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20 Comments
sirexsays...eia ?!
8383says...*actionpack
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antsays...*music
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antsays...*military *travel
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Chaucersays...the one guy looks like geoffrey rush
pho3n1xsays...those aren't corsair's, are they?
sirexsays...yak 52, unless i'm mistaken. The corsair has a distintive drop in the wing near the join to the body,
http://www.fighterfactory.com/airworthy-aircraft/assets/images/corsair-2.jpg
TerraKhansays...Sorry Sirex, not Yak 52s. They are T6 Texans - http://www.warbirdalley.com/t6.htm
Interesting video... although it seems a bit on the silly side.
calvadossays...*spacy
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djsunkidsays...Oh dude. Am I the only one who is thinking that this is incredibly risky? Courting death in a terrible, terrible way? If I'm not very mistaken, even slight turbulence would turn this into instant death.
xxovercastxxsays...As several other people, I was trying to assess the risk as I watched. I would imagine that dipping your landing gear into the water a little too far would likely cause the plane to smack right into said water, possibly followed by a less-than-graceful somersault flourish.
It seems possible, however, that the landing gear might just snap off. Remember that actual landing isn't done at anything near top speed, so the gear doesn't need to handle the horizontal force during landing that it would be subject to as it dips too far into the water.
It's interesting to keep in mind when you watch this that as a plane nears the ground (or water surface), the air being forced down off the wings creates a buffer that pushes the plane back up into the air. Even at normal landing speeds, this can make the last vertical 10' or so a bit tricky as the plane resists ground contact. At full speed that force would be far greater, so holding steady like this, despite the smooth appearance, would be something of a wrestling match.
kulpimssays...*wings
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deathcowsays...I know some guys in Alaska who do this in their piper Cubs, fun to see a vid
oritteroposays...*dead item not found http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d05_1174941228
siftbotsays...This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by oritteropo.
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