You can’t fly lower than this over downtown Budapest with an Airbus 320.
On May 1, a Wizz Air’s Airbus 320 performed a low pass over downtown Budapest during the airshow.
This video will bring you in the cockpit with Cpt David Morgan and Cpt András Árday during the first ever low altitude fly-by overhead the bridges of Budapest with an Airbus jetliner.
Needless to say, such low passes can only be performed by skilled aircrews after careful planning.
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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Looks like the DCA approach!