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Aug 17
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This amazing video from Air & Space Magazine (complete with Joe Satriani soundtrack) is a slice of times past when rules on military air flight were not as strict as they are today.
Taken from two separate flights in 1959 and 1960, this video shows just how close the pilots flew to the Canyon walls and floor, it looks really scary, but so much fun!
I understand the reasons why these kind of antics aren’t allowed any more, but it is a great slice of aviation history that we can all see thanks to the Internet, and thank you to Air & Space Magazine for hosting this and lots of other really great Flight videos, including this painstakingly prepared timelapse of the Shuttle preparation and launch:
(Thanks to David Hobby, Strobist extraordinaire @davidhobby on Twitter for highlighting this site)