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Crazy low pass in Citation

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  1. PureEuroM3

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  2. buddyg

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    His wing couldn't have been more than a few feet off the ground. That was really stupid and could have ended very badly for everyone.
     
  3. GuyIncognito

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  4. Tcar

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    Estupido!
     
  5. arizonaitalian

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    WTF is happening here?
     
  6. GuyIncognito

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    Darwin held an air show.
     
  7. Santiago Montenegro

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    And all this at a VERY remote Amazon airstrip. Help would be hours away.
     
  8. donv

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    Remarkable... el stupido indeed.
     
  9. jcurry

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    Illustrates the advantage jets have over prop.
     
  10. Ferrari27

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    Aviation Safety Network often has reports of LearJet/Citation/Gulfstream crashes in South/Central America.

    I know that there are other issues in the region with this type of aircraft but perhaps this explains some of the incidents.
     
  11. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    Like the saying goes...there are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots! Unbelievable how low the right wing got...looks like a foot off the tarmac!!!
     
  12. GatorFL

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    Pucker factor for sure.
     
  13. NürScud

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    Jesus WTF !
     
  14. GuyIncognito

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    I doubt close access to help would have mattered if things had gone wrong there.
     
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    French militray are usually big offenders when it comes to low flying. They experiment quite a bit while out in deployment in central Africa and Djibouti. I have heard of stories of French Navy F8 Crusaders going back with tarmac traces on their belly. I guess it doesn't go much lower than that
     
  17. CavalloRosso

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    How is that?
     
  18. thibaut

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    with a prop, you can hit the groud
     
  19. CavalloRosso

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    Not sure I buy that. Props have more instantaneous power which helps perform aerobatic maneuvers. Note that most aerobatic planes are props, many of which perform very low to the ground passes. The amount of propeller that extends below the body of the aircraft (if at all) is generally negligible.
     
  20. Tcar

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    Unless it's a WWII Corsair with a 14' prop... :)
     
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  21. willwork04

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    That guy in the white shirt was awfully close to getting whacked.
     
  22. jcurry

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    On some yes, on others not so negligible.
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  23. wizzard

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    On the CL44 we couldn't lower a wing (when landing with a crosswind) more than 7 degrees or else a prop would hit.
    On a Baron with (longer) two bladed props, taxing on a rough or unimproved ramp is dangerous as they will get a prop into the ground very easily.
     

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