I know I am at least a year late here. Retired USAF many years ago. You British are special people. I was stationed in Guam with my family and the Vulcan would come by ever so often. I has permission to take my 2 boys aboard a Vulcan. Just the three of us. What a beautiful aircraft. One of my son was stationed in England flying A-10`s and he took me to Ducksford??? to a airshow. Went aboard your SST. I am old now and can not remember its real name. I was a boom operator in a KC-135. Got to see the world many times over with the SR-71.Lots of time at Mildenhall. Take care.
Duxford (as in "Duke's Ford"), it's still a working air museum/air field near to Cambridge with the original WW2 style brick buildings. During the war it was in use and still gets military jets sometimes outside of air shows. Mildenhall is generally larger and gets the big American jets I like to see ... and Crispy Creme donut trucks. That's where they do all the trade shows and the politicians decide to buy jets and missiles. But there's a very nice collection of jets in the Duxford hangars, some you get to go inside. I think the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight might be based there. Grew up nearby so I got to see it a fair few times, passed by it on the way to school hundreds of times.
The best part of this is how almost all of the footage has audio from the planes and not "contaminated" by voices or other sounds not needed. I never manage that feat when I attend events. Well done sir.
Pleased you were entertained and got to enjoy the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years Here's episode 2 if interested - th-cam.com/video/9U0s3rk7PAQ/w-d-xo.html
In 1991 in Huntsville Alabama, on Veterans day, there was a fly by of a B-52 and other assorted jets. When I first saw them, they were like a mile high, was disappointed, so I went home. Not 30 minutes later, as I was sitting on my front porch, I saw a B-52 in the distance coming right towards me. It didn't take long to get to me and came screaming over where I was sitting, maybe 700 to 1000 feet high going at least 450mph. Shook the ground, rattled my windows and was gone in seconds. That was the best low level flight I have ever seen!
Hey, I'm from HSV, too :) One of the best shows I've been to was in Pensacola back in the late 80s or very early 90s. There was a *lot* going on at it because there are other bases within range so lots of military planes were flying through just for fun. One of the best was a B52... I first saw this speck drop out of the clouds a really long ways away. I knew it had to be something big because it was so far away. It slowly kept getting bigger and then the other stuff flying around disappeared (giving the B52 space) and eventually the B52 came right over the tarmac at only a couple/few hundred feet high with all gear/flaps down, etc. Once he got half way down the runway, he picked up all the gear and flaps and pushed the throttles to the stops and climbed back up into the clouds. I swear you could see rocks bouncing on the concrete. Another show I lucked into (didn't know it was going on, was driving by and we saw the activity and just pulled over to watch) was in Ft. Lauderdale in the early 2000s (maybe around 2005?) right at nightfall so you could see the light from the engines when they were burning, etc. We were walking to the viewing area and one of the planes did one of the high speed "sneak up on the crowd being really loud" tricks and flew right over our heads at just a few hundred feet. This time, though, it was a B1B with afterburners going. That was pretty wild.
My first airshow was back in the mid 70s in Gainesville, FL. A B-52 flyby and the Blue Angels in their F4 Phantoms. I was forever hooked. Moved to Tampa after that and had MacDill AFB at my doorstep. Thunderbirds and Blue Angels typically came every other year.
I have to share this. I live in East Tennessee. A few years ago I was mowing the yard. It is mostly hills. As I was mowing uphill, something caught my eye. It was two low flying Warthogs that looked like they were heading straight for me. Directly overhead and so cool.
Fantastic British aviation engineering and way way ahead of their time. Glad you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years. Here's episode 2 if interested - th-cam.com/video/9U0s3rk7PAQ/w-d-xo.html
I was at a Cal football game a few years ago and the B2 did a flyover. It's hard for people who haven't seen it in person to understand the how LOUD they are. It literally rumbled the whole stadium when it flew over. And (it being Berkeley) half the people cheered, and half boo'ed. 😕
Wonderful sound 👌 Glad you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years. Here's part 2! - th-cam.com/video/9U0s3rk7PAQ/w-d-xo.html
In 1974, I was in the north of England on a student exchange. The school was near Doncaster and there were amazing things in the air.. Being from the US, I thought I was seeing the "SST", but my host family set me straight the what I was seeing, and very much hearing, was the awesome British Vulcan. Thanks for bringing back a wonderful memory and sound I never forgot.
The Vulcan you're talking about still resides in Doncaster and i believe you can take a tour to go and see it again! though sadly it no longer flies due to the expensive nature of maintaining the Rolls Royce Engines.
My favourite was the Vulcan, simply because I saw one here at Montevideo in the late fifties. Splendid aircraft. I also spotted an English Electric Canberra visiting Montevideo circa 1952 or 1953. I am 81. Saludos from Uruguay
So much awesomeness here. The U-2 and B-2 for rarity value were fabulous. The smaller jets and display teams are always pleasing. The Vulcan is simply the most beautiful machine to ever grace the skies. But for me, the Boeing 787 defies all the laws of physics with that steep take-off so it has my vote all day long. Just watched the red arrows out of my bedroom window about 20 minutes ago and I'm buzzing!
I saw something similar at the Farnborough show in 1996, I think it was an Airbus. You're used to seeing the military jets zoom up like that, but to see a great big airbus, it was so unexpected. I could only think of the line in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy where he said The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.
Having spent a good deal of my life in the aerospace industry, the sight of an aircraft in flight still thrills me. At 66, there aren't many things left that take my breath away.
I hear you there! I sometimes just full out tear up when I see a B-1B or a B-52 because I worked with them and to this day I cannot get over how absolutely awesome they are. We did Good. Loving the new WE OWN THE SKY USAF recruiting commerical.
The Lancaster and The Vulcan, two iconic arcraft. Absolute magic to see them flying. And The Lancaster has a unique sound all of its own, with the Merlin Engines.
Yes,the Lancaster has a sound of its own. I remember first time hearing Vera flying over Hamilton, Ontario. At the time i was working on construction site. The roar of those four Merlins, we all had to just look up and watch that beautiful plane.
That Hunter Blue Sound - could listen to that a lot :) The B-2, its VERY quiet - we used to get the occasional flyby at Langley AFB when I was stationed there, and you wouldn't even know it was there unless you looked up in the sky or were in line with the engine thrust. Amazing aircraft. Loved this video, so many great aircraft :)
The 787 Dreamliner is beautiful. And seeing it perform those steep almost vertical takeoff maneuvers just shows how powerful those engines are. Under normal use the plane is barely being pushed.
Lancaster always brings a lump to my throat. Those aircrews suffered horrendous losses yet it took decades for the country to put up formal memorials. They deserve to be front and centre, everytime we give thanks for our nation's sacrifices.
Outstanding warriors in the Lancasters willing to give everything for their country. I admire that dedication and willingness to give your life for king and country . If not willing to die for something then you've lived for nothing.
So many beautiful aircraft. Lancaster, Vulcan, B52, all of them magnificent machines, with amazing pilots. Impossible to pick. Even the 787 is wonderful. Thank you for making an old man's evening. 😊
Pleased you were entertained and enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years 😉👍 Check out episode 2 here! - th-cam.com/video/9U0s3rk7PAQ/w-d-xo.html
yes, watching that "common" aircraft make a hasty, straight up ascent was spectacular, too ! A passenger plane that could and was still a badass plane with a brave Pilot ! zooooom
The Vulcan has a special place in my heart for many reasons, but it's awesome close up and the sound at full throttle is out of this world, I was at the Waddington airshow a few years back, the Vulcan rolled down the runway and as it left the runway pointed its nose up vertically under full throttle and OMG, what a thrill that was, I was dead level with it at the point it left the ground, that was an unforgettable moment my chest was being pounded by the sound of those magnificent engines... Stunning.
Yeah Colin, I remember when i was younger and XH558 took off at one of the airshows, i was gobstruck, what was even more impressive, was when it did a low level pass and then went into afterburners and a straight climb, it set all the house and car alarms off at the show, was funny as
I remember the first time I saw the Vulcan. It was at Farnborough. My friend had been raving about the plane for ever. We got there and the plane was "parked up". We approached and I was puzzled because she just didn't look that impressive from the side. The back view was better, due to the width of the wings. But it was when she took off, that I knew what my friend had been talking about. I love the fast jets, but the Vulcan was something else.
@@michaelevans5953 My mistake, it just sounded like afterburners but with the Vulcan Howl, it was the huge air intake into the engines, I bet i am not the only one to make that mistake lol....
The Vulcan XH558. As a young man in the military in the 70's, I remember watching them fly through the fells both above me near Keswick and Caldbeck and below me while on on the old man of Helvellyn and Sharp Edge. Such incredibly majestic power and draws out such pride in me!!!
My Dad was in the RCAF and in the early 60s we were stationed in Goose Bay. All the V-bombers often stopped there, as well as countless other planes from all over the world, military and commercial. It was almost an air show every day. But the Vulcan was the favourite of everyone. My best friend's father was very high-ranking and we sometimes were allowed to 'hang out' in the tower. I was there once when a Vulcan took off and went straight up. An American colonel (it was a joint RCAF/USAF base) said, "Hell we have one of those - we call it the Atlas missile". I never forgot that remark. B-52s were also frequent visitors, but they barely cleared the trees on take-off. One wing comes up slowly, then the other wing, then it lumbers into the air. The two ME-109s used in the movie "The Longest Day" even stopped by one day. It was a great place to be when you were a 13 year old boy.
Somewhere I have several boxes of Kodachrome slides of Goose Bay from somewhere around the late 50s/early 60s. I shall have to dig them out and get them scanned some time. I had several more but I loaned them to the editor of a "Well Known UK Historic Aircraft" magazine and never got them back... (I don't think they were ever used in the mag either. Which annoys me a bit)
@@davebenjafield7037 I'd love to see them, Dave, if you do get them scanned. Pity about losing some to that magazine. They were probably the best ones, too. Alan.
@@xjstwr : I can't remember exactly what was on any of them - they came from a friend (who passed away in 1988) who was a Chief Tech for the RAF back then. Feel free to get in touch via FaceBook or something if you want to stay in touch regarding the slide.
My dad talks about being just four or five miles away while 52’s bombed the Ho chi min and how everything shook and a deep rumble accompanied as well.He later seen holes where the bombs hit.Air support saved his outfit more than once.Thank you to every service man and to my hero and father Dale
I was in Vietnam and used to listen to the rumble of explosions from the B-52's, from the safety of an air base. Before that I was stationed at a SAC base and used to watch them train, quite impressive. Welcome Home to your dad!
Americans killed over one million people and to this date, Laos is littered with explosives going off and killing or crippling people. I've been there recently and it is truly abhorrent. That you can think your father is a "hero" says all about you and your indoctrination. The heroes of that time were in the freedom movement: The hippies who did not go "export liberty". It's remarkable how you guy lost this war and are still singing praise as if your empire had won it.
