Things you don't nomally see flying low

[Aircav]

http://www.airlineempires.net/blog/2008/01/22/airliners-flying-close-to-the-ground-cool/

[Captain Canada]

Oh yeah, that's a cool one, Stevie !

Did you see this one ? Dunno if there's video of it or not......

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23371272/from/ET/

[Aircav]

Yeah, saw that in the newspaper, don't know why they fired the pilot, must have no sense of humour

[Archibald]

Feck, the AdA only has eleven, 45-years-old tankers and pilots take fun with one of them ??!!   
Seems there's a (suicidal?) tendency to fly as low as possible among french pilots when they fly over Africa. 

I'd already seen that with Mirages but C-135FR is new to me 

by the way I couldn't help thinling "why those airliners pilots don't try a barrel roll with their machines ?"

[B777LR]

Feck, the AdA only has eleven, 45-years-old tankers and pilots take fun with one of them ??!!  
Seems there's a (suicidal?) tendency to fly as low as possible among french pilots when they fly over Africa. 

I'd already seen that with Mirages but C-135FR is new to me 

by the way I couldn't help thinling "why those airliners pilots don't try a barrel roll with their machines ?"

Next up:

A340-200

E-3 Sentry

A-380 (whenever/if the president gets one )

A-400M

C-130

C-160...

[Aircav]

Feck, the AdA only has eleven, 45-years-old tankers and pilots take fun with one of them ??!!   
Seems there's a (suicidal?) tendency to fly as low as possible among french pilots when they fly over Africa. 

I'd already seen that with Mirages but C-135FR is new to me 

by the way I couldn't help thinling "why those airliners pilots don't try a barrel roll with their machines ?"

I saw a Boeing 707 do a barrel roll once at Teesside airport, way cool 

[GTX]

Yeah, saw that in the newspaper, don't know why they fired the pilot, must have no sense of humour

According to Cathay Pacific, "the pilot in command of the flight concerned had been dismissed as he had not sought nor obtained the necessary company approval to undertake such a fly-by. A second pilot involved has also been subject to disciplinary proceedings. Both disciplinary actions are subject to an appeals process", further more: "Cathay Pacific has a well established approval process for fly-bys and a number had been conducted in the past as display flights at air shows with proper approval in place...The approval process was not followed in this case, resulting in disciplinary actions. Following the incident, Cathay Pacific has issued a notice to all cockpit crew reminding them of the company's policy for conducting fly-bys."

Regards,

Greg

[Spey_Phantom]

i read about it in the news paper yesterday, it also noted that the video was aired on youtube.
ive checked and found it, but i must say its of verry poor framerate quality 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a1ZrNnveIs

[GTX]

i read about it in the news paper yesterday, it also noted that the video was aired on youtube.
ive checked and found it, but i must say its of verry poor framerate quality 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a1ZrNnveIs

Look here (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/02/26/221846/video-cathay-pacific-777-low-level-flypast-watch-the-withdrawn-video.html) for a better quality.

Regards,

Greg

[Aircav]

Just looks like he's doing a touch 'n' go but with his wheels up 

[B777LR]

Just looks like he's doing a touch 'n' go but with his wheels up 

Bah, just performing undercover tests of the new hover landing gear developed at Area 51...