Patriot Demo Team

[flyboycpa]

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FWIW, I have been enjoying this discussion by two pilots of high performance aircraft. It's been polite, IMHO and both have shown respect to the other. It's an informative discussion and is exactly the way I like to see "discussions", particularly, disagreements take place.

No arguments there.

[Big_Jim]

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For what it's worth, my son has a photo of the same pass at the JBLM Lewis-McChord show in July that is just as low if not lower....so it's certainly not something that was 'just' at Reno...nor a surprise for the FAA.

But it has been kind of fun watching you two 'debate'........

[Randy Haskin]

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Which one of us is Heat Miser and which one is Cold Miser?

[GRNDP51]

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Which one of us is Heat Miser and which one is Cold Miser?

Isn't it Jack Frost?? Haha where has this site gone?!

[Bob]

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where has this site gone?!

http://youtu.be/NdWtqlaCmy8

[xmh53wrench]

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http://youtu.be/NdWtqlaCmy8

GO AIR FORCE!!!!

[shorebird]

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I don't see a thing wrong with that pass. Thats the
"show" in air show.

[wingman]

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Shorebird -- considering some of the near horizontal shots (from the ground) I have of you on the race course in several Gold Races, I can see how you'd feel that way, LOL...

And I totally agree!

Neal

[Dialtapper]

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Shorebird -- considering some of the near horizontal shots (from the ground) I have of you on the race course in several Gold Races, I can see how you'd feel that way, LOL...

And I totally agree!

Neal

You can take the boy out of the crop duster but you can't take the ......

[FlyKidChris]

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GO AIR FORCE!!!!

Sure looks like an F-18 at the end of that video...

[Arctic Cat]

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I wasn't present this year, but judging by the pictures, I have no problem with the pass. I think to compare racing to airshow acts is, as Randy stated, Apples to Oranges. If we don't want airshow acts to fly low, then Sean Tucker, Kent Pietsch and several others would be a pretty boring show.

[stuntflyr]

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JCP would've had a fit if he ever saw Bob Hoover, Bob Love or Bill Fornof perform.
Chris...

[51fixer]

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JCP would've had a fit if he ever saw Bob Hoover, Bob Love or Bill Fornof perform.
Chris...

I'm sure he did.
I remember being at his parent's place one time when they were still in Calif.
Bob Love showed some home movies, his copies of gun camera footage from the Korean war.
I was just a teenager wannabe and flew up with guys from Chino.
Bill Fornoff didn't survive low level aerobatics so I don't know how you want to factor that one in.

[stuntflyr]

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Yeah,
I'm sure if Bill had been higher the wing wouldn't have come off. What was I thinking?
Chris...

[Randy Haskin]

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I don't know JCP personally, but I have to imagine given the place, people, and toys he grew up around up there, he has probably observed more high performance flying and pilots than many of us.

But let's be fair -- he wasn't having a cow over simply guys in aerobatic routines flying low.

He was specifically talking about the possible un-necessary risk posed by such a routine at Reno this year, due to it being under such scrutiny the year after the Ghost.

That it is far from meaning that he's someone who would be agitated by such a routine at other times and places.