When I was about 11 years old my parents took me to see the blue angles in 1977 in Chicago. They were ok, but when the Vulcan flight demo started out over the lake, I lost all interest in the Blue Angels. When that Vulcan went overhead I thought something was wrong because of how loud it was and how it howled. It scared the daylights out of me.
At my RAF basic recruit training passout parade at RAF Swinderby in 1984, as the parade was coming to its conclusion we were stood to attention and being addressed by the station commander. As we watched we noticed the assembled families on the viewing platforms all looking distracted, pointing behind us and looking away from the podium where he was speaking..... this was shortly followed by a low whistling noise, barely audible at first but very quickly rising, then to our shock and awe from behind us a Vulcan escorted by two Harriers passed directly overhead at low level, and within a second or two of doing so, all three pulled up into a near vertical climb, and I have NEVER experienced or should I say FELT noise like it !!! The very air around me sounded like it was being torn asunder like a roll of linoleum, my teeth & eyeballs rattled in my head and I could literally feel my internal organs quaking with the intensity of the sound... indescribably incredible.
I get a bit misty-eyed out of pride seeing the B-2 flying, landing, and taking off. What an awesome plane and what awesome men who fly it. I felt the same with the SR-71 Blackbird too.
As a youngster i had the chance to see the Vulcan take off many times. I lived in Lutterworth and we always knew when it was going to fly because they warmed up the engines for about fifteen minutes and you could hear them five miles away. Just long enough to ride my bike to the airfield . the road was a hundred yards from the runway and i will never forget that monster taking off in a huge cloud of blue smoke. I also remember the B-52's flying over our house heading for Bruntingthorpe air base ,it was like they blotted out the sun to a small child.
When I was a child I saw the Vulcan twice, one time it went right over my head and because I was so young it was really loud. Although I don't remember being scared of it but apparently my parents had to put their hands over my ears which I think I kind of remember! The other time was at South End.
Definitely the Vulcan. Saw it years ago at a local air show and it cruised in over the tree line and then did a full vertical thrust and nearly deafened everyone on the ground, but it was fantastic to see, and hear.
The Vulcan because that's not something we're going to see often. Two flybys lower than a lighthouse from a cliff, from a world-historical bomber that performed with a bad knee in a successful war which isn't made any more and contains alternative tech paths from current jet-engined bombers. Yeah those were nice. America's stealth tech is awesome and gives me the chills simply because those are my UFO alien spacecraft I grew up with but they'll always be there. The Vulcan was just a fantastic rare.
My personal favorite is the U-2. I lived for 10 years about two miles from Moffet Field, in California, home of the Ames Research Center. They flew U-2s quite a bit. There is no mistaking the roar of the engine during the takeoff roll, the aircraft pitching up to about a 45 degree climb, and then holding the climb until the aircraft is out of sight, but not out of hearing. The roar can be heard for minutes as it climbs straight out.
Nice! Yes that sound sure does linger on forever, very loud for a single engine too. Glad you were entertained and enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments that I've managed to capture on video over the years 👍 Here's episode 2! - th-cam.com/video/9U0s3rk7PAQ/w-d-xo.html
even though the B2 flypast at RIAT 2017 was memorable. And the Vulcan is god of all aircraft. And the Red Arrows are amazing. And F22 Raptor just kicks ass... IT HAS TO BE THE LANCASTER EVERY TIME! What a sight. What a sound.
You surely made the correct statement there, it is indeed the awesomeness of "THE AVRO LANCASTER" & the orchestrated harmonization of those magnificent "RR Merlin's" that send a shiver down my spine every single time that I hear them!! Loved all those other aircraft but the "LANCASTER" (respectfully) just has that something "EXTRA SPECIAL" about it!! It's no wonder Great Britain maintains the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight & so she must!! This stuff is like the family silver, ya just don't give it away or worse, even think of selling it!! It's family & so ya hold onto it forever!!
I’ve never seen such a ginormous target as the Vulcan. Without googling it, I’m asking what it’s role would be. Bomber, fighter, decoy? Even our B2 can get out of the way. Our B1B Lancer is a pig of an bomber but has the capabilities of sweeping wings and outrunning almost anything. The Vulcan is beautiful and majestic but what’s the purpose.
Good day , the Vulcan was part of the “V” bomber force I believe . Which included the Vulcan , Victor and Valiant as part of the United Kingdoms strategic nuclear strike force known officially as V force in the 1950’s 60’s . The Vulcan is probably more better known for its part played in the Falklands conflict of 1982 on "Operation Black buck “ against Argentina in a bid to deny them usage of the runway at Port Stanley . The strategy for refuelling was incredible to say the least as was its calculations which I believe to have been carried out by notepad and pencil at some point mid flight due to changing circumstances and mechanical failures. Very interesting reading .
@@travismiller7596 hi Travis, the Vulcan was a cold war British bomber, typically high altitude (remember this was before surface to air missiles could reach 60,000 feet) their designed job was to scramble get up to height and drop atomic bombs - at altitude, their large wing area actually made them more maneuverable than the interceptors of the day in within visual range. Because they are so large (yet shorter and narrower than a B52) the also seem slow at airshows, but they were one of the most powerful bombers of their day.
That was the case for me as well. I mean I loved all the clips; the Vulcan, the Lancaster, the U2, The B2 and I've always had soft spot for the B-52. Plus that English Electric is sooo underrated; it's basically the English counterpart to the F-4 Phantom II! But as a musician and musically obsessed person; the SOUND of the Hawker had me mesmerized.
Vulcan. Saw it twice in real life. About 30 years ago driving past an airfield in Lincolnshire UK. It came very low across the road, then the pilot pointed it up and gunned the engines. I was amazed that the old Datsun that I was in did not shake apart. Then another time at an airshow in Norfolk. The sight, noise, vibration are indescribable. The Falklands round trip attack flight nailed its legend. A shame that we will never see it fly again.
Only saw it at an airshow the once about 40yrs ago... incredible and I think my hearing is just about recovering... We also used to see them flying over our primary school about 1980ish... well in the main, you could HEAR it.. Sometimes you saw it... An amazing aircraft.
The fact it flew that far with a pretty large payload and delivered it with immense damage to the argentinians by way of equipment loss and moral is indicative of the superiority of the RAF
I was standing at the end of the runway in Charlottesville, VA during the Dogwood Festival in '72 iirc when the Blue Angels 4-ship did the low takeoff right over me. They were still flying F4Js. It was a life changing experience.
I agree that the Hunter was a beautiful looking aircraft. My favourite has to be the Vulcan being flown around as though it was an aerobatic aircraft, which is wonderful considering its size.
I’m literally getting choked up watching the very first shot of the 9 jets in formation. It is overwhelming pride I am feeling. Just really incredible!
Don't get me wrong. All the incredible jet aircraft are amazing and super impressive but, my heart belongs to that big, GORGEOUS Lanc! And when that beautiful lady flew overhead at the end of the runway, it gave me goosebumps. Stunning! 1 of only 2 still able to fly. 1 in UK and 1 here in Canada. Many thanks for this fantastic video! ATB from Nova Scotia 🇨🇦
One of the most beautiful maneuvers I've EVER seen was back in the '70's in Ft. Smith, AR. It was showing off the (I believe) F-15. Everyone was out at the airfield just waiting. All of a sudden we heard a 'roar' and this jet comes zooming across the field and then just aims heavenward--- straight up, until we could just barely see it. Then we could see it roll over and come down... it came down and then came down more and I'm standing there watching, thinking--- O GOOD GRIEF- he's going to crash! Then when he was maybe 250 feet off the ground, he did an almost 90 degree turn, flattened out and took off.. IT WAS FANTASTIC to see! I've seen quite a few more over the years, but that one will stick with me to the end. YourConscience
@@dalebening2548 Watch the latest episode here, it features the U-2 takeoff howl and touch and go - th-cam.com/video/9ccme1xg7sM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=58kLkmoJmXiaz8Fd
The rate of descent was so quick, great adrenaline rush that was! Pleased you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow moments I've managed to capture over the years. Plenty more to come!
in 2001 I saw 3 (!!!) B-2 bombers fly very low over my home. I was astonished and to this day remember how simply brutal and simultaneously beautiful it was seeing those things in motion!!
The Hunter brought back many memories for me. Their slower speed was exceptional for ground attack with their nose mounted cannons. That Blue Tone was so loud and dominant that for ground troops in that day a comforting noise if they were a friend and a pants crapping moment if you were a foe.
I've worked on quite a few of those B-52D models. They have a very distinct sound all their own. I was in my office at Vandenberg AFB where they had no planes of their own when I heard a plane coming. I started out of my office and one of my co-workers asked where I was going and I replied I was going outside to watch the B-52 go by. She was skeptical that I could identify it just by it's sound. I enjoyed her astonishment that I could identify a plane that way. I worked at Davis Monthan AFB while in the service and they trained U-2 pilots there. Every takeoff is a 45 degree climb. I also knew on of the instructors there and he told me about having a flame out about 250 miles east of the Florida coast. He said he radioed in that his engine was out and he wanted a straight in landing approach. They asked if he wanted search and rescue sent out and got a bit testy with them and said "No! I need landing instructions." He landed it at McCoy AFB, dead stick after gliding 250 miles. That B-2 has almost exactly the same wingspan as the XB-35 designed by Jack Northrop in 1941 and exactly the same angle of the sweep of the wing leading edge. Where would our aircraft be by now if Symington hadn't ordered them scrapped because his buddies ran Convair. Check out this wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-35
I HAVE THAT TALENT (I HOPE STILL) -II was the only girl at the Combat Eval Test site and I could hear them low level, 8k ft , Nevada desert and tell the det that our sorties were inbound. My commander timed me one night and said I was 2min 36sec faster than the IP inbound signal. He also told me that if you could hear them it was probably too late if you were in the target zone.
When you add in the true nature and connection with what some these types of aircraft have actually achieved in missions takes the experience to a whole new level.
I remember being at an air show years ago when stealth was new. Announcer said to watch for the stealth bomber for the right. There was the sound of a jet going over but the sky was empty. Announcer said “Man, that stealth is damn good”.
Thank you Bob. Brilliant !! Without a doubt my favourite was the XH558 Vulcan. My father, a navigator, circumnavigated the globe in a Vulcan XH 498 in October 1959. He started from RAF Scampton. He flew to Akrotiri, Karachi, Butterworth, and Darwin. From there, the Squadron Leader pilot tried to land at the new Wellington Airport. However, the undercarriage was badly damaged on the 3rd attempted landing and the Vulcan had to make a crash landing at Ohakea military airfield, 200 miles north of Wellington. My father and his 3 crew colleagues were all unharmed. The first footage of the accident was seen by my father in 2017, on TH-cam, some 58 years later. I’m reading his flying log book as I write! 🙂
You're welcome, pleased you enjoyed watching along to my fav airshow memories. Blimey that is fantastic thanks for sharing. Must of been bizarre for him to have watched it back all those years later and see what it looked like from the outside
The Vulcan, and also the Lancaster as my Dad served in the Canadian airforce in the early 50s and worked exclusively with Lancasters, and was fire and safety technician plus parachute packer on active bases, and remember all the stories he'd tell us as kids from his service days, both funny and sad as they lost quite a few planes with full crews even in peacetime!
