pilots the only ones who can get away with doing this stuff? Or are they the only ones who tape it? Seems like American aviators have waaay more restrictions placed on them WRT low level flying. Is this because of mishaps in the past and the whole "this is why you can't have nice things" reaction?
 
raptor10

raptor10

Philosoraptor
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Maybe it's because "we" have wars to fight, and thus a purpose, whereas the neutral Swiss and the French, have nothing better to do than the Lugano Air Show...
 
badger16

badger16

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This is the Pilot from the Fairchild AFB B-52 crash...Crash isn't why I posted it. Watch the video from about :20-:35seconds. Thirty F@CKIN FEET!!!!
 
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phrogpilot73

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jollygreen07 said:
A common theme i'm noticing with these videos of low-flying military aircraft:

They are all French.

Are foreign military pilots the only ones who can get away with doing this stuff? Or are they the only ones who tape it? Seems like American aviators have waaay more restrictions placed on them WRT low level flying. Is this because of mishaps in the past and the whole "this is why you can't have nice things" reaction?
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raptor10 said:
Maybe it's because "we" have wars to fight, and thus a purpose, whereas the neutral Swiss and the French, have nothing better to do than the Lugano Air Show...
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I asked my roommate last deployment (a Hornet guy). The answer is one word: Tactics.

European military's are still training to extreme low-level in order to mitigate a sophisticated IAD of the old Warsaw Pact nations. We've moved on and developed new TTPs, so there's no reason for us to continue to train to that level.
 
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