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Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:46:33 -0500
From: Rob Logan <Rob@Logan.com>
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hmm, is this too fast/low also? oh, its not in the US...  -Rob

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=212767

Those four T6 'Harvard' Aircraft were flown by The Flying Lions
Aerobatic Team across the Klipdrift Dam near Johannesburg South Africa.

The were lead by Scully Levin, with wingman Arnie Meneghelli, Stewart
Lithgow and Ellis Levin. This was a rehearsal for a sequence for an
"Aviation Action" television program. This unusual act was approved
by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Supported by
Castrol Aviation, it was meticulously planned and took place under
the watchful eyes of on-site divers and paramedics.

I had the pleasure of attending ground school taught by Scully Levin
in about 1977 at Grand Central airport near Johannesburg. He's a
real character. Even then, there were lots of "urban legends" about
him. I remember one which involved him coming back in a 'Harvard'
with blood all over the front of his plane - claimed a bird-strike,
but it was analyzed and turned out to be giraffe...
Not sure that's true - but with Scully, you could never be sure.
Today he is a Captain for South African Airlines with 23,000+
hours and counting.