Lower than a Snake's Belly in a Wagon Rut

[The Annoyed Man]

Here's some more....

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=7ZxecONPNWY[/youtube]

Let's not forget the propeller heads:

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=-DdEO8gkR4E[/youtube]

[C-dub]

OK, pop quiz -- what was the civilian (mostly) firearm-related reference contained on all that? Hint - one of the pictures does not match the caption with it.

Not really related, but... a few days ago, here just south of Seguin, I heard a very noticeable, deep aircraft engine throb - the kind WWII warbirds make. I dashed out of the barn where I was storing some things, looked up and waited -- and sure enough a B-17 flew over (not as low as the pictures linked above, but not too far up either). Silver with red markings. I guess there was an airshow in the area. Was pretty cool to see.

There is a photo of a B-17, but the caption says it is a PB-1W. I guess it could be firearm related since the B-17 has a bunch and the PB-1W doesn't have any?

My bad. So, A PB-1W is a B-17 fitted with a radar system in the 1950's and used for early warning. However, the B-17 in the picture I'm talking about still doesn't have the radar dome that makes it a PB-1W.

The photo I am talking about is about B-52s, but the pictures are of (some kind of) WWII warbirds at low level over water being shot at. The caption does give an interesting history of long-range B-52 flights...and the firearm related factoid comes from the name of the operation...

If you're talking about the three G4M Betty's I thought the same thing my first stroll through the pictures. However, when I go through them now, the caption is correct. They are very low on the left and right, while the center Betty is a bit higher.

[VoiceofReason]

Pics through the ages of extreme low-level flying:

Click here

Some pretty darned amazing stuff here

IAH space shuttle flyby.
I saw this from the ground much closer. Unfortunately the battery in my camera was dead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsYmPH8nNEY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Keith B]

Shoot, those ain't nothin. I'm the one on the right

[Dave2]

Shoot, those ain't nothin. I'm the one on the right

How wet did you get?

[Keith B]

How wet did you get?

Didn't. Had water come to the edge of the pad on the floor of the basket, but not over the top.

Have made 'splash and dashes' quite a few times. The wettest I have ever gotten was up to my ankles and that was due to the speed and forward motion of the basket pushing water up and in between the wicker and over the top of my shoe on one leg.

I have seen baskets about thigh-deep in lakes. Also, there is a photo somewhere that shows a basket completely submerged with just a hand out of the water on the burner blast valve working to get back out of the water. He supposedly was able to recover and get it back out of the water.

[stroguy]

Pics through the ages of extreme low-level flying:

Click here

Some pretty darned amazing stuff here

IAH space shuttle flyby.
I saw this from the ground much closer. Unfortunately the battery in my camera was dead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsYmPH8nNEY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Off topic, but are you still a controller at IAH ATCT?

[Dave2]

How wet did you get?

Also, there is a photo somewhere that shows a basket completely submerged with just a hand out of the water on the burner blast valve working to get back out of the water. He supposedly was able to recover and get it back out of the water.

I'll bet that was a cold ride to the LZ.

[Dragonfighter]

Very cool. Thanks.!

I'll pick this one as my fave...



Ok.. and this one too...

Dale "Snort" Snodgrass. Flies legacy flights and Mustangs at airshows these days. He is the highest time Tomcat pilot and somewhere there is a picture of him on the water kicking up a rooster tail.

[C-dub]

Very cool. Thanks.!

I'll pick this one as my fave...



Ok.. and this one too...

Dale "Snort" Snodgrass. Flies legacy flights and Mustangs at airshows these days. He is the highest time Tomcat pilot and somewhere there is a picture of him on the water kicking up a rooster tail.

Having been an aviation electronics tech in a Tomcat squadron back in the 80's I'm a little partial to the Tomcat and have seen a LOT of Tomcat pictures. I think I recall seeing the picture you are referring to, but it was an artist's rendition. Kind of like the image of Clint Eastwood flying that jet in Firefox. I don't know for sure, but I would think that for a jet to be low enough to cause a rooster tail they would also be sucking up a lot of water into the intakes.

Could this be the picture you were thinking of?
http://www.drublair.com/comersus/store/ ... roduct=116" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;