Really cool to watch you fly over familiar turf (I'm from Newcastle) I'm off on the sick for 2 months so tomorrow I'll have a go at this route. And the place Hawik is pronounced like Hoyk. I must add my Grandma told me that a while ago and not sure if its a joke. She seemend fairly serious haha
@@cgaviator Thank you Sir. I had a little go at the route. I mainly went looking for Spadeadam after flying over the Angel of The North. I couldn’t find Spadeadam. I was literally on top of it hence why I couldn’t see it. I then went looking for College Valley. There’s some WW2 plane wrecks around there and an RAF memorial. I will deffo have a go at your full route
Entertaining video. I really enjoyed the mix of aviation, sightseeing, and RAF history. UK is a great setting for this sort of flying. Incidentally just stumbled upon ridge rolls in the DCS L-39 last night south of Kobuleti during a detour from the range to the mountains after failing to figure out bombs setup. I was working on consistent roll-in to a 30 degree dive on the abandoned airfield, so I'll have to try that little trick you showed up at Spadeadam. These videos have definitely exposed me to a part of aviation I never knew much about, and it's ideal for flight sims. I'll give this route a try this week.
That was very fun, especially RAF Spadeadam. It is surprising to see the detail that the simulator includes. For me, that's a good chunk of the appeal. I can indulge my love of geography and explore the planet in a way that I cannot do in real life. I don't know if I'll physically make it back to the UK again, but I fly there in the sim frequently. Your videos are inspiring. I'm going to have to watch this again and try it myself.
It's always a pleasure watching your videos. Feels like flying the real thing, the scenery in MSFS is so damn well done. I wish some of those module developer companies would bring out an RAF SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 in the camouflage of the Gulf War. You see them so seldom in any flight, SIM actually never saw any for FSX, Prepar3D or MSFS 2020... It's such a beautiful jet.
29:57 Trrain Trrain Pull up! Love this. I really enjoy photographing aircraft in the Moffat Valley and have even caught F-15s slaloming those bends on the A74(M)!
I've spent a lot of time in the Moffat Valley and when you're there in the shadow of those mighty hills it seems like you're in the middle of nowhere. But at 400 knots the world shrinks considerably! Another great video. This has fast become one of my favourite channels.
Absolutely fantastic video, I come on everyday in hope you have posted something new. I used to play a lot of sims many years ago, sims these days are unreal so it will be a brand new learning curve. Keep up the fantastic work, would be great to see something out of RAF Leeming! Used to go there as kid with my grandad and watch the Tornados taking off.
Took off from there on my England video and I believe I landed there on my Lake District video 👍🏻 Sadly the scenery model isn’t as good as it could be.
Great video again. Since you fly so much low level in the UK, I recommend you get Bijan’s 4 Seasons Pack, if only for the improved representation of the trees you find in the UK. The trees are more round, smaller, and the extra seasons are a bonus. Would make your videos even better :)
Lol, I’ll take a look! You know, I promised myself I wouldn’t start buying all the addons like I did in P3D! 😅 I was hoping that MSFS may get around to seasons etc.
love this route, starts at my old job at the airport, flew right over my current place of work in gateshead, over my house near the derwent and over my old school in hexham.
@@cgaviator yep, out of everywhere in the world I flew from Wattisham (ex reme apache tech) in a hornet over my kids school haha and around Rendlesham forest, Woodbridge and bentwaters as love the military history of those bases plus like walking around there too.
Hard to believe the performance of that jet given the tiny, tiny intakes. They look like they were made to a different scale from the rest of the aircraft. These tours need more views… we get excellent flying tips, a look at different aircraft types and great tours complete with interesting commentary and anecdotes. Fab.
Thanks! And while the engine is small, so is the aircraft. Though I am surprised that a straight wing aircraft can cruise comfortably at 420kt. But I have no experience in it. It’s just a lovely cruiser! And good at slower speeds. And thank you 👍🏻
Awesome :-) I hope you were booked into 20 Tango! My first 100ft trip in the Tornado was flown down the Moffat Valley. As we exited heading west towards a laydown target at 500 kts we passed over the A74 trunk road at (video 21:21) and I looked right, almost into the cab of a truck! I thought to myself, how can this be legal, but it was :-) Sorry to the truck driver for the surprise. Here is a link to a Tornado GR1 video making a simulated attack from N to S into Spadeadam EW range. About half way through you can hear the crew chaffing and the Radar Warning alerting them to various engagements from the ground.
