MACH LOOP RAF C-130J HERCULES RETIREMENT FLYPAST 4K
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- After fifty six years service in the Royal Air Force The mighty Hercules C-130J has flown its final formation flight. The formation of three departed RAF Brize Norton at 10.00 today (14th June) for its last six hour tour of the UK. The Mach Loop was packed out to see the formation enter the Bwlch and turn into Cad for the last time.
I've included in the video some of my favourite memories of the Hercules from beach landings on Pembrey sands to some regular passes in the Loop.
We all have a memory/story of the Hercules so feel free to share yours in the comments below.
Thanks as always
Daf
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Beautiful. farewell old faithful Herky-Bird :(
The Flightradar24 alert for this caught me TOTALY off guard!
I,ve heard NOTHING about ANYONE retiring the "Herk"!
I tracked intire flight, figuring they might hit "The Loop" and maybe I could pinpoint where its located on map.
Still not sure of location. Also figured there would be video! Well done folks!👍🏿🥂
Oh well, we still have them flying around here!👍🏿
Hope this helps.
Thanks for watching
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_Loop
I live along the loop and they flew over me today. My Dad called me up telling me "The Hercs are retiring! They flew over you" I surprised him with this video! 😄
Hope he enjoyed this vid along with some great uploads of the event today.
Thanks for watching 👍
Awesome video, Dafydd! Love the C-130’s. Very unique. Any word on replacement?
Appreciate you sharing these videos ✅
Just like the harrier we get shut while other country's still have them, who runs the RAF, great aircraft
Keep them coming Dafydd
Sadly there are some strange policy’s. Plenty of life in the old girl ✈️✈️
Thanks for watching
Absolute madness retiring these work horses. Glad I caught them at RAF Cranwell.
Nostalgic. A great way to end the filming. Time flies ; )
Thank for watching.
Appreciated. .
Holy crap... I'd buy a 20x24 of that sunset shot. Great caps as always dude
So US Herc memory. One of my favorite days of my almost 6 years in the US Army was observing 130s do multiple rough short field landings and T/Os at Ft Campbell. I was amazed at how rough of a road these birds can land on. It was a rough ride in my HUMVEE! Guess those huge tires (tyres? lol) can soak up huge bumps. The capper was I got to see my 1st C-17 ever do the same landing and T/O on the 2nd and final day of the exercise.
I Imagine the HERC is going to do 100 years or so in the US. Ohh, they are also really fun to jump out of as well!
Sound like you had fun Colin. Thanks for the memory and for watching
Daf
@@DafyddPhillips Thanks for the reply. Love your content.
My lasting memory of the Hercules was when a family friend who was an Air Loadmaster got me on a flight during families day at RAF Lyneham, shortly after taking off they lowered the rear ramp with a net accross it for safety and I stood by it and watched in amazement as we flew over Stonehenge, Bath, Bristol and the Severn bridge and various other landmarks, I will miss this iconic aircraft along with the Vulcan which I used to work on as an A-Mech-E at RAF St Athan during major refits.
That must of been a great experience
It's a shame they got rid of these beautiful aircraft 😢 I remember seeing them going off to the Falklands plus being a military wife seeing them on the base I absolutely loved them. Thank you yet again Dafydd a million times over I've saved every single one and will carry on doing. Thank you so much
A sad sight it was watching them go down the valley for the last time. Thanks Michelle for watching my vids. Much appreciate
A fitting tribute to a great aircraft. That final shot was a lovely way to end it. Thank you.
Many thanks 👍
So beautiful and MAJESTIC ❤❤❤
16/17 years ago I was night fishing down the Teme Valley when 2 of these beasts flew over my head no more than 30 metres above the river. No lights on, utterly spectacular. Respect to the pilots, ground crew and those that travelled in these remarkable work horses.
Awesome video already! You are very lucky to see this!
Thanks Alex, it was great to see it in person.
@@DafyddPhillips I bet!
Thanks for sharing, love your work 🤍
Thank you. Appreciated.
Great shots bud. Love the Pembry close ups too 😎
Goodbye ‘Fat Albert’, you’ll be greatly missed. The skies over Dartmoor won’t seem the same anymore 😢
So sad that we never seem to keep tried and tested equipment in our armed forces; instead rush headlong into new fangled gadgetry in the name of cost and efficiency ❗️
Totally agree Chris.
