Absolutely STUNNING video! I was an GCA Air Traffic Controller at McConnell AFB in Kansas 78-79. When I arrived, the KANG was still flying the F-105 Thunderchief. This video brings back a lot of memories of the Tuesday and Thursday evening launches on Guard night. The GCA was in the middle of the airfield at the taxiway and runways intersections. Since we didn't have anything to do with the launches (around 1900), we'd go outside the trailers and both watch AND FEEL the Thuds when they screamed by in full a/b. That 20' (or close) blue flame and the roar of that engine literally shook your internals. Recovering them a few hours later (around 2100) we would step outside to watch them roll by. They would take off in flights of 4, 2 at a time and recover about the same. The F-105 employed a drag chute to slow down after touching down. It instilled a great amount of pride in this young Controller to see witness the awesome air power at our disposal. Your video instills the same pride in me today! "Jet noise, the sound of freedom!" "I miss the smell of JP-4." Thank You!!
They were still flying the F 105's in 1979?? I thought they were retired around '76 or even earlier, since the F4's had been deployed in large numbers to SEA. The F 105 was a fairly large jet to only have one engine, no? Also, is the GCA similar to a "PAR" approach? What is the difference between the two?
Quick "Climb every mountain, ford every stream". Indeed, they follow every rainbow & Ted has found his dream! The Sound of music (from USAFE). Thank you. Terrific, Nikos & Ted. ❤
The Lincolnshire & East Anglian sunsets are just spectacular aren’t they! Fantastic footage & know how cold it was - well done Ted & Nikos, just brilliant
how beautiful. these beast fly over me every other day never actually see them tho bc uk weather but i hear them and check flight radar like yup thats an f-15
Reminds me of when we used to watch the F111’s at Upper Heyford at night, if you knew the back lanes you could get within 150yds of the planes. The burners did warm you up on a chilly evening! Probably what started my tinnitus.😀
Epic video 📹 Nikos... Stunning sun set, F15e, clear skies and After burners, this stream had it all...Amazing footage and to date one of my favourites Thank you..
Oiii oiii Jimmy. This was an absolute bonus once we decided to pack up and wrap up the stream. The sky was perfect and the request for quick climbs was the ultimate buzz oohhh yeah
Beautiful! I have to admit, the F15 might well be the coolest looking fighter ever. I know the F22 and 35 are nice, and the 14, typhoon too, and rafael, but the F15 is iconic. It just looks like it means business.
I was there, on location, a few days after Ted's Party 2023... this was soo beautiful, that awesome red sky, the sound, the almost empty carpark, the waiting... and the unforgettable reward: most beautiful quick climbs ever! At the end: "is there any more?"... as if that wasn't enough! What a great experience this day was. What a downer to drive from here to the ferry back home :)
Between 1980-1982 I was a POL Troop stationed in Aviano Italy . Refueled F15 birds from LN many times. Watching them takeoff and do an unrestricted climb is something to see from the flight line. Knowing I had a small part in it made it sweeter.
Have to say mate… This is by far THE MOST impressive take off footage I’ve EVER seen!! Straight out of Hollywood this is!! Like scenes from Top Gun!! Congratulations bro!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🇬🇧🇺🇸
Hi Ted * Nikos This video is amazing. The display by the pilots and the sky full full of so much beauty and the colours take your breath away. Thank you for sharing this magical experience with us I love watching it. It brings an inner peace. Thank you also for all the wonderful days out you bring us. With my very best wishes Linda
Oiii oiiii Linda thank you so much. This was a right treat and funny enough we were not sure if there was going to be a second wave so we parked up but kept the camera available just in case… and this happened. The sky was perfect and couldn’t believe they requested quick climbs ooohh yeah
When Amanda and I had a late February afternoon a couple of years ago on the fence similar to this it left me in tears, one of the most beautiful aviation experiences we'd both experienced....
