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Originally Posted by m21sniper
Agreed. Flying is boring. Flying LOW is exhilarating beyond words. (I have many hours in the back of Blackhawks and Hueys flying NOE, both day and night).
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Daytime low-level sprinting is great, low-level sprinting on goggles at night is cool beyond works.
Nap-of-earth is generally flown much slower and in much closer proximity to obstacles, much of the time below tress and ridge lines, threat dependent...very demanding on goggles.
My favorite flying was during the test flights for the HH-60H...we took the SEALS
everywhere day and night for months...from flights in China Lake (desert and high mountains, to wooded areas and over water for ship boarding ops, etc. The tactics are precise and the pressure to put the aircraft exactly in the right place at the right time is extreme but enjoyable.
I said favorite since the were no bad guys on the routes!