Seeing the Lightening again. In the early 1980's I was serving on HMS Glamorgan and we did an ADEX (Air Defence Exercise) against Lightenings while steaming south down the North Sea. At the end of the exercise one of the pilots showed off for the benefit of the crew as was usual. It was a beautiful cloudless blue sky and he flew directly towards the ship. He pulled up into a vertical climb over our flight deck and just kept going, straight up, until he disappeared. The noise, being directly below him, was tremendous. An amazing aircraft.
I remember that - would have been 11 squadron iirc, and one of the Fighter Controllers (Ray Harris) was on one of the lightnings as an exchange, lucky so and so.
@@petermarshall6750 I use to bike out from Grimsby to Binbrook to watch the lightnings, Also as a lad my farther use to take me to Scampton to watch Vulcans take off, Now when 6/7 take off one after another , that's heaven.
The low Typhoon runway approach reminded me a bit of when I took photos for the local press of a HEMS air ambulance land on a community field outside my house on call. When it took off for the best pics, I was almost blown backwards down the grass embankment, just about staying on my feet. The pilot had a big grin on his face as I was blown off-balance. I bet the Typhoon pilot smiled then, too! Fantastic footage, great work & efforts!
Vulcan the best of an amazing collection. I was at The Farnborough Air Show in the 70s. It came in at very low level in front of the crowd. The ground just shook and the elegance of this beauty has never been bettered in my opinion. A wonderful thing to behold. Timeless.
I used to live just seven miles from Farnborough and went to the air show every year starting around 1960. I recall the Vulcan making the ground shake too. She broke the sound barrier one year and shattered a few windows in the area. But what a beautiful plane! I agree with you. The Vulcan is matchless.
Thanks Glad you enjoyed watching along to my airshow memories. Vulcan memories are hard to forget, you must have seen some amazing moments at those 70s Farnborough airshows 👍
@@bobsurgranny I certainly did! The sheer power, noise, trembling ground and beauty of the Vulcan were incredibly emotional. I always had tears running down my face. Your vide brought back a lot of great memories. Thanks!
I was in an RAF band where we did passout parades every week. Facing the parade we could see a squadron of vulcans sneaking up behind the audience stand to suddenly l blast them and us with hot air and noise as they rose up behind us to normal flight height. Very exciting. A very graceful flying aircraft.
My favourite? So many great clips - it's almost impossible to tell! However, the Vulcans do bring back memories. As a kid, when I first saw pictures of this magnificent bird - I was instantly mesmerized, and even now so many years later, it still looks fantastic!
Loved the majestic Vulcan. Growing up in Winnipeg on an airbase in the 60's they would show up once in a while probably for training or air show logistics. It wasn't until the 90's when I saw one up close at Abbotsford air show that I got to climb up the front landing gear ladder and peak inside. Was very surprised at how the crew entered that way and how small the cabin was for a whole crew of radar ops and pilots and such to work in. Beautiful plane to watch. One of favorite childhood memories along with the Sabres, voodoos, and we even had one of the last 'in service' flying boxcars whose giant Pratt and Whitney engines used to make my whole school rumble when it went out. Good times, good memories, thanks.
Aw man, that blue note of the Hawker Hunter. I was a fireman at RAF Brawdy for nearly 4 years in the early 1980's (Hunters and Hawks) but never once witnessed the Blue Note. I loved the Hawk as to me, it looked list a flying dolphin, but I also loved the Hunter, it just looked right as a fighter!
That's crazy you never got to hear a blue note. Glad you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav moments from over the years Here's episode 2 - th-cam.com/video/9U0s3rk7PAQ/w-d-xo.html
Definitely the Typhoon Low Pass 1st, followed by both 787 take-offs-the touch and go and Steep Climb. Are the 787 shots the same take-off from a different angle? I had no idea they could climb that steep!...or bank/turn that quick while still gaining airspeed and altitude. While in the Navy, I arrived on the carrier the USS Nimitz by COD, a Grumman C-2 Greyhound, watched numerous Tomcats, Intruders etc. take-off, and l live in the town w'/ a former AFB, home to the 379th Strategic Air Command that had B-52's and KC-135's. 52's are one part of our "Nuclear Triad"; SLBM's (sub launched ballistic missiles) and Minutemen missiles in silos are the other two.
I was lucky enough to get stationed in the UK, so I could see the brilliant Vulcan every time it came to do a show in Mildenhall. Never, ever will forget that bird! Nothing else like her. May XH558 always spark your imaginations, England!
I used to live next door to the former WWII fighter base at North Weald used to hold an annual air show… Vulcan appeared several times! And its sound at low altitude was amazing!!
Saw and heard the Vulcan at a Bournemouth airshow about 8 years ago. The sound was incredible - makes you forget everything else in the show. Feels like it's ripping the sky apart. Shakes you to your core. Practically deafens you for a minute or two after. Same 4 engines that were in the Concorde I believe.
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As a crewchief of 10 years, on 5 different jets, (3 were fighters) I always love watching Air Shows. I can not speak for all crewchiefs ( probably can) I love seeing the craft pilots put the birds through their paces. It looks like you were in England and I know the Brits love the planes. We had a bloke lose his LD lense to security at a base near RAF Lakenheath when he poke it through the fence, the day the U-2 landed. He was so pissed. Great shots.
Thanks. Yep all in England other than the Blue Angels. Pleased you were entertained and enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav moments I've managed to capture on video over the years. Be sure to check out the latest episode here - th-cam.com/video/9ccme1xg7sM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=58kLkmoJmXiaz8Fd
The B-2 with it's unique design is always a favorite! The Vulcan is another one of my favorite as I like the broad wings. It almost looks like a flying wing.
They are both similar viewed from the head on or rear perspective, both very flat and hardly identifiable. Thanks for your comment and I'm pleased you were entertained and enjoyed the sights and sounds of my favourite airshow moments and memories from over the years Bye for now..
The U2 was amazing, but the B2 was so great to see like this!! never knew it was that thin from other footage I have seen! and the look of it from underneath, so menacing!!
Pretty damn surreal having it glide over your head like that. Pleased to know you were entertained and enjoyed all these sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years. Plenty more to come!
Great video! Couldn’t help but smile at the blue angel Passover! Reminded me of the time my grandpa retired air force vet took my twin and I to our first air show! The sounds they made as they passed over compared to when they was coming was so nostalgic! So silent then right above you the loud Vroooomm!!! My twin and I just ran back to our grandpa who was used to it but totally took us by surprise!! Him totally in his element showing us all the planes and naming them telling us what they do, and the size of the c-5 galaxy will never forget! Rip grandpa
The Vulcan....Saw it in the 80s as a kid at the Toronto Air Show! Amazing sight and sound! Lived near Hamilton's Canadian Warplane Hertiage Museum where they would fly the Lancaster many time a weekend in the summer, I would drop everything to stop and watch it fly by. Amazing to watch.
The greatest flyby I ever witnessed in person was at an airshow around 20 years ago. It involved two air craft built around 80 years apart. The newer one was a Harrier. The elder one was a biplane with some upgrades. First the Harrier did some demonstrations then hovered in place. Then the biplane matched it perfectly and while the Harrier remained hovering in the same spot, the biplane came up along side it and the two of them just stayed there together barely moving while we stood for the national anthem. I think I was about 100 feet from both as they took up positions almost right in front of us. Then both just gradually rose up into the air and very slowly, slower than I would normally walk, flew over our heads maybe at about 200-300 feet altitude. After they landed we got to visit both air craft. Honorable mention should go to the pilots flying FA 18's who "bowled" for us knocking down "pins" with their wings on an air strip. The first one bowled a strike but the other one had to pick up a spare.
If the biplane was a Sopwith then the same man, Sir Tom Sopwith, was behind both the makers (Sopwith Aviation and Hawker Siddley). Now there's a thought, Sir Tom Sopwith saw 'his' 'planes see off Kaiser Bill, Adolf, Benito, Hirohito and Galtieri and he lived to 1989.
I was stationed at RAF Mildenhall in the 80s and was regularly on the flightline when the SR71 landed and took off. My neighbor was one of the pilots and it was an amazing thing to see and an honor to have met him.
The Lancaster! I live in Ontario, Canada where they have the only other working Lancaster. It's so exciting to watch it fly. Thank you for this beautiful footage.
Wow! You are so lucky to have the worlds only other flying Lancaster. There's soon to be three with "JUST JANE" over here in UK. Thanks for your comment and I'm pleased you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments I've managed to capture on video over the years. Plenty more to come!
Lanc, Vulcan and Hunter from those featured here. I loved seeing the Hawker Harrier vtol, at 'Wings over Merseyside' and other northern airshows. Saw my absolute favourite, the Mossie (heard it first!), flying really low over our house just outside Liverpool in the 1970s and remember racing outside to wave madly - imagine my surprise and joy when it circled round before flying off. Was privileged to see Lancs on a few occasions from the 1960s right up to the memorial flypast for Archie Johnstone's 100th in the South Lakes, September 2014. Weirdest-looking I ever saw flying was around 30 years ago in the skies over Kendal, Westmorland - a Warthog doing barrel rolls. Amazingly agile for such an odd yet strangely beautiful machine. Can't forget those Spits, Hurricanes and the spaceage-looking (for the time) Lightning either. So many wonderful aircraft.
I once had to marshall Douglas Bader in when he arrived at Cosford Air Show in his Spitfire one time. One thing I remember was looking in the cockpit and seeing the trim wheel was made of wood. That amazed me.
Im afraid for me it has to be the Vulcan. I served at RAF Waddington in the early 70's and I worked in Air Traffic Control so I got to see them every day. I also had the incredible privilege of flying in one. And every day when I walked to work in the Ops centre I also had the privlilege of walking past the Waddington Lancaster.
Back in the late 70's, I was station on Midway Island, working the flight line and had the opportunity to hop in and take a flight on a Vulcan. It was the coolest thing ever, when I was in the Navy. The only problem was if you had to bale out, the Pilot and Co-Pilot had ejection seats and those of us in the back would have to bale out by sliding down the access hatch. During the flight, I asked the Navigator if anyone had ever survived a bale out through the access hatch and they all laughed at me. I took that as a no.
