Amazingly cool and interesting plane footage

[fatboy69]

paul_y3k said:

Eric Mc said:

Probably because you are too familiar with them. What they do is truly skillful and demanding. I have no doubt they are the best jet formation team in the world - and that is when compared to their peers such as the Patrouille de Framce (Alpha Jets) and the Frecci Tricolori (Aermacchi MB339).

The American teams (USAF - Thunderbirds) and US Navy (F-18 Hornet) work on a different set of principles, being demonstration teams rather than aerobatic teams. Both teams have generally tried to use front line aircraft although for a while in the 70s The Thunderbirds used T-38 Talons - after a disastrous multiple aircraft crash when using the F-4 Phantom.

The US and Russia are probably the only countries now who use front line combat aircraft in their demonstration teams - as opposed to advanced trainers.

Love the Arrows, but after RIAT this year, have to say that we were more impressed by the South Korean Team, whose name I forget. They seemed somehow much nimbler through the air. Esp love the fact they had to transport their aircraft via 747 !

The Korean pilots were lunatics!!

Was working at RIAT this year & if you think that their show display was good you should have seen the practise routines!!

At one stage they were warned about some of the manoeuvres they were pulling off as they were considered to be far too tight & far too fast.

They lunched in my hospitality area on the Friday of RIAT - just bonkers. Noisy, funny, amusing. Until that is 558 appeared in the distance & started her display.......

As with the Swiss team I was looking after they had never seen 558 'in the flesh' & they were spellbound by her performance.

I agree that at RIAT they were more entertaining than the Arrows however overall the Arrows remain the best in the world.

Now if only that nice Mr Cameron could find a squadron of Typhoons for the Arrows to use.........

Edited by fatboy69 on Wednesday 19th December 16:31

[jonny142]

2012 Tornado GR4 Role Demo Practise at Southport - 7 Sep 2012.....Awesome !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

[Fantic SuperT]

Old low-def footage of Bristol Beaufighters (and a few Mosquitos) attacking German shipping with cannons, rockets and torpedoes at very close range.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR2OTc6_3-g&lis...

Not up to modern camera standards, but it's the real deal.

[FourWheelDrift]

EE Lightnig clips, the mass take off scramble and vertical climb-outs at 2m30s is worth watching just for that - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMrbtwtH1C0

[Fantic SuperT]

FourWheelDrift said:

EE Lightnig clips, the mass take off scramble and vertical climb-outs at 2m30s is worth watching just for that - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMrbtwtH1C0

Let's imagine it's 1970. Which is your first choice dog-fighter? Lightning, Phantom, Starfighter, Mig-21, Mirage, or Saab?

[FourWheelDrift]

I'd go for the MIG-21 because the Lightning and Starfighter aren't dog-fighters. The Phantom is too big and was handed it's arse on a plate by the more manoeuvrable MIGs in Vietnam. Mirage III was also designed as an interceptor and suffers in manoeuvrability due to it's delta wing.

[FourWheelDrift]

Found the video that massed take off was from - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYpl4wGeK2s

[FourWheelDrift]

RAF Coltishall 1968 home movie, no health & safety then when you see the low flying Lightning heading straight for the crowd at 42s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JB0fy8eDoE

no sound recorded though.

[Fantic SuperT]

FourWheelDrift said:

I'd go for the MIG-21 because the Lightning and Starfighter aren't dog-fighters. The Phantom is too big and was handed it's arse on a plate by the more manoeuvrable MIGs in Vietnam. Mirage III was also designed as an interceptor and suffers in manoeuvrability due to it's delta wing.

OK I'll switch the the MIG-21 too. Although it looks like a Delta wing (plus a tail) to me so maybe has Mirage-like handling. Here's Evaluation of MiG-21 By USAF:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reVZ9aPYi9A

Edited by Fantic SuperT on Friday 21st December 13:55

[FourWheelDrift]

Can't remember if I posted this before but the final farewell low level flypasts of the Buccaneers in 1994 at Lossiemouth. Pictures and video during.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK6V4Kt_Ejw


Often told story of the Buccaneer is after they started to phase them out in favour of the new Tornado some were converted to air refuellers. From pprune - "A pair of Tornadoes from a base 'somewhere in Scotland' met a Buc loitering over the North Sea, refuelled on their way to a range in West Germany. The Buc continued to loiter, again giving them fuel on the way back and all 3 a/c recovered to base. The Buc was found to have 1,000lb of tankage fuel left over. So, instead of carrying this excess fuel, the Buccaneer could have carried a 1,000lb munition, refuelled the Tornadoes, accompanied them to Germany, dropped a bomb, then refuelled them on the way home."

