How much closer do you want me?

[RoyJackson]

Too big to post, so please check out the attachment

 

[Western]

Roy thanks for posting, that is incredible!!!! Man them "pilot boyz" are GOOOD.

 

[PoorPlowboy]

That is insane. Anything not bolted down inside the 130 would be FOD for the intake.

 

[PAPPASMURF]

Pretty risky move......but awesome just the same! I could just hear his commander after this stunt : " You dont own that plane...the tax payers do...son your ego is writing checks your body cant cash!!! another stunt like that and you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog s@#t outta Hong Kong!!!!" :laughing:

 

[Bob77064]

Thanks for posting that was wild.

 

[MIKE R]

Amazing. It goes along with the Forklift video that was posted the other day. People who excel at their jobs and tasks they are faced with.

 

[DT86]

All I can say is WOW!

 

[Scooby074]

Thats pretty cool.A whole lot of air being gulped down inches away from that cameraman... like looking into the jaws of a great white..

Both pilots had to have amazing control of their aircraft. Having been around a few pilots who many would say do "crazy" things as part of their work, to the outsider what they do looks crazy but they are in control. Most have excellent feel for their aircraft and know where every inch of it is at all times.

Sometimes things go wrong, yes, but thats the price when using a vehicle to its limits.

 

[RoyJackson]

Both pilots had to have amazing control of their aircraft.

I'm actually curious if the C-130 pilot knew the jet jockey was that close...

 

[SSdoxie]

I'm actually curious if the C-130 pilot knew the jet jockey was that close...

I'm sure he radioed the C130 pilot (whatever you do, don't slow down) :laughing:

 

[Scooby074]

I'm actually curious if the C-130 pilot knew the jet jockey was that close...

Lets hope he did :thumbsup:

If he didnt that could have got ugly fast.

 

[creekbend]

Thanks for posting. :thumbsup:

 

[bcp]

It was done for a commercial:

RAF Flying Objects TV Advert - YouTube!



And this was how it was made:

Making of RAF Advert 2007 - YouTube

Bruce

 

[charlz]

Was he really that close or is it an affect of telephoto lens? Those two shots look like they are zoomed in. The video linked above never shows him that close.

As noted in the video the RAF refuels off C130's all that time. So does our USMC, I worked on F-4's and F-18's and punching a tanker was pretty routine stuff. The pilots said the hard part wasn't in getting close but in flying slow, c130 is a turbo prop, and staying steady so you didn't have your refuel nozzle slip out of the basket or worse, rip the hose and possibly have it go down one of your engine intakes.

 

[RoyJackson]

Was he really that close or is it an affect of telephoto lens? Those two shots look like they are zoomed in. The video linked above never shows him that close.

As noted in the video the RAF refuels off C130's all that time. So does our USMC, I worked on F-4's and F-18's and punching a tanker was pretty routine stuff. The pilots said the hard part wasn't in getting close but in flying slow, c130 is a turbo prop, and staying steady so you didn't have your refuel nozzle slip out of the basket or worse, rip the hose and possibly have it go down one of your engine intakes.

It's hard to say about how close the aircraft actually was. I know what you mean about the optical illusions one can get with cameras.

As far as the NAVY aircraft...the F-4's and F-18's, the F-4 was a brick below about 130 knots. A very fast aircraft for it's time, but couldn't fly slow at all. F-18 came in after I got out of the Navy. I was assigned to an F-4 outfit (VF-31) for about 4 years.

 

[bcp]

IIRC, the video said they used a C130-J. That plane's speed was a surprise to me. Right up there with WWII fighter planes.

From:
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Performance

Maximum speed: 362 knots (417 mph, 671 km/h)
Cruise speed: 348 knots (400 mph, 643 km/h)

 

[charlz]

IIRC, the video said they used a C130-J. That plane's speed was a surprise to me. Right up there with WWII fighter planes.

From:
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Performance

Maximum speed: 362 knots (417 mph, 671 km/h)
Cruise speed: 348 knots (400 mph, 643 km/h)

Which seems fast until you have to go very far in one. When I was stationed in the Los Angeles area we went to Puerto Rico for a deployment. About 7 hrs in a KC10 on the way down, two days in a C130 on the way back

 

[RoyJackson]

Which seems fast until you have to go very far in one. When I was stationed in the Los Angeles area we went to Puerto Rico for a deployment. About 7 hrs in a KC10 on the way down, two days in a C130 on the way back

I flew from NAS Oceana (Virginia Beach, VA) to Mayport FL on an old C-131. I remember looking out the window toward the ground and saw a small single engine private aircraft whizzing by us. I thought we were flying backwards for a minute.
Yep, them was the days...

 

[jinman]

It seems to me that flameout is a real possibility when you get too close to a large airplane. Maybe the cameraman had a Bic lighter so he could reach out and give 'em a light.