Posted on 07/02/2012 7:45:38 PM PDT by rawhide
Two Brazilian air force pilots could be collared by the long arm of the law after making a low-altitude supersonic fly pass which shattered every window of Brazil's Supreme Court.
If they know what's good for them, it might be a good idea to keep flying and put as much distance between them and the angry lawyers inside the blown-out building
Swooping low over the structure housing the Supremo Tribunal Federal in Brasilia, the two French-made Mirage 2000 jets generated a massive shockwave - destroying the building's glass facade.
The war planes had been taking part in the ceremony of exchange of the national flag at the Praça dos Três Poderes, at the Esplanada dos Ministerios.
No one was injured in the incident, but the shockwave was so powerful nearly every window in the court building was destroyed and a few in the Congressional buildings beyond.
Pictures at the article link
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Same thing happened at AF Academy in 1968 during a flyover.
Planes: F -105
Result: virtually every south facing window shattered.
And, the Academy is virtually all glass.
I’m sure it was the ATCs fault ;)
Pretty darn funny!
I hated when the Blue Angels did fly byes over my barracks on Sat mornings.
The sound of hangover.
Yes, that sound can raise the dead.
Pilots love to be hated, and have a low sense of humor. I do pray for each and every one that flies and fights.
/johnny
I was learning to fly at one time, but I suppose there is a reason I joined “The Silent Service”
How do you say that in Portuguese?
All the stuff our guys do, even training is deadly dangerous. From the pilots that fly to the grunts that play arty to those that boat around under the sea, I pray for them.
I was blessed to be able to cover them for a while with ECM, and then, later, to feed them.
/johnny
Where was Tom Cruise last Thursday when we needed him?
A hat tip to you as well.
During the first Red Star exercises in Nevada during the Eighties, a delegation of local indians led by their chief went up to the base to ask what they were doing and to complain of all the broken windows on their reservation. The Air Force PAO met with them and explained: “Folks, we’re training to kill commies.” The chief replied: “In that case, we have a lot of windows.”
Don’t fall in on a dinner party bump.
Whoa!!
Hmmmm maybe this is a good example.......
Was that a black whole?
Hmmn, maybe just a things could get a lot worse next time warning from the miliary to leftist government.
SUPER SWEET! THATS WHAT I WANTS TO SEE AT FLEET WEEK! YEAH!
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