Yeah, I watched these 4 x F15E's go hot pit towards end of live stream plus 2 x F35's. I knew they were coming out too play. In less than a minute after stream ended these beauties taxi'd to side of runway pad, extinguishers were out and groudcrew loitering. Evening was on! Sunset was perfect, cloud cover just right. Rewarded with sweet Afterburner delight, the dancing flames of F15E's lighting up the runway. What a thrill! Magnifico at night are off the scale. I couldn't believe i was watching it. Trully brilliant, what a day! The filming is so damn good you don't miss a thing. Then 10mins after everyone left i saw 2 x F35's do quick climbs standing at crash gate fence. I knew there had been F35 gone hot pitting/ refurl. But I just watched in awe! A pure fluck really I saw them. Had a magic week out and about. An honour 🎖 ❤ No:- 748
I never get tired of seeing the F-15 taking off especially at night or dawn. At the factory when planes were delivered usually three planes at a time flown east overseas, a small crew of us would come early at 3:00 am to launch the planes and it was dark outside which was great to watch the afterburners. Then we went to the cafeteria for breakfast which was another plus! Lol
Oi oi nickos nickos and Ted and not forgetting the team ❤ I once had the pleasure of sitting in a field at 10.15pm outside RAF St Athan watching F4 phantoms launch at night, but this is next level , the thrust of those pratt and Whitney engines are bone shaking 😊 . As usual excellent filming, thanks for all you do to bring us such a buzz . One love ❤
AWE !!!!! FFFFfffurrrr Heavens Sake. Amazing,, Outstanding and simply,, Thank you guys for giving me ( us ) all your time,, patience and brilliant Videography 👍👍👍 Scottish AlF
ah just coming back to this video again. im still astonished thats a 52yr old air frame design and its still only getting better. imagine if we was flying a military Wright model A in 60s thats the equivalent in terms of age.bonkers
Ted- fantastic video dude!! The afterburner flames at dusk are a sight to behold! I'm somewhat surprised the pilots kept the burners lit for so long! Is it a "safety" thing? As in, get the plane as high as possible above the ground in case of engine failure, so the jet has a chance to limp back to base single-engined., The ONLY thing no video can convey to the viewer is the absolute thunderous roar of those 2 engines in full afterburner. Sure, we all know these planes are loud during takeoff, but the tv or outboard speakers simply can't reproduce the engine roar to do them justice; perhaps an IMAX sound system would be fairly decent. Keep up the good work Ted.
I wonder if they will replace the Strike Eagle with the F-15EX Eagle Two. I believe it has even more advanced ground attack capability than the Strike Eagle.
That's an impressive climb rate! I was curious about the number 2 plane that came out at 1:50. The port air intake was wide open, which almost made it look like the plane was leaning a bit. And there were maintainers waiting when it got to the parking stand.
that engine was actually off and not running, you(I) could hear them restarting it, them being EOR(end of runway) crew.... I used to crew these aircraft from 96-98
Wow 😮absolutely amazing footage! So much power! I heard you say quick climb Friday, do they do this in the evenings in winter? I’ve been to the heath before on a Friday morning and watched till dinner time, but didn’t know they did this into the evening either. What time of the year do they do quick climb Friday evenings?
For Ted & Nikos's patience & persistence. Waiting on the QCF action. Thank you.❤
Oiii oiiii Margo thank you so much for the super ❤ooohhh yeah have a great weekend
Should have seen it when it was the massive afterburners of the mighty F-111 leaving.
Absolutely STUNNING video! I was an GCA Air Traffic Controller at McConnell AFB in Kansas 78-79. When I arrived, the KANG was still flying the F-105 Thunderchief. This video brings back a lot of memories of the Tuesday and Thursday evening launches on Guard night. The GCA was in the middle of the airfield at the taxiway and runways intersections. Since we didn't have anything to do with the launches (around 1900), we'd go outside the trailers and both watch AND FEEL the Thuds when they screamed by in full a/b. That 20' (or close) blue flame and the roar of that engine literally shook your internals. Recovering them a few hours later (around 2100) we would step outside to watch them roll by. They would take off in flights of 4, 2 at a time and recover about the same. The F-105 employed a drag chute to slow down after touching down. It instilled a great amount of pride in this young Controller to see witness the awesome air power at our disposal. Your video instills the same pride in me today! "Jet noise, the sound of freedom!" "I miss the smell of JP-4." Thank You!!
Oiii oiiii thank you so much for serving sir and for all the info in your comments. This is awesome. Thank you so much
They were still flying the F 105's in 1979?? I thought they were retired around '76 or even earlier, since the F4's had been deployed in large numbers to SEA. The F 105 was a fairly large jet to only have one engine, no? Also, is the GCA similar to a "PAR" approach? What is the difference between the two?
