Flying lower than a snakes belly

Jimbuna · 01-16-13, 06:43 AM

Some pretty cool low flying here:

http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNe...Wagon-Rut.aspx

Herr-Berbunch · 01-16-13, 08:55 AM

I'm 99% certain I've seen that website before, but welcomed another look nonetheless.

Amazes me how there weren't more bent props!

AVGWarhawk · 01-16-13, 09:08 AM

Some insanely cool shots. Some absolutely crazy pilots!

Jimbuna · 01-16-13, 09:23 AM

There are so many to choose from but my favourite plane was amongst them so I've gone for the 'brick/banana bomber/Buccaneer'.

Stealhead · 01-16-13, 10:18 AM

I was surprised to see only one photo of a Mosquito down in the dirt low level combat flight being a realm that Mosquitos dominated. I saw a TV show about the Mosquito and they talked to many crewmen and pilots it was very common to come home and discover that some French shrubbery had been gathered during the mission.Of course who has time to take a photo during combat under such conditions?

Herr-Berbunch · 01-16-13, 11:17 AM

No photos of Lysanders though, but I think SOE would've disapproved if there was.

Or it's equivalent, the Storch.

Sailor Steve · 01-16-13, 11:45 AM

A whole bunch of nice shots!

Thanks, Jim!

Jimbuna · 01-16-13, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

A whole bunch of nice shots!

Thanks, Jim!

Your welcome matey

Betonov · 01-16-13, 01:23 PM

And some moving pictures

Warning, some S and F words and a ''bird'' in the video

Herr-Berbunch · 01-16-13, 01:41 PM

Two things I'll give the french credit for. Getting a U.N. resolution before going to war, and low flying. Their low flying videos filmed in (mostly) Chad are amazing.

elanaiba · 01-16-13, 04:07 PM

Thanks for sharing, Jim! I haven't seen this before

Jimbuna · 01-16-13, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elanaiba

Thanks for sharing, Jim! I haven't seen this before

No problem Dan, glad you enjoyed

em2nought · 01-16-13, 09:46 PM

Whoa, that P-47 flew home with a prop like that.

Stealhead · 01-16-13, 10:09 PM

You'd be surprised how tough those props where.It would have been a rough flight to say the least with the prop all chewed up.

The P-47 was also one tough bird as well what ever it took to take down a P-51
multiply that 10 fold and you have just put a dent in a Jug and annoyed its pilot.

Cybermat47 · 01-16-13, 10:38 PM

Meh. Still safer than flying a Christmas Bullet.

01-16-13, 06:43 AM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Flying lower than a snakes belly Some pretty cool low flying here: http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNe...Wagon-Rut.aspx __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-16-13, 08:55 AM	#2
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	I'm 99% certain I've seen that website before, but welcomed another look nonetheless. Amazes me how there weren't more bent props! __________________

01-16-13, 09:08 AM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Some insanely cool shots. Some absolutely crazy pilots! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-16-13, 09:23 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There are so many to choose from but my favourite plane was amongst them so I've gone for the 'brick/banana bomber/Buccaneer'. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-16-13, 11:17 AM	#6
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	No photos of Lysanders though, but I think SOE would've disapproved if there was. Or it's equivalent, the Storch. __________________

01-16-13, 10:18 AM	#5
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I was surprised to see only one photo of a Mosquito down in the dirt low level combat flight being a realm that Mosquitos dominated. I saw a TV show about the Mosquito and they talked to many crewmen and pilots it was very common to come home and discover that some French shrubbery had been gathered during the mission.Of course who has time to take a photo during combat under such conditions?

01-16-13, 11:45 AM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	A whole bunch of nice shots! Thanks, Jim! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-16-13, 01:23 PM	#9
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	And some moving pictures Warning, some S and F words and a ''bird'' in the video

01-16-13, 01:41 PM	#10
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Two things I'll give the french credit for. Getting a U.N. resolution before going to war, and low flying. Their low flying videos filmed in (mostly) Chad are amazing. __________________

01-16-13, 04:07 PM	#11
elanaiba Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,058 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 3	Thanks for sharing, Jim! I haven't seen this before __________________ With strength I burn...

01-16-13, 09:46 PM	#13
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Whoa, that P-47 flew home with a prop like that. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

01-16-13, 10:09 PM	#14
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	You'd be surprised how tough those props where.It would have been a rough flight to say the least with the prop all chewed up. The P-47 was also one tough bird as well what ever it took to take down a P-51 multiply that 10 fold and you have just put a dent in a Jug and annoyed its pilot.

01-16-13, 10:38 PM	#15
Cybermat47 Willing Webfooted Beast Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 5,408 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 23	Meh. Still safer than flying a Christmas Bullet. __________________ Historical TWoS Gameplay Guide: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2572620 Historical FotRSU Gameplay Guide: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho....php?p=2713394