tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1970944817975174207..comments2024-03-28T04:08:45.199-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: I bet that got dust up his intakes . . .Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-10318305076414985582019-10-19T16:35:23.195-05:002019-10-19T16:35:23.195-05:00I read a story somewhere about the Thunderbirds, b...I read a story somewhere about the Thunderbirds, back in the days they flew the F-100... A team member wanted to make a low-level supersonic pass of the audience, at an airshow at Edwards AFB. Was told negative - not allowed in CONUS...<br />So, being a tad irritated, he came down low on the chalk - line on the desert, barely sub - Sonic, and kicked it in and out of afterburner, blowing the chalk line off the desert at show center. ( Supposedly, movie film of the pass over runway markers showed he was 3 ft. off the deck! When you .Consider the F-100's landing gear holds it 6ft. off the ground....)John T. Blockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10878974023699762981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-21513205831102844572019-10-17T10:30:03.545-05:002019-10-17T10:30:03.545-05:00There isn't a winner in a contest for the lowe...There isn't a winner in a contest for the lowest flight level......Craig Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13761393627449842717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-41332887511154636272019-10-17T06:35:13.051-05:002019-10-17T06:35:13.051-05:00Honorable mention also goes to the guy who brought...Honorable mention also goes to the guy who brought his B24 back from Ploesti with corn stalks wedged in the aircraft. (It’s reported, so it must be true.)a bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871505359143633270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-60118586326542186052019-10-17T06:24:35.997-05:002019-10-17T06:24:35.997-05:00You're probably aware of the English Electric ...You're probably aware of the English Electric Lightning that scraped its conformal fuel tank on the runway and lit itself on fire. This is the boundary case, and an important lesson. Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08075903551422300106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-46326920237020819542019-10-16T14:18:33.518-05:002019-10-16T14:18:33.518-05:00Lex and the rest of the pilots used to wonder at t...Lex and the rest of the pilots used to wonder at the fascination by some pilots in achieving a tie in the lowest altitude contest.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.com