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I’m sure everyone has seen this and I’m sure we’ll have multiple threads…but I’m the first!
Red Bull Tunnel
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NoHeat
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Turkey must be rather tolerant of reckless flying
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Drake the Outlaw
Indiana Jones did that years ago.
GaryM
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Nah, that was the Nazi who was chasing Indy. And the wings got left at the tunnel entrance.
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Reckless indeed. He’s fortunate he didn’t get shot down in the tunnel with one of those new passive ADS-B radar homing missile systems.
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As I learned in the military, there’s a waiver for anything. Just have to find the right approval authority.
Mxfarm
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He flew a straight line with no cross wind.
Probably didn't need any right rudder on takeoff either
Ed Haywood
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Difficult and reckless are not the same thing. Red Bull doesn't hire amateurs. A lot of focused practice went into making sure he could consistently fly the aircraft within the required parameters.
NorthEast Ohio
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meh… Planes have been flying in tunnels since the Wright brothers.
JustinD
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totally off topic but interesting that is a McDonnell Douglas, and has the MD11 wing, but the DC10 tailcone. I wonder how early in testing this was cause that’s not the final fuselage design shape for the tailcone
FormerHangie
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At the end, the sound you make when you've pulled off something difficult, and if you fail, life ending. Magnifico!
Red Bull has a thing for tunnels:
Red Bull has a thing for tunnels:
WWFeldman
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Dont we all?!
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That Fort Pitt tunnel can be a bear when everyone starts slamming in their brakes!
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Red Bull Pilot's condition CAN be treated with medication!
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But I worry if some 103's might think this is a great idea .....
Any half decent pilot can do a low pass at 2 ft. straight down the centerline in zero wind conditions all day.
Rcmutz
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big whoopdeedoo, although he did apparently get a "you flew thru a tunnel" award at the end.
The Air Force asked for waivers, the Navy asked for forgiveness!
Rcmutz
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I heard it was the Marines that asked for forgiveness, the Navy asked for a waiver, and the Air Force asked for a contract.
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While the Army is in the corner saying “wait a second, this requires a waiver?”
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I want to see a pass through the Eisenhower tunnel in colorado. Narrow it up to 2 lanes and through some turns in there… at 10k MSL
RyanShort1
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I don’t, and I don’t envy whoever would clean it up.
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You have to give him credit for breaking the previous low altitude record of 0 feet AGL.