No, no, the white water is just a distortion wake. I'm talking about the slightly back-curving light area in the air between the water and the back of the plane.
See also (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_in_aircraft).
I *Think* it is, and we're only seeing it because of the water that's outlining it... I *Think*- but I could very well be wrong! :)
Here's another one, that looks like the same place, but a slightly different angle, and much more clearly shows the water getting sucked into that space... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYJTCQAOo7I&feature=player_embedded
i'm from pensacola, home the blue angels... i also used to be married to an air force avionics tech, so i've seen the air force thunderbirds perform a lot. they are pussies compared to the blue angels.
i attribute it to the fact there are us marine pilots for the blues. those guys are crazy. that and the f-18 superhornet is a superior machine to the f-16.
It always burns me up to hear people say that the Snowbirds should transition to CF-18s.[1] The CF-18 would seriously degrade the show.
As for inverted low passes, though, I think it's cheating to use an engine. Manfred Radius, based in Ontario, does a wicked inverted low pass in an unpowered aircraft. Skip to time 4:30 to see it:
And that, kids, is what "Energy Management" is all about.
[1] - Fun fact: The shadow canopy on Canada's CF-18s is a registered trademark, and we use international intellectual propery laws to prevent other countries from copying the genius idea.
Seen that done in the then-USSR. Roughly same distance from the ground. Upside-down. Looking for video now, but I doubt I'll find it -- this was well before ubiquitous handheld video cameras.
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Date: 2009-12-16 09:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-16 09:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-16 09:14 pm (UTC)See also (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_in_aircraft).
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Date: 2009-12-17 12:05 am (UTC)Here's another one, that looks like the same place, but a slightly different angle, and much more clearly shows the water getting sucked into that space...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYJTCQAOo7I&feature=player_embedded
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Date: 2009-12-16 09:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-16 09:09 pm (UTC)Also see: http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/95832915/b-52-flyby-of-uss-ranger-1990
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Date: 2009-12-16 09:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-16 10:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-17 04:16 am (UTC)http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/12/07/tying-the-record-3/
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Date: 2009-12-17 02:43 pm (UTC)that was awesome!
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Date: 2009-12-16 10:33 pm (UTC)i attribute it to the fact there are us marine pilots for the blues. those guys are crazy. that and the f-18 superhornet is a superior machine to the f-16.
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Date: 2009-12-16 10:39 pm (UTC)But the Angels also aren't running CT-114s.
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Date: 2009-12-18 03:22 pm (UTC)As for inverted low passes, though, I think it's cheating to use an engine. Manfred Radius, based in Ontario, does a wicked inverted low pass in an unpowered aircraft. Skip to time 4:30 to see it:
And that, kids, is what "Energy Management" is all about.
[1] - Fun fact: The shadow canopy on Canada's CF-18s is a registered trademark, and we use international intellectual propery laws to prevent other countries from copying the genius idea.
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Date: 2009-12-16 11:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-17 12:56 am (UTC)