Thanks for watching
A legend!
An amazing ✈️ That served well all who had the privilege of stepping aboard sad to see them go Respect to all who have served our country 🇬🇧
Wonderful footage. Thank you for sharing. I feel emotional.
Thank you, yes sad to see them go.
Excellent homage!
Many thanks!
*Spectacular 😍*
Excellent footage of a glorious plane. Well done Mr.Phillips!
Many thanks John.
What a amazing sight flying threw the hills and mountains in Wales.
Actually the trick is to fly through the valleys, avoiding the hills and mountains. Magnificent airmanship on display.
There will never be another bird like Hercules. She's iconic. God only knows how many people serviced her, flew her, and traveled on one. She not only served in war, but did unheralded humanitarian work as well. Her crews kept her going, often in terrible environmental conditions. She's a tribute to those people.
In her own ways, she was beautiful.
Tis the end of an era.
Daf, your video is a very fitting tribute to this magnificent aircraft. Bravo Zulu.
Many thanks
Very nostalgic 😊
Another ace video 👌 well done 👋
Thanks elwyn 👍
Excellent video going to miss them going through the loop
Glad you enjoyed it, wil
Also
Those touch and goes on the beach were awesome to see. Thank you!
Glad you like them!
Thanks for watching.
Great stuff DP, the still 130 sunset pic "Suited for framing" !
Thank jeff, that was a great evening and lucky to be there.
Fantastic video as always, we managed to catch the hercs around 3.03pm today just before they fly over RAF Mildenhall.
A shame these beauts are retiring.
Thank you, happy you got to see them for one last time ✈️👍
Beautiful capture Dafydd. I have to say I'll miss these aircrafts, ty for the post.🥰😊👍
Thank you.
Love this. My nephew (a West Point grad commissioned into the USAF) completed his flight training and received his dream assignment- MC-130J's in Special Op's. I can't wait to talk to him about flying these.
Wonderful shots of an era I remember first in the 1970's flying in three's over my house near the Salisbury Plain.
Couldn't make the Loop today but ended up at LFA 17 instead - amazing to watch the final flight. Great video as always.
Thanks Darrell and hope your well? I hear you had some great traffic il in the Lake District today.
@@DafyddPhillips cheers Daf, I only did 4 hours , had the 3x Hercs and 5x Typhoons . I still prefer the Loop
Beautiful footage as always Dafydd. Thank you for the unstinting service Albert👍
Many thanks!
Wow. Great shots. Thanks for the video
Thanks as always. 👍
Farewell Fat Albert C130 used to enjoy seeing them around the south of UK even got buzzed by a 3 ship on many occasion where I used to live saw them from the train over Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. You will be missed. can't believe that the 400 or whatever is replacing it is such a good idea?
Excellent fly pass, very befitting of the RAF's work horses for many years. A few of these Hercules C-130s have saved my life a few times during my 24-year career. Some use JADOs and take off on skiies in the Arctic Circle. Casualty Evacuation and emergency flights home at low level for suspected brain tumours, too. R.I.P and Happy Retirement Fat Albert ❤.
Nailed it!
Many thanks
I have watched the C130 in america for years,lived near flight path, but had never seen them from an elevated prospective. Great camera work! The sunset still was beautiful. 😢👍
Thanks Nell. Appreciate you watching.
Loved my "jollies" on these old birds! Gonna miss that sound. Nothing comparable to the sound of the hercy bird. Beautiful aircraft, long and short.
PS - Excellent footage as always, Sir. Thank you 😊
Must of been great times!!
Thanks for watching
@DafyddPhillips , yeah, they were. Watching the engineer walking the length of the aircraft, banging on pipes with a mallet, was very much a highlight of each flight 😆 😱🤯😂
Wear ear defenders at all times!
@JohnSmith-ei2pz plugs, and defenders 😉
Always a big deal to watch the 130s. They fly so gracefully & look great doing it. A huge thank you for your service to pilots and all ground crewmen. Marvelous video.
Many thanks for watching craig.
