Another "Holy Crap That Was Low"

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Another "Holy Crap That Was Low"

Post by Rhino » Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:07 pm

Found these on the Fencecheck forums, thought I would give the link to them here.

The first one, well, you can't beat the 'Dart on a low pass.

http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index. ... 145.0.html

And this one is for Cobra. Gotta love those F-111's we gave you...

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Post by Cobra » Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:21 pm

That F-111 footage is famous. Here is a quote from the Qantas pilots bulletin board about it...

Check out the footage of these two F111s at the Evans Head Air Weapons Range back in 1994. I was posted there and clearly remember standing there on the roof taking photos of those jets as they went over the top of us. The sounds of Silence, then the thud of the pressure wave, the roar of the afterburners, the smell of burnt fuel and the tinkle of glass in the morning.
I have a copy of the original footage on video, and had always wanted to put it on the net but didn't have the setup to do it, finally someone has got it on there.
There were two F111s that went over the buildings, doing about Mach 0.95 (thats what the pilots said in the CO's hearing). The builiding's roof was lifted 6 inches as the first jet went past. It smashed every window in the place with the under pressure from the shockwave and moved another prefab builiding off its footings. The damage totalled about $50000 in under 2 seconds, not bad for a fly by. To give you an idea of how low they were, the hill the builidings are on is about 230 ft, the masts about 60 ft, and they went over at about 70ft. Most impressive thing I have ever seen an F111 do. The engineers who came to repair the buildings said that if the second jet had of gone over the top as well it would have lifted the roof right off.
Who needs bombs when you can just go super.


The crews involved did have some disciplinary measures taken against them but it was minor.

P.S. We bought those F-111's; the C version of the F-111 is a purely RAAF version and then we bought some surplus G models many years later.
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Post by LTD_Grazer » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:53 pm

Great F-111 video.

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Holy crap that was LOW!

Post by Lawndart » Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:39 am

Lastly... Not low, but just wow :shock:
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Post by Tailhook » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:08 am

You want to talk low, you should have been at Oceana when Snodgrass flew his P-51 under a light pole at the end of the Felix flightline. 8) I wish I had a better camera with a sweet zoom because I would have gotten a picture of it. :roll:

Nice finds LD.
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Post by Ells » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:44 am

Excellent vids LD, nice find.
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Post by Atlas » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:26 am

Thanks for posting LD. I have seen the Spitfire and Sabre before. Those guys fishing were hilarious. Found a few more to add to the list.

German F-4


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Post by Rock » Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:53 pm

:shock:

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Post by Lawndart » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:44 pm

Reviving a very old thread here, but it's worth breaking netiquette for this! I also went back and embedded all the previous videos posted by everyone in this thread so it would be easier to view them within the forums.

Fearless man facing a Mirage F1


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Post by Ray » Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:40 am

Hahah - great videos - those were some impressive low passes.
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Post by Robert-Fierce » Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:57 am

LOVED that low Sabre pass!
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Post by Lawndart » Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:30 pm



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Post by Cinch » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:55 pm

Nice!
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