April 8, 200619 yr Short clip of Harrier GR7 doing tactical departure at Kabul, or wherever. Work safe if your speakers are turned-off. https://media.putfile.com/low-one
April 8, 200619 yr I had to play that one a couple of times to really appreciate it. I love how the guy says he's not going to flinch, but ends up ducking. Great clip, Steve. Jp-
April 8, 200619 yr Nice. How far off the ground do you think he was? He looked no more than 20-30 ft. Thanks for the video.
April 8, 200619 yr After looking at the video a few times, I would say that the belly of the plane is no more than 15 feet AGL. Pretty wild.
April 8, 200619 yr EDIT - I should say that's probably either Kandahar, or Basra. If pre-OIF could be Kuwait. only reason I don't think it's Kandahar or Kabul is the total lack of mountains. anyway, whatever, it's impressive. [ 08. April 2006, 13:41: Message edited by: Chuck Farleston ]
April 8, 200619 yr Author And I suppose if it really was Kabul the exhaust flux would have set off all the mines in the overrun, too! I have some nice screen grabs from the vid. Will post them tomorrow.
April 9, 200619 yr Nice! I'm sure that was Kandyland (Khandahar) because you can see the mountain to the north of the field when the aircraft passes and I remember being on the ground at Khandahar and seeing those guys take off and make their turn out at what looked like no higher than 50ft. That was pretty bada$$!
April 9, 200619 yr Upon second review I finally saw the mountain you're talking about Bitte. (Missed it on first post) Definitely Kandahar. HD
April 9, 200619 yr Originally posted by Stuck: America. **** Yeah. Cheers, Stuck Don't mean to burst your bubble guy, but those are RAF Harrier GR.7s in the video. Not USMC AV-8Bs.
April 10, 200619 yr Author Originally posted by trailmix: i think you will LOVE this one: https://www.alexisparkinn.com/oh_my_god.htm ~mix MIx Just about the best low-fly clip out there! Depending on who you speak to, that incident is characterised as either superb flying, or downright dangerous flying! I can't make-up my mind as to which!
April 11, 200619 yr I can't stop watching it! [ 11. April 2006, 16:49: Message edited by: twinkle toes ]
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