OT: flying the Grand Canyon

I'll have to download this later on my sister's broadband connection.

It's a blast and probably good training to try this in a flight simulator. The Vegas Strip and the gorge below Niagara Falls are fun, too. I have only 1.5 hrs of real-life stick time and have to use a slow biplane to get down low.

jsw

Way way cool...and asshole snapping shut spooky.

Gunner

"Aren't cats Libertarian? They just want to be left alone. I think our dog is a Democrat, as he is always looking for a handout" Unknown Usnet Poster

Heh, heh, I'm pretty sure my dog is a liberal - he has no balls. Keyton

Pretty awesome footage. Filmed back when men were men and willing to suffer the consequences. Did you notice the blurbage where the son went PC on his dad would be for flight restrictions in the park?

Also, notice the sign at the end, I believe that was the victory sign before the left co-oped it.

Wes

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

Think nap of earth at Mach 1+, alt 50 feet in an F-106 over the fjords of western Scotland. Helluva ride!

OOOOOO!!!! I just got a woodie!

Be still my heart!...well..that was just an expression...cringe...

Gunner

"Aren't cats Libertarian? They just want to be left alone. I think our dog is a Democrat, as he is always looking for a handout" Unknown Usnet Poster

Heh, heh, I'm pretty sure my dog is a liberal - he has no balls. Keyton

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:54:17 -0800 (PST), the infamous " snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com" scrawled the following:

Take me up next! That looks like it would have been fun. Much more fun than F-4 or Huey runs up the Mekong. (noone shooting at you)

-- Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:57:12 -0500, the infamous Wes scrawled the following:

(Check last sentence syntax, please.) The son did put together the footage for us, even though the birds wouldn't have liked it and Dad wouldn't have been able to get away with that today.

Well, it wasn't a "Live Long and Prosper" sign. That's for sure. ;)

-- Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:17:56 -0600, the infamous Don Foreman scrawled the following:

Helluva sound! Numerous Scots were said to have lost control of their sheep and dropped their legs during the flyovers. ;>

-- Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.

I'm pretty sure the son was happy to show it, I just think the PC bit at the end wasn't needed. I had a OIC that got grounded for flying under the Savanna River bridge. Tip, don't do that in a TA-4 Skyhawk with a General driving over the bridge. There are not that many TA-4's and the Marines know what time they are airborn.

I think you need to add two fingers for that one. William Shatner seemed to have problems making that sign.

Wes

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller