• zoe@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        i am no pilot, but a typical one would be frightened if saw such plane would fly that low, especially between skyscrapers like that…anyway, thats also taxpayer freedom money not put in very good use

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          10 months ago

          Morale, recruiting and training value. Low level flying is one of the C-17’s main mission sets. If it wasn’t doing it here it would be doing the exact same thing somewhere else.

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            10 months ago

            i thought chinooks were intended for that kind of usage, but i am no expert…u seem to be informed enough that i shouldn’t argue with u much. so TIL