[lloyd h]

MJ has some pretty good vids from the Loop.

I remember being on Cad for this, one of the best fini flights I've ever seen, just tore it up!
http://youtu.be/iC71wn5Y8w8

Low level with Red 4
http://youtu.be/QOz_cgYUZH0

GoPro footage from a Hawk T1 cockpit.
http://youtu.be/XduJkfa11oM

And a truly superb vid of the Harriers farewell. 'Its Not War'
http://vimeo.com/onef/16ship

[eccles]

Those GoPro cameras seem to be really good.
A chap I know took a friend up for a jolly in his Vans RV8. The passenger was wearing a Gopro and the footage of the aeros is great. The pilot used to do aeros for a living.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glNZ4EZHIJg

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

FourWheelDrift said:

Often told story of the Buccaneer is after they started to phase them out in favour of the new Tornado some were converted to air refuellers.

The Buccaneer had a Buddy-Buddy AAR capability from the Mk2 onwards - they received the HDU packs that had originally been used on the Scimitars.

[Bonefish Blues]

FourWheelDrift said:

Can't remember if I posted this before but the final farewell low level flypasts of the Buccaneers in 1994 at Lossiemouth. Pictures and video during.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK6V4Kt_Ejw


Often told story of the Buccaneer is after they started to phase them out in favour of the new Tornado some were converted to air refuellers. From pprune - "A pair of Tornadoes from a base 'somewhere in Scotland' met a Buc loitering over the North Sea, refuelled on their way to a range in West Germany. The Buc continued to loiter, again giving them fuel on the way back and all 3 a/c recovered to base. The Buc was found to have 1,000lb of tankage fuel left over. So, instead of carrying this excess fuel, the Buccaneer could have carried a 1,000lb munition, refuelled the Tornadoes, accompanied them to Germany, dropped a bomb, then refuelled them on the way home."

Bear with me here chaps as I'm not a plane expert but in my dimly-remembered past was footage filmed by the USAF (?) of a joint exercise somewhere with Buccaneers doing the most outrageous manoeuvres to their hosts' obvious amazement.
Have I misremembered, or does this footage still exist?

[Apache]

Bonefish Blues said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Can't remember if I posted this before but the final farewell low level flypasts of the Buccaneers in 1994 at Lossiemouth. Pictures and video during.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK6V4Kt_Ejw


Often told story of the Buccaneer is after they started to phase them out in favour of the new Tornado some were converted to air refuellers. From pprune - "A pair of Tornadoes from a base 'somewhere in Scotland' met a Buc loitering over the North Sea, refuelled on their way to a range in West Germany. The Buc continued to loiter, again giving them fuel on the way back and all 3 a/c recovered to base. The Buc was found to have 1,000lb of tankage fuel left over. So, instead of carrying this excess fuel, the Buccaneer could have carried a 1,000lb munition, refuelled the Tornadoes, accompanied them to Germany, dropped a bomb, then refuelled them on the way home."

Bear with me here chaps as I'm not a plane expert but in my dimly-remembered past was footage filmed by the USAF (?) of a joint exercise somewhere with Buccaneers doing the most outrageous manoeuvres to their hosts' obvious amazement.
Have I misremembered, or does this footage still exist?

Google Red Flag

[Bonefish Blues]

Thanks for that - I've found out that my memory was from 35+ years ago as the footage was on Nationwide in 1977 - still vivid, though. Thread here: http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-48541.ht...

Did anyone ever find the footage from the gunners' eye view with the whoopin and hollerin (as our cousins would say) that I remember?

[Mobsta]

SlipStream77 said:

I posted this in the Youtube thread a while ago.

Alaskan Bush pilots demonstrating STOL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWTcCtYl5Cs

Not read past this post yet, but what aircraft is that? Looks rather record breaking to me.

[Apache]

Piper Cubs

[ninja-lewis]

Russian Bears

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=add_1357824243

[FourWheelDrift]

More Buccaneer antics low level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detail...