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Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:46 am
by Sytse
Gotta love vectored thrust.  ;D I saw a jet (I think it was a vulcan) flying like this at an airshow a few years ago. Obviously not trough the famous London bridge.

Here you see a mirage doing some unconventional flying:

Approaching the bridge, deploying airbrakes.
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Pulling into 'hovering' position.
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A few seconds for final adjustments.
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Just fits through  :-[Image

I made it!  :D Full throttle and nose down.
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8) Victory roll. YEEEHAAAAW!!!  ;D
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Hope you enjoyed,

Pigeon.

Re: Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:22 am
by Antei
Cool 8)

Re: Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:41 am
by || Andy ||
???

The mirage doesnt have vectored thrust, nore does the vulcan..

I think you may of seen a harrier mate..  ;)

Re: Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:10 am
by Sytse
Dude! I don't mean vertical thrust! I know what I've seen and it wasn't a harrier, nor a JSF or sumtin like that. It was a jet that wasn't supposed to do that, but it just did.
Edit: and does a harrier hover like that ? ? ?

Re: Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:54 am
by || Andy ||
Bahh sorry i know what you meen now..


Su-27 doing the cobra...

And it doesnt need vectored thrust to be able to do it..  ;)

Re: Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:08 am
by Sytse
Argh! Just take what I'm saying for granted, please! It wasn't a Flanker doing a cobra. It was a delta-wing-shaped fighter jet and it hovered at about 30 ft above the runway for like 10 seconds. It was going very slow, far beneath stall spead, but the pilot used the thrust to hover. Just like I did here...

Re: Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:18 am
by Hai Perso Coyone?
Whatever the argument, very nice stunt!! ;) :P

Re: Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:54 am
by Sytse
......... ......... ........... ... ............. ............. Thanks!  :D

Re: Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:58 am
by Souichiro
Aye very nice indeed!!

Re: Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:11 pm
by flyboy 28
Many fighters can do that. Myself, I've seen an F-16, A-10, F-15, and even a Tornado do that.

Neat stunt anyway.

Re: Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:35 pm
by legoalex2000
yeah, that is pretty cool to do...

:)Ramos

Re: Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:16 pm
by jordonj
Nice stunt!  I know many planes can do that, and it's pretty cool to see!

Re: Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:06 am
by Katahu
That must have put some serious strain on the engines though.

Re: Tower Bridge Stunt

PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 1:21 pm
by Theis
Very nice flying there!
i once did that trough the eiffel tower in a F-14, but dint got any pics trough :(


Cheers Theis