The Vulcan always managed to stir emotions, it had a really strong presence, quite strangely. Pleased you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years
@@bobsurgranny My favourites of all time are the Submarine mk2 Spitfire, the sea Harriers, the Avro Vulcan and I love the new F35's remind me of the Harriers. Also love the BAE Systems' Hawk T1! I love the shape of the jet
which is the favorite .... difficult question! All these planes are iconic for a different way over the centuries: IIWW. cold war, stunts, state of the art and shows: the most surprising is the take-off of the Red Arrows, the most impressive are the 787 steps, the most alien is the B2, the "biggest bad and beautiful" that expresses power and domination is, of course, the B52. I don't know why, but the friendliest is the Vulcan, perhaps for his appearance similar to a peaceful and majestic stingray Hi Bob.
Has to be the Tin Triangle over Beachy Head, that was a magical sight seeing her appear below us from behind the cliffs, then we had our own display. A real "hairs on the back of the neck" moment and a little bit of something in the eye!!!!
I loved the Lancaster. It brings back so many memories of childhood. We had a military airfield on the outside of town and a Lancaster or a Shacklelton would roar overhead every afternon at 4:15. Like clockwork. Lovely video, thanks.
Late 70's, early 80's maybe I was parked at the end of the runway at McClellan AFB in Sacramento, CA watching cool planes land. A big jet is in the pattern and I thought "no way!" As it changed aspect it became clear that yes, it was indeed a Vulcan. It was so low that the wingtip vortices whistled through the telephone wires behind me. Awesome! So yeah, this Yank's fave goes to the Vulcan. Thanx for posting...nice vid!👍
@@chrisfinchgolf199 Oh I distinctly remember the howl, and the fact that the engines were just plain LOUD! Such a cool plane, and I got to see one. In the US! Whooda thunk?😃
It is so astonishing humans can build and fly these miraculous machines and so many of us thrill when we see them. "Jet noise-sound of freedom!" Now we just need to cure cancer. Bless u for posting.
For me, simply has to be the Vulcan B2 bomber, such an incredibly powerful and graceful aircraft. I had the opportunity to fly one from Iceland to Greenland whilst the skipper played poker in the back with the nav plot, nav rad and AEO. No better aircraft anywhere in the world. If I was a billionaire, I would have the parts made to get the Tin Triangle flying again, even if it meant a total rebuild. (Ex 101 Sqdn RAF Waddington)
it's a romantic plane ( and I love seeing it fly,) but just not enough bang for the buck. B52 carries 7x the payload with 3x the range and only 20% slower.
B52 is the plane of my childhood it both terrified me and fascinated me as they were regular visitors to my part of the world and the whine of the old engines was so incredibly loud when flying low over you and in more innocent times we were able to sit right at the threshold of the runway (with our bikes neatly resting against the nav aids!) as they flew over us to land and deafened us when lining up to take off! Quite ridiculous when you think about it now but memories like this stick with you forever!
Eight year USAF veteran here - You UK citizens are lucky to have the opportunity to do that much Planespotting! Especially of the RAF aircraft in the countryside. Terrific montage! Thanks!
there is no way to capture the thunder of a Lancaster without hearing it in person. The one at the warplane museum in Hamilton, Ontario flew semi frequently over to Niagara Falls and right over our house. The SOUND literally shook the ground, Lord knows the hell it unleashed when loaded with bombs
They're all my favorite. My grandfather flew on the Lancaster. I love the Euro Typhoons, the B2 is just an alien looking beast, the Vulcan, i saw them up close in the 1980's. But i think my absolute favorite, is your video. Great camera work to all those people getting great shots, no annoying music and no voice over that we really don't need, i really appreciate you leaving the original audio intact. 100% perfect. I love it!
Pleased you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years 🤗👍 All the clips are filmed by myself, as you can see the same style throughout 😉
@bobsurgranny That's fantastic! You've got great camera skills! Do you use the camera on a phone or a dedicated camera? I love photography, I use Nikon cameras.
@bobsurgranny Good choice in cameras, I grew up in the 80's, we had the huge Panasonic VHS camcorders, no where close to the audio video quality of today, they also cost way over $1000, back then that was insanely expensive. Technology has come so far.
I have to be honest with you and say that my favourite would be the Vulcan, especially the QRA on the flight line.. I remember at Waddington Airshow, a full flight of 6 did a scramble and literally the whole ground shook and you could feel the sound in your chest..! An exciting time for a kid..! Fond memories of my father working at Bracebridge heath for Avro and later Hawker Siddely..!
I saw the Red Arrows off Southsea beach once. One of the opposing pair went through the harbour entrance by the Round Tower at low level; a few seconds later there was a load blast on a horn and the Isle of Wight ferry came out going the other way!
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0:09 - DIAMOND NINE TYPHOON FLYOVER AT WINDSOR CASTLE
0:43 - BOEING 787-9 TOUCH AND GO
1:24 - HAWKER HUNTER BLUE NOTE SOUND
1:43 - AIRBUS A400M MACH LOOP FLYBY
3:01 - RED ARROWS TAKE OFF WITH SMOKE
3:59 - RED ARROWS BEACHY HEAD CLIFF FLYBYS
4:43 - VULCAN XH558 BEACHY HEAD CLIFF FLYPASTS
6:39 - VULCAN XH558 HEAD-ON " WHEELIE " LANDING - AERODYNAMIC BRAKING
7:29 - BOEING 787-9 STEEP CLIMB TAKEOFF
7:48 - BLUE ANGELS SNEAK PASS
8:01 - BLUE ANGELS LOW TRANSITION TAKEOFF
8:27 - LOW TYPHOON JET LANDING
8:49 - ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING JET TWILIGHT AFTERBURNER RUN
9:14 - F-22 RAPTOR FLYBYS & LOW APPROACH
9:57 - LOW B-52 LANDING APPROACH
10:41 - VULCAN XH558 TAKEOFF & LANDING
11:32 - AWESOME SOUNDING AVRO LANCASTER TAKEOFF
12:10 - AVRO LANCASTER LOW LANDING APPROACH
12:34 - ICONIC LOCKHEED U-2 SPY PLANE
14:10 - B-2 SPIRIT STEALTH BOMBER FLYPAST
hello bobsurgranny
Where is the Turkish F16 landing ?
Nice bit of footage you've got there. Thanks for sharing'
@@user-yuuleie Here: th-cam.com/video/UUpqcy_DEhE/w-d-xo.html
The F 22 flyover, definitely
I know I am at least a year late here. Retired USAF many years ago. You British are special people. I was stationed in Guam with my family and the Vulcan would come by ever so often. I has permission to take my 2 boys aboard a Vulcan. Just the three of us. What a beautiful aircraft. One of my son was stationed in England flying A-10`s and he took me to Ducksford??? to a airshow. Went aboard your SST. I am old now and can not remember its real name. I was a boom operator in a KC-135. Got to see the world many times over with the SR-71.Lots of time at Mildenhall. Take care.
DUXFORD, ex 8th ASAAF B-17 Base now Imperial War Museum.
RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk UK HOME of the USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II
I think the SST you mentioned was the Concorde, the soviets had the Tupolev 144 which I personally think is the best of the two.
As an Englishman, I thank you and the USAF for your service in keeping us Brits and Europe safe….
God bless you and your family
Duxford (as in "Duke's Ford"), it's still a working air museum/air field near to Cambridge with the original WW2 style brick buildings. During the war it was in use and still gets military jets sometimes outside of air shows. Mildenhall is generally larger and gets the big American jets I like to see ... and Crispy Creme donut trucks. That's where they do all the trade shows and the politicians decide to buy jets and missiles. But there's a very nice collection of jets in the Duxford hangars, some you get to go inside. I think the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight might be based there. Grew up nearby so I got to see it a fair few times, passed by it on the way to school hundreds of times.
The best part of this is how almost all of the footage has audio from the planes and not "contaminated" by voices or other sounds not needed. I never manage that feat when I attend events. Well done sir.
Pleased you were entertained and got to enjoy the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years
Here's episode 2 if interested - th-cam.com/video/9U0s3rk7PAQ/w-d-xo.html
@@bobsurgranny 😊 Ooooh, thank you again!
In 1991 in Huntsville Alabama, on Veterans day, there was a fly by of a B-52 and other assorted jets. When I first saw them, they were like a mile high, was disappointed, so I went home. Not 30 minutes later, as I was sitting on my front porch, I saw a B-52 in the distance coming right towards me. It didn't take long to get to me and came screaming over where I was sitting, maybe 700 to 1000 feet high going at least 450mph. Shook the ground, rattled my windows and was gone in seconds. That was the best low level flight I have ever seen!
Wow that must be insane
Hey, I'm from HSV, too :) One of the best shows I've been to was in Pensacola back in the late 80s or very early 90s. There was a *lot* going on at it because there are other bases within range so lots of military planes were flying through just for fun. One of the best was a B52... I first saw this speck drop out of the clouds a really long ways away. I knew it had to be something big because it was so far away. It slowly kept getting bigger and then the other stuff flying around disappeared (giving the B52 space) and eventually the B52 came right over the tarmac at only a couple/few hundred feet high with all gear/flaps down, etc. Once he got half way down the runway, he picked up all the gear and flaps and pushed the throttles to the stops and climbed back up into the clouds. I swear you could see rocks bouncing on the concrete.
Another show I lucked into (didn't know it was going on, was driving by and we saw the activity and just pulled over to watch) was in Ft. Lauderdale in the early 2000s (maybe around 2005?) right at nightfall so you could see the light from the engines when they were burning, etc. We were walking to the viewing area and one of the planes did one of the high speed "sneak up on the crowd being really loud" tricks and flew right over our heads at just a few hundred feet. This time, though, it was a B1B with afterburners going. That was pretty wild.
My first airshow was back in the mid 70s in Gainesville, FL. A B-52 flyby and the Blue Angels in their F4 Phantoms. I was forever hooked. Moved to Tampa after that and had MacDill AFB at my doorstep. Thunderbirds and Blue Angels typically came every other year.
I don't believe you.😠
I have to share this. I live in East Tennessee. A few years ago I was mowing the yard. It is mostly hills. As I was mowing uphill, something caught my eye. It was two low flying Warthogs that looked like they were heading straight for me. Directly overhead and so cool.
Avro Vulcan and English Electric Lightning, what amazing planes. The past will never return.
Fantastic British aviation engineering and way way ahead of their time.
Glad you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years.
Here's episode 2 if interested - th-cam.com/video/9U0s3rk7PAQ/w-d-xo.html
The B2 always thrills me. The Vulcans entrance was spectacular. The Lancaster and all the other WW2 Warbirds are treasures
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Pleased you enjoyed watching through my airshow memories
I was at a Cal football game a few years ago and the B2 did a flyover. It's hard for people who haven't seen it in person to understand the how LOUD they are. It literally rumbled the whole stadium when it flew over. And (it being Berkeley) half the people cheered, and half boo'ed. 😕
people clapping the Vulcan ,gotta love that
FUNNY - wonder if they be booing if the B2 was saving their butts from a wartime attack.
