Posted on 09/25/2021 6:25:57 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
An RAAF C-17 Globemaster III rehearses a flyby through the skyline of Brisbane Australia on Sept. 23, 2021 in preparation for a demonstration in the Sunsuper Riverfire festival.
In a video posted to the unofficial U.S. Air Force subreddit on Thursday, you can watch as an RAAF C-17 zooms between skyscrapers in Brisbane, Australia, while some enthusiastic onlookers drop some very colorful commentary behind the camera. The fly-by, which happens regularly as part of the annual Sunsuper Riverfire festival, was a practice run ahead of the formal event scheduled to take place on Saturday, according to a RAAF press release.
For that reason, U.S. C-17 pilots must fly 1,000 feet above structures in populated areas, he explained. There is a special approval process for doing flyovers for sporting events, but even then, they cannot fly below the tops of buildings.
“Those Brisbane videos are insane,” the pilot said. “We could never do something like that in the USAF. If we did, we would lose our wings immediately — never fly again.”
American C-17 pilots do practice low-level flights in canyons at 300 feet above ground level, but canyons are not filled with people the way skyscrapers are. Still, the pilot could not help but acknowledge that the Australian stunt, as insane as it is, is also a little “badass” too.
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Getting ready to mow down those protesters...with rubber bullets of course.
This was all over Twitter the Australian Air Force confirmed this is camera tricks the C17 is practising for an annual airshow it is flying low over the river that runs through Brisbane and they have done this show for years now. The camera perspective give the impression it’s over the city but it’s safely over the water. The American pilot “off the record” is hyperventilating over a nothing burger.
Ah. Buck Turgidson.
—”Getting ready to mow down those protesters...with rubber bullets of course”
And rubber bombs for the antivaxers holed up in their home.
—”Buck Turgidson.”
The General knew and loved his fleet.
He just might make it."
I recall the American Lt Col B 52 pilot that flew hot shot crazy and crashed his jet killing everyone on board. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-S_NM—evM
Long lens aka telephoto will compress distance making objects appear much closer to each other than they are.
News outlets do this all the time to make crowds look large when they are actually spread out and small.
Example Biden events
They’re having a festival? I thought I kept reading around here about how locked down they are.
They’re having a festival? I thought I kept reading around here about how locked down they are.
I saw a similar situation as I was approaching the airport where we were hangaring our airplane only on a much smaller scale. I saw a large single engine general aviation aircraft departing the airport at a high angle of attack, it then made a steeply banked turn just off the end of the runway. It’s nose dropped and the plane went straight into the ground. I drove directly to the still burning wreckage directly and assisted the lone firefighter/maintenance man with the foam truck.
The plane had been filled with 7 skydivers and the pilot. The pilot was a young guy who was showing off. Everyone we saw in the wreckage was of course dead and burned beyond recognition. Plane crashes can often be very ugly business.
The families of the dead skydivers sued the engine manufacturer claiming that it had malfunctioned, causing the crash. As an eye witness I was deposed by a group of attorneys. What a spectacle that was! Every attorney present knew that the lawsuit was a farce but the attorneys looking for the big payoff went after me with a vengeance. But I was told afterwards that it was all for show. Despite the bent up prop indicating that the engine was producing full power on impact, the engine company still paid to keep the suit out of court.
Australian Air Force Globemaster cruises low through Brisbane, startling onlookers
A ‘Spooky’ Herc works WAY better! (And I’m sure the RAAF has been practicing.
I used to know a guy who was a crew chief on a C-17. He said they referred to the C-17 as “a fighter jet on steroids” due to its maneuverability.
Negative, Ghost rider! the pattern is full! Mav snickers about here. Woulda lost my wings upon exiting aircraft.
They sure beat being cargo in a C130 man was not ment to fly.on lawn furniture. For being such a large jet it has impressive short field performance. Not as good as a 130 but not the pavement queen the C5 is.
... which resulted in a lot of this ...
And this wasn't a once-in-a-while thing, this was all day, every day. For a time Kai Tak's rwy 13/31 was the busiest in the world, up to 36 landings and departures an hour. Plus it's a major international destination so it was mostly "big iron."
There's a decent write-up on it at the Atlas Obscura.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kai-tak-hong-kong-airport-scary-landing
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