Thanks for that, Ian. That was very entertaining and I like the
music, but that pair of chaps has to be seriously deranged. Flying
that close to terrain is almost definitely illegal in Switzerland, but
your margin for error at that altitude is much reduced because of the
reduced pressure: your inertia is much greater than your ability to
control your aircraft compared with sea level.
But I did enjoy flying through the French Alps, having taken off from
Istres-le-Tube to land at Treviso Istrana in Italy, not far from
Venice. We flew a 4-ship of Jaguars in 1981 (2 September, in fact) to
conduct an exchange visit with a Starfighter squadron at Treviso.
Taking off from Istres was fine, and the Alps were magical (we flew at
between 250 and 500ft above ground) but dropping into a sea of smog in
northern Italy was very unpleasant and we soon got split up into 2
pairs. We had a fine time at Treviso, though.
Chris
On 18 Apr 2008, at 18:13, Ian Nichols wrote:
>
> On 18/04/2008, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> To answer your question, I think that flashing around in a Hunter
>> would suit me fine now.
>>
>
> Not like this, I trust. Old pilots and bold pilots, and all that ;)
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5qk9hj
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