Down in the weeds

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 10/05/2018 at 10:50 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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When I saw this still, I thought for sure it was a photoshop. Nope. It’s from the Brisbane Riverfire celebration.

There were some other low-ass passes by an RAAF E/A-18 Growler.

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 10/05/2018 at 10:53

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Ahh, Brisbane’s most infamous body of water, the Michael Bay.

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 10/05/2018 at 10:54

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That’s Saint Michael Bay.

My hovercraft is full of eels > ttyymmnn 10/05/2018 at 10:57

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I love these videos, because I can show them to the people whining about the local Red Bull Air Race. :-D

ttyymmnn > My hovercraft is full of eels 10/05/2018 at 10:58

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Everything is relative.

Future next gen S2000 owner > ttyymmnn 10/05/2018 at 11:00

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Low passes are best passes.

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 10/05/2018 at 11:12

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Are anti-hooning laws no longer enforced?

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 10/05/2018 at 11:35

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ahah! I have a brother and father who are both a residents of brisbane and a little bit anorak for planes

enjoy some vids   and pics I thieved from their Facebooks

the vids are a little low res (because I stole them from their FB), but it gives a good idea of just how low that massive thing was. they got there several hours early, so this is taken from standing right on the river’s edge

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 10/05/2018 at 11:36

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Not for government employees. 

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 10/05/2018 at 11:37

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I watched those and said, “Damn, I wish I had been there with my camera.”

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 10/05/2018 at 11:39

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I think it’s clear from the quality his real camera was busy taking stills, and the phone did all the videos. but the quantiy of cameras and phones pointed at planes that day HAS to be in the thousands

Wacko > ttyymmnn 10/05/2018 at 11:47

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MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 10/05/2018 at 11:48

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of course, part of the fun is the week leading up to riverfire, there’s plenty of announcement of the practice flybys so nobody assumes terror attacks or such, so folks working downtown get a few previews of the show

ttyymmnn > Wacko 10/05/2018 at 11:48

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The more I watch that scene, the more I realize that it’s terrible acting. 

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 10/05/2018 at 11:51

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My brother used to work in a skyscraper in downtown San Francisco. Every year, the Navy has their giant Fleet Week, which always includes a show by the Blue Angels. Since he’s quite the gearhead, my brother got to know the maintenance guys at the building, and he got to join them on the roof to watch the Blues practice. He said the Hornets were flying down between the buildings, and when they banked around his building you could see down into the cockpit. That would have been crazy awesome. 

Wacko > ttyymmnn 10/05/2018 at 12:01

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Just like most 80s movies