TAP Airbus A310 Low pass turn Portugal Airshow 2007, Evora

PILOTS, DON'T TRY THIS BY YOURSELVES!
MANEUVERS SHOWN HERE WERE INTENSIVELY TRAINED BEFORE THIS AIRSHOW, INCLUDING POSSIBLE EVENTUALITIES LIKE CROSSWIND, WINDSHEAR, AND VARIOUS FAILURES THAT CAN OCCUR.
SAFETY IS ALWAYS THE FIRST TO OBSERVE IN A FLIGHT, SPECIALLY IN AIRSHOWS!

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ADDITIONAL INFO:
On this post, CV990 reveals all passes you see in this video were SERIOUSLY PLANNED AND TRAINED:
http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.m ain/3612868/1/#1
The pilot on this great performance flight was Cap. César Brito no less than the TAP Airbus A310 fleet last Chief Pilot...this awesome pilot have 4.000 hours on the A310 and TAP wanted to pay the best tribute for almost 20 years of service in TAP without an accident. The airplane involved was CS-TEI and the co-pilot of that flight was Vitor Pereira. Has you know, from November on TAP will start to receive 5 brand new A330-200 fresh from the factory.
This incredible performance shows the great pilots TAP have during all these years, just to remind you in early 60's the famous Capt. Marcelino passed UNDER Tagus bridge with a Boeing 707!!!
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UPDATED INFO: I spoke with an A310 TAP pilot. Following are FACTS, NOT RUMORS:
1. Capt. César Brito is still flying, because he did in the airshow EXACTLY what was planned and trained to do. That was not a stupid idea executed in a moment, it took weeks of preparation.
2. Brito knew perfectly how Evora airfield is. He's playing with an optical effect; the other side's ground has a slightly downward form.
3. Co-pilot was another A310 commander, and during the show he was focused in altitude to continuously report to César.
4. Plane passed a complete overhaul just before this airshow, so the risk of failures was minimum.
5. Plane continued flying with passengers until retired soon, but after a reccommended inspection by Airbus officials.
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To say a bit about how I recorded this video, I was in the organisation team in the Copa Triangular de Vuelo Acrobático at Portugal Airshow, so I was able to record this really close to it.

First passes are recorded very close to the runway; the jet blast hit me plenty!

The last one is recorded from CTVA temporary control tower in Evora. That A310 was really great!!!

If you liked this video, please visit the link below and I'll try to bring better videos to you... :)
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/838897/tap_airbus_a310_low_pas s_turn_portugal_airshow_2007_evora/
Thank you a lot! :)

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[AGrandt]

0:28 Any lower and he'd have started sucking up Cessnas.

[triathlete77]

I don't think this guy wear's undies. His balls are way too big

[pacheconatacinha]

Portuguese Driver ... Easy !

[Mauricio51209]

@MrKyemin Do you know all the pilots round the world and their skills in order to state that?

You have a problem when putting ideas together. Just when you said that your country has an history of taking risk when invading foreign lands is making your pilot to take risks. LOL

Envy of what? of bein an irresponsible pilot in an airshow without any safety rules?

One question or you what is the minimum altutide allowed in this airshow for demonstrations?

[Mauricio51209]

@MrKyemin What low surface for a few meter are you talking about? There is another video taken from behind when banking to the left and there was not lower surface, its all flat. And looking at the length of the aileron wih is not longer than 2 or 3 meters, the wing tip was at no more than the same distance.

Low surface for a few meter, cvered by a fraction of a second and all that was calculated with maths before the flight. You are not serious Mr expert in flight mechanics.

[Mauricio51209]

@MrKyemin It seems we got an expert here. What kind of maths are you talking about, please teach us with one single ecuation of flight mechanics, and how the calculations considered the possibility of lateral or longitudinal instability. All that was calculated? Does the pilot has a degree in aeronautical engineering?

Your picture does not exist in the link you sent.

You won't make me shut up PAL.

[MrKyemin]

@Mauricio51209 And just so you dont keep fooling other people with what you pretend to know and talk about, here is a link to a picture of that even that shows you pretty much what I am talking about. Illusion.

h t t p : / / i6 . photobucket . com/albums/y235/ptspotter/2pas­sagem4 . jpg

Will you shut up now and admit the ignorance of your comments?!

Thank you.

[MrKyemin]

@Mauricio51209 Finally, if you "don't have to acknowledge" the information about what you comment, then, although you are free to comment, you are, for sure, commenting about something you are too proud or too selfish to understand. Again, please leave me alone (with my friends and family) and go bother someone else. I really despise people that are dumb, enjoy being dumb, and fight in order to keep being dumb. Although, I would fight for you to have the right to be as you are. Bye.

[MrKyemin]

@Mauricio51209 And I must add. The video is not mine or uploaded by me. However, I saw several uploads of this video and if you check it, the only people dishing this manouver off are retired or failled pilots that envy the Cap. Brito mastery. You probably don't know, but we are talking about one of the best pilots in the world and unfortunatly Humans are like this, if they can't do it or understand it, they tend to hate it and speak bad of it. People should really start to dish those feelings.

[MrKyemin]

@Mauricio51209 That's not a commercial flight, but an exibition one. There where only two people on board.

And yes, maths can predict winds (sortta speaking). If you have a certain degree of inclination of the ground, a certain degree of inclination on the wings can be calculated to be perform in certain studied conditions.The manouver, of course, depended on the right conditions (the ones that were studied) and the ok to perform the manouver was given. Math doesnt fail, so didn't the job.

[Mauricio51209]

@MrKyemin In addition, if you guys want to put this video on youtube you should expect that not everybody will like it, and I have the right to express what I believe. Unfortunately there is people without safety concerns when flying, and they will not develop such a conscience until they don't lose some beloved one on a crash. Commercial aviation is something serious, and maths can not predict a gust coming from the right when banking to the left, if that's the case he wouldnt be a good pilot.

[Mauricio51209]

@MrKyemin I don't "have" to aknowledge whet you want me to acknowledge, ahhh I forgot is the history of your country when taking risks when invading foreign lands.

You guys are defending the national pride of a portuguese pilot where probable 90% of serious commercial pilots wouldn't agree on performing such irresponsible manouver.

This is a free space and I can post as much as I want, if you put this video is not to have 100% of people liking it. There is people with safety conscience.