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Small Plane Buzzes Boaters in CO Before Crashing
Bad ideas just keep getting worse. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a small plane that buzzed low over boats on a Northern Colorado reservoir before crashing, the board said Wednesday. (www.washingtonpost.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It's a really bad idea that just tempts some people. Buzzing people, especially over water, is a really bad idea. Water can make it hard for the pilot to judge altitude.
To quote Forrest "you can't cure stupid"!!
That much is for sure.... and another one from him: "Stupid is as stupid does,"
Anyone having problems with a website payroll like the Washington Post just simply needs to go into their cookies and delete all of the Washington Post cookies and then reload the page. Sometimes they
Sometimes they have 5-10 different cookies involved so just periodically go through and delete the cookies for tracking sites and anything else you don't recognize.
From this pic it looks like the plane is well clear of the boat. Definitely not over it.
I agreed this is a telephoto image and likely a digital crop as well. Telephoto images have a compressed depth of field. The plane is low but is lateraly separated from the boat, and not directly overflying it.
Technically because the plane landed he did not violate minimums. The 500 foot minimum only applies if not landing.
Technically because the plane landed he did not violate minimums. The 500 foot minimum only applies if not landing.
Here is the highest resolution I found of the one photo:
https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/27/36/11/22930045/3/rawImage.jpg
https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/27/36/11/22930045/3/rawImage.jpg