Re: OT, photos of low level flying

2014-03-25 Thread Chris Mitchell
Thanks Larry. Your confidence is rewarded. I remember seeing the legendary (and quite mad) Don Bullock flying a B17 at zero feet at an airshow in the 70s. He demolished a B25 and 6 people's lives at Biggin Hill, after which very low flying was banned for ever... Chris On 21 March 2014 07:19,

Re: OT, photos of low level flying

2014-03-22 Thread Igor Roshchin
That set is missing one of these images: http://goo.gl/LivOd1 I used to work with a lab technician from whom I heard about that old story about B-25 in 1945. I forgot, - either his cousin or uncle saw this on the street in NYC himself. Igor On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:19:02AM -0700, Larry

Re: OT, photos of low level flying

2014-03-21 Thread Alan C
Thanks for that, Larry. Really enjoyed it. The SAAF flew Shackletons on coastal patrol missions until quite recently. They have all been pensioned off now. One had to land in the Sahara en route to a festival in the UK was never recovered. All the SAAF Harvard trainers were either scrapped or

RE: OT, photos of low level flying

2014-03-21 Thread Gerrit Visser
Wow, those pilots and photographers are brave. We were in the Scottish highlands in 200? and wer buzzed by jets from the RAF, very low level in a ravine. Couldn't get the camera around in time :-( Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry

Re: OT, photos of low level flying

2014-03-21 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:19:02AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: A friend on another mailing list posted this link to photos and stories of low level flying. I am confident that at least a few people on this list will enjoy it

Re: OT, photos of low level flying

2014-03-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Larry, that was quite interesting! I did a bit of low-level flying back in the day. Some of it was even legal. G Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:19 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: A friend on another mailing list posted