Jack: If you are flying low and your engine has much of a hic-up you can be in the ground @ a high rate of speed in a fixed wing craft in no time that is why they have minimum flight altitude requirements for all but T.O. & landings. A lot of these stunts are not just foolish but dangerous.
Don ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jack Cooper wrote: > I was one of the original Nap of the Earth instructors pilots at Ft. Bragg > so I have a lot of experience flying with skids in the trees. > The area we flew in were well very well mapped and reckoned for wires and > power lines and the helicopters we were flying had wire cutting devices. > Wires are your greatest hazard to low level flying and you should never > attempt flight as low as seen in the video without first checking for > wires. Many wires can be almost invisible until you are on them. You will > usually see power poles before you see the wires, but I have seen wires > string across roads and rivers from tree to tree so poles will not always > be an indicator. > > Low level flight is a thrill but if you are going to attempt it do it > safely. After flying a student for two hours NOE we would go to McKall Army > Airfield for refueling. We would terminate the lesson by approaching the > runway at 50 feet AGL and 90 knots, Roll the throttle to engine idle and do > a low level touch down autorotation. I can't believe the Army paid me to > have so much fun. > > Jack Cooper > kr2coo...@earthlink.net > EarthLink Revolves Around You. > > > [Original Message] > > From: Jim Faughn <jfau...@socket.net> > > To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > > Date: 4/23/2006 10:37:19 PM > > Subject: RE: KR> video > > > > OK, This reminds me of the time I was flying formation with a Long EZ up > the > > Merimac River at about the same or lower altitude. He pulled up and I went > > on to "buzz" the campground where a number of friends were camped. We woke > > them up. I pulled up to about 1000 feet AGL and then did a circle and went > > back down on them and back down the river. I don't think they got my > numbers > > because I never heard about it "officially". This was more fun than...... > > Responsible, well I never was in a position to kill them or me. FUN, I > have > > to tell you, that once you fly over a place and then go back down at the > > level of cleaning off your wheel pants, it is too cool. Then there is > > another story, when I took one of my best friends, who has now passed away > > because of prostate cancer and one of the best reasons of going cruising > on > > by boat, down the Missouri River. We dropped down at water level between > the > > two cliffs covered with trees and flew up the river. We pulled up when we > > got to the tug pushing barges and figured he really didn't want to be > buzzed > > at more than 50 feet. No numbers seen then either. I'm not saying that you > > should actually do this with your KR but have you lived yet????? It is > > really too cool. I won't go into the story of when I was trying to learn > to > > fly the KR and went for a ride with Dan Diehl and we were pulling up for > > cows and then had to turn to a 45 degree bank to get through two trees > > before dropping back on the deck. I guess I had a "good" teacher. > > > > With that said, fly as safe as your skills allow..... > > > > Jim (Last Name Withheld) > > N891J something > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf > > Of Larry&Sallie Flesner > > Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 7:51 PM > > To: KRnet > > Subject: KR> video > > > > > > > > The C-195 pilot sent me the following web address. Check out > > the amazing video. If you get dizzy easily or have just eaten, you > > might want to wait a bit before viewing. Turn up the audio for the > > song "tree top flier" overlaid on the video. > > > > http://www.experimentalpilots.com/anrr.wmv > > > > Larry Flesner > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
