• zoe
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    1 year ago

    i am no pilot, but a typical one would be frightened if saw such plane would fly that low, especially between skyscrapers like that…anyway, thats also taxpayer freedom money not put in very good use

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      1 year ago

      Morale, recruiting and training value. Low level flying is one of the C-17’s main mission sets. If it wasn’t doing it here it would be doing the exact same thing somewhere else.

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        1 year ago

        i thought chinooks were intended for that kind of usage, but i am no expert…u seem to be informed enough that i shouldn’t argue much. TIL

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          Chinooks are used for specific tactical insertion. C-17s are both strategic and tactical airlift, the latter of which involves delivery (either by airdrop or landing at forward fields) in radar contested environments which is accomplished with low level flying. 300 feet above ground level at 300+ knots is normal for this. They are flying much slower here to give a better show, which gives them a much tighter turn radius and more time to react. It’s also a meticulously planned and practiced route.

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            1 year ago

            They are flying much slower here to give a better show, which gives them a much tighter turn radius and more time to react. It’s also a meticulously planned and practiced route.

            sounds like it really

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              It’s no big secret, they have 360 in cockpit views showing the process from the crew’s point of view. They’re also flying with their flaps out which limits them to below 250 knots.

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                1 year ago

                such details really did…fly over my head