Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Not my clip but I found this while I was looking for something else. Its of a British Airways VC10 doing a flyby at about 15 feet with gear up. Pretty gutsy flying for such a big plane. https://i.imgur.com/RRa83OZ.mp4 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Wow! Most impressive and from a 'different time' ! Gutsy flying indeed, and noticeably slow at the start of the 'flare' to level flight, given the deck angle. I wonder where that was- it looks like a grass strip, not a tarmac/concrete runway in sight. The white 'vehicle' early in the sequence made me wonder if it was a gliding site. Someone must know the story ! Thanks for posting it up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Donkey Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 I distinctly remember an IAS DC8 doing something similar at Blackbushe, and a vague recollection of a/this VC10 pass at White Waltham. It was a long time ago SD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Probably a former Buccaneer pilot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinners Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 17 minutes ago, bentwaters81tfw said: Probably a former Buccaneer pilot. Even then, he probably thought he was too high. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMB Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 16 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Not my clip but I found this while I was looking for something else. Its of a British Airways VC10 doing a flyby at about 15 feet with gear up. Pretty gutsy flying for such a big plane. https://i.imgur.com/RRa83OZ.mp4 I was there and saw this at White Waltham on 14th May 1977 durig the Queens Jubilee Air Show in front of Prince Charles. Very dangerous and the pilot was 'on the carpet' in front of the BA CEO when he landed!!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Donkey Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, AMB said: I was there and saw this at White Waltham on 14th May 1977 durig the Queens Jubilee Air Show in front of Prince Charles. Very dangerous and the pilot was 'on the carpet' in front of the BA CEO when he landed!!! Ahhh, the old memory is still alive and kicking, good to have location confirmed SD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Think he’d had a tea after the briefing with the late great Ray Hannah? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 (edited) Duplicated post deleted Edited December 4, 2021 by JohnT Duplicate post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimpyman Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) Low Fly-By was at White Waltham, celebrating the Queens Siver Jubilee in 1977. Aircraft was G-ARVM the fuselage of which we now have at Brooklands Museum Edited March 17, 2022 by wimpyman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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