drunken pilot

[eric wiseman]

This is a video of a performance by a stunt pilot who is, in real life a Delta Airlines pilot. His act at Air Shows is to pretend that he is a drunken spectator who rushes from the stands and jumps in a Piper Cub and takes off without any understanding of how to fly a plane.
The Piper Cub is actually specifically built to withstand enormous stress and has a very powerful engine.
This is actually the most dangerous of Air Show acts because of the low altitude at which the pilot performs. This pilot possesses unbelievable skill, which becomes obvious in the attached video.


http://www.franklinairshow.com/Video/Comedy 2010 Net.WMV

 

[Mr Bogus]

boy is that an old routine.. funny and scary at the same time..

now about US pilot guy in the UK that is likely going to prison for flying a Delta jet while drunk...

 

[m_ridgeway]

now about guy in the UK that is likely going to prison for flying a Delta jet while drunk...

That what I thought this was about when I clicked it. Fail/
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[Phil96]

That pilot's really great. wonder how many hours he has.

 

[trekfuel]

The old Cub will fly on a fart.

He has it on the edge most of the time for sure.

 

[eric wiseman]

id love to know how much fly time hes got, he looks pretty young id venture a guess and say maybe military flying to get skills like that. the plane has to be built like a tank to keep wings on the runway and handle the abuse hes putting it through. ive gotta find more info cause im really wondering more now. crazy lol

 

[F=MA]

This is a video of a performance by a stunt pilot who is, in real life a Delta Airlines pilot. His act at Air Shows is to pretend that he is a drunken spectator who rushes from the stands and jumps in a Piper Cub and takes off without any understanding of how to fly a plane.
The Piper Cub is actually specifically built to withstand enormous stress and has a very powerful engine.
This is actually the most dangerous of Air Show acts because of the low altitude at which the pilot performs. This pilot possesses unbelievable skill, which becomes obvious in the attached video.


http://www.franklinairshow.com/Video/Comedy 2010 Net.WMV

Nice find.

boy is that an old routine.. funny and scary at the same time..

now about US pilot guy in the UK that is likely going to prison for flying a Delta jet while drunk...

I don't think that pilot actually flew the aircraft. It is my understanding he was flagged by a fellow crewmember prior to departure. Still inexcusable.

id love to know how much fly time hes got, he looks pretty young id venture a guess and say maybe military flying to get skills like that. the plane has to be built like a tank to keep wings on the runway and handle the abuse hes putting it through. ive gotta find more info cause im really wondering more now. crazy lol

Looks like they've mounted skid plates on the wingtips. Beyond that, there's really not that much of the routine that looks like it stresses the aircraft that much. Most of the routine is simply a display of uncoordinated flight.

Given the right equipment, some desire, and ten or twenty hours to goof off most commercial pilots could produce a similar routine.

 

[Fastfrog007]

F=MA But can you do it with the "work" plane? That would be a superior display

 

[blusmbl]

I loved the spazzed out rudder/elevator movements.

 

[F=MA]

F=MA But can you do it with the "work" plane? That would be a superior display

Wrong tool for the job. Doesn't have a quick enough "throttle" response.

I could probably do some of that stuff in it...once.