On The Deck

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Found this on FB.

 

[fubar57]

A lot of these pilots are pretty ballsy but I cringe whenever I see a warbird pilot do it.

Geo

 

[pbehn]

Found this on FB.

I think the grass is growing irresponsibly high on some of these pics.

 

[gumbyk]

A lot of these pilots are pretty ballsy but I cringe whenever I see a warbird pilot do it.

Geo

Me too. While I like these photos, if any pilot tried flying like this at our airshow, he wouldn't be coming back.

 

[ScreamingLighting]

Every time I see this photo I get a migraine.

 

[gumbyk]

Every time I see this photo I get a migraine.
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That'll be just before the belly hits the ground. Notice the gear doors opening?

 

[pbehn]

I am not a pilot but I would imagine a pilot has an acute awareness of height otherwise he would make a complete balls of every landing. Again I am not a pilot but I would imagine a plane is much more stable and controllable at high speed with the wheels up. There are many youtube videos of Jumbo and other large civilian jets making crosswind landings, the pilot at the last second straightens up and touches down. I believe the spitfire pic is of Sqr Ldr Ray Hannah who was a specialist in the art.

He died of natural causes.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljofhhdDGPo

 

[Airframes]

I think the Spitfire pic might actually be the late Cliff Robertson (star of '633 Squadron' and many other movies) flying his personal Spit. That's only going off the yellow spinner, and having seen the pic, and other, elsewhere.
Ray 'The Master' Hannah could really display a Spit, and flew the well-known MH434 for many years before retiring.

 

[Wayne Little]

Cool!

 

[Gnomey]

Nice stuff guys!

 

[Torch]

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[ScreamingLighting]

Havocs flying at low altitude

 

[Capt. Vick]

?!?!

 

[ScreamingLighting]

PFFFT! Oops, I had a different photo but changed it and forgot to change the caption.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Don't feel bad, I've done that to.

 

[GrauGeist]

He didn't quite make it to the deck, although he got much lower than he intended.

Thanks to that little lever...

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Ouch.

 

[Njaco]

 

[Crimea_River]

That first one is a model. Look at the tire.

 

[Capt. Vick]

I think perhaps he knew that when he posted it.