Daredevil Flying

[Bon Accord]

This is doing the rounds amongst the maritime contingent at the moment, so thought I'd share it here.

Some hugely impressive piloting on display, this chap must have something of a daredevil streak! The video is a bit disjointed in production, but worth a look.

 

http://youtu.be/ub4fRg_a0vg

 

[Ozexpatriate]

Seems very reminiscent of early experiments in aircraft carriers to me.

[34theletterbetweenB&D]

Of which one recalls that Commander Dunning was not only the first pilot to successfully land on a moving ship, but also the first fatality of an attempt to land on a moving ship. (Fresh in the mind thanks to visit this year to the Fleet Air Arm museum  at Yeovilton.)

[jjb1970]

Kind of reminds me of the time a Sea Harrier landed on a trawler, if I remember rightly the trawler crew were claiming salvage rights.

[RJS1977]

"Treasure Hunt" once landed the helicopter on a submarine!

[Judge Dread]

On reading about the light aircraft's landing on board a cargo ship, I thought back to a similar incident a few years ago but the aircraft was not so "light". Here's the link  

I am also mind full that the first official Harrier landing was actually made with the aircraft "going astern" but I'm not so sure that could be just another tail of the sea. 

[DonB]

I attended a talk by a pilot attached to the Shuttleworth collection. He told of a recent rebuild/ restoration of a vintage 'plane which had always been "A pig to pilot". Shuttleworth had only Four pilots qualified to fly this beast, and he was given the job of making the trial flight as being "The least likely to crash it" !!!