Word Help for Low Flying Airplane.

a buzzing-? That's when you run your head into a brick wall!

well, yeah

scud-running means to intentionally fly low.Pilots use it in a derogatory way to refer to rookie pilots. Do you think it's the term you seek?

Craven- Nope, that's not it!

Depending on context "Threading the Needle" can also apply although it is usually only used in a military context. It's when a plane flies low to avoid air defense radar systems.

Flat-hatting or skylarking

Flat-Hatting

From a 1944 Army Air Corp Training Manual called Flat-Hatting Sense - very funny.

"Flat-Hatting is a form of flying that discourages longevity. Originally the term simply meant flying low needlessly. That definition has been expanded to include grandstanding, or showing off ?- flying foolishly and carelessly. The term itself is said to have arisen from an incident in which the wheel of a low-flying plane struck a pedestrian on the head and crushed a new top hat he was wearing. Besides being grounded for quite a stretch, the pilot had to buy the pedestiran a new hat, costing $12.50, including tax. Hence, the name "Flat-Hatting" ?- which is probably as good a name as any."

Oil-burning - An "Oil Burner" route is the name given to an authorized area that military jets can low level in, for practice.

Nice Vapes

Comment on an exciting fly-by when high speed at low altitude or high G causes dramatic vapor trails.

um i had an aunt once that often complained of "having the vapors" perhaps she lived too near an airport?

Dys it is a lovely message from a pilot to get a fly by, low and slow or low and fast. Or in orther words how can you know your goin 500 miles per unless you only 500 hundred feet off the deck.

LarryBS got it. (He's so smart!)

"The prosecution had argued that Capt Ashby had been 'flat-hatting' - flying his electronic warfare Prowler recklessly in a display of 'Top Gun' bravado, when his wing sheared the cables."

Link to Guardian article


You really can find anything on Google.

Another term that is used is "flying on the deck". Not sure where this comes from, but is likely a naval term for pilots who just can't seem to land on the damn carrier (not an easy thing anyway).

Cjhsa how about buying the farm that is really on the deck. Flying on the deck is a crash landing I think.

Being a Canadian, I always thought we were the puddle jumpers, lol!