Low-flying Brazilian air force pilots shatter every window of the country's Supreme Court (video)

dailymail.co.uk ^ | 7-2-12 | Damien Gayle

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Two Brazilian air force pilots could be collared by the long arm of the law after making a low-altitude supersonic fly pass which shattered every window of Brazil's Supreme Court.

If they know what's good for them, it might be a good idea to keep flying and put as much distance between them and the angry lawyers inside the blown-out building

Swooping low over the structure housing the Supremo Tribunal Federal in Brasilia, the two French-made Mirage 2000 jets generated a massive shockwave - destroying the building's glass facade.

The war planes had been taking part in the ceremony of exchange of the national flag at the Praça dos Três Poderes, at the Esplanada dos Ministerios.

No one was injured in the incident, but the shockwave was so powerful nearly every window in the court building was destroyed and a few in the Congressional buildings beyond.

Pictures at the article link

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Video link: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=017_1341189767

[cripplecreek]

Oopsie.

[UCANSEE2]

It was all an accident.

[arderkrag]

Are they available for hire?

[Revolting cat!]

That would be a good start here.

[M1903A1]

“Permissão pedindo para zumbir a torre!”

“Cavaleiro de Fantasma negativo, o padrão está cheio.”

< KA-BOOOOM!!!!!!!>

[guido911]

http://www.hark.com/clips/wbctgvflsc-sorry-goose-but-its-time-to-buzz-a-tower

[AFreeBird]

Sounds like a plan. Perhaps a couple of Navy and Air Force squadrons could do a high speed pass down the national mall.

[PhiloBedo]

Permission for a fly by?
Negative, the pattern’s full.

??

[M1903A1]

That’s one way to make a statement about modern architecture....

[edpc]

Negativo, Ghostrider, o padrão está cheia

[noiseman]

Do they have the range to make Malta?

[M1903A1]

What he said.

[hinckley buzzard]

Would they be available for a short tour of duty in Washington?

[HereInTheHeartland]

Two of your snot-nose jockeys did a fly-by on my Supreme Court building at over 400 KNOTS! I want somebody’s butt, I want it now, I’ve HAD IT!
DAMN! That’s TWICE! I WANT SOME BUTTS!

[Paladin2]

Are there windows in Mecca?

[Chode]

LOLOLOLOL...

[JRandomFreeper]

Here, where Navy and AF both play, and nobody follows airspace rules on speed, sometimes we get an air pressure change and the mach number suddenly changes.

Dust falls from the ceiling. Oops.

Stuff happens. Sound of freedom in my book.

/johnny

[Sequoyah101]

Good job and a sterling example.

[RichInOC]

Ganso, ela perdeu aquele sentimento amoroso.

[Da Coyote]

Same thing happened at AF Academy in 1968 during a flyover.

Planes: F -105

Result: virtually every south facing window shattered.

And, the Academy is virtually all glass.

[justa-hairyape]

The first casualty of war, besides the truth, is all the dang lawyers.

[reed13k]

I’m sure it was the ATCs fault ;)

[mylife]

Pretty darn funny!

[mylife]

I hated when the Blue Angels did fly byes over my barracks on Sat mornings.
The sound of hangover.

[JRandomFreeper]

I snorted coffee onto the keyboard again(having been there/done that)

Yes, that sound can raise the dead.

Pilots love to be hated, and have a low sense of humor. I do pray for each and every one that flies and fights.

/johnny

[mylife]

I was learning to fly at one time, but I suppose there is a reason I joined “The Silent Service”

[Jack Hydrazine]

How do you say that in Portuguese?

[JRandomFreeper]

Thank you for your service. I've seen that submariners (and I say it correctly) also have a low sense of humor.

All the stuff our guys do, even training is deadly dangerous. From the pilots that fly to the grunts that play arty to those that boat around under the sea, I pray for them.

I was blessed to be able to cover them for a while with ECM, and then, later, to feed them.

/johnny

[G Larry]

Where was Tom Cruise last Thursday when we needed him?

[mylife]

I don't know about Portuguese but this is Brazilian for Butt...

[mylife]

A hat tip to you as well.

[tanuki]

During the first Red Star exercises in Nevada during the Eighties, a delegation of local indians led by their chief went up to the base to ask what they were doing and to complain of all the broken windows on their reservation. The Air Force PAO met with them and explained: “Folks, we’re training to kill commies.” The chief replied: “In that case, we have a lot of windows.”

[BerryDingle]

Don’t fall in on a dinner party bump.

[SuziQ]

Whoa!!

[Nifster]

Hmmmm maybe this is a good example.......

[Kenika]

Was that a black whole?

[Sea Parrot]

Hmmn, maybe just a things could get a lot worse next time warning from the miliary to leftist government.

[no-s]

SUPER SWEET! THATS WHAT I WANTS TO SEE AT FLEET WEEK! YEAH!

[Kickass Conservative]

The Brazilian version of Shovel Ready Jobs, if you own a Glass Company that is.

[cynwoody]

Are they available for hire?

Exactly my thought! We need some soiled robes in these not so United States!

[wardaddy]

Brasilia is ugly and in an ugly spot a million miles from nowhere

They deserve ribbons

[Captain Beyond]

bflr

[Uncle Slayton]

Maybe we could get a bunch them to do flyovers of John Roberts’ house ever 30 seconds for the next 30 years.

[Arlis]

Tudo bem!

[R. Scott]

We liked it when Navy F4 Phantoms did that, mainly because it really ticked off the base commander.
It was on a small island in the far south of Japan, the jets would fly between the radar domes and even do touch and go on the barrack’s roof. Heck of a noise.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“How do you say that in Portuguese?”

“Dois dos seus jóqueis de meleca do nariz fizeram um sobrevoo em meu prédio do Supremo Tribunal Federal em mais de 400 nós! Eu quero do alguém bumbum, eu quero agora, eu tinha!PORRA! Que é duas vezes! EU QUERO ALGUMAS BUNDAS!”

[Erasmus]

I once saw a video of a young lady and her beau being, well, umm, naughty. As remarkable as the video was the sound track. So dominated by repeated deafening jet noises that one had to conclude that there were skid marks on the roof of the house. One could not imagine actually living there.

I speculate (without having any possibility actually to know) that the house was on the beach off the end of the north runway at LAX. On Google Earth, you see a neighborhood of beach homes that are now completely gone except for the vestigial streets.

The neighborhood was clearly built before the runway expansions, and maybe also before the jet age. The houses may not have had to be torn down by contractors; I suspect the jets did it by themselves.

[Jack Hydrazine]

LOL! Thanks!

[HereInTheHeartland]

I cheated!!

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/