SupraStar 3000 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Kinda makes anything that runs on wheels look tame. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42loUhVI2Qw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Wow great video. Those aircraft are something else, to be piloting one of those must feel spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Style Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Really enjoyed that! Must've been interesting to film with some of the shots there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Wow great video. Those aircraft are something else, to be piloting one of those must feel spectacular. Amazing amount of skill and trust too. How do you spin like that and know exactly where the other pilot is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Amazing amount of skill and trust too. How do you spin like that and know exactly where the other pilot is? indeed there is, and I have no idea how they would do know, but i'm sure they must, I suppose after being trained to do such manoeuvres, and after enough practice you would learn how the machine responds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjavon Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Great vid that:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 A beautifully shot film but must have cost an absolute fortune! When they do the spins theyre flying in formation, so each pilot knows where the other is. From my time on the Red Arrows Ive seen some footage that would make your eyes pop out lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 That's brilliant Ed. On the back of this I found one of James May in a U2 that I have posted - stunning. Check out the Red Flag exercise too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Nice U2 video Greg. I still can't believe they allowed him to fly in a such a unique aircraft. Also, makes it even more impressive that the Soviet Union managed to down one with a missile in the 1960s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Impressive! 2mins 45: is he flying with the canopy open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 #Highway to the danger zone.... come on i cant have been the only one humming/singing that while watching that vid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Nice U2 video Greg. I still can't believe they allowed him to fly in a such a unique aircraft. Also, makes it even more impressive that the Soviet Union managed to down one with a missile in the 1960s.Even more impressive... during an exercise in the mid 80s a Royal Ar Force Lightning intercepted a U2 at 88,000 feet (although, IIRC, the Lightning could not actually fly - as in maintain level flight - at that altitude). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Even more impressive... during an exercise in the mid 80s a Royal Ar Force Lightning intercepted a U2 at 88,000 feet (although, IIRC, the Lightning could not actually fly - as in maintain level flight - at that altitude). wow, didn't know that! Mind you, the lighting is pretty much a rocket with wings. http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/8/3/4/1186438.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Impressive! 2mins 45: is he flying with the canopy open? The footage is from a film called "Le Chevalier Du Ciel" so I guess thats the camera chase plane. Must feel a tad cold flying past mac1 with no cockpit though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 The only reason I can think for that Mirage with no rear canopy is maybe its an ejection seat test bed? Martin Baker had/have an old Gloucester Meteor with the rear canopy missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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