@@DafyddPhillips You are welcome.
Many thanks for posting such an amazing compilation recording this historic event. Also heartfelt thanks, respect and admiration to the Royal Air Force, the oldest and best Airforce in the World - bar none.
That sunset touch and go is a cracking picture
Thank you.
Thanks Dafydd. Sad day😢😢. Just good memories left now.
Very nice footage Daf, 👍👌such a shame we are loosing this more than capable airframe.
A sad day indeed but I'm glad I managed to get over to see if for myself 👍🇬🇧✈️
Thanks Andy, havnt seen the loop that busy before. Yes sad to see them go
@@DafyddPhillips your welcome Daf, me neither, I hope the crews enjoyed seeing the people that turned out in the Loop in the hundreds to see them off👍🇬🇧✈️
A fond farewell to the old C-130 - that flypast has made me quite emotional
This brings a tear to my eyes. :-(
Iconic images of an iconic aircraft…. Beautiful!!
Many thanks.
And thanks for capturing the memories so well for us. The still with the sun behind the Herc is stunning.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching.
Spent years watching these magnificent planes at Keevil airfield doing training drops. Fantastic.
To you Dafydd - Thanks for the memories too! Thank you for chronicling a little bit of aviation history in a remarkable way 👍👋 Oh, and that still shot with the sunset in the background would make a great poster!
Thanks for watching.
Appreciated.
You know, they can actually program them to be quicker and more maneuvable than the fighters. Could you imagine? They look sharp as it is! Very very nice and long live the C-130s! Please keep coming out with more vlogs!!
Many thanks
Fantastic! I remember seeing a mass take off at Lyneham, absolutely spectacular. Such a wonderful aircraft, great to fly in too, especially with the ramp down!
Many memories of the Mach Loop and then waiting for the Red to go Green !
This is a fabulous and marvelloys foitage to pay tribute to its great service of the legacy C-130J Hercules and definitely missed them in service 😢
Many thanks.
@@DafyddPhillips most welcome sir 😊
The c130 Hercules have been a huge workhorse in the RAF and it’s sad to see them retire but they have been amazing ambassadors and I can’t wait to see them do the fly past for Trooping the colour farewell C130 you will be missed 😢
Beautiful formation ! What a memorable flypast ! C130 is one of my favourite aircraft. Stunning footage my friend 🙂👍
Thank you topfelya, hope your keeping well.
So much beauty and so well captured! I could watch these clips for hours. Thanks Dafydd.
Thank you mark and happy you enjoy them. 👍
Awesome video and pictures
Many thanks for watching
Thank you. Goosebumps watching that?
Appreciate you watching the video glen 👍
What a magnificent shot. Thanks for sharing Dafydd, salut!
Thank you.
Yet another classic aircraft disappearing from Welsh skies..... Tornado, Jaguar, harrier and now the Hercules...... Very very sad times for fans of aviation.... Cracking footage...
Couldn’t agree more. Thanks for watching
Awesome shots. fair well old girls, thank you for your years of service *Salutes*
Great captures
Thank you.
What a sight to see. The sound is amazing.
The sun has now set on the C-130J.
What a sight. And, what a sound.
Thanks to the sporting crew of these aircrafts who offered such a fabulous perch for photography to the scores of enthusiasts who had flocked to capture these brilliant shots . Sad to think that these workhorses are being put to pasture- very versatile highlifters who could be depended upon to service in the most difficult situations. Thanks for the fantastic capture Philips.
Many thanks!
Yet another cracking video mate, sooo majestic, nice one 👍 👏 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thanks 👍
Great bit of film, but sad at the same time, Goodbye old girl, Thanks 😢
These 3 did a really low fly by over our Littlewood fencing yard near Battle East Sussex, they where just above the tree line.
We quite often get low fly bye s by the RAF as they seem to use our yard as a way point.
Fun time for the new recruits when the chinooks come over as they bank over and do really tight turns.
Beautiful quality and smooth as always Dafydd 👍🇬🇧
Thank you! Cheers!
Up there with the Vulcan in my eyes. Different builders but both superb in their field. I suspect the MOD will regret retiring such a workhorse very soon. Such a wonderful flying machine. Incredible humanitarian work as well. A very well earned place in aviation history.
