Should the spectacular Airlink low flyover have been allowed? (Poll)

Should the spectacular Airlink low flyover have been allowed?

  • No, absolutely not

    Votes: 8 9.4%

  • Yes, it was spectacular.

    Votes: 58 68.2%

  • Not sure, looked cool from a distance, but probably a bit reckless.

    Votes: 17 20.0%

  • Other , I measure it with scale ruler and this is what I think......

    Votes: 2 2.4%
  • Total voters
    85
Stinkbeaver said:
People only making noise about it now because the Muricans made an issue out of it. Believe me, This story was pushed to drown out the Nepal flashfloods(conspiracy Monday) ;)
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social media makes noise about the smallest imaginable things, why I'm amazed this became news
I mean when an Israeli farts it becomes Breaking news. and all of a sudden nobody cares.
 
Brian_G said:
@Rumple4skin
@WollieVerstege
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Yeah I'm not sure...

These flyovers involve a lot of planning and practise in simulators, and they would not have flown lower than the approved ceiling or tried an impulsive "hold my beer" move. It would have been flown as planned by their most experienced formation flying captains.

I think the pyrotechnics timing was too early though. You wouldn't want those expensive engines to suck in anything foreign and get damaged. Pilots in the second plane might have gotten a tiny scare too.

I think some angles make it look lower than it actually was, but I also think 100 ft higher would have added much more buffer without spoiling the experience at all, like the flyovers we are used to seeing. I also think flying this low over such a closed stadium is a bit of a waste and would have been better "suited" to Ellis Park.

So yeah, I think this was a bit tight and we won't see that low again. If their aim was to get people around the world to talk about it then they definitely achieved that goal though.
 
I wonder if the American newly-springbok-interesteds are going to duplicate this stunt on Sep 12th..... in Baltimore, USA.

👀
 
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Airlink offers flyover black-box data

Airlink has volunteered black-box data from the two jets that flew above Cape Town Stadium to the South African Civil Aviation Authority.
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Airlink, on its own initiative, has volunteered these data sets to the South African Civil Aviation Authority so it can independently review and verify that the flypast was in accordance with the flight authorisation,” spokesperson Linden Birns told IOL.

Black-box data can provide detailed information about an aircraft’s flight, including its altitude, speed and heading.

“While Airlink appreciates the interest and concern, it will refrain from making any further comments while the SACAA reviews the flight data,” Birns added.
 
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