With all of that wing area the Vulcan can go so slow it seems to be hoovering.
thank you for "not adding some lame sound track". I like all of them.
Too right. It's as much about the sounds as the sights.
10!... The Hawker Hunter, 11.
Thanks. Yeah you can't beat the raw sound of the engines.
Jet noise is the best soundtrack!
@@bobsurgranny more like we don't do that things here
My Grandfather passed away 26/08/2022 He was a Lancaster pilot in WW2. What an age of men with guts and determination.
Men of steel buddy!
Each and every one of them top men
The greatest generation
lucky you....
I hope no war for anyone
LOVED THE HAWKER BLUENOTE SOUND....
Wonderful sound 👌
Glad you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years.
Here's part 2! - th-cam.com/video/9U0s3rk7PAQ/w-d-xo.html
In 1974, I was in the north of England on a student exchange. The school was near Doncaster and there were amazing things in the air.. Being from the US, I thought I was seeing the "SST", but my host family set me straight the what I was seeing, and very much hearing, was the awesome British Vulcan. Thanks for bringing back a wonderful memory and sound I never forgot.
The Vulcan you're talking about still resides in Doncaster and i believe you can take a tour to go and see it again! though sadly it no longer flies due to the expensive nature of maintaining the Rolls Royce Engines.
Huh. I have trouble maintaining my Rolls Royce of cars, a mere sedan. LOL @@vaughanrobinson9894
My favourite was the Vulcan, simply because I saw one here at Montevideo in the late fifties. Splendid aircraft. I also spotted an English Electric Canberra visiting Montevideo circa 1952 or 1953. I am 81. Saludos from Uruguay
That's awesome
So much awesomeness here. The U-2 and B-2 for rarity value were fabulous. The smaller jets and display teams are always pleasing. The Vulcan is simply the most beautiful machine to ever grace the skies. But for me, the Boeing 787 defies all the laws of physics with that steep take-off so it has my vote all day long. Just watched the red arrows out of my bedroom window about 20 minutes ago and I'm buzzing!
.. yeah, sure hope they had the drinks trolley locked down on that 787!
I saw something similar at the Farnborough show in 1996, I think it was an Airbus. You're used to seeing the military jets zoom up like that, but to see a great big airbus, it was so unexpected. I could only think of the line in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy where he said The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.
@@wesleycardinal8869 I never made the connection but it's brilliant! Thanks.
Nice buzz when you see the reds from your house unexpectedly.
Pleased you enjoyed watching my airshow memories
Have you ever seen a Vulcan B2 do an almost vertical climb - that is awe inspiring.
Excellent collection of aircraft, I watch the whole video.
Pleased you enjoyed watching all these moments I've managed to capture over the years 🤗
Having spent a good deal of my life in the aerospace industry, the sight of an aircraft in flight still thrills me. At 66, there aren't many things left that take my breath away.
Glad you enjoyed watching my airshow memories 😉👍
I hear you there! I sometimes just full out tear up when I see a B-1B or a B-52 because I worked with them and to this day I cannot get over how absolutely awesome they are. We did Good. Loving the new WE OWN THE SKY USAF recruiting commerical.
Copy that. I am a newbie, but in awe of the power and grace aircraft exhibit. It is a true privilege to be "airside" covering my butt haha!
The Lancaster and The Vulcan, two iconic arcraft. Absolute magic to see them flying. And The Lancaster has a unique sound all of its own, with the Merlin Engines.
Can't beat the sound of a Merlin engine, imo. This clip really captures it - but don't forget to duck! 😁
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Yes,the Lancaster has a sound of its own. I remember first time hearing Vera flying over Hamilton, Ontario. At the time i was working on construction site. The roar of those four Merlins, we all had to just look up and watch that beautiful plane.
Nothing comes close for sound to that beautiful roar of the Lancaster thundering over head with those merlins.
Glad you enjoyed watching along
The Vulcan is sat at my local airfield
the Vulcan and the U-2 give me the shivers
The B-2 looks like alien technology, the vulcan is just stunning and the sound of the Hunter was awesome, thanks for the upload!
That Hunter Blue Sound - could listen to that a lot :) The B-2, its VERY quiet - we used to get the occasional flyby at Langley AFB when I was stationed there, and you wouldn't even know it was there unless you looked up in the sky or were in line with the engine thrust. Amazing aircraft. Loved this video, so many great aircraft :)
Pretty much. Exactly my thoughts, 👍
Reminds me of Batman.
The Hunter wins it for me
It is alien tech, draconian
The 787 Dreamliner is beautiful. And seeing it perform those steep almost vertical takeoff maneuvers just shows how powerful those engines are. Under normal use the plane is barely being pushed.
It's a truck. You don't want it being pushed, just safely within the envelope with full fuel and passengers.
Te;escopic photoigraphy, seen from a side angle, it is nowhere near that steep
Bear in mind it’s empty and carrying minimal fuel
Under normal use that power is needed to displace tons of fuel, load and passengers and make them fly.
The Diamond 9 flyover was superb. The geometry of the typhoon combines nicely with the symmetry of the formation.
...and the Copper Horse/ Long Walk shows them off well :)
RAF perfection as they flew over the statue
I have a photo of 9 silver lightnings I missed if they was typhoons and apologise to my pilots at lincoln
Lancaster always brings a lump to my throat. Those aircrews suffered horrendous losses yet it took decades for the country to put up formal memorials. They deserve to be front and centre, everytime we give thanks for our nation's sacrifices.
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Just watching one of them taking off gives you goose pimples, imagine the sensation of seeing 50 of them, all crewed by teenagers, early 20s at most?
@Alenas Kvasninas Like the civilians during the blitzkrieg?
Outstanding warriors in the Lancasters willing to give everything for their country. I admire that dedication and willingness to give your life for king and country . If not willing to die for something then you've lived for nothing.
I can’t thumbs up this comment enough
That Vulcan XH 558 is beautiful piece of aeronautics design. Love watching it gracefully bank. Wowee!
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Near my house there's an airport (dsa if your wondering) and it has that same a road vulcan
So many beautiful aircraft. Lancaster, Vulcan, B52, all of them magnificent machines, with amazing pilots. Impossible to pick. Even the 787 is wonderful. Thank you for making an old man's evening. 😊
Pleased you were entertained and enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years 😉👍
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@@bobsurgranny Thank you very much. Another wonderful video
@bobsurgranny Great retrospective, thank you! 😊
yes, watching that "common" aircraft make a hasty, straight up ascent was spectacular, too ! A passenger plane that could and was still a badass plane with a brave Pilot ! zooooom
The Vulcan has a special place in my heart for many reasons, but it's awesome close up and the sound at full throttle is out of this world, I was at the Waddington airshow a few years back, the Vulcan rolled down the runway and as it left the runway pointed its nose up vertically under full throttle and OMG, what a thrill that was, I was dead level with it at the point it left the ground, that was an unforgettable moment my chest was being pounded by the sound of those magnificent engines... Stunning.
Yeah Colin, I remember when i was younger and XH558 took off at one of the airshows, i was gobstruck, what was even more impressive, was when it did a low level pass and then went into afterburners and a straight climb, it set all the house and car alarms off at the show, was funny as
The first time that I saw the Vulvan I was station at Goose Bay AFB, Labrador in 1966 from the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Beautiful aircraft .
I remember the first time I saw the Vulcan. It was at Farnborough. My friend had been raving about the plane for ever. We got there and the plane was "parked up". We approached and I was puzzled because she just didn't look that impressive from the side. The back view was better, due to the width of the wings. But it was when she took off, that I knew what my friend had been talking about. I love the fast jets, but the Vulcan was something else.
@@shaunbaxter83 The Vulcan did not have afterburners. Just straight Rolls Royce Olympus engines.
@@michaelevans5953 My mistake, it just sounded like afterburners but with the Vulcan Howl, it was the huge air intake into the engines, I bet i am not the only one to make that mistake lol....
The Vulcan XH558. As a young man in the military in the 70's, I remember watching them fly through the fells both above me near Keswick and Caldbeck and below me while on on the old man of Helvellyn and Sharp Edge. Such incredibly majestic power and draws out such pride in me!!!
My Dad was in the RCAF and in the early 60s we were stationed in Goose Bay. All the V-bombers often stopped there, as well as countless other planes from all over the world, military and commercial. It was almost an air show every day. But the Vulcan was the favourite of everyone. My best friend's father was very high-ranking and we sometimes were allowed to 'hang out' in the tower. I was there once when a Vulcan took off and went straight up. An American colonel (it was a joint RCAF/USAF base) said, "Hell we have one of those - we call it the Atlas missile". I never forgot that remark. B-52s were also frequent visitors, but they barely cleared the trees on take-off. One wing comes up slowly, then the other wing, then it lumbers into the air. The two ME-109s used in the movie "The Longest Day" even stopped by one day. It was a great place to be when you were a 13 year old boy.
The Vulcan was built for scramble take-offs due to where Britain is to the Warsaw Pact compared to America
The Vulcan is sat at my local airport
Somewhere I have several boxes of Kodachrome slides of Goose Bay from somewhere around the late 50s/early 60s. I shall have to dig them out and get them scanned some time.
I had several more but I loaned them to the editor of a "Well Known UK Historic Aircraft" magazine and never got them back... (I don't think they were ever used in the mag either. Which annoys me a bit)
@@davebenjafield7037 I'd love to see them, Dave, if you do get them scanned. Pity about losing some to that magazine. They were probably the best ones, too. Alan.
@@xjstwr : I can't remember exactly what was on any of them - they came from a friend (who passed away in 1988) who was a Chief Tech for the RAF back then.
Feel free to get in touch via FaceBook or something if you want to stay in touch regarding the slide.
My dad talks about being just four or five miles away while 52’s bombed the Ho chi min and how everything shook and a deep rumble accompanied as well.He later seen holes where the bombs hit.Air support saved his outfit more than once.Thank you to every service man and to my hero and father Dale
Sleep well your Air Force is laying CARPET.
I was in Vietnam and used to listen to the rumble of explosions from the B-52's, from the safety of an air base. Before that I was stationed at a SAC base and used to watch them train, quite impressive. Welcome Home to your dad!
I loaded the bombs on the B-52 in 67-68. I hope that many of our guy's got to come home alive because of what our teams did.
@@mariannevanwormer2380 Many brave men flew those 52's. The men on the ground certainly appreciated them as did the POW's when the flew north.
Americans killed over one million people and to this date, Laos is littered with explosives going off and killing or crippling people. I've been there recently and it is truly abhorrent. That you can think your father is a "hero" says all about you and your indoctrination. The heroes of that time were in the freedom movement: The hippies who did not go "export liberty". It's remarkable how you guy lost this war and are still singing praise as if your empire had won it.