Agreed Jonathan.
Thanks for watching 👍
Managed to watch their take offs from brize yesterday, had a tear in my eye!!
Emotional day.
@@DafyddPhillips certainly was, I worked on that aircraft when it first came into service, it will always have a special place in my heart.
Love your video, some amazing shots and really well put together 👍🏻
They fly past my place....Koitiata, NZ... awesome. ..Great vid
Stunning as always, thankyou. Can't believe they've gone. So now there's a capability gap in the transport fleet, no AWAC at all, a maritime fleet not big enough to cope with its taskings and a fighter/strike fleet stretched beyond a joke. What happened to the RAF I served in with such pride????
Totally agree although it’s a feather in the cap for some politicians short term. Sad times.
Sunset picture Fantastic,the flying away Thankyou ending was beautiful.
Many thanks for watching
@@DafyddPhillips I was stood in the farm below the Mach loop on holiday, what a moment!
Good gracious, what a fantastic video!!!
Thank you.
Incredible planes, wonderful footage. Wish my gramps could have seen this, he'd shed a tear. Thank you
Many thanks. The c130 was close to so many.
C130 máy bay vận tải Khổng lồ của không lực Hoa Kỳ, Biểu diễn rất ấn tượng...🇺🇸👍
Awesome shots and video. The sunset shot at 2:24 is simply stunning!
Many thanks
The MoD/RAF won’t realise what they’re missing until they’re gone. A trusted workhorse
Agree Colin 👍
Brilliant footage . Love the beach touchdown . Remember back in 1992 at Avebury in Wiltshire when we had 7 Hercs flying round in circles .
Thank you, that must of been an awesome sight back in the day 👍
Unfortunately, most of my up close and personal memories of C130's is MAFFS missions here in California putting out forest fires. In my opinion the C130 was the best "do it all" aircraft built.
As usual Daf, majestic video and great camera work. You spoil us good sir - Phantom..
I can only imagine it did a great job firefighting over there, big respect!
Thanks for watching.
I’m still chasing my first phantom low level in Greece for you. One day soon ✈️✈️🤞
Thank you so much for the footage of this iconic aircraft ,Love the touch and go,s on Pembrey Sands.Once again Dafydd you fly high and above other aviation channels.👍❤
Many thanks! Happy you enjoy the vids 😎👍
Amazing photos, great video. Awesome bird
Many thanks
What a trimendous display & enthusiasm of these pilots, l really love these displays, they really do something for me, so A very big thank you to all those who have taken the time to make this wonderful video (keep it up).
Many thanks John, appreciated.
Great video and brilliant stills. Iconic supply multi-role aircraft. Shame to see it go.
Thank you Bobbie, very sad indeed.
Thanks for watching
The RAF having to retire yet another icon and an iconic squadron. A sad occasion on such a brilliant day. I wish all members of no.47 Sqn the best of luck and hope the proud crane and the name of the Nile will be resurrected very soon again.
One of my fave military planes, thank you for sharing this amazing spectacle ✌️
Happy you enjoyed it.
Many thanks
Great footage, thanks :)
Lots of memories of the Hercules; from standing at the end of the runway behind it as it took off, to standing on the open ramp while in flight. Got to be one of my favourites
Many thanks for watching.
The Swedish Air Force still have them. Not retired yet. A few weeks ago one passed over our house for a few touch and go at Åre Östersund Airport. The base is at Karlsborg F7 in southern Sweden.🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
Excellent photo/videography, thank you very much! I’ll miss the Fat Albert hugely, I’ve been a fan since I flew in the RAF’s original C-130’s in the mid- to late- 60’s, great fun was had in wonderful exotic locations! Thanks again Dafydd!
Must of been great times John. Thanks for watching 👍
@@DafyddPhillips you’re very welcome! And they were great!
thanks for sharing dafydd i did not know they were retiring them.
I can't believe they're gone
Thanks Daf !
Appreciated Fred 👍
Awesome as usual . The pilots must put something on a bit special when they see you guys up there .
Thank you. They couldn’t miss us today 🤠👍
Fantastic video. Shocking that they are being retired and sent abroad.