Think PAR is precision approach radar🤔@@hansheiser3868
The sound was amazing and the sight of the afterburners in the night sky was a treat...thank you.❤
Oii oiii Chris thank you very much
Quick "Climb every mountain, ford every stream". Indeed, they follow every rainbow & Ted has found his dream! The Sound of music (from USAFE). Thank you. Terrific, Nikos & Ted. ❤
Oiii oiii Margo this was such a great. Enjoy the replays and have a fabulous weekend
The Lincolnshire & East Anglian sunsets are just spectacular aren’t they! Fantastic footage & know how cold it was - well done Ted & Nikos, just brilliant
Oiii oiii AVRO thank you so much. Very spectacular ooohh yeah GUNS UP
how beautiful. these beast fly over me every other day never actually see them tho bc uk weather but i hear them and check flight radar like yup thats an f-15
Awesome
Thanks for catching that one
Remember that evening , was beautiful to watch , probably the most sublime video you are likely to take , emotional , as you often say 😀
Oiii oiii Clyde 🤙🏼 This was unreal, the whole thing was sublime and that sky couldn’t have looked any better 😎🇺🇸
Amazing in that light. Absolutely breathtaking.
Oii oiii Jason glad you enjoyed
Reminds me of when we used to watch the F111’s at Upper Heyford at night, if you knew the back lanes you could get within 150yds of the planes. The burners did warm you up on a chilly evening! Probably what started my tinnitus.😀
Nice
Beautiful!
Oiii oiiii Ellesee 🤙🏼
The actuator noise alone is just spectacular! Love it!
Sure is
@@TedConingsby 😊👍🙏
Epic video 📹 Nikos... Stunning sun set, F15e, clear skies and After burners, this stream had it all...Amazing footage and to date one of my favourites Thank you..
Oiii oiii Jimmy. This was an absolute bonus once we decided to pack up and wrap up the stream. The sky was perfect and the request for quick climbs was the ultimate buzz oohhh yeah
Absolutely awsome! The lights, the afterburner, the afterglow and then they disappear in the darkness. Great video!
Oii oiii Susanne thank you glad you enjoyed
Beautiful! I have to admit, the F15 might well be the coolest looking fighter ever. I know the F22 and 35 are nice, and the 14, typhoon too, and rafael, but the F15 is iconic. It just looks like it means business.
Oii oiii Jack ooohhh yeah
It's still the Gaffer
Wow !! Now that is breathtaking at golden hour with these F-15E Strike Eagles takeoff in style🤩
Oiii oiiii Douglas thank you. This setting was magic
I was there, on location, a few days after Ted's Party 2023... this was soo beautiful, that awesome red sky, the sound, the almost empty carpark, the waiting... and the unforgettable reward: most beautiful quick climbs ever!
At the end: "is there any more?"... as if that wasn't enough! What a great experience this day was. What a downer to drive from here to the ferry back home :)
Ooohhh yeah. What a scene this was
AMAZING afterburner sunset!!!!!!!!!
Oooohhhhhhhhh yeah 🤙🏼
Spectacular!!
Oii oiii David it sure was
I love the F15❤
Love ❤️ watching the show.
Ted makes me laugh.
Oii oiii Jackie thank you so much
Between 1980-1982 I was a POL Troop stationed in Aviano Italy . Refueled F15 birds from LN many times. Watching them takeoff and do an unrestricted climb is something to see from the flight line. Knowing I had a small part in it made it sweeter.
Mate, I loved that video. F15s against the sunset background. Absolutely beautiful and a pleasure to watch. I bet it was cold?
Oiii oiii Steve 🤙🏼 couldn’t believe the sky and the request for quick climbs. Yes it was cold but my word was it forgotten about
This is amazing Ted + Nikos fantastic coverage, must have been amazing to see live 🎉👏💪
Oii oiii thank you. It was awesome
This is absolutely spectacular, one of the best I’ve seen, thanks Ted and Nikos
The light was magnificent and we’ve never seen blue afterburners 🇺🇸🗽
Tony Scott would approve of this video
Fantastic.
Oh my that was a beautiful video! The light... The power of the Eagle... And your(and Teds, of course) unbridled enthusiasm made for another A++ video
Oii oiii thank you so much for your kind words
Thanks so much!
Oiii oiiii thank you so much for the super 🤙🏼 this is so kind of you thank you 🗽🇺🇸 oooh yeah
Thanks!
Oii Oii Tim thank you so much for the super 🤙🏼ooohh yeah
Have to say mate… This is by far THE MOST impressive take off footage I’ve EVER seen!!
Straight out of Hollywood this is!! Like scenes from Top Gun!!
Congratulations bro!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🇬🇧🇺🇸
Oii Oii Tommy thank you so much. The light was magnificent
You will never beat what you have captured there. The power, atmosphere and mother nature at her best. Very well done mate and can’t wait for more. 👍
Oii oiii Richard thank you so much for your kind words. Of all the quick climbs we have captured, never have we seen them do this at dusk. Ooohh yeah
Neat take off by the F15s Love the model of the jet
Oohh yeah
Hi Ted * Nikos This video is amazing. The display by the pilots and the sky full
full of so much beauty and the colours take your breath away.
