# Okay Goose, it's time to buzz the tower! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-goose-its-time-to-buzz-the-tower/500434 "2009-06-21T01:21:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-goose-its-time-to-buzz-the-tower/500434/1 "2009-06-21T01:21:22Z")
[Maveriiiick!!](http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=193029&page=2) There’s just something vaguely creepy, but cool, seeing the Big Iron doing full-speed low-level flyovers Highlights; 1:28; Air Portugal Heavy Iron doing a full-speed pass at near ground level 2:00; Pusher-prop seaplane practically mowing the lawn (looked to be a couple feet off the ground 2:24; AeroSur 747 just barely above the true hard-deck 2:47; IcelandAir DC-3 with props almost touching the ground 3:25; [Frys.com](http://Frys.com) 747 (with 4 T-38 Tigersharks in close formation behind it) ground-skimming (the Big Iron, not the T-38’s) ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-goose-its-time-to-buzz-the-tower/500434/2 "2009-06-21T04:14:57Z")
Hey, guys…watch this! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-goose-its-time-to-buzz-the-tower/500434/3 "2009-06-21T05:52:48Z")
I always thought the footage of the Boeing 727 doing a barrel roll at an airshow was amazing … I think it is up on you tube ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-goose-its-time-to-buzz-the-tower/500434/4 "2009-06-21T14:25:15Z")
I’ve always been fond of the [Spitfire low pass.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvDDDKnNhuE) Not to mention the [747 water tanker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvBRWTumoZI). (Dishonorable mention to a scene from [The Endless Summer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZVL4P8VP_g)…) ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-goose-its-time-to-buzz-the-tower/500434/5 "2009-06-21T16:19:08Z")
Not big iron but the most awesome tower buzz I have ever witnessed personally was a [Pitts Special Biplane](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitts_Special) turning hard right after take off and going wings vertical, cockpit facing the tower, and flying past about ten meters from the top of the tower. I was outside doing a preflight so I didn’t hear who asked for the buzz, pilot or tower, but I’m sure the controller got a fright either way. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-goose-its-time-to-buzz-the-tower/500434/6 "2009-06-21T17:24:30Z")
Do you suppose it would be in poor taste to make one of these videos with a Randy Rhoads song over it? ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-goose-its-time-to-buzz-the-tower/500434/7 "2009-06-22T03:35:55Z")
And just after that a [P51 Mustang](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrDWYOlLA-w&feature=related) - just _listen_ to the noise that thing makes, it sent shivers down my spine. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-goose-its-time-to-buzz-the-tower/500434/8 "2009-06-22T04:23:57Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > Hey, guys…watch this! Isn’t it: _“Hey, guys, hold my beer and watch this!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Ellef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@Ellef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellef)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-goose-its-time-to-buzz-the-tower/500434/9 "2009-06-22T11:50:24Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I always thought the footage of the Boeing 727 doing a barrel roll at an airshow was amazing … I think it is up on you tube Here’s a 707 doing a roll - is this what you were thinking of? Amazing stuff! ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WJ546BEps-M/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/WJ546BEps-M?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-goose-its-time-to-buzz-the-tower/500434/10 "2009-06-22T13:23:31Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Isn’t it: _“Hey, guys, hold my beer and watch this!”_ Nah, pilots need both hands to drive. They use [these](http://www.zymetrical.com/product.asp?3=830).