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Reason #37 why flying in Mexico is more fun than the US
When a pilot overflys the town at 200 feet it means...
US - He's a danger to society and should be locked up. He's probably also a national security risk. Mexico - He would like a taxi to pick him up at the airport. -Robert |
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Reason #37 why flying in Mexico is more fun than the US
Is that true? If so, that is very cool! How many times I wish I
could have done that. When a pilot overflys the town at 200 feet it means... US - He's a danger to society and should be locked up. He's probably also a national security risk. Mexico - He would like a taxi to pick him up at the airport. -Robert |
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Reason #37 why flying in Mexico is more fun than the US
On Mar 23, 11:59*am, Mike Flying 8 wrote:
Is that true? *If so, that is very cool! *How many times I wish I could have done that. It used to be commonplace in the US, up to and including WW2 era. I'm reading Doolittle's biography and to drum up interest in aviation the air corp pilots did all kinds of stunts like that. Doolittle relates of flights over New York City to generate interest in an air show. Actually ... they were flights THROUGH New York City ... close enough to the streets that the buildings towered above their planes. I don't know whether to call that gutz or insanity. |
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Reason #37 why flying in Mexico is more fun than the US
On Mar 23, 9:59*am, Mike Flying 8 wrote:
Is that true? *If so, that is very cool! *How many times I wish I could have done that. Its true as recently as yesterday. The funny thing is when you fly over the town at 200 feet only a small percentage of people look up at you. -Robert |
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Reason #37 why flying in Mexico is more fun than the US
On Mar 23, 1:26 pm, wrote:
On Mar 23, 11:59 am, Mike Flying 8 wrote: Is that true? If so, that is very cool! How many times I wish I could have done that. It used to be commonplace in the US, up to and including WW2 era. I'm reading Doolittle's biography and to drum up interest in aviation the air corp pilots did all kinds of stunts like that. Doolittle relates of flights over New York City to generate interest in an air show. Actually ... they were flights THROUGH New York City ... close enough to the streets that the buildings towered above their planes. I don't know whether to call that gutz or insanity. That might have been ok when you only had to worry about trees. But now you have antennas, guy wires and many other nearly invisible objects. |
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Reason #37 why flying in Mexico is more fun than the US
On Mar 23, 12:38*pm, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:
On Mar 23, 9:59*am, Mike Flying 8 wrote: Is that true? *If so, that is very cool! *How many times I wish I could have done that. Its true as recently as yesterday. The funny thing is when you fly over the town at 200 feet only a small percentage of people look up at you. -Robert Years back when I made regular flights down to Cabo, I'd clear via La Paz and then fly low level down the Pacific side and around the tip of Baja to go knife edge thru the cape rocks. Must have done it a hundred times and never heard of anyone else doing it. Wouldn't do it now on a bet with the increased population in Cabo. When I ferried helicopters down to central and south america I'd often land at the PEMEX stations to top off with diesel and no one ever thought it odd. Hard to do that anymore. And to top it off, I had some Mexican locals approach me to smuggle parrots INTO Mexico from central america. I guess I made more than 300 flights down to Cabo over an 8 year period starting in the late 70's. |
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Reason #37 why flying in Mexico is more fun than the US
Mike Flying 8 wrote in
: Is that true? If so, that is very cool! How many times I wish I could have done that. You stil can in many parts of the world. I've buzzed a town at that height in a 737 when bringing a local dignitarie's body back to his home. Bertie |
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Reason #37 why flying in Mexico is more fun than the US
On Mar 23, 4:24*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mike Flying 8 wrote : Is that true? *If so, that is very cool! *How many times I wish I could have done that. You stil can in many parts of the world. I've buzzed a town at that height in a 737 when bringing a local dignitarie's body back to his home. Bertie idiot |
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Reason #37 why flying in Mexico is more fun than the US
buttman wrote in
: On Mar 23, 4:24*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote: Mike Flying 8 wrote innews:523du35doern7oefrskftig9s : Is that true? *If so, that is very cool! *How many times I wish I could have done that. You stil can in many parts of the world. I've buzzed a town at that height in a 737 when bringing a local dignitarie's body back to his home. Bertie idiot Nope. Bertie |
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