Airplane Buzz in Last Chance Bay!

[CHRIS MCBETH]

For those of you who missed it, this is 30 seconds of worthwhile entertainment!

There are few things that can get expletives to come out of my wife's mouth, but apparently a completely unexpected fly-by at 20 feet off the water is one of them LOL

 

[GoldCup]

I remember well someone else skimming the water. We were in Good Hope when the plane was located.

 

[jimmybame]

So I have a sailboat mast probably 40 feet above waterline that plane would not have cleared my rig

 

[Todd]

GoldCup
Wasn't that Rulon Gardner the 2000 Olympic wrestling gold medal winner?

 

[CHRIS MCBETH]

I remember well someone else skimming the water. We were in Good Hope when the plane was located.

Yikes. Yes, the plane was definitely too low under any circumstances. For a moment we wondered if it was going to crash into the water.

 

[Lyle]

GoldCup
Wasn't that Rulon Gardner the 2000 Olympic wrestling gold medal winner?

yep!

 

[Leardriver]

That looks like a lot of fun. Not legal to be that low unless necessary for takeoff or landing, but still looks fun.

 

[jimmybame]

 

[davew]

Chris,
I am not sure why it would have scared her --- on the video, when you showed your phone, on the top let hand side of the phone it showed a airplane --- -- your phone knew a airplane was coming --- just like a fish finder.

 

[Michael Pyle]

For sure illegal to be so low (under 500ft AGL) close to another boat or person. And just kind fo rude, no reason to put others at risk for your hot dogging.

I fly around the lake and I would never go less than 1000ft AGL for safety in case something goes wrong. I have flown down to 500ft All once and it made me very nervous.

That Paramotor crash was crazy, I thought he was done for.

Mike

 

[Cliff]

There is also a Park Service restriction of 2,000' above the lake

 

[26Biesemeyer]

cessna 182? 172? IDK. 175kts its all fun and games....

 

[potter water]

The guy with the motorized chute got it right. God was looking out after him and, "I'm done for a while" would be an understatement. He sounds smart, but maybe not so much for getting anywhere near those rocks, let alone the box canyon. He should still be lying up there a set of dry bones hitting the way he did.

 

[shanewave]

Legalities aside, I welcome all flybys, the lower AGL the better. I've yet to see any on LP, but I've seen some on Lake Mohave.

 

[jimmybame]

yep!

I remember seeing some sort of documentary about that trip it was cold water they almost froze if I remember correctly

 

[weeds]

Legalities aside, I welcome all flybys, the lower AGL the better. I've yet to see any on LP, but I've seen some on Lake Mohave.

Low enough?

http://www.eaa42.org/fun/t6_Ski.php

 

[Waterbaby]

Legalities aside, I welcome all flybys, the lower AGL the better. I've yet to see any on LP, but I've seen some on Lake Mohave.

Don't know about on Mohave but more than a few flying that low have tangled with the power lines near the dam here on Lake Havasu. The power lines always win.

 

[shanewave]

Low enough?

http://www.eaa42.org/fun/t6_Ski.php

Weeds--Fantastic example of super low flight. Wow!

 

[shanewave]

Don't know about on Mohave but more than a few flying that low have tangled with the power lines near the dam here on Lake Havasu. The power lines always win.

I suppose so. I wonder how the pilots wouldn't have some good prior knowledge of where the low stuff is...crazy.

 

[weeds]

Weeds--Fantastic example of super low flight. Wow!

From the movie "Always"....been shown here before but still cracks me up. Also a bit low.