Way low KC-135

[TheSoccerMom]

Yeah, there is plenty of low-level stuff out there, especially military games.   

In our fire job we have a waiver allowing us to operate below 500'AGL.  It's not uncommon to have to descend into a canyon bottom and fly the terrain real tight in order to be able to make the proper drop height over the jump spot to deliver cargo.  Otherwise you're trying hard to get down, yet not gain airspeed, and sometimes that's a pretty dumb combination.  The steepest country I ever dropped in required a 2000-foot change in elevation from the downwind (due to terrain) to the drop site.      

[Frank N. O.]

Hey Phil, when you mentioned perspective then I took a look at the sharp screengrab I was lucky to get and I looked at the shadows, the sun appears to be almost directly behind the plane and the shadow of the plane is fairly clear to see and then guessing that the vehicles were Hummers then that plane was not far sideways from the vechiles at all, or the ground. But the million dollar question is: How fast was it going?

Frank

[fireflyr]

Okie dokie then And in the spirit of low flying, here's a blast from the past (I couldn't find a useable download link and I doubt this forum can handle a near 2mb attachment but I found it online albiet in a slightly worse quality than the one on my hdd) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3652423044692761405&sourceid=searchfeed

NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
See guys, would that pass be exciting if he was flying at a low cruise power setting?   You no---I say HELL NO!!!--it's only fun if you're WFO, and if the air is smooth you might even run across at Vne or a hair less!   Out of a shallow dive works best in little airplane.  -----DO NOT do this unless you're in a safe airport environment and you are aware of all other traffic.   Bear in mind that the majority of single engine fatalities come from low level maneuvering flight so use good sense and be comfortable with what you're doing or don't do it.   

[Baradium]

I think low passes are still fun at lower speeds too. 

[fireflyr]

I think low passes are still fun at lower speeds too. 

That's what I call slow flight above the runway --something I have my taildragger students do to learn good crosswind techniques

[chuckar101]

The spit was awesome.  My opinion on the 135 is that we all just say that it is going at some speed low level and it's a great vid.  Also we should all drink some of that SoCo that FireFlyr keeps talking about, and bs about low level work.