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Originally Posted by Evil_Weasel  pffft, military pilots are like sport bike riders. they know it's illegal but hey, sometimes you realize you are in a fighter jet after all, and it can do some pretty cool stuff. if i had a dollar for everytime i saw one of our pilots grounded for doing something "dangerous" i'd have been a rich man. even our XO got grounded for buzzing the tower in afghanistan.
we flew at an air show in ohio once. our pilot showed up to fly that morning still half wasted from the night before. he completely made up his own flight plan. did nothing he was supposed to do. except his high speed pass.... in the wrong direction, hovered around in circles looking lost. it was hilarouse. the FAA was not happy. |
hahahaha, I love it... only a matter of time before I'm that guy hovering around at air shows lost and still half cocked
as for the maneuver, I know it's a perfectly legit maneuver, but as you said, only above 5,000 ft.
I'm going to venture a guess that the 4 pilots were sitting at the bar the night before nursing a couple beers when one of them said to the black sheep of the flight, "hey, I bet you won't roll around the formation tomorrow... c'mon, you know those Boston fans would love it... you won't..." And that's when the blacksheep replies, "fuck you asshole, I'll do it, I'll do it twice!" Hence, we now have a story to talk about.