I dunno, they do it for real for every Scotland rugby match at Murrayfield, and every Edinburgh Tattoo display! and Hawick is pronounced Hoi ck and my flight of choice would be the Peebles valley! But might have to try further south by accident!
This has been on my "to watch" list for a while, I'm glad I managed to find time for it. Great to see the Big To Small technique. As for low levels, "Be still my beating heart" - even a couple hundred feet difference and the apparent speed seems incredible. External low flying for footage is risky but under the Tyne bridge is really showing off your skill. Here's a non-UK low level route for you: Spangdahlem to Koblenz, follow Der Lorelei sirens down the Rhine to Mainz, east to Frankfurt and continue to Fulda. OHMS airmail delivery of a B61 at Eisenach (sorry Wartburg castle). RTB any route westward (although sometimes I deviate to Seigen and follow the valley north to Kromback because I like their wheatbeer). Just east of Bonn are a pair of castles. Then any route home but down the Rhine to Remagen (and its WWII significant bridge) to Koblenz. F/A-18 has enough gas low-level. I've done it with Hawk and Macci, but on unlimited fuel (cheat) while exploring, so would have to try again with drop tanks and limited fuel back on. And for my homeland, anywhere in the South Island of New Zealand is pretty good. Christchurch to Farlie is flat but then to Tekapo, Pukaki and then south to Wanaka and Queenstown mixes glacial and river valleys.
An absolutely fantastic video very professionally done and incredibly informative one of the best TH-cam videos out there I think you . A pleasured to watch. Thank you. Maverick.
That was a really enjoyable video - I did my PPL at Carlisle and used to fly from Eshott so Northumberland and the Borders were my playground (though never at low level or faster than 90kts!)
Very enjoyable video and good flying. Hawick is pronounced Hoick. A mate rang me to meet there and I drove up and spent ages looking for Hoick on the Road Signs then finally twigged. Newcastle United Stadium is St James Park. Driving past Spadeadam once on the A69 and a large RAF transport was coming in very steep dropping antimissile flares - great sight. One suggestion trip round the Western Isles - Islay, Skye, Eilean Donan Castle etc?
Flying the MB-339, my favorite jet fighter, earned you a like and a subscribe! 🙂 I noticed that you don't set your heading bug or HSI course pointer to the direction of the upcoming turn. Do you guys just tend not to fuss with that while flying low-level like this? It just takes a quick second to do and provides a good sanity check to make sure you're heading the correct way. Thanks again for your videos they are informative as well as great fun to watch!
Just looked at the map and you are right. Driven along it many times to visit our son in Edinburgh. Motorway all the way. Never realised it initially is the A74(M) then the M74. Often stop for a picnic along the Moffat valley but unfortunately not seen you fly by.
Would love to see the North West of Scotland operational flying. Places like Applecross pass, Glen Shiel would be good too. I am of course assuming the designated area for low flying is further north towards Cape Wrath?
@@cgaviator Poop!. I don't suppose you knew Squadron Leader Matt Barker? He was Flt Lt at the time and flew the display season on the Hawk solo in 2009. We used to be friends when we were kids and I dated his sister ❤
So much fun, I love this kind of flight as much as the precision timed ones. If you could only get one jet in addition to the Hawk, would it be the MB 339, the Fouga Magister, the Goshawk or something else? Given that it was used for this type of flying.
Good question! I’d still get the 339, it’s just so well made! Clearly I’m a fan of this flying and the Fouga, whilst very nice, is for the slower cruising. I’ve not flown the T45 much as it doesn’t quick have that authentic, well used cockpit feel. And it’s Navy! 😂
@@cgaviator Thanks! For a layman, is the 339 different enough from the Hawk to warrant buying both? I will be getting the Hawk, but hadn't considered the 339 until you made this video.
