Buzzing

Mark,

I must say that of all your responses I usually agree with and/or find
educational, this is not one of them.

Perhaps I'm wrong and this was simply an attempt at humor.

PJ

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Here's to the duck who swam a lake and never lost a feather,
May sometime another year, we all be back together.
JJW
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"Mark Kolber" wrote in message
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On 19 Nov 2004 02:17:41 -0800, (Ramapriya) wrote:

What's buzzing? I've heard it's some kind of a feel-good maneuver..


Buzzing is a maneuver where, in an effort to impress oneself or one's
friends, an idiot pilot crashes into a house.


Mark Kolber
APA/Denver, Colorado
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"PJ Hunt" wrote in message
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I must say that of all your responses I usually agree with and/or find
educational, this is not one of them.

Why don't you agree with his response? Sure seemed on the mark to me.

Perhaps I'm wrong and this was simply an attempt at humor.

There was certainly at least a touch of tongue-in-cheek to his response, but
the very truth of his response is what makes it humorous (as is usually the
case with jokes...a joke with absolutely no truth to it isn't funny at all).

Pete

Hey Peter,

Although I don't condone it, I also don't agree that a properly performed
'buzz job' must end with a crash into a house, or even that it is
necessarily only performed by idiot pilots.

A few of the best pilots I've ever known have done plenty of these stunts
and more and have thousands more hours of both Mark and I combined, and they
are by no means idiots.

Just my own personal observations.

PJ

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Here's to the duck who swam a lake and never lost a feather,
May sometime another year, we all be back together.
JJW
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"PJ Hunt" wrote in message
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I must say that of all your responses I usually agree with and/or find
educational, this is not one of them.

Why don't you agree with his response? Sure seemed on the mark to me.

Perhaps I'm wrong and this was simply an attempt at humor.

There was certainly at least a touch of tongue-in-cheek to his response,
but
the very truth of his response is what makes it humorous (as is usually
the
case with jokes...a joke with absolutely no truth to it isn't funny at
all).

Pete

"PJ Hunt" wrote in message
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Although I don't condone it, I also don't agree that a properly performed
'buzz job' must end with a crash into a house, or even that it is
necessarily only performed by idiot pilots.

I guess you and I have different definitions of what a "buzz job" is. In my
book, by definition, "buzz jobs" are performed only by idiot pilots. For
qualified pilots engaging in low, high-speed flight in a safe, well-planned
manner, I use other less-inflammatory terms.

"PJ Hunt" wrote in message
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Hey Peter,

Although I don't condone it, I also don't agree that a properly
performed
'buzz job' must end with a crash into a house, or even that it is
necessarily only performed by idiot pilots.

A few of the best pilots I've ever known have done plenty of these
stunts
and more and have thousands more hours of both Mark and I combined,
and they
are by no means idiots.

Just my own personal observations.

PJ

Well...I'll tell ya;

I personally own what can arguably be considered the most widely
publicized "buzz job" in aviation history, so naturally I have some
comment on this issue. :-)
My little departure from the straight and narrow was a long time ago. I
felt at the time it was justified because it involved deep personal
reasons for doing it. I was wrong. It wasn't justified. I should note
here as well that this was a unique event involving extremely personal
factors. I didn't make it a habit of this kind of flying.
But looking back today on this single event, I would have to say that
all things being equal, finding myself in the same circumstances again,
and at the same time in my life that this event occurred, I would do it
again because of the unique events involved; but notice I said "at that
time in my life".
Today, I wouldn't do it. Although the circumstances led me to do this at
that time, I wouldn't do it today, nor would I encourage anyone else to
engage in unauthorized low flying, no matter what the reason.
I did it.....I'm glad I did it for the reasons I had for doing it. (Get
Reader's Digest April 1985 "A Little Help From A Friend" by Dudley
Henriques for the reasons I had for doing it) but all things
considered, it wasn't a smart move.
It's ironic that after this event, I went on to become fairly well known
as a demonstration pilot flying "authorized" low altitude aerobatics and
have been deeply involved in airshow flight safety issues all through my
professional tenure in aviation.
Buzzing can kill you, make no mistake about it. There is no reason,
personal or other wise that justifies doing it.
If there was one positive thing I took away from my little "buzz job",
it was using it later on as a negative example for the pilots I lectured
on flight safety who came after me :-)
Just for what it's worth......
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
for email; take out the trash

Dudley Henriques wrote:



I personally own what can arguably be considered the most widely
publicized "buzz job" in aviation history, so naturally I have some
comment on this issue. :-)
/much snipped/
Just for what it's worth......
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship


Good grief, Dudley! What did you have to pay your personal team of
lawyers to write that disclaimer???

"Scott Skylane" wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques wrote:



I personally own what can arguably be considered the most widely
publicized "buzz job" in aviation history, so naturally I have some
comment on this issue. :-)
/much snipped/
Just for what it's worth......
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship


Good grief, Dudley! What did you have to pay your personal team of
lawyers to write that disclaimer???

Not sure I understand the gist of what you're saying about a disclaimer,
but I'll assume it's friendly unless I learn otherwise. :-)
The statement isn't meant to be a boast of any kind....far from it. If
you're reading it that way it's obvious you know little about me
personally.
It's simply a fact, unless you have a source for a buzzing that was
more publicized than this one involving my overflight of the Haywood
Baptist Church Cemetery in 1971.
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
for email; take out the trash