When I was about 11 years old my parents took me to see the blue angles in 1977 in Chicago. They were ok, but when the Vulcan flight demo started out over the lake, I lost all interest in the Blue Angels. When that Vulcan went overhead I thought something was wrong because of how loud it was and how it howled. It scared the daylights out of me.
There is a Vulcan staged about 7 miles from me here in California at Castle Afb Museum
@@billyjoe415 Nice. There is a museum near my house, and though it does not have a Vulcan, it does have the SR-71C and a stripped F-117
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My favourite the Vulcan having worked on them and hearing those Olympus 300 series engines with their whine took to back to my days at RAF Scampton
Wow! What memories you must have. Would love to have gotten closer to those engines
At my RAF basic recruit training passout parade at RAF Swinderby in 1984, as the parade was coming to its conclusion we were stood to attention and being addressed by the station commander. As we watched we noticed the assembled families on the viewing platforms all looking distracted, pointing behind us and looking away from the podium where he was speaking..... this was shortly followed by a low whistling noise, barely audible at first but very quickly rising, then to our shock and awe from behind us a Vulcan escorted by two Harriers passed directly overhead at low level, and within a second or two of doing so, all three pulled up into a near vertical climb, and I have NEVER experienced or should I say FELT noise like it !!! The very air around me sounded like it was being torn asunder like a roll of linoleum, my teeth & eyeballs rattled in my head and I could literally feel my internal organs quaking with the intensity of the sound... indescribably incredible.
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Incredible! Thanks for sharing that memory of yours and i'm pleased you enjoyed the sights and sounds of mine from over the years
I get a bit misty-eyed out of pride seeing the B-2 flying, landing, and taking off. What an awesome plane and what awesome men who fly it. I felt the same with the SR-71 Blackbird too.
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Whoa the SR-71..The real OG!
As a youngster i had the chance to see the Vulcan take off many times. I lived in Lutterworth and we always knew when it was going to fly because they warmed up the engines for about fifteen minutes and you could hear them five miles away. Just long enough to ride my bike to the airfield . the road was a hundred yards from the runway and i will never forget that monster taking off in a huge cloud of blue smoke. I also remember the B-52's flying over our house heading for Bruntingthorpe air base ,it was like they blotted out the sun to a small child.
When I was a child I saw the Vulcan twice, one time it went right over my head and because I was so young it was really loud. Although I don't remember being scared of it but apparently my parents had to put their hands over my ears which I think I kind of remember! The other time was at South End.
Definitely the Vulcan. Saw it years ago at a local air show and it cruised in over the tree line and then did a full vertical thrust and nearly deafened everyone on the ground, but it was fantastic to see, and hear.
The Vulcan because that's not something we're going to see often. Two flybys lower than a lighthouse from a cliff, from a world-historical bomber that performed with a bad knee in a successful war which isn't made any more and contains alternative tech paths from current jet-engined bombers. Yeah those were nice. America's stealth tech is awesome and gives me the chills simply because those are my UFO alien spacecraft I grew up with but they'll always be there. The Vulcan was just a fantastic rare.
That's mega!! 😎
You're right about the sound of the Vulcan, it was deafening! But so sweet!
7:42 - "Ladies and gentlemen, the cabin crew will be serving drinks as soon as they have retrieved the beverages trolley from the rear bulkhead."
My personal favorite is the U-2. I lived for 10 years about two miles from Moffet Field, in California, home of the Ames Research Center. They flew U-2s quite a bit. There is no mistaking the roar of the engine during the takeoff roll, the aircraft pitching up to about a 45 degree climb, and then holding the climb until the aircraft is out of sight, but not out of hearing. The roar can be heard for minutes as it climbs straight out.
Nice!
Yes that sound sure does linger on forever, very loud for a single engine too.
Glad you were entertained and enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments that I've managed to capture on video over the years 👍
Here's episode 2! - th-cam.com/video/9U0s3rk7PAQ/w-d-xo.html
even though the B2 flypast at RIAT 2017 was memorable. And the Vulcan is god of all aircraft. And the Red Arrows are amazing. And F22 Raptor just kicks ass... IT HAS TO BE THE LANCASTER EVERY TIME! What a sight. What a sound.
You surely made the correct statement there, it is indeed the awesomeness of "THE AVRO LANCASTER" & the orchestrated harmonization of those magnificent "RR Merlin's" that send a shiver down my spine every single time that I hear them!!
Loved all those other aircraft but the "LANCASTER" (respectfully) just has that something "EXTRA SPECIAL" about it!!
It's no wonder Great Britain maintains the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight & so she must!! This stuff is like the family silver, ya just don't give it away or worse, even think of selling it!! It's family & so ya hold onto it forever!!
Same for me,especially as my Uncle was an RAF Navigator on Lancs in the war.
I’ve never seen such a ginormous target as the Vulcan. Without googling it, I’m asking what it’s role would be. Bomber, fighter, decoy? Even our B2 can get out of the way. Our B1B Lancer is a pig of an bomber but has the capabilities of sweeping wings and outrunning almost anything. The Vulcan is beautiful and majestic but what’s the purpose.
Good day , the Vulcan was part of the “V” bomber force I believe . Which included the Vulcan , Victor and Valiant as part of the United Kingdoms strategic nuclear strike force known officially as V force in the 1950’s 60’s .
The Vulcan is probably more better known for its part played in the Falklands conflict of 1982 on "Operation Black buck “ against Argentina in a bid to deny them usage of the runway at Port Stanley . The strategy for refuelling was incredible to say the least as was its calculations which I believe to have been carried out by notepad and pencil at some point mid flight due to changing circumstances and mechanical failures.
Very interesting reading .
@@travismiller7596 hi Travis, the Vulcan was a cold war British bomber, typically high altitude (remember this was before surface to air missiles could reach 60,000 feet) their designed job was to scramble get up to height and drop atomic bombs - at altitude, their large wing area actually made them more maneuverable than the interceptors of the day in within visual range. Because they are so large (yet shorter and narrower than a B52) the also seem slow at airshows, but they were one of the most powerful bombers of their day.
That Hawker sound gave me chills. Such an awesome sounding plane!
That was the case for me as well. I mean I loved all the clips; the Vulcan, the Lancaster, the U2, The B2 and I've always had soft spot for the B-52. Plus that English Electric is sooo underrated; it's basically the English counterpart to the F-4 Phantom II! But as a musician and musically obsessed person; the SOUND of the Hawker had me mesmerized.
They are being retooled and repurposed to train rookies over the pond.
Top sound indeed.
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Vulcan. Saw it twice in real life. About 30 years ago driving past an airfield in Lincolnshire UK. It came very low across the road, then the pilot pointed it up and gunned the engines. I was amazed that the old Datsun that I was in did not shake apart. Then another time at an airshow in Norfolk. The sight, noise, vibration are indescribable. The Falklands round trip attack flight nailed its legend. A shame that we will never see it fly again.
Vulcan memories are unforgettable. Glad you enjoyed watching
Only saw it at an airshow the once about 40yrs ago... incredible and I think my hearing is just about recovering...
We also used to see them flying over our primary school about 1980ish... well in the main, you could HEAR it.. Sometimes you saw it...
An amazing aircraft.
The fact it flew that far with a pretty large payload and delivered it with immense damage to the argentinians by way of equipment loss and moral is indicative of the superiority of the RAF
Hearing the Vulcan whine is just amazing! Such a crying shame they could no longer afford to keep her flying.
I was standing at the end of the runway in Charlottesville, VA during the Dogwood Festival in '72 iirc when the Blue Angels 4-ship did the low takeoff right over me. They were still flying F4Js. It was a life changing experience.
1:40 - the Hunter just has to be one of the most beautiful aircraft designs, ever!
sounds like a ferrari at top speed passing by
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I agree that the Hunter was a beautiful looking aircraft. My favourite has to be the Vulcan being flown around as though it was an aerobatic aircraft, which is wonderful considering its size.
Easier to do when not loaded with ordnance, and also probably upgraded engines at this point.
I’m literally getting choked up watching the very first shot of the 9 jets in formation. It is overwhelming pride I am feeling. Just really incredible!
Glad you were entertained and enjoyed my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years.
That Diamond nine of Typhoon jets are RAF though 🇬🇧
That hawker hunter sound though, that was new to my ears!!! Amazing!!!!
One of the best sounds in aviation for sure
Don't get me wrong. All the incredible jet aircraft are amazing and super impressive but, my heart belongs to that big, GORGEOUS Lanc! And when that beautiful lady flew overhead at the end of the runway, it gave me goosebumps. Stunning! 1 of only 2 still able to fly. 1 in UK and 1 here in Canada. Many thanks for this fantastic video! ATB from Nova Scotia 🇨🇦
No finer sound than the Lanc roaring over at full tilt with its merlins.
Pleased you enjoyed watching
One of the most beautiful maneuvers I've EVER seen was back in the '70's in Ft. Smith, AR.
It was showing off the (I believe) F-15. Everyone was out at the airfield just waiting. All of a sudden we heard a 'roar' and this jet comes zooming across the field and then just aims heavenward--- straight up, until we could just barely see it. Then we could see it roll over and come down... it came down and then came down more and I'm standing there watching, thinking--- O GOOD GRIEF- he's going to crash!
Then when he was maybe 250 feet off the ground, he did an almost 90 degree turn, flattened out and took off.. IT WAS FANTASTIC to see!
I've seen quite a few more over the years, but that one will stick with me to the end.
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The F-15 can break the speed of sound going straight-up
@@Woodie3200 Waayyy overpowered!
The U-2 is one of my favorites. They should have had a clip of one doing a climb out the sound is tremendous!
@@dalebening2548 Watch the latest episode here, it features the U-2 takeoff howl and touch and go - th-cam.com/video/9ccme1xg7sM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=58kLkmoJmXiaz8Fd
that typhoon pilot at the intro is insane, in a good way, and the hawker hunter sound is glorious.
The rate of descent was so quick, great adrenaline rush that was!
Pleased you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow moments I've managed to capture over the years. Plenty more to come!
in 2001 I saw 3 (!!!) B-2 bombers fly very low over my home. I was astonished and to this day remember how simply brutal and simultaneously beautiful it was seeing those things in motion!!
The Hunter brought back many memories for me. Their slower speed was exceptional for ground attack with their nose mounted cannons. That Blue Tone was so loud and dominant that for ground troops in that day a comforting noise if they were a friend and a pants crapping moment if you were a foe.
Such a great sound. Glad you enjoyed watching
Sounds a bit like our A-10 Warthog!
