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Flying below the radar

Dub13 · 2006-10-26 22:34:08

A video of the French AF flying below the radar in Chad.Aircraft are French Dassault F.1 strike fighters.Turn up the volume and hold onto your seat! http://www.glumbert.com/media/flylow

26-10-2006 11:34pm

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Dub13

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A video of the French AF flying below the radar in Chad.Aircraft are French Dassault F.1 strike fighters.Turn up the volume and hold onto your seat!

http://www.glumbert.com/media/flylow

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#2 27-10-2006 12:23am

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Bloody hell! Why they don't just go the whole hog and cut off the wings and put wheels on the aircraft? I mean it's obvious those guys want to be rally drivers. Cool vid BTW.

Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.

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#3 27-10-2006 12:33am

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I liked the way one of them had his map out and was studying it whilst going at that speed.

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#4 27-10-2006 12:47am

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Cool. The only reason I can think of for the map is to ensure that there are no increase in the land height or for upcoming dips. Also, he adjusted something every so often on his dashboard (for lack of a better word).

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#5 27-10-2006 7:26pm

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the_syco wrote:

Also, he adjusted something every so often on his dashboard (for lack of a better word).

That was his horn, he was blowing it

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#6 27-10-2006 7:45pm

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Dub13 wrote:

I liked the way one of them had his map out and was studying it whilst going at that speed.

Can you imagine the conversation with the backseater?

"Hey, Pierre, what was that last signpost we passed?"
"I don't know, I blinked and I missed it. Damnit Claude. I told you we should pull over and ask for directions. Look, there's a guy with a camel up there, why don't we ask him?"

NTM

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#7 29-10-2006 12:39am

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brillant

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#8 17-11-2007 7:57pm

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Jaguar low pass
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=vaBwL-gNfe0
and Polish AN-26
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=DJXE-qi-SLo

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#9 17-11-2007 8:07pm

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Brilliant video. Mirages overfly where I live all the time, but not that low thank God.

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#10 17-11-2007 11:16pm

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Sweet Jesus if you had your life to live over again and could actually make the grade I know what I would be at!Brilliant video.

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#11 18-11-2007 12:01am

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that video was before somewhere...think it was in the aviation forum...it was Gas the pilot reading the road map while doing god knows what speed....

found it last post:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055162594

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