Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Rate This Thread
Hop To
#4542220 - 10/26/20 12:22 AM Chuck Yeager flew a jet under a bridge.. is there a picture?  
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 13,736
F4UDash4 Online cool
Veteran
F4UDash4  Online Cool
Veteran

Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 13,736
SC
Ran across this recently:

The time Chuck Yeager flew a jet under a bridge in Charleston

I had heard this before, but not this part:

Quote
Surprisingly enough, he came back right over the river at low altitude. He dropped even lower and flew under the South Side bridge right downtown. Somehow, a plane flying above took a picture of the feat. He was so low that he was leaving a wake on the water.


I am skeptical, I've never heard of and certainly never seen this supposed picture. But I would love to if it exists!

Anyone?


"In the vast library of socialist books, there’s not a single volume on how to create wealth, only how to take and “redistribute” it.” - David Horowitz
Inline advert (2nd and 3rd post)

#4542221 - 10/26/20 12:57 AM Re: Chuck Yeager flew a jet under a bridge.. is there a picture? [Re: F4UDash4]  
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 10,845
JimK Offline
Veteran
JimK  Offline
Veteran

Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 10,845
Spokane,WA


Erebus Full Tower:Windows 7 Ult 64bit:Intel� Core� i7
3930K Processor(6x 3.20GHz)32GB[4 GB X8] DDR3-1866:GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan 6GB:1.5Kw PSU: 43" Sceptre 4k:
LG Blu-ray burner,: hd1/750GB,hd2/2TB,hd3/1TB,hd4/1TB,HD5/4TB

Youtube videos
Flickr Photos
#4542225 - 10/26/20 02:05 AM Re: Chuck Yeager flew a jet under a bridge.. is there a picture? [Re: F4UDash4]  
Joined: Nov 2019
Posts: 6,529
NoFlyBoy Offline
Hotshot
NoFlyBoy  Offline
Hotshot

Joined: Nov 2019
Posts: 6,529


Still impressed by this.



[Linked Image]
#4542235 - 10/26/20 09:41 AM Re: Chuck Yeager flew a jet under a bridge.. is there a picture? [Re: F4UDash4]  
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,760
BD-123 Offline
Old Scroat
BD-123  Offline
Old Scroat
Senior Member

Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,760
Naunton Beauchamp Worcestershi...
Still one of the most amusing and lowest passes I've seen...the reporter himself is an owner & flyer of a Spitfire.
WARNING! Very sweary reaction smile



And this sequence is wonderful to see, featuring some of the most iconic Allied WW2 fighters with glorious sound to rumble in yer guttywuts:




#4542250 - 10/26/20 12:49 PM Re: Chuck Yeager flew a jet under a bridge.. is there a picture? [Re: F4UDash4]  
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,301
Nixer Offline
Scaliwag and Survivor
Nixer  Offline
Scaliwag and Survivor
Veteran

Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,301
Living with the Trees


Censored

Look for me on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or Tic Toc...or anywhere you may frequent, besides SimHq, on the Global Scam Net. Aka, the internet.
I am not there, never have been or ever will be, but the fruitless search may be more gratifying then the "content" you might otherwise be exposed to.

"There's a sucker born every minute."
Phineas Taylor Barnum

#4542252 - 10/26/20 12:52 PM Re: Chuck Yeager flew a jet under a bridge.. is there a picture? [Re: F4UDash4]  
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 121,384
PanzerMeyer Offline
Pro-Consul of Florida
PanzerMeyer  Offline
Pro-Consul of Florida
King Crimson - SimHQ's Top Poster

Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 121,384
Miami, FL USA
Reading this thread made me think of that great scene in "The Blue Max" where Willy and Stachel do their competitive "flying under the bridge" stunts which ends in a VERY bad way for Willy.


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#4542267 - 10/26/20 01:53 PM Re: Chuck Yeager flew a jet under a bridge.. is there a picture? [Re: F4UDash4]  
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,301
Nixer Offline
Scaliwag and Survivor
Nixer  Offline
Scaliwag and Survivor
Veteran

Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,301
Living with the Trees
Just a tad spammy there 125...

Cool stuff though.


Censored

Look for me on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or Tic Toc...or anywhere you may frequent, besides SimHq, on the Global Scam Net. Aka, the internet.
I am not there, never have been or ever will be, but the fruitless search may be more gratifying then the "content" you might otherwise be exposed to.

