Solid 10 on the pucker meter...

projecthog

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Re: Solid 10 on the pucker meter...

No kidding!

That pucker meter doesn't work any more for sure, bet the needle is welded to the start pin!

That did look suspiciously unexpected, but the plane must have been clear by a good 6 or 7 feet off the deck still, as I think the prop on the Spit hangs out the bottom by at least 5 feet.
Doesn't go for the tail keel though, I would have liked to have seen that up close.
Bet there was critters hanging on!

That would have been tragic if the plane had to hit.
 

WizeOne

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Re: Solid 10 on the pucker meter...

I kept pausing it as he approached the ground. He sure looked a lot closer than 5 ft. As he came out from behind the parked plane, he looked like he was all but scrapping the ground.
 

oops!

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Re: Solid 10 on the pucker meter...

No kidding!

That pucker meter doesn't work any more for sure, bet the needle is welded to the start pin!

BAAAAA HAAAAA HAAAAA

he was lucky the extra in his flight suit wasnt dragging !

there is rules for pilots at air shows........that was too close :eek:
 

tashasdaddy

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Re: Solid 10 on the pucker meter...

pucker meter spun around twice. that was a 20.
 

salty87

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Re: Solid 10 on the pucker meter...

he was just giving the grass a little cut
 

jay_merrill

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Re: Solid 10 on the pucker meter...

Yup, very lucky guy. I almost hate seeing people using these old warbirds for airshows because there are so few of them left.

Here's what happens when you don't set your altimeter to the correct barometric pressure, and fail to gain the proper amount of altitude at the top of a manuever .....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dohKKp0EvTs&NR=1
 
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