@@MojaveHigh depends on how much you want to spend! 😄 It’s different enough but largely does the same job. I just like a change of cockpit scenery. You wouldn’t regret having it that’s for sure
@@cgaviator Thanks for the advice. I have bought several planes recently and see two or three must haves in my immediate future (AN-2, Floatiak, Van's RV-14), so I am trying to be frugal, haha, even though it doesn't sound like it.
The "water feature" you're thinking of is St. Mary's Loch. What did you fly operationally? I am trying to pursue the fast jet path, myself. Did you fly with Tim D?
I didn’t fly with Tim, though I followed a similar path. And thanks for the Loch pointer, I’m always nervous pronouncing things when I know the Scots will be watching! 😂
A YT video (th-cam.com/video/Prnthv4uxeE/w-d-xo.html) shows a couple of Eurofighters flying from RAF Conningsby, around the Mach Loop, through the Lake District and then returning to base. In the Lake District, they fly: Lake Windermere - Little Langdale - Eskdale - Wast Water - Buttermere - Crummock Water. I enjoy flying the Hawk using that route, flying to the north of Lake Windermere after Crummock Water to make it into a loop - it makes a good alternative/addition to the Mach Loop.
Hey Chris, just getting into this aircraft and love this route….do you have the flight plan for it ? I know you did it a while back but I’m a recent convert to MSFS2020 so way behind the curve 🙈😉🤣
Low is the way to go,I get bored at altitude,flew from EGLF to Valley in the 339 and got bored at 3000' very quickly so did most of the run @ 200'.I have those weather presets and also have presets by DNBOF (flightsim.to),two main differences are with the latter you have the facility to glide with thermals and if you park a light aircraft and crank up the preset to around hurricane force,it will toss the G A around like a cork.This will not happen with the former..........................
Really cool to watch you fly over familiar turf (I'm from Newcastle) I'm off on the sick for 2 months so tomorrow I'll have a go at this route. And the place Hawik is pronounced like Hoyk. I must add my Grandma told me that a while ago and not sure if its a joke. She seemend fairly serious haha
Haha, thanks 👍🏻 And get well soon!
@@cgaviator Thank you Sir. I had a little go at the route. I mainly went looking for Spadeadam after flying over the Angel of The North. I couldn’t find Spadeadam. I was literally on top of it hence why I couldn’t see it. I then went looking for College Valley. There’s some WW2 plane wrecks around there and an RAF memorial. I will deffo have a go at your full route
Your Grandma is 100% correct!
This has become my favourite youtube channel! Great tips for realistic flying.
Thanks! And kudos for first comment! 👍🏻👍🏻
Entertaining video. I really enjoyed the mix of aviation, sightseeing, and RAF history. UK is a great setting for this sort of flying.
Incidentally just stumbled upon ridge rolls in the DCS L-39 last night south of Kobuleti during a detour from the range to the mountains after failing to figure out bombs setup. I was working on consistent roll-in to a 30 degree dive on the abandoned airfield, so I'll have to try that little trick you showed up at Spadeadam.
These videos have definitely exposed me to a part of aviation I never knew much about, and it's ideal for flight sims. I'll give this route a try this week.
Awesome, thanks for taking the time to comment 👍🏻
That was very fun, especially RAF Spadeadam. It is surprising to see the detail that the simulator includes. For me, that's a good chunk of the appeal. I can indulge my love of geography and explore the planet in a way that I cannot do in real life. I don't know if I'll physically make it back to the UK again, but I fly there in the sim frequently. Your videos are inspiring. I'm going to have to watch this again and try it myself.
Thanks so much! I do just that, flying around places I haven’t been for years
Very enjoyable! 24:52 - yes please!
It's always a pleasure watching your videos. Feels like flying the real thing, the scenery in MSFS is so damn well done. I wish some of those module developer companies would bring out an RAF SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 in the camouflage of the Gulf War. You see them so seldom in any flight, SIM actually never saw any for FSX, Prepar3D or MSFS 2020... It's such a beautiful jet.
The Jaguar is a strange omission from the sims! It would be great to try it
29:57 Trrain Trrain Pull up!
Love this. I really enjoy photographing aircraft in the Moffat Valley and have even caught F-15s slaloming those bends on the A74(M)!
Awesome!
