High speed, low level

Gerard Vanderleun embedded this Youtube clip, "Top 10 Low Pass Flybys of All Time."



To which I would add this stunt flying, below, done for the movie, "The Battle of Britain," 1969. The Bf-109s in the clip are real. They were bought from Spain, which had retired them from active service some years before. The Hawker Hurricanes being shot to pieces on the ground are not real. The 109s' pilots were all Spanish air force pilots. Since the movie was made long before the days of CGI, all the flying here is actual. Elsewhere in the movie, some sequences were shot using very high-quality flying models, but it is so well done it's not obvious.

This sequence takes place at the beginning of the movie. Set in France, a Hurricane squadron is abandoning its base due to German advances. Unflyable Hurricanes are about to be torched when the 109s appear. The clip will begin playing at the moment.