I was one of the original Nap of the Earth instructors pilots at Ft. Bragg so I have a lot of experience flying with skids in the trees. The area we flew in were well very well mapped and reckoned for wires and power lines and the helicopters we were flying had wire cutting devices. Wires are your greatest hazard to low level flying and you should never attempt flight as low as seen in the video without first checking for wires. Many wires can be almost invisible until you are on them. You will usually see power poles before you see the wires, but I have seen wires string across roads and rivers from tree to tree so poles will not always be an indicator.
Low level flight is a thrill but if you are going to attempt it do it safely. After flying a student for two hours NOE we would go to McKall Army Airfield for refueling. We would terminate the lesson by approaching the runway at 50 feet AGL and 90 knots, Roll the throttle to engine idle and do a low level touch down autorotation. I can't believe the Army paid me to have so much fun. Jack Cooper kr2coo...@earthlink.net EarthLink Revolves Around You. > [Original Message] > From: Jim Faughn <jfau...@socket.net> > To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > Date: 4/23/2006 10:37:19 PM > Subject: RE: KR> video > > OK, This reminds me of the time I was flying formation with a Long EZ up the > Merimac River at about the same or lower altitude. He pulled up and I went > on to "buzz" the campground where a number of friends were camped. We woke > them up. I pulled up to about 1000 feet AGL and then did a circle and went > back down on them and back down the river. I don't think they got my numbers > because I never heard about it "officially". This was more fun than...... > Responsible, well I never was in a position to kill them or me. FUN, I have > to tell you, that once you fly over a place and then go back down at the > level of cleaning off your wheel pants, it is too cool. Then there is > another story, when I took one of my best friends, who has now passed away > because of prostate cancer and one of the best reasons of going cruising on > by boat, down the Missouri River. We dropped down at water level between the > two cliffs covered with trees and flew up the river. We pulled up when we > got to the tug pushing barges and figured he really didn't want to be buzzed > at more than 50 feet. No numbers seen then either. I'm not saying that you > should actually do this with your KR but have you lived yet????? It is > really too cool. I won't go into the story of when I was trying to learn to > fly the KR and went for a ride with Dan Diehl and we were pulling up for > cows and then had to turn to a 45 degree bank to get through two trees > before dropping back on the deck. I guess I had a "good" teacher. > > With that said, fly as safe as your skills allow..... > > Jim (Last Name Withheld) > N891J something > > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf > Of Larry&Sallie Flesner > Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 7:51 PM > To: KRnet > Subject: KR> video > > > > The C-195 pilot sent me the following web address. Check out > the amazing video. If you get dizzy easily or have just eaten, you > might want to wait a bit before viewing. Turn up the audio for the > song "tree top flier" overlaid on the video. > > http://www.experimentalpilots.com/anrr.wmv > > Larry Flesner > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