I've spent a lot of time in the Moffat Valley and when you're there in the shadow of those mighty hills it seems like you're in the middle of nowhere. But at 400 knots the world shrinks considerably! Another great video. This has fast become one of my favourite channels.
Thanks, I’m really glad to hear that!
Absolutely fantastic video, I come on everyday in hope you have posted something new. I used to play a lot of sims many years ago, sims these days are unreal so it will be a brand new learning curve. Keep up the fantastic work, would be great to see something out of RAF Leeming! Used to go there as kid with my grandad and watch the Tornados taking off.
Took off from there on my England video and I believe I landed there on my Lake District video 👍🏻 Sadly the scenery model isn’t as good as it could be.
Excellent video, thoroughly enjoyed that. Top quality as always and great to see Edinburgh at the end of it.
Great video again. Since you fly so much low level in the UK, I recommend you get Bijan’s 4 Seasons Pack, if only for the improved representation of the trees you find in the UK. The trees are more round, smaller, and the extra seasons are a bonus. Would make your videos even better :)
Lol, I’ll take a look! You know, I promised myself I wouldn’t start buying all the addons like I did in P3D! 😅 I was hoping that MSFS may get around to seasons etc.
Stunning presentation and skill Chris! Really professional channel, hope it continues to grow as this is one of the best I've seen.
Thank you for the kind words! Much appreciated!
love this route, starts at my old job at the airport, flew right over my current place of work in gateshead, over my house near the derwent and over my old school in hexham.
oh and i did my DofE at spadeadam
@@TheDrummingWarrior I planned it well then! Just for you 🤗👍🏻
Just the sort of video I like the right mix of tutorial and fun flying 👏👏 will look forword to flying this route later. Thanks 👍😎
Can't wait to try this on the sim. Used to live up in the borders abd regularly hike around that area
I do enjoy revisiting places I’ve been in real life, amazing how realistic it can be
@@cgaviator yep, out of everywhere in the world I flew from Wattisham (ex reme apache tech) in a hornet over my kids school haha and around Rendlesham forest, Woodbridge and bentwaters as love the military history of those bases plus like walking around there too.
Hard to believe the performance of that jet given the tiny, tiny intakes. They look like they were made to a different scale from the rest of the aircraft. These tours need more views… we get excellent flying tips, a look at different aircraft types and great tours complete with interesting commentary and anecdotes. Fab.
Thanks! And while the engine is small, so is the aircraft. Though I am surprised that a straight wing aircraft can cruise comfortably at 420kt. But I have no experience in it. It’s just a lovely cruiser! And good at slower speeds. And thank you 👍🏻
Awesome :-) I hope you were booked into 20 Tango! My first 100ft trip in the Tornado was flown down the Moffat Valley. As we exited heading west towards a laydown target at 500 kts we passed over the A74 trunk road at (video 21:21) and I looked right, almost into the cab of a truck! I thought to myself, how can this be legal, but it was :-) Sorry to the truck driver for the surprise. Here is a link to a Tornado GR1 video making a simulated attack from N to S into Spadeadam EW range. About half way through you can hear the crew chaffing and the Radar Warning alerting them to various engagements from the ground.
100ft… jolly good fun!
I dunno, they do it for real for every Scotland rugby match at Murrayfield, and every Edinburgh Tattoo display!
and Hawick is pronounced Hoi ck
and my flight of choice would be the Peebles valley! But might have to try further south by accident!
Lol, thanks 👍🏻
Hi great video. You are the best Sim Pilot that i've seen . In all the year's I've been watching youtube videos . Just keep them comming. Fantastic
That is very kind of you to say, thank you 👍🏻
Your videos keep getting better and better! 💯
Thanks, much appreciated! I’m slowly learning the editing software! 😅
Really enjoyed the flight
This has been on my "to watch" list for a while, I'm glad I managed to find time for it. Great to see the Big To Small technique. As for low levels, "Be still my beating heart" - even a couple hundred feet difference and the apparent speed seems incredible. External low flying for footage is risky but under the Tyne bridge is really showing off your skill. Here's a non-UK low level route for you: Spangdahlem to Koblenz, follow Der Lorelei sirens down the Rhine to Mainz, east to Frankfurt and continue to Fulda. OHMS airmail delivery of a B61 at Eisenach (sorry Wartburg castle). RTB any route westward (although sometimes I deviate to Seigen and follow the valley north to Kromback because I like their wheatbeer). Just east of Bonn are a pair of castles. Then any route home but down the Rhine to Remagen (and its WWII significant bridge) to Koblenz. F/A-18 has enough gas low-level. I've done it with Hawk and Macci, but on unlimited fuel (cheat) while exploring, so would have to try again with drop tanks and limited fuel back on. And for my homeland, anywhere in the South Island of New Zealand is pretty good. Christchurch to Farlie is flat but then to Tekapo, Pukaki and then south to Wanaka and Queenstown mixes glacial and river valleys.
