very close call...

[bobby]

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right at the end of this short video......xoxoxoo

[Ilow]

yeah, no kidding. it's going to take a while to get all of the crap out of the cockpit seats

[catback]

Actually I think that was intentional, it looks too close for comfort but you can tell the pilot aimed to have it low as it was. With all the advanced technology and computers on board that bird it can do some pretty trick shit.

[biznatch]

What was that, about 20 ft off the surface? Yikes!

[im2smrt4u]

Originally Posted by catback

Actually I think that was intentional, it looks too close for comfort but you can tell the pilot aimed to have it low as it was. With all the advanced technology and computers on board that bird it can do some pretty trick shit.

If that was intentional, the pilot is either crazy or stupid!

It could have easily gone more like this:

YouTube - Thunderbird Crash

YouTube - Thunderbird Crash

[Redjake]

Originally Posted by catback

Actually I think that was intentional, it looks too close for comfort but you can tell the pilot aimed to have it low as it was. With all the advanced technology and computers on board that bird it can do some pretty trick shit.

I don't think that was entirely intentional. For how expensive those things are (millions) combined with what would happen if he ditched (die), it's not worth trying it. Most pilots consider being 100 ft. close to the ground to be "life and death" - much less 20 ft. I'm sure his gear was buzzing and alarming and all sorts of shit when he got that low!

[catback]

Originally Posted by Redjake

I don't think that was entirely intentional. For how expensive those things are (millions) combined with what would happen if he ditched (die), it's not worth trying it. Most pilots consider being 100 ft. close to the ground to be "life and death" - much less 20 ft. I'm sure his gear was buzzing and alarming and all sorts of shit when he got that low!

That's all the more reason why it was intentional, he's showing off for an air show. If he was just flying around he wouldn't have dove towards the water just for kicks in a million dollar plane. Fact is he's trained and experienced with the plane and knows it's capabilities. If he was ever in an "oh shit" moment. he had plenty time/space to react. If you look at the video his flying was calm and cool all the way into the dive and out of it. If you look even more closely, at the end of the dive where he puts up for a moment he levels off parallel to the water even though he's still losing altitude before he pulls up to gain altitude. If he was really out of his comfort zone he wouldn't have leveled off but instead pulled up and he would have done it sooner before getting close to the water.