Come Fly With Me - Tunnel Edition

[George K]

Remember that crazy Lithuanian pilot who flew under a bridge - upside down?

Dario Costa: "Hold my beer."

Link to video

https://www.redbull.com/int-en/tunnel-pass-dario-costa-catalca-turkey-factsheet

Pilot: Dario Costa, 41, professional race and stunt pilot from Italy

Project: Tunnel Pass

Location: Çatalca Tunnels (Northern Marmara Highway, outside Istanbul, Turkey)

Date/time: Takeoff at 6:43am local time (TRT) on Saturday, September 4, 2021

Distance from takeoff to exit of second tunnel: 2,260m/2.26km

Flight duration: 43.44 seconds

Top speed: 303.8kph average ground speed in the second tunnel

Clearance:
Avg. 4m between wing tip and wall on each side
Flightpath – minimum 30cm, maximum 70cm above the asphalt

Pilot reaction time to changes in airflow: Less than 250 milliseconds

Aircraft: Zivko Edge 540 V2, with modifications including:

• Formula One seat concept
• Weight reductions
• Human-made 'sharkskin' to reduce drag and improve efficiency and lift

Guinness World Record: Longest tunnel flown through with an aeroplane: (1,730m)

Other notable records:

• First aeroplane flight through a tunnel
• Longest flight under a solid obstacle (1,730m)
• First aeroplane flight through two tunnels
• First aeroplane takeoff from a tunnel

[Mik]

I don't even like driving through tunnels.

[89th]

Copper could do that

[George K]

Look how close the top of his rudder is to the water.

Link to video

[brenda]

@89th said in Come Fly With Me - Tunnel Edition:

Copper could do that

Copper could turn around after the second tunnel, and then fly back through again to the starting point.

[Copper]

@brenda said in Come Fly With Me - Tunnel Edition:

@89th said in Come Fly With Me - Tunnel Edition:

Copper could do that

Copper could turn around after the second tunnel, and then fly back through again to the starting point.

Yes, we did that every day before breakfast.

Then we did some difficult stuff.

[brenda]

@Copper
Exactly as I figured it.