Thanks, I’ll be sure to check it out
An absolutely fantastic video very professionally done and incredibly informative one of the best TH-cam videos out there I think you . A pleasured to watch. Thank you. Maverick.
Thanks for saying, much appreciated!
Tomorrows mission 😬😬😬
Thanks 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Sorry the downloads aren’t ready yet, but have fun!
The ultimate 2 seater. Fab graphics.
That was a really enjoyable video - I did my PPL at Carlisle and used to fly from Eshott so Northumberland and the Borders were my playground (though never at low level or faster than 90kts!)
Thanks 👍🏻
Very enjoyable video and good flying. Hawick is pronounced Hoick. A mate rang me to meet there and I drove up and spent ages looking for Hoick on the Road Signs then finally twigged. Newcastle United Stadium is St James Park. Driving past Spadeadam once on the A69 and a large RAF transport was coming in very steep dropping antimissile flares - great sight. One suggestion trip round the Western Isles - Islay, Skye, Eilean Donan Castle etc?
Yeah, I’ve looked to the west though the rendering isn’t as impressive. I’ll take another look and see. Thanks 👍🏻
This MB model is lovely! Great video as usual 😎
Thanks 👍🏻
Really Interesting. I once went to Spadeadam in the back of a Puma, whilst they did missile avoidance. Threw up all the way :-(
Oh no! Great experience mind!
Flying the MB-339, my favorite jet fighter, earned you a like and a subscribe! 🙂
I noticed that you don't set your heading bug or HSI course pointer to the direction of the upcoming turn. Do you guys just tend not to fuss with that while flying low-level like this? It just takes a quick second to do and provides a good sanity check to make sure you're heading the correct way. Thanks again for your videos they are informative as well as great fun to watch!
Ordinarily I’d change the HSI bits but in the sim it’s tricky to fly and mouse it over each time
Great flight and get that VFR region 1 in :}
Will do! Going to run some FPS tests first 😅
Great video. Dual carriageway is the M74.
I believe it starts as A74(M) then goes full on M74
Just looked at the map and you are right. Driven along it many times to visit our son in Edinburgh. Motorway all the way. Never realised it initially is the A74(M) then the M74. Often stop for a picnic along the Moffat valley but unfortunately not seen you fly by.
@@keithrobson8649 it’s been a long time! 😅
Would love to see the North West of Scotland operational flying. Places like Applecross pass, Glen Shiel would be good too. I am of course assuming the designated area for low flying is further north towards Cape Wrath?
I did check out west coast and it wasn’t rendered as nicely as it should have been. I’ll check it again as it’s a lovely place!
Thanks for the last bit on the weather. Just downloaded it as a result. MSFS clouds are a bit meh.
Ever seen P3D clouds!? 😆
@@cgaviator Poop!. I don't suppose you knew Squadron Leader Matt Barker? He was Flt Lt at the time and flew the display season on the Hawk solo in 2009. We used to be friends when we were kids and I dated his sister ❤
@@beech18 haha, yes I knew Matt, but certainly not as familiar with his sister! 😂
@@cgaviator 🤣
So if this is the Scottish answer to the Mach Loop, does that make it the McLoop? 😀
😆
And you pronounced Hawick wrong haha, new subscriber and great content
Haha… yes, I know now! 😅
So, why is ridge rolling illegal?
Great video as always!
I think training limits this to 120° of bank, inverted is far too maverick! 😎
Great video. Can you please post your hardware system? PC make, memory, video card etc. Thanks.
