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07-27-2008, 02:48 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
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| South African Air Show Early morning anglers are treated to the spectacle of four T6 Harvard Aircraft from The Flying Lions Aerobatic Team water-skiing across the Klipdrift Dam near Johannesburg South Africa. Lead by Scully Levin, with wingmen Arnie Meneghelli, Stewart Lithgow and Ellis Levin, these renowned airshow display teams rehearse a sequence for the newly launched 'Aviation Action' television program on Super Sport. Arnie Meneghelli from Academy Brushware, owner of the aircraft, had this to say, 'What we did today I believe is a world first. It illustrates that South African air show pilots are amongst the best in the world.' This unusual act, approved by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), and supported by Castrol Aviation, was meticulously planned and took place under the watchful eye of divers and paramedics that were on site. This was pretty daring. Just one little ripple or downdraft etc., and it would all be over. A one foot drop and you'll nose over into the water. video: Airshow Videos
__________________  Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. |
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07-27-2008, 04:22 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas
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 | Wow, that is pretty neat.
__________________ "I had ten rockets on board, and as I wasn't particularly fond of head-on attacks, I salvoed the whole lot at him. The rockets didn't hit him but but they must have scared the bejesus out of him, for he did a steep turn to starboard... I let him have the full blast, all eight fifty-calibers. I had never seen an aircraft completely disintegrate in the air the way this Me-110 did..." Bill Dunn, 406th Fighter Group  Matt |
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07-27-2008, 04:25 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Escondido,Ca
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|   nobody flinch
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07-27-2008, 04:28 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
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| Just for a little side note when they did that flight a few years ago the brakes were on |
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07-27-2008, 08:37 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Tx
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| WOW. That is just so dangerous. Cool looking though.
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07-28-2008, 04:04 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
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| Most of them are all ex SAAF pilots. Nobody wants to fly for SAAF anymore  Very cool though, and a bit crazy IMHO, Thanks edd
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07-28-2008, 05:29 AM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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 | Cool, just slightly crazy though...
__________________  "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr |
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07-28-2008, 07:30 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust.
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| yeah, seen this before....amazing stuff.....
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08-03-2008, 03:45 AM
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| I've got a video of them doing that somewhere. Crazy isn't it??!! Looks great though!
__________________ Control tower to aircraft that just landed - "Bear right, next intersection" Pilot - "Roger, we have him in sight" |
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08-03-2008, 03:55 AM
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| Here it is Enjoy!
__________________ Control tower to aircraft that just landed - "Bear right, next intersection" Pilot - "Roger, we have him in sight" |
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