The lowest C-47 pass possible

[hbtcoveralls]

Speaks for itself. sure glad I wasn't aboard that Aircraft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15DcHmuu ... e=youtu.be

[old iron]

A similarly low pass by a different DC-3 can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyUJIC6I ... re=related

[wls3]

How about with one prop feathered?

[mazdaP5]

They must have ran out of chutes.

[carlisle1926]

I squirmed around in my chair just watching that. I felt the need to run away.

[vernicator]

I squirmed around in my chair just watching that. I felt the need to run away.

Me too! On the plus side, buddy didn't have mow the lawn anymore that day. SWEET JEEBUZ!

[CoastieJohn]

A similarly low pass by a different DC-3 can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyUJIC6I ... re=related

I've seen this one before when I was in Iceland. It's got a pretty interesting history.

[Tiger Tim]

Do passes like that just look wrong to anyone else? I mean safety and legal issues aside it's just not what the plane was made for so it looks out of place to me when it's so low to the ground. It's like showing off your minivan by drift racing it. That higher pass by the yellow-cowled actually looked more impressive to me but your mileage may vary.

-Tim

[p51]

Reminds me of a vet who told me once about wanting to buzz a C-47 as low as possible in England right before the Market Garden jump. He took it out across a training DZ and got so low, he said his copilot admitted later to losing control of his bodily functions, certain they were going to belly land. He said they pulled out and somehow the ship felt ‘rough’. When they went around and landed, his crew chief was standing there was a shocked look on his face. He found all the tips of his props looked sandblasted and twin shallow ruts were found across the field. He’d dug the tips of the props into the grass for at least a hundred yards. He had photos to support it, too, of the prop tips and the ruts. I hope he finally got those photos into a book somewhere, it was the closest buzz job you could ever do without bellying in, I’d think.