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3:30 is absolutely epic, 9 Red Arrow lifting off at the same time and slowly drifting apart. Incredible shot, absolutely perfect!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it
I've worked on quite a few of those B-52D models. They have a very distinct sound all their own. I was in my office at Vandenberg AFB where they had no planes of their own when I heard a plane coming. I started out of my office and one of my co-workers asked where I was going and I replied I was going outside to watch the B-52 go by. She was skeptical that I could identify it just by it's sound. I enjoyed her astonishment that I could identify a plane that way.
I worked at Davis Monthan AFB while in the service and they trained U-2 pilots there. Every takeoff is a 45 degree climb. I also knew on of the instructors there and he told me about having a flame out about 250 miles east of the Florida coast. He said he radioed in that his engine was out and he wanted a straight in landing approach. They asked if he wanted search and rescue sent out and got a bit testy with them and said "No! I need landing instructions." He landed it at McCoy AFB, dead stick after gliding 250 miles.
That B-2 has almost exactly the same wingspan as the XB-35 designed by Jack Northrop in 1941 and exactly the same angle of the sweep of the wing leading edge. Where would our aircraft be by now if Symington hadn't ordered them scrapped because his buddies ran Convair. Check out this wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YB-35
I HAVE THAT TALENT (I HOPE STILL) -II was the only girl at the Combat Eval Test site and I could hear them low level, 8k ft , Nevada desert and tell the det that our sorties were inbound. My commander timed me one night and said I was 2min 36sec faster than the IP inbound signal. He also told me that if you could hear them it was probably too late if you were in the target zone.
That diamond 9 though - precision social distancing! lol Most impressive though was the Hawker Hunter - what a badass sound!
Glad you enjoyed it. Typhoons in D9 was a rare moment and as you say great formating
When you add in the true nature and connection with what some these types of aircraft have actually achieved in missions takes the experience to a whole new level.
Absolutely. Pleased you enjoyed watching
I remember being at an air show years ago when stealth was new. Announcer said to watch for the stealth bomber for the right. There was the sound of a jet going over but the sky was empty. Announcer said “Man, that stealth is damn good”.
Thank you Bob. Brilliant !! Without a doubt my favourite was the XH558 Vulcan. My father, a navigator, circumnavigated the globe in a Vulcan XH 498 in October 1959. He started from RAF Scampton. He flew to Akrotiri, Karachi, Butterworth, and Darwin. From there, the Squadron Leader pilot tried to land at the new Wellington Airport. However, the undercarriage was badly damaged on the 3rd attempted landing and the Vulcan had to make a crash landing at Ohakea military airfield, 200 miles north of Wellington. My father and his 3 crew colleagues were all unharmed. The first footage of the accident was seen by my father in 2017, on TH-cam, some 58 years later. I’m reading his flying log book as I write! 🙂
You're welcome, pleased you enjoyed watching along to my fav airshow memories.
Blimey that is fantastic thanks for sharing. Must of been bizarre for him to have watched it back all those years later and see what it looked like from the outside
The Vulcan, and also the Lancaster as my Dad served in the Canadian airforce in the early 50s and worked exclusively with Lancasters, and was fire and safety technician plus parachute packer on active bases, and remember all the stories he'd tell us as kids from his service days, both funny and sad as they lost quite a few planes with full crews even in peacetime!
The Vulcan always was my fav at air shows as a kid and it still is! It still looks so advanced, IMO
Sure does!
look liked it almost stalled :D
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Seeing the Lightening again. In the early 1980's I was serving on HMS Glamorgan and we did an ADEX (Air Defence Exercise) against Lightenings while steaming south down the North Sea. At the end of the exercise one of the pilots showed off for the benefit of the crew as was usual. It was a beautiful cloudless blue sky and he flew directly towards the ship. He pulled up into a vertical climb over our flight deck and just kept going, straight up, until he disappeared. The noise, being directly below him, was tremendous. An amazing aircraft.
I remember that - would have been 11 squadron iirc, and one of the Fighter Controllers (Ray Harris) was on one of the lightnings as an exchange, lucky so and so.
@@petermarshall6750 I use to bike out from Grimsby to Binbrook to watch the lightnings, Also as a lad my farther use to take me to Scampton to watch Vulcans take off, Now when 6/7 take off one after another , that's heaven.
The low Typhoon runway approach reminded me a bit of when I took photos for the local press of a HEMS air ambulance land on a community field outside my house on call. When it took off for the best pics, I was almost blown backwards down the grass embankment, just about staying on my feet. The pilot had a big grin on his face as I was blown off-balance.
I bet the Typhoon pilot smiled then, too!
Fantastic footage, great work & efforts!
I think the typhoon pilot must've shat himself because of how close he was to colliding with that wall.
Vulcan the best of an amazing collection. I was at The Farnborough Air Show in the 70s. It came in at very low level in front of the crowd. The ground just shook and the elegance of this beauty has never been bettered in my opinion. A wonderful thing to behold. Timeless.
I used to live just seven miles from Farnborough and went to the air show every year starting around 1960. I recall the Vulcan making the ground shake too. She broke the sound barrier one year and shattered a few windows in the area. But what a beautiful plane! I agree with you. The Vulcan is matchless.
Guess it was your first one.
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Glad you enjoyed watching along to my airshow memories.
Vulcan memories are hard to forget, you must have seen some amazing moments at those 70s Farnborough airshows 👍
@@bobsurgranny I certainly did! The sheer power, noise, trembling ground and beauty of the Vulcan were incredibly emotional. I always had tears running down my face. Your vide brought back a lot of great memories. Thanks!
I was in an RAF band where we did passout parades every week. Facing the parade we could see a squadron of vulcans sneaking up behind the audience stand to suddenly l blast them and us with hot air and noise as they rose up behind us to normal flight height. Very exciting. A very graceful flying aircraft.
My favourite? So many great clips - it's almost impossible to tell! However, the Vulcans do bring back memories. As a kid, when I first saw pictures of this magnificent bird - I was instantly mesmerized, and even now so many years later, it still looks fantastic!
Great to hear. Glad you enjoyed watching along.
The Vulcan is iconic for sure and very futuristic looking, even still
Hunter.. Absolutely epic sound
Hell yeah! Nothing like the Hunter's Blue Note on earth!!
Almost like an F1 car
@@charliemillar3040 I'd compare it to a P-51's gun muzzle whistle....
Hawker hunter..probably scared the enemy quite a bi.t
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Loved the majestic Vulcan. Growing up in Winnipeg on an airbase in the 60's they would show up once in a while probably for training or air show logistics. It wasn't until the 90's when I saw one up close at Abbotsford air show that I got to climb up the front landing gear ladder and peak inside. Was very surprised at how the crew entered that way and how small the cabin was for a whole crew of radar ops and pilots and such to work in. Beautiful plane to watch. One of favorite childhood memories along with the Sabres, voodoos, and we even had one of the last 'in service' flying boxcars whose giant Pratt and Whitney engines used to make my whole school rumble when it went out. Good times, good memories, thanks.
That's fantastic! thanks for sharing your airshow memories there.
Pleased you were entertained and enjoyed the sights and sounds of mine
Aw man, that blue note of the Hawker Hunter. I was a fireman at RAF Brawdy for nearly 4 years in the early 1980's (Hunters and Hawks) but never once witnessed the Blue Note. I loved the Hawk as to me, it looked list a flying dolphin, but I also loved the Hunter, it just looked right as a fighter!
That's crazy you never got to hear a blue note.
Glad you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav moments from over the years
Here's episode 2 - th-cam.com/video/9U0s3rk7PAQ/w-d-xo.html
787 touch and go, and low Typhoon are tied for first for me. But, the Vulcan was just a sheer beauty to behold.
Definitely the Typhoon Low Pass 1st, followed by both 787 take-offs-the touch and go and Steep Climb. Are the 787 shots the same take-off from a different angle? I had no idea they could climb that steep!...or bank/turn that quick while still gaining airspeed and altitude. While in the Navy, I arrived on the carrier the USS Nimitz by COD, a Grumman C-2 Greyhound, watched numerous Tomcats, Intruders etc. take-off, and l live in the town w'/ a former AFB, home to the 379th Strategic Air Command that had B-52's and KC-135's. 52's are one part of our "Nuclear Triad"; SLBM's (sub launched ballistic missiles) and Minutemen missiles in silos are the other two.
Glad you enjoyed kevin
@@bobsurgranny Thank you!
I was lucky enough to get stationed in the UK, so I could see the brilliant Vulcan every time it came to do a show in Mildenhall. Never, ever will forget that bird! Nothing else like her. May XH558 always spark your imaginations, England!
Lucky you, you must have some amazing memories
@@bobsurgranny My entire time in the USAF is one giant great memory! Even when we went to war.
I used to live next door to the former WWII fighter base at North Weald used to hold an annual air show… Vulcan appeared several times! And its sound at low altitude was amazing!!
Saw and heard the Vulcan at a Bournemouth airshow about 8 years ago. The sound was incredible - makes you forget everything else in the show. Feels like it's ripping the sky apart. Shakes you to your core. Practically deafens you for a minute or two after. Same 4 engines that were in the Concorde I believe.
When I worked for Lucas Gas Turbine Equipt I was ordering parts for the Olympus B engine for Concorde.
think the Concorde uses a modified version of it
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Its amazing that in a very short time scale Avro went from the Lancaster to the Vulcan, an amazing technological leap .
Both of these superb aircraft were conceived by the same man - Roy Chadwick.
Pretty incredible in just around 10 years, what a difference
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As a crewchief of 10 years, on 5 different jets, (3 were fighters) I always love watching Air Shows. I can not speak for all crewchiefs ( probably can) I love seeing the craft pilots put the birds through their paces. It looks like you were in England and I know the Brits love the planes. We had a bloke lose his LD lense to security at a base near RAF Lakenheath when he poke it through the fence, the day the U-2 landed. He was so pissed. Great shots.
Thanks. Yep all in England other than the Blue Angels.
Pleased you were entertained and enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav moments I've managed to capture on video over the years.
Be sure to check out the latest episode here - th-cam.com/video/9ccme1xg7sM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=58kLkmoJmXiaz8Fd
The B-2 with it's unique design is always a favorite! The Vulcan is another one of my favorite as I like the broad wings. It almost looks like a flying wing.
They are both similar viewed from the head on or rear perspective, both very flat and hardly identifiable.
Thanks for your comment and I'm pleased you were entertained and enjoyed the sights and sounds of my favourite airshow moments and memories from over the years
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The U2 was amazing, but the B2 was so great to see like this!! never knew it was that thin from other footage I have seen! and the look of it from underneath, so menacing!!
Pretty damn surreal having it glide over your head like that.
Pleased to know you were entertained and enjoyed all these sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years.
Plenty more to come!
The Hunter amazing sound!! My Fav!!