"There's a sucker born every minute."
Phineas Taylor Barnum

#4542306 - 10/26/20 06:53 PM Re: Chuck Yeager flew a jet under a bridge.. is there a picture? [Re: F4UDash4]  
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 10,113
KraziKanuK Offline
Veteran
KraziKanuK  Offline
Veteran

Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 10,113
Ottawa Canada
[Linked Image]
A World War II fighter pilot who gained fame for dramatically flying beneath the Eiffel Tower's arches to take down a German aircraft has died aged 92. William Overstreet Jr. died on Sunday at a hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, according to his obituary, but there was no indication of the cause of his death.

Overstreet's famously flew his P-51C 'Berlin Express' beneath the Eiffel Tower in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944, which has been credited with lifting the spirits of French Resistance troops on the ground.

For his valiant service, the French ambassador to the United States presented Overstreet with France's Legion of Honor at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford in 2009.

Before the ceremony, Overstreet had previously said that, if he lived long enough to receive the Legion of Honor, he would be accepting it in memory of his fallen brothers.

In particular, he wanted to pay tribute to a friend, Eddy Simpson, who died fighting the Nazis on the ground so his comrades, including Overstreet, could escape.

After the award was pinned to his lapel, Overstreet said: 'If I said, "Thank you," it wouldn’t be enough,' before adding: 'What more than "thank you" do you need?'

Overstreet was also awarded hundreds of other medals for his service in the 357th squadron of the U.S. Army Air Forces, his obituary said.

He was born in Clifton Forge, Virginia in 1921 and after Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Air Corps as a fighter pilot.

By February 1942, he was a private and sent to California for flight training; here, his instructors prepared him for the unexpected mid-flight by cutting the engine as he landed.


There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#4542339 - 10/27/20 03:16 AM Re: Chuck Yeager flew a jet under a bridge.. is there a picture? [Re: F4UDash4]  
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,242
Coot Offline
Pilgrim
Coot  Offline
Pilgrim
Veteran

Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 11,242
These United States of America
Very cool, thanks for sharing that article. I would love to see that picture as well as a picture of the Eiffel tower moment if one exists. These kinds of stories makes me wonder what kind of photographic treasures people may have in their possession stored away in their attics, closets, basements or what have you. I would like to see General Yeager buzz the offending, congregating malcontented deviants currently in our midst.


John 10:1-30
Romans 10:1-13

#4542346 - 10/27/20 09:38 AM Re: Chuck Yeager flew a jet under a bridge.. is there a picture? [Re: Coot]  
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 13,736
F4UDash4 Online cool
Veteran
F4UDash4  Online Cool
Veteran

Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 13,736
SC
Originally Posted by Coot
Very cool, thanks for sharing that article. I would love to see that picture as well as a picture of the Eiffel tower moment if one exists. These kinds of stories makes me wonder what kind of photographic treasures people may have in their possession stored away in their attics, closets, basements or what have you. I would like to see General Yeager buzz the offending, congregating malcontented deviants currently in our midst.



Thanks. The author of the article wrote as if he had seen the picture, yet I can't find it anywhere.


"In the vast library of socialist books, there’s not a single volume on how to create wealth, only how to take and “redistribute” it.” - David Horowitz
#4542362 - 10/27/20 12:51 PM Re: Chuck Yeager flew a jet under a bridge.. is there a picture? [Re: F4UDash4]  
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 10,113
KraziKanuK Offline
Veteran
KraziKanuK  Offline
Veteran

Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 10,113
Ottawa Canada
There is a photo of a Beaufighter doing the Eiffel Tower.

The air museum in Comox BC has a picture, not a photo, of a 4xx Sqd Mosquito doing so.

A cockpit video of a Bonanza flying under the Eiffel Tower.
https://hangar.flights/story/5838/a-bonanza-in-paris-under-the-eiffel-tower/


There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB.
The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed.
There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.

Moderated by  RacerGT 

Quick Search
Recent Articles
Support SimHQ

If you shop on Amazon use this Amazon link to support SimHQ
.
Social


Recent Topics
Carnival Cruise Ship Fire....... Again
by F4UDash4. 03/26/24 05:58 PM
Baltimore Bridge Collapse
by F4UDash4. 03/26/24 05:51 PM
The Oldest WWII Veterans
by F4UDash4. 03/24/24 09:21 PM
They got fired after this.
by Wigean. 03/20/24 08:19 PM
Grown ups joke time
by NoFlyBoy. 03/18/24 10:34 PM
Anyone Heard from Nimits?
by F4UDash4. 03/18/24 10:01 PM
RIP Gemini/Apollo astronaut Tom Stafford
by semmern. 03/18/24 02:14 PM
10 years after 3/8/2014
by NoFlyBoy. 03/17/24 10:25 AM
Copyright 1997-2016, SimHQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.6.0