Low flying wart hogs

Daytona500 · 2024-10-02T14:35:20-0400

ok just sitting here trying to figure out the log in and out thing and 3 A-10's came flying over downtown very low, I could see the pilots in the cockpits ,this cant be legal

GFields · 2024-10-02T14:36:43-0400

Report it to the FAA. But most likey they had permission.

Daytona500 · 2024-10-02T14:39:25-0400

permission? what happens if they crashed in town, their flying right over the town offices and resort hotels.yikes

GFields · 2024-10-02T14:41:05-0400

Daytona500 said:
permission? what happens if they crashed in town, their flying right over the town offices and resort hotels.yikes

I guess they would pay the price.

Other than contacting the FAA, I'm not sure what you expect anyone here to say. I'm not trying to be rude, but this forum has no direct contact with the FAA

VenomXts · 2024-10-02T14:41:07-0400

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Droning on and on... · 2024-10-02T14:58:25-0400

Daytona500 said:
permission? what happens if they crashed in town, their flying right over the town offices and resort hotels.yikes

Seems scary, but the risk of catastrophe really isn't much higher if they're skilled pilots.

An aircraft can fall on the downtown from 500' or 30,000'. The result is the same. So long as the airspace is clear and controlled, it may seem scary to the folk on the ground, but the same occurs here in San Jose, CA where the airport is smack in the middle of downtown and planes are flying scary low on takeoff and landing 24/7.

And not warthogs. 747s.

tstr14 · 2024-10-02T15:43:28-0400

Droning on and on... said:
Seems scary, but the risk of catastrophe really isn't much higher if they're skilled pilots.

An aircraft can fall on the downtown from 500' or 30,000'. The result is the same. So long as the airspace is clear and controlled, it may seem scary to the folk on the ground, but the same occurs here in San Jose, CA where the airport is smack in the middle of downtown and planes are flying scary low on takeoff and landing 24/7.

And not warthogs. 747s.

I agree 100% with what you are saying but it seems a bit ironic that so many people (including the FAA) are super concerned with drones hitting someone as opposed to a somewhat larger jumbo jet doing the same. Could you imagine if the FAA required planes to have safety parachutes?

Daytona500 · 2024-10-02T15:56:21-0400

I hear what you all sayin,but it just doesn't make sense with all the open land area around here and all across the country that the military has to do low runs over towns.

Yorkshire_Pud · 2024-10-02T15:58:37-0400

Daytona500 said:
permission? what happens if they crashed in town, their flying right over the town offices and resort hotels.yikes

Try a Google for "Mach loop video", USA pilots also fly that route.
E.g.

Daytona500 · 2024-10-02T16:02:52-0400

I've seen all the Mach loop video's what you point?

Yorkshire_Pud · 2024-10-02T16:07:46-0400

Daytona500 said:
I've seen all the Mach loop video's what you point?

Low flying may need to be practised every where especially for something like a Wart Hog which is primarily a ground attack aircraft, isn't it?
I've had the crap scared out of me by a low flying RAF Tornado over Hebden Bridge, the nosie was incredible.

Yorkshire_Pud · 2024-10-02T16:13:20-0400

tstr14 said:
I agree 100% with what you are saying but it seems a bit ironic that so many people (including the FAA) are super concerned with drones hitting someone as opposed to a somewhat larger jumbo jet doing the same. Could you imagine it the FAA required planes to safety parachutes?

Don't some small planes have parachutes ? And I don't mean parachutes for braking after landing.
That said it would would have to be something 'special' to save a large aircraft.

Felix le Chat · 2024-10-02T16:19:28-0400

Yorkshire_Pud said:
Low flying may need to be practised every where especially for something like a Wart Hog which is primarily a ground attack aircraft, isn't it?
I've had the crap scared out of me by a low flying RAF Tornado over Hebden Bridge, the nosie was incredible.

My close encounter was with a Fat Albert (Hercules) half way across the Pontcysyllte aqueduct that spans the Dee valley. Low enough to see the panels on the belly.

Yorkshire_Pud · 2024-10-02T17:22:10-0400

Felix le Chat said:
My close encounter was with a Fat Albert (Hercules) half way across the Pontcysyllte aqueduct that spans the Dee valley. Low enough to see the panels on the belly.

oh sugar, did you enjoy the experience ?

old man mavic · 2024-10-02T17:57:05-0400

@Daytona500 thank goodness they weren't low flying elephants,they make a much bigger crater than wart hogs ,when they hit the ground

sorry my stupid sense of humour got the better of me again

Droning on and on... · 2024-10-02T18:16:51-0400

tstr14 said:
I agree 100% with what you are saying but it seems a bit ironic that so many people (including the FAA) are super concerned with drones hitting someone as opposed to a somewhat larger jumbo jet doing the same. Could you imagine if the FAA required planes to have safety parachutes?

I don't see the irony. Jimbob buying an Air 3 at Bestbuy and then passing the TRUST test is not comparable to me to an Army Warthog or commercial jet pilot.

So, IF you vest tremendous cred in experience and training being critical to safety, regardless if it's a 747 or a craft from a folded 8x11" piece of paper... "I give you, the F, A, A." – Hans Gruber, Die Hard, paraphrased.