Sure was, probably the best blue note I ever heard
Great video! Couldn’t help but smile at the blue angel Passover! Reminded me of the time my grandpa retired air force vet took my twin and I to our first air show! The sounds they made as they passed over compared to when they was coming was so nostalgic! So silent then right above you the loud Vroooomm!!! My twin and I just ran back to our grandpa who was used to it but totally took us by surprise!! Him totally in his element showing us all the planes and naming them telling us what they do, and the size of the c-5 galaxy will never forget! Rip grandpa
The Vulcan....Saw it in the 80s as a kid at the Toronto Air Show! Amazing sight and sound! Lived near Hamilton's Canadian Warplane Hertiage Museum where they would fly the Lancaster many time a weekend in the summer, I would drop everything to stop and watch it fly by. Amazing to watch.
The greatest flyby I ever witnessed in person was at an airshow around 20 years ago. It involved two air craft built around 80 years apart. The newer one was a Harrier. The elder one was a biplane with some upgrades. First the Harrier did some demonstrations then hovered in place. Then the biplane matched it perfectly and while the Harrier remained hovering in the same spot, the biplane came up along side it and the two of them just stayed there together barely moving while we stood for the national anthem. I think I was about 100 feet from both as they took up positions almost right in front of us. Then both just gradually rose up into the air and very slowly, slower than I would normally walk, flew over our heads maybe at about 200-300 feet altitude. After they landed we got to visit both air craft.
Honorable mention should go to the pilots flying FA 18's who "bowled" for us knocking down "pins" with their wings on an air strip. The first one bowled a strike but the other one had to pick up a spare.
If the biplane was a Sopwith then the same man, Sir Tom Sopwith, was behind both the makers (Sopwith Aviation and Hawker Siddley). Now there's a thought, Sir Tom Sopwith saw 'his' 'planes see off Kaiser Bill, Adolf, Benito, Hirohito and Galtieri and he lived to 1989.
@@EdMcF1 He was nearly 2000 years old??....oh no i see what you mean now........ :)
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You mean and the older one, as when you use the word elder you are speaking of our elder people.
you should have lived in Newark upon Trent
uptill the early 80's
completely surrounded by RAF aerodromes
and RAF VBG Scampton, Syston and Waddington
I was stationed at RAF Mildenhall in the 80s and was regularly on the flightline when the SR71 landed and took off. My neighbor was one of the pilots and it was an amazing thing to see and an honor to have met him.
SR71 is my all time fave plane!!
All of it! Really enjoyed this video and I'm pleased I can hear the Vulcan again!
Glad you enjoyed the whole thing. Would love to get the Vulcan back in the sky
The Lancaster! I live in Ontario, Canada where they have the only other working Lancaster. It's so exciting to watch it fly. Thank you for this beautiful footage.
Wow! You are so lucky to have the worlds only other flying Lancaster. There's soon to be three with "JUST JANE" over here in UK.
Thanks for your comment and I'm pleased you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments I've managed to capture on video over the years.
Plenty more to come!
Lanc, Vulcan and Hunter from those featured here. I loved seeing the Hawker Harrier vtol, at 'Wings over Merseyside' and other northern airshows. Saw my absolute favourite, the Mossie (heard it first!), flying really low over our house just outside Liverpool in the 1970s and remember racing outside to wave madly - imagine my surprise and joy when it circled round before flying off. Was privileged to see Lancs on a few occasions from the 1960s right up to the memorial flypast for Archie Johnstone's 100th in the South Lakes, September 2014. Weirdest-looking I ever saw flying was around 30 years ago in the skies over Kendal, Westmorland - a Warthog doing barrel rolls. Amazingly agile for such an odd yet strangely beautiful machine. Can't forget those Spits, Hurricanes and the spaceage-looking (for the time) Lightning either. So many wonderful aircraft.
I once had to marshall Douglas Bader in when he arrived at Cosford Air Show in his Spitfire one time. One thing I remember was looking in the cockpit and seeing the trim wheel was made of wood. That amazed me.
Im afraid for me it has to be the Vulcan. I served at RAF Waddington in the early 70's and I worked in Air Traffic Control so I got to see them every day. I also had the incredible privilege of flying in one. And every day when I walked to work in the Ops centre I also had the privlilege of walking past the Waddington Lancaster.
Amazing experiences. Glad you enjoyed watching
Back in the late 70's, I was station on Midway Island, working the flight line and had the opportunity to hop in and take a flight on a Vulcan. It was the coolest thing ever, when I was in the Navy. The only problem was if you had to bale out, the Pilot and Co-Pilot had ejection seats and those of us in the back would have to bale out by sliding down the access hatch. During the flight, I asked the Navigator if anyone had ever survived a bale out through the access hatch and they all laughed at me. I took that as a no.
Has to be the Vulcan for me that whistle still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up
The Vulcan always managed to stir emotions, it had a really strong presence, quite strangely.
Pleased you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years
@@bobsurgranny My favourites of all time are the Submarine mk2 Spitfire, the sea Harriers, the Avro Vulcan and I love the new F35's remind me of the Harriers. Also love the BAE Systems' Hawk T1! I love the shape of the jet
Here's episode 2 if interested - th-cam.com/video/9U0s3rk7PAQ/w-d-xo.html
which is the favorite .... difficult question!
All these planes are iconic for a different way over the centuries: IIWW. cold war, stunts, state of the art and shows:
the most surprising is the take-off of the Red Arrows, the most impressive are the 787 steps, the most alien is the B2, the "biggest bad and beautiful" that expresses power and domination is, of course, the B52. I don't know why, but the friendliest is the Vulcan, perhaps for his appearance similar to a peaceful and majestic stingray
Hi Bob.
Has to be the Tin Triangle over Beachy Head, that was a magical sight seeing her appear below us from behind the cliffs, then we had our own display. A real "hairs on the back of the neck" moment and a little bit of something in the eye!!!!
Definitely up there with the best airshow moments I've had, what a day that was!
I was lucky enough to see the Vulcan fly at the Biggin Hill air show.The noise is indescribable, it’s a beautiful machine.
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I would have been 7 years old. 1968
I loved the Lancaster. It brings back so many memories of childhood. We had a military airfield on the outside of town and a Lancaster or a Shacklelton would roar overhead every afternon at 4:15. Like clockwork. Lovely video, thanks.
Great choice there. Pleased you enjoyed seeing my airshow memories from over the years
I am not sure, but seeing the U-2 silhouette under the clouds (13:13) was awe inspiring.
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That B-2 looks like alien stuff, loved the Vulcan and the sound of the Hunter-Hawker.
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Late 70's, early 80's maybe I was parked at the end of the runway at McClellan AFB in Sacramento, CA watching cool planes land. A big jet is in the pattern and I thought "no way!" As it changed aspect it became clear that yes, it was indeed a Vulcan. It was so low that the wingtip vortices whistled through the telephone wires behind me. Awesome! So yeah, this Yank's fave goes to the Vulcan. Thanx for posting...nice vid!👍
The howl that thing made was just epic
@@chrisfinchgolf199 Oh I distinctly remember the howl, and the fact that the engines were just plain LOUD! Such a cool plane, and I got to see one. In the US! Whooda thunk?😃
It is so astonishing humans can build and fly these miraculous machines and so many of us thrill when we see them. "Jet noise-sound of freedom!" Now we just need to cure cancer. Bless u for posting.
For me, simply has to be the Vulcan B2 bomber, such an incredibly powerful and graceful aircraft. I had the opportunity to fly one from Iceland to Greenland whilst the skipper played poker in the back with the nav plot, nav rad and AEO. No better aircraft anywhere in the world. If I was a billionaire, I would have the parts made to get the Tin Triangle flying again, even if it meant a total rebuild. (Ex 101 Sqdn RAF Waddington)
That sounds safe...
That was so amazingly heart felt
it's a romantic plane ( and I love seeing it fly,) but just not enough bang for the buck. B52 carries 7x the payload with 3x the range and only 20% slower.
@@timq6224 is this quoted airspeed or 'actual' airspeed, we lied about the Vulcans ceiling and airspeed :)
me too skip.
B52 is the plane of my childhood it both terrified me and fascinated me as they were regular visitors to my part of the world and the whine of the old engines was so incredibly loud when flying low over you and in more innocent times we were able to sit right at the threshold of the runway (with our bikes neatly resting against the nav aids!) as they flew over us to land and deafened us when lining up to take off! Quite ridiculous when you think about it now but memories like this stick with you forever!
Some amazing planes here. My favourite is the Vulcan Bomber, also a soft spot for the English Electric Lightening.
Good choices. Great British gems of aviation engineering
They are all excellent. But especially the Lanc and the Vulcan as my old Dad served in these... Thanks for popping up on my TH-cam feed
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Eight year USAF veteran here - You UK citizens are lucky to have the opportunity to do that much Planespotting! Especially of the RAF aircraft in the countryside. Terrific montage! Thanks!
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there is no way to capture the thunder of a Lancaster without hearing it in person. The one at the warplane museum in Hamilton, Ontario flew semi frequently over to Niagara Falls and right over our house. The SOUND literally shook the ground, Lord knows the hell it unleashed when loaded with bombs
I have to say out of all the amazing bits of kit its the hunter for me and the A 400 sound is just haunting a real treat bob thank you 👍
The sound reminds me of like a spitfire or thunderbolt
Steve Holmes yes, the sound of A400M is absolutely amazing! It’s also my Nr. 1 just because of the sound...
They're all my favorite. My grandfather flew on the Lancaster. I love the Euro Typhoons, the B2 is just an alien looking beast, the Vulcan, i saw them up close in the 1980's. But i think my absolute favorite, is your video. Great camera work to all those people getting great shots, no annoying music and no voice over that we really don't need, i really appreciate you leaving the original audio intact. 100% perfect. I love it!
Pleased you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years 🤗👍 All the clips are filmed by myself, as you can see the same style throughout 😉
@bobsurgranny That's fantastic! You've got great camera skills! Do you use the camera on a phone or a dedicated camera? I love photography, I use Nikon cameras.
Thanks. I just use basic Sony handycams.
My current ones are the AX53 and PJ620
@bobsurgranny Good choice in cameras, I grew up in the 80's, we had the huge Panasonic VHS camcorders, no where close to the audio video quality of today, they also cost way over $1000, back then that was insanely expensive. Technology has come so far.
True that
the one where the Vulcan headed straight for you lot on the cliff there - everybody seemed really pleased
Yeah I was hoping he would fly right on over us, that would have been a thrill an alf'
I have to be honest with you and say that my favourite would be the Vulcan, especially the QRA on the flight line.. I remember at Waddington Airshow, a full flight of 6 did a scramble and literally the whole ground shook and you could feel the sound in your chest..! An exciting time for a kid..! Fond memories of my father working at Bracebridge heath for Avro and later Hawker Siddely..!
I saw the Red Arrows off Southsea beach once. One of the opposing pair went through the harbour entrance by the Round Tower at low level; a few seconds later there was a load blast on a horn and the Isle of Wight ferry came out going the other way!