I've been to the RIAT three times. The first time was in 2001, as a small boy. My dad forked out for a very memorable experience, a helicopter to fly us to the airfield. He passed a few months ago, so this reminded me of him. Glad to see RIAT is still alive and well!
Ha, I bumped right into you all, saw the shirt and recognized Cap. Hope I made you all feel a bit like celebrities there by taking a selfie with you guys :) It was a fine day to see some aircraft!
Was a great weekend, 8 1/2 hour flying displays Saturday and Sunday plus a great static line up. Highlight for me was the F35 ‘hover’ what a machine, but made me miss the Harrier!
If you want translations of the Swedish aircraft, here goes: Lansen: The Lance. Draken: Word means both The Dragon and The Kite, but in this case, it's The Kite, which is obvious if you look at the wing shape. Viggen: Thunderbolt or a small species of duck. One might think it's thunderbolt, but it's actually the duck, because of the canard wing and the agility of the aircraft. Gripen. The Gryphon. Not shown here, but we also have Tunnan, "The Barrel", which is obvious from the shape.
10:00 That’s one of our old Sentinal ASTOR aircraft - they’ve been parked up at Waddington for months now since retiring from service, and gradually being flown over to the USAF for reasons unknown. This is why it’s got the N registration on the engine pod instead of its old RAF one.
Great video thank you for the effort. That is quite an amazing static display lineup. Being in the UK is likely one of the best spots, as you get UK/US/Europe all in one place. Not too many Swedish jets at US airshows. 💙
Need to save the flight hours on the old Swedish jets, so can't really waste it on long ferry flights : / So it's just gonna be the JAS39 Gripens in the US unless something absolutely special happens
Hi Cap, At 1:06 that looks like a ECM pod (note the small intake underneath to cool the electronics and the yellow warning triangles. I've only ever seen those on Tornado ECM pods) and this picture confirms that en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon#/media/File:DASS_by_numbers.png At 7:55 that is a Sniper XR targeting pod fitted to the F-16 and the Spitfire just after is actually a Mark 16 not a 14 (XVIe not XIVe) and does indeed have a Merlin engine fitted. This from Wiki "The Mk XVI was the same as the Mk IX in nearly all respects except for the engine, a Merlin 266. The Merlin 266 was the Merlin 66 and was built under licence in the USA by the Packard Motor Company. The "2" was added as a prefix in order to avoid confusion with the engines, as they required different tooling." The little aircraft squeezed between the Osprey and Bird dog at 11:10 is the O-2 Skymaster, which you probably realised once you read the description! I think I need to get out more.... :)
2:02 That's the type of chopper which the mad-CAP Marine Crew Chief/Door-Gunner in Full Metal Jacket made his much quoted speech......"'Ain't war Hell‼️❓️❓️"
I went to the RIAT with cadets to help out in welcoming and gate security and got my RIAT 2022 Team cap signed by the Black Eagles, it was an amazing experience despite the blazing heat and I was always looking out for you but never found you :/ I’ve rewatched this video like 3 times already to see if I’m in it somewhere 🤣🤣
The Cessna SkyMaster parked beside the Cessna Birddog was used as a birddog in Vietnam, the 02 was mostly used in Korea and at the start of the Vietnam war.
Haven't seen anyone call it out yet. The small aircraft at 11:10 (right before the O-1E Bird Dog) is an O-2A Super Skymaster; a follow-on to the Bird Dog. Based on the Cessna 337 Skymaster. EDIT: Just saw that James Harris beat me to it.
That's awesome, but I wager that the upcoming one for exercise pitch black in my hometown of Darwin Australia will rival if not beat that, as we will also have F22's, Sukoi's and more.
Yes - I think he read the Roman numerals XVI backward. LF refers to low-altitude, which means the (US built Packard Merlin) engine is optimized for lower altitude. Many of the LFs had clipped wings, which from this video don'l look present, but we really don't get a clear view. The lower-case e refers to armament fitted in the wings, a Browning .50-cal inboard and a 20-mil Hispano-Suiza outboard in each wing.
Supercap the board says its a Mk16 not a Mk14, you misread your Roman numerals! Mk16 is a Mk9 with a Packard built Merlin engine, your right that the Mk14 had a Griffon engine and it used late Mk8/early Mk9 bodies.
I'm sure someone has pointed it out but that Spitfire at 8:20 is a Mk *16* (XVI) - not a Mk 14 (XIV) as you said...I think you just got your roman numerals mixed up a bit on the day because the board says it's a "Spitfire LFXVIe", i.e. Mk 16 (LF for "low altitude fighter", and with the "e" type wing configuration).
@GrimReapers @SuperCap can you make a Video just looking around the Zhukovski airport near Moscow on Google Maps? You can see the rarest Russian planes there standing out in the open like the MIG 1.44 and SU 47 just taking on rust its insane.
It's funny the U2 in final form with all the updated refit has about 7mph between its stall speed and VNE at operational altitude. My raw data is outdated but afaik many of the NATO Europe F16s are basically updated Bl15MLU brought to Bl50/52 standard but still the original airframes, the exception being Turkey who license produced Bl50 so are obviously in a position to update airframes easily, correct me if I'm wrong but that was my belief. Whether the airframe itself is an older production series I don't think affects their operational capabilities very much, afaik they're all Bl50/52 with some Bl60 in terms of equivalence. It's very different from a period F-16A which has analogue FCS, an older radar and fire control set, etc. It's basically AIM-9P and that's it for the F-16A in original condition as a fighter, you even needed avionics changes to use the navy's AIM-9L (the P was the air force's AIM-9, the two on different development paths). For all intents and purposes