This has to be as close as you can get
01-26-2006, 12:43 PM
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This has to be as close as you can get
full scale planes at an air show, I am sure the pilots had to change their pants lol
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01-26-2006, 02:22 PM
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RE: This has to be as close as you can get
If that was accidental, WHEW! If it was a planned stunt, it was STUPID! I find it hard to believe they didn't see each other, HEAD ON!
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01-26-2006, 03:32 PM
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RE: This has to be as close as you can get
pauluk2w, I'm sending you my hospital bill. After watching that video I ended up with irregular heart beat
What the hell are those guys thinking pulling a stunt like that? Maybe that is the problem they were not thinking
What the hell are those guys thinking pulling a stunt like that? Maybe that is the problem they were not thinking
01-26-2006, 04:50 PM
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RE: This has to be as close as you can get
Im pretty sure thats an optical illusion. Kinda like the Blue Angel's head-on trick.
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01-26-2006, 05:35 PM
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RE: This has to be as close as you can get
They may well have been on a true collision course, but I'm sure that whichever it was, it was carefully staged.
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01-26-2006, 05:37 PM
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RE: This has to be as close as you can get
I like the diagram, but look very closely at the video, their airstreams, illustrated nicely by their smoke, seem to collide and there is a lot of turbulence in one very small area there....Looks close to me...crazy....
01-26-2006, 05:59 PM
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RE: This has to be as close as you can get
If it was not meant to have been like that I would love to have been a fly on the wall listening to what was said
01-26-2006, 11:51 PM
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My guess is not planned. After the close call, it appears to me that they kinda meander off to the side while they search for the defibrillator. Im not convinced they were head on either as they are both facing the camera as they come together. Maybe a link-up maneuver about to go bad. Whatever it was, it appears that they both did exactly the only and correct maneuver to avoid the crash.
01-26-2006, 11:56 PM
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OK, so Im changing my story. Watched it again with the sound actually on this time. Not sure if its the announcer or one of the pilots but it sounds like someone actually calls the maneuver. Not in English though so Im not sure what was said.
01-28-2006, 09:03 AM
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RE: This has to be as close as you can get
of course it was planned,they both broke to the left,they knew what they were doing,not sure about this guy though!
01-28-2006, 12:43 PM
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RE: This has to be as close as you can get
Actually, they both broke in the same direction cause thats what your taught...if you need to turn to avoid something, everyone knows the turn the same way, it makes sure that situations like that dont turn worse...