Should be in the destruction or linked to my site 👍🏻
I hope you’re not too hard on yourself getting numbers wrong! You fly well. :)
My goodness, I hardly remember this video lol! 😅
So much fun, I love this kind of flight as much as the precision timed ones.
If you could only get one jet in addition to the Hawk, would it be the MB 339, the Fouga Magister, the Goshawk or something else? Given that it was used for this type of flying.
Good question! I’d still get the 339, it’s just so well made! Clearly I’m a fan of this flying and the Fouga, whilst very nice, is for the slower cruising. I’ve not flown the T45 much as it doesn’t quick have that authentic, well used cockpit feel. And it’s Navy! 😂
@@cgaviator Thanks! For a layman, is the 339 different enough from the Hawk to warrant buying both? I will be getting the Hawk, but hadn't considered the 339 until you made this video.
@@MojaveHigh depends on how much you want to spend! 😄 It’s different enough but largely does the same job. I just like a change of cockpit scenery. You wouldn’t regret having it that’s for sure
@@cgaviator Thanks for the advice. I have bought several planes recently and see two or three must haves in my immediate future (AN-2, Floatiak, Van's RV-14), so I am trying to be frugal, haha, even though it doesn't sound like it.
@@MojaveHigh haha, yeah right! 😅
The "water feature" you're thinking of is St. Mary's Loch.
What did you fly operationally? I am trying to pursue the fast jet path, myself. Did you fly with Tim D?
I didn’t fly with Tim, though I followed a similar path. And thanks for the Loch pointer, I’m always nervous pronouncing things when I know the Scots will be watching! 😂
@@cgaviator I’m sure we would forgive you 😂
@@cgaviator Are you ex-FAA then? It's looking like dark blue for me!
@@MintyModF1 certainly not FAA! 😅
A YT video (th-cam.com/video/Prnthv4uxeE/w-d-xo.html) shows a couple of Eurofighters flying from RAF Conningsby, around the Mach Loop, through the Lake District and then returning to base. In the Lake District, they fly: Lake Windermere - Little Langdale - Eskdale - Wast Water - Buttermere - Crummock Water. I enjoy flying the Hawk using that route, flying to the north of Lake Windermere after Crummock Water to make it into a loop - it makes a good alternative/addition to the Mach Loop.
I can’t say I know many of the place names! But I’m pretty sure I’ve flown it!
Hey Chris, just getting into this aircraft and love this route….do you have the flight plan for it ? I know you did it a while back but I’m a recent convert to MSFS2020 so way behind the curve 🙈😉🤣
Yup, here: www.cgaviator.co.uk/downloads/
@@cgaviator Thanks much appreciated
Hey Chris do you have an idea why ridge rolling is illegal?
Ridge rolling isn’t illegal… but going beyond 120 angle of bank at low level is! At least I seem to remember the number was 120!
@@cgaviator Ah thank you! Good thing that you can't do any illegal things when flying a flight sim👍
Hey so out of all the aircraft you’ve flown on msfs, what is your absolute favorite? Your go to.
F35 usually! But I fly a lot of different models
Haven’t flown that one yet. Ive been flying the T1 quite a bit as of late. Maybe I’ll give that one a go!
are you using bing or google?
Bing
What's happened to Harry the Hawk?
Haha… I have so many models in my virtual hangar that I need to spread the love a little! It’ll be back!
@@cgaviator Can't be whizzing around in these foreign cheap and nasty airframes.
@@jjsmallpiece9234 haha, I dunno, got a soft spot for the 339. I’ve got more plans for the Hawk, that’s for sure!
Hi please can you upload the flight plan for this
Did it work ok?
Absolutely fantastic thanks so much
Low is the way to go,I get bored at altitude,flew from EGLF to Valley in the 339 and got bored at 3000' very quickly so did most of the run @ 200'.I have those weather presets and also have presets by DNBOF (flightsim.to),two main differences are with the latter you have the facility to glide with thermals and if you park a light aircraft and crank up the preset to around hurricane force,it will toss the G A around like a cork.This will not happen with the former..........................
Oh, thanks… I’ll take a look 👍🏻