Thank you for sharing this magical experience with us I love watching it.
It brings an inner peace.
Thank you also for all the wonderful days out you bring us.
With my very best wishes Linda
Oiii oiiii Linda thank you so much. This was a right treat and funny enough we were not sure if there was going to be a second wave so we parked up but kept the camera available just in case… and this happened.
The sky was perfect and couldn’t believe they requested quick climbs ooohh yeah
spectacular sunset, fweeps and quick climbs, absolutely brilliant, thank you
Oii oiii Babs thank you so much. This was amazing with a sunset
Well, don't think words cover that experience. ❤❤
Thanks as always Ted, Nikos & spanner crew
Oooh yeah
When Amanda and I had a late February afternoon a couple of years ago on the fence similar to this it left me in tears, one of the most beautiful aviation experiences we'd both experienced....
Awesome video Ted....
Oiii oiii thank you so much
Absolutely brilliant what a beautiful sky and fantastic take offs....Thank you!
Oii oiii Roy thank you so much. Couldn’t believe it when they all requested quick climbs at dusk with a magnificent sky
Ted looks very Christmasy,loving his santa hat!! Have a good day,stay warm xxx
Oiii oiii Rachael thank you so much
@@TedConingsby ❤️
Driving past on my way home last night looked spectacular with the sunset & the F15’s going vertical. 🔥☀️
Ooohh yeah
Truly the life as well as an absolute incredible capture!
Ooohhh yeah
Spectacular. My Saturday morning fix. Thanks
Oii Oii Scot thank you so much
Yeah, I watched these 4 x F15E's go hot pit towards end of live stream plus 2 x F35's. I knew they were coming out too play. In less than a minute after stream ended these beauties taxi'd to side of runway pad, extinguishers were out and groudcrew loitering. Evening was on! Sunset was perfect, cloud cover just right. Rewarded with sweet Afterburner delight, the dancing flames of F15E's lighting up the runway. What a thrill! Magnifico at night are off the scale. I couldn't believe i was watching it. Trully brilliant, what a day! The filming is so damn good you don't miss a thing. Then 10mins after everyone left i saw 2 x F35's do quick climbs standing at crash gate fence. I knew there had been F35 gone hot pitting/ refurl. But I just watched in awe! A pure fluck really I saw them. Had a magic week out and about.
An honour 🎖 ❤
No:- 748
Oiii oiii Dan thank you very much. It was fun having the suspense and wow, what a sky to do quick climbs with. Oohh yeah
lake-in-heath.good video.
Damn man what a show, must have been amazing to be there
It sure was
That was spot on. Right place, right time.👍
I never get tired of seeing the F-15 taking off especially at night or dawn.
At the factory when planes were delivered usually three planes at a time flown east overseas, a small crew of us would come early at 3:00 am to launch the planes and it was dark outside which was great to watch the afterburners. Then we went to the cafeteria for breakfast which was another plus! Lol
look at the light!! amazing great camera work ted an nicos !! you excelled your self on this one nicos really excellent .
Oiii oiii Knoxy 🤙🏼 thank you so much
Fantastic
Oii Oii John thank you
Oi oi nickos nickos and Ted and not forgetting the team ❤ I once had the pleasure of sitting in a field at 10.15pm outside RAF St Athan watching F4 phantoms launch at night, but this is next level , the thrust of those pratt and Whitney engines are bone shaking 😊 . As usual excellent filming, thanks for all you do to bring us such a buzz . One love ❤
Oiii oiii Mike thank you so much and great memories shared there. Wow F-4’s how awesome
I miss when the mighty F-111F ThunderVark was there.
Best years of my life.
What a spectacular view!
Thank you ☺️ 🙏!!
Stunning both in sight and sound❤
Ooohhh yeah
...so there were a second wave yesterday! The Eagles with the sun going down.. it looks so epic! Wonferful!
Ooohhh yeah
Fantastic Nikos. Keep on keeping on.
Oiii oiii Gaz thank you so much
Epic takeoffs and beautiful skies!! 🔥🌇
Ooohhh yeah 🌅
9:50 First take off.
Simply Awesome!
Very artistic vid you guys , colours are wonderful !
