Dec 032009
From Air & Space:
They wouldn’t be allowed to do it today, but back in 1959, experienced military pilots would sometimes buzz the Grand Canyon when flying out of nearby Nellis AFB. At the time, RAF pilot Ron Dick was an exchange officer with the US Air Force, training students in a Lockheed T-33. Fellow instructor Bud Pratt recalls that during these Canyon flights, the pilots would fly low enough that water would spray up from the river.
Be sure to check out the video.
What can I say? Ballsy. Stupid, but ballsy.
3 Responses to “Jetting Through the Grand Canyon”
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Did you see the size of those Womp Rats?!
Christ, it was like they were like two meters wide! 😉
That reminds me of the movie Independence day.. See more on the Grand Canyon at http://www.sightseeingreview.com/grandcanyonvacations.php
I knew a man when I was growing up, was a P 51 pilot, and he had gun camera footage from several flights he did through the Grand Canyon in the late ’40s.Wish I knew what happened to the film!