Police show up after the robbery, rape, or murder.
He probably not flying this sortie on “his” insurance.
He’s flying on Red Bull’s dime and insurance.
Not impressed. Most ag pilots could do that.
I thought it was really cool. For those critiquing this, it’s no different than any airshow: show me an airshow where cops aren’t there etc, risk isn’t there etc. Ultimately this is entertainment and people are always intrigued- just like an airshow
Tommy Lee Jones demonstrated the technique required.
Lighten up Keith. You’re clearly too smart to take such risks and I can shudder if I get too invested in the vividness of some of mine. But you missed out on some pretty major moments if you never put your body where your mind was back in the day, when you knew some of those rules were made by old farts who’d lost their nerve or never had it. I was lucky to have an upbringing that let me do that. Maybe you didn’t or maybe it never occurred to you. I’ll happily pay a few extra bucks on my insurance to cover those who dared and failed if it means we don’t become too harsh that no one ever tries.
I would like to know where he has focused his eyes/vision in order to fly that precisely. In the video, the sides and ground of the tunnel are a blur. The only thing not a blur is the far opening.
“The right edge is composed of people who engage in life threatening activities. Aviators tend to occupy that right edge.”
Maybe you do. But just about every pilot I know would be classified as being at the other end of your spectrum.
Fist of all, the risk was the pilot. Was it a stunt, yes, but a well planned one apparently and it worked out. This isn’t the average PP doing this.
BTW, had he hit the tunnel, it would have barely sustained a scratch. It’s built like a rock. Oh wait it is a rock.
Red Bull does stuff like this for publicity, clearly, but they also use pro’s. If anyone tries to duplicate it, they are stupid. I would argue, flying into IMC as a VFR pilot, stupid. No video’s needed.
Finally, when I climbed Mt. Everest, I was told it was stupid, silly, why, etc. Well, because it was something that I wanted to do. I trained, I failed, I trained and in the end, it was worth it. If someone tried to climb their local mountain or hill and not trained, stupid.