Thank you so much
AWE !!!!! FFFFfffurrrr Heavens Sake. Amazing,, Outstanding and simply,, Thank you guys for giving me ( us ) all your time,, patience and brilliant Videography 👍👍👍 Scottish AlF
Thank you
That was one of the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Thank you Nikos & Ted it truly was Spectacular ❤ from Scotland 🏴
Oiii oiii thank you very much
Absolutely fantastic ❤
Oii oiii Dawn 🤙🏼
Hi Nikos, this literally is so amazing and thank you so much!
You are most welcome and thanks again for your super!
Brillient Ted - wow
Thanks Andy 🌅
absolutley stuning.no musick.thank you.
I just noticed the differences in sound from the -229 vs, the typical -220 F-100.
Awesome catch!
Thank you
Spectacular...
Thanks Ray
Amazing colours
Oiii oiiii Jimmy thanks man 🌅
One of your best 👏
Ooh Yeah you nailed that Nikos : Feeeeel tha Heat
Ooooooohhhhh yeah thanks Colin
superb footage
Thank you so much
This is probably some of the best take off footage I've ever seen, anywhere, truely beautiful.
Oiii oiii thank you so much for your kind words. Well this is the first time we’ve seen quick climbs at dusk and with a beautiful sky. Thank you
Beautiful, Ted!
Thank you
I was @ Bitburg in the early 80s nobody has this even now: never mind! We will still get ya! Awesome power!
Stunning. Just stunning. Great work Ted, I’m just sad I missed it live! SEND IT!!!!
Oiiii ooiiii Sean! SEND IT!
Love this F15 still Rules!
Fantastic video 👌
The sound of freedom🇬🇧🇺🇸
Oooohhh yeah
Amazing xxxxx
Awesome 👌
Oohh yeah
ah just coming back to this video again. im still astonished thats a 52yr old air frame design and its still only getting better. imagine if we was flying a military Wright model A in 60s thats the equivalent in terms of age.bonkers
The F15 is a magnificent aircraft
Surely is.
❤LN 48TH FW❤️
Oiii oiii Chris 🤙🏼 This was an absolutely incredible treat this. Ooohhhh yeah GUNS UP 🤙🏼🗽🇺🇸
Right O Thanks Man!
Oii oiii 🤙🏼
Right On keep them videos coming
@@tomdarco2223
yeah!
Ooohh yeah
It's better when they skim the runway wheels up for a quarter mile yards and pull straight vertical.
Ted- fantastic video dude!! The afterburner flames at dusk are a sight to behold! I'm somewhat surprised the pilots kept the burners lit for so long! Is it a "safety" thing? As in, get the plane as high as possible above the ground in case of engine failure, so the jet has a chance to limp back to base single-engined.,
The ONLY thing no video can convey to the viewer is the absolute thunderous roar of those 2 engines in full afterburner. Sure, we all know these planes are loud during takeoff, but the tv or outboard speakers simply can't reproduce the engine roar to do them justice; perhaps an IMAX sound system would be fairly decent.
Keep up the good work Ted.
Thank you very much
I wonder if they will replace the Strike Eagle with the F-15EX Eagle Two. I believe it has even more advanced ground attack capability than the Strike Eagle.
It’s going to good and busy I think
this video reminds me of the scene from TomGun well done Nikos to get that shot
Ooohhh yeah
@@TedConingsby dangerzone comes to mind
That's an impressive climb rate! I was curious about the number 2 plane that came out at 1:50. The port air intake was wide open, which almost made it look like the plane was leaning a bit. And there were maintainers waiting when it got to the parking stand.
This F15 had just come from hot-pitting so this is why the air intake looks this way, so the ground crew will do the checks on this before departure
that engine was actually off and not running, you(I) could hear them restarting it, them being EOR(end of runway) crew.... I used to crew these aircraft from 96-98
awesome ❤❤👌👌
Oii oiii thank you 🤙🏼
Awesome
Oohh yeah
1:55 he's winking at us 😉
Absolutely beautiful!
Oii oiii thank you 🤙🏼🌅
Incredible 🤩
Do you have any stills you can publish? Would make an amazing desktop!
Thank you so much. We didn’t take any stills but even pausing the video scenes, they still look great
Wow 😮absolutely amazing footage! So much power! I heard you say quick climb Friday, do they do this in the evenings in winter? I’ve been to the heath before on a Friday morning and watched till dinner time, but didn’t know they did this into the evening either. What time of the year do they do quick climb Friday evenings?
Thank you very much
Shockwave rings visible in the blue flame! Doesn't get better than this...
Thank you very much
Was this taken on QCF? That was a lovely capture!!!!
It was but after the stream as a lovely surprise