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Such language!
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Holy Sh*t !!!!!
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"B2431" wrote in message ... From: John Kimmel Date: 9/21/2003 11:26 AM Central Daylight Time Message-id: http://home.teleport.com/~guynoir/webimages/ohmygod.wmv -- John Kimmel Something like that would tend to wake anyone up. Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired How high (AGL) would you say he was when directly overhead. Even more importantly, how much did the prop miss his head by? -- Jim in NC |
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John Kimmel wrote:
http://home.teleport.com/~guynoir/webimages/ohmygod.wmv What a hoot! Thanks for posting that. Definitely a keeper. I think my reaction would be the same. That was much too close for comfort. Someone in the thread said he thought the Spitfire cleared the reporter by 50'. No way. It was much closer than that. Here is a six frame animation (473 KB GIF animation). http://www.AirplaneZone.com/NewsgroupPix/22LH.gif Individual JPEG files are here, http://www.AirplaneZone.com/NewsgroupPix/TempJPG The height shown in the first frame is from the ground to the leading edge of the wing. The airplane did climb during the six frames, but not much. David O |
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Guys,
This clip as been around for a couple of years. It has been discussed at length on the Spitfire forums. Here is the scoop as I understand it. They were filming a documentary for the 60th anniversary of the Spitfire. Ray Hanna, flying Spitfire MKIX serial number MH434, was supposed to fly over the reporter and the camera. It was a timed deal, with the reporter finishing his speech and the airplane arriving a second or two later. In addition to the reporter, the camera operator, and the soundman, there was also a aerial coordinator in radio contact with the airplane. This was the first take. The airplane did not take off and fly over the reporter. The airplane was already in the air and made a low pass. A very low pass. Mr. Hanna has a reputation of flying very low. I have another clip (if I can find it) where he is flying in an airshow and he actually goes out of sight, below the level of the runway (which was built up above the average ground level). All you can see is the prop tips and the vertical fin. The pass was lower than expected and caught the reporter off guard. You can imagine what it was like, standing under 1650hp. The airplane is very low as it approaches. Many self proclaimed experts have said the the bottom of the airplane is less than 4 feet off the ground as it approaches. The airplane does appear to rise up as it approaches the camera but it is not more than 20 feet or so. If you have trouble viewing it on the link as posted, it is on my site as well: http://www.spitfire.org/doc9/ohmygod1.wmv you need Windows Media Player to view it. You can read about Ray Hanna, Spitfire MH434 and their adventures he http://www.ofmc.co.uk/aircraft/spitfire.htm Rick Pellicciotti, webmaster, http://www.spitfire.org |
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