Hmmm..do you like low flying aircraft?....then here ya go!

[Another Ahab]

Brother, you have got the story of a LIFETIME right there!!

Yikes

"Yikes" isn't enough:

- Holy COW!!

 

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F15 Low Pass - YouTube Here is an F-15 making a couple of real low passes.

 

[Mullaney]

F15 Low Pass - YouTube Here is an F-15 making a couple of real low passes.

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I like the commentary from the publisher - NID - Now I'm Deaf

 

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вылет Ту-95 RF-94123 Кубинка 2020 - YouTube Probably one of the most unique, yet noisy aircraft ever built. TU-95 RF. Listen to the car alarms after takeoff.

 

[Another Ahab]

вылет Ту-95 RF-94123 Кубинка 2020 - YouTube Probably one of the most unique, yet noisy aircraft ever built. TU-95 RF. Listen to the car alarms after takeoff.

In its own ugly way, that's a pretty airframe.

 

[Mullaney]

вылет Ту-95 RF-94123 Кубинка 2020 - YouTube Probably one of the most unique, yet noisy aircraft ever built. TU-95 RF. Listen to the car alarms after takeoff.

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Pretty amazing... The most exciting thing is to see the wings start to fly as it begins to lift off. Much like the B-52 where the pogo's under the wing tops fly the wing to the point of dropping them at take-off with a full load of fuel.

 

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C-130 Low Pass Compilation - YouTube Here are 5 Low Passes by assorted C-130 Aircraft.

 

[Mullaney]

C-130 Low Pass Compilation - YouTube Here are 5 Low Passes by assorted C-130 Aircraft.

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Wow!!

That first pass looks like a fighter when he pulled up and banked hard right!


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The pylons make this last one look even lower than it really is...


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[Another Ahab]

C-130 Low Pass Compilation - YouTube Here are 5 Low Passes by assorted C-130 Aircraft.

Sweet stuff!!

 

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German Navy P3 Orion Take-off and INSANE Fly-by - YouTube

 

[Mullaney]

German Navy P3 Orion Take-off and INSANE Fly-by - YouTube

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Had to snag a few screen grabs - just in case people couldn't see these NEAT pix!

 

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GLORIOUS FLYBY Antonov AN-225 Mriya low level pass - YouTube Guy, can you imagine doing a tire change on this aircraft!

 

[Guyfang]

I have seen this bird in Germany one time. That sucker is BIG!

 

[Another Ahab]

German Navy P3 Orion Take-off and INSANE Fly-by - YouTube

Never noticed before but a turbo-prop (the P-3), with the intake and exhaust ABOVE the wing:

- Wonder what the design idea was behind that?

 

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Never noticed before but a turbo-prop (the P-3), with the intake and exhaust ABOVE the wing:

- Wonder what the design idea was behind that?

Ahab, the Lockheed P-3 Orion was a Subchaser version of the commercial Lockheed L-188 Electra Jet.

 

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Ahab, the Lockheed P-3 Orion was a Subchaser version of the commercial Lockheed L-188 Electra Jet. View attachment 857933

Oh, to answer your question, I Don't know why the engine intake and exhaust are above the wing center line. I do know the aircraft spent a lot of time in the wind tunnel. So, the engine location on the wing was probably the result of the wind tunnel tests. There are a number of the L-188 commercial variant still flying today.

 

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Lockheed Electra start up - YouTube the Lockheed L-188 engines sound cool starting up. This aircraft belongs to Atlantic Airlines.

 

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[Mullaney]

Never noticed before but a turbo-prop (the P-3), with the intake and exhaust ABOVE the wing:

- Wonder what the design idea was behind that?

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The MAD (magnetic anomaly detection) boom out the back needs the least possible interference and the intakes on top is much like the B2 with intakes on top. Makes the plane quieter...

 

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Ukrainian Air Force - Arrival to Gdynia Aerobaltic 2019 - Su-27 - Su-24 - Il-76 - YouTube A really nice multiple aircraft low pass.