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HUD view of a near-miss
I used to fly gliders out of Kelly Air Park, about halfway between
Colorado Springs and Denver. Good lift, up around 14,000', and it wasn't unusual to see a C-130 or a B737 go by. Not a near miss, but close enough to catch your attention. When I got out of Air Force flight training I chose a slot to fly a C-130 out of Langley AFB. The Powers That Be changed it to a C-121 out of Korat, then an AC-119K out of Phan Rang. The rest, as they say, is history. :) --Walt Ross Richardson wrote: wrote: Here's a very close call as recorded through the HUD camera of a T-38C. Scott Wilson http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=qLVtstYAZLY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLVtstYAZLY We recently had the safety officer from Sheppard AFB come to our EAA meeting talking about the IR/VR low level routes and all the SUA around the airbase. Then he showed several videos (including this clip). Scary and one clip was a mid-air. I was once flying over Lake Texoma in North Central Texas at 2500' ( ground elevation is ~ 750') and 3 C-130s went UNDER me. That was interesting. -- Regards, Ross C-172F 180HP KSWI |
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HUD view of a near-miss
On 12/12/06 06:03, Ross Richardson wrote:
wrote: Here's a very close call as recorded through the HUD camera of a T-38C. Scott Wilson http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=qLVtstYAZLY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLVtstYAZLY We recently had the safety officer from Sheppard AFB come to our EAA meeting talking about the IR/VR low level routes and all the SUA around the airbase. Then he showed several videos (including this clip). Scary and one clip was a mid-air. I was once flying over Lake Texoma in North Central Texas at 2500' ( ground elevation is ~ 750') and 3 C-130s went UNDER me. That was interesting. Now *that* I would like to see a clip of! Wow! Must have been a fantastic view. -- Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane Cal Aggie Flying Farmers Sacramento, CA |
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HUD view of a near-miss
"Ross Richardson" wrote...
I was once flying over Lake Texoma in North Central Texas at 2500' ( ground elevation is ~ 750') and 3 C-130s went UNDER me. That was interesting. I was coasting in (south TX, late 70s) on a published low-level route where it crossed another one. I was in an A-4 at 500' or so, and a B-52 passed under me. There also used to be a segment of another route in NV (early 90s) where 2 routes ran in opposite directions. They were supposed to be deconflicted by the controlling agency, but it didn't always work. I was in an A-6 at 200' and passed under 1 A-10 going the other way (really -- they weren't JUST slow!) and abeam his wingman. |
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HUD view of a near-miss
In rec.aviation.owning John Weiss wrote:
I was coasting in (south TX, late 70s) on a published low-level route where it crossed another one. I was in an A-4 at 500' or so, and a B-52 passed under me. Since we are telling war stories here... A friend of mine flew A-6s in several Red Flag exercises. He has several such near miss stories. I think the best was when he was running along at about 500' agl when he had a F-16 (F-15?) overtake him from below and then immediately pull up in an immelmann turn in front of him. During the de-briefing, the other pilot was asked about this maneuver and why he did it. Basically, he was focused on what he was doing and never saw the A-6, before, during, or after his turn. -- Frank Stutzman Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl" Hood River, OR |
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HUD view of a near-miss
"Frank Stutzman" wrote...
A friend of mine flew A-6s in several Red Flag exercises. He has several such near miss stories. I think the best was when he was running along at about 500' agl when he had a F-16 (F-15?) overtake him from below and then immediately pull up in an immelmann turn in front of him. During the de-briefing, the other pilot was asked about this maneuver and why he did it. Basically, he was focused on what he was doing and never saw the A-6, before, during, or after his turn. Fat chance! It sounds like a well-known "maneuver" known as "thumping"! Also, I don't think I've ever seen anyone fly lower in exercises like that than the Brits flying Buccaneers for the Oman AF (mid 80s). They would regularly fly under our A-6s that were ingressing at 200' or less... |
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HUD view of a near-miss
John Weiss wrote:
"Frank Stutzman" wrote... A friend of mine flew A-6s in several Red Flag exercises. He has several such near miss stories. I think the best was when he was running along at about 500' agl when he had a F-16 (F-15?) overtake him from below and then immediately pull up in an immelmann turn in front of him. During the de-briefing, the other pilot was asked about this maneuver and why he did it. Basically, he was focused on what he was doing and never saw the A-6, before, during, or after his turn. Fat chance! It sounds like a well-known "maneuver" known as "thumping"! Also, I don't think I've ever seen anyone fly lower in exercises like that than the Brits flying Buccaneers for the Oman AF (mid 80s). They would regularly fly under our A-6s that were ingressing at 200' or less... I'm sorry, I thought you knew . . . 50 feet is low level. Anything higher is cruising-along-on-the-highway-on-a-Sunday-afternoon, aka asking to see if Mr. FlAK is at home :-( |
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HUD view of a near-miss
Ross Richardson wrote: wrote: Here's a very close call as recorded through the HUD camera of a T-38C. Scott Wilson http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=qLVtstYAZLY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLVtstYAZLY We recently had the safety officer from Sheppard AFB come to our EAA meeting talking about the IR/VR low level routes and all the SUA around the airbase. Then he showed several videos (including this clip). Scary and one clip was a mid-air. I was once flying over Lake Texoma in North Central Texas at 2500' ( ground elevation is ~ 750') and 3 C-130s went UNDER me. That was interesting. While climbing out of KSOP, as I passed through about 1500 feet a flight of three A-10's went under me -- I was about 5 miles outside the Ft. Bragg restricted area at the time. I thought it was kinda interesting that they didn't make any radio calls as they basically blew through the traffic pattern of the airport. When I got on the radio to warn other pilots they were coming through, THEN they made radio calls. |
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HUD view of a near-miss
xyzzy wrote:
Ross Richardson wrote: wrote: Here's a very close call as recorded through the HUD camera of a T-38C. Scott Wilson http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=qLVtstYAZLY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLVtstYAZLY We recently had the safety officer from Sheppard AFB come to our EAA meeting talking about the IR/VR low level routes and all the SUA around the airbase. Then he showed several videos (including this clip). Scary and one clip was a mid-air. I was once flying over Lake Texoma in North Central Texas at 2500' ( ground elevation is ~ 750') and 3 C-130s went UNDER me. That was interesting. While climbing out of KSOP, as I passed through about 1500 feet a flight of three A-10's went under me -- I was about 5 miles outside the Ft. Bragg restricted area at the time. I thought it was kinda interesting that they didn't make any radio calls as they basically blew through the traffic pattern of the airport. When I got on the radio to warn other pilots they were coming through, THEN they made radio calls. I noticed your user name and had to reply. I bet there are not too many people know its origin. Are you showing your age? (plugh) Byron |
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HUD view of a near-miss
scared us with:
Here's a very close call as recorded through the HUD camera of a T-38C. Scott Wilson http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=qLVtstYAZLY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLVtstYAZLY I can't find anything about this in the NTSB database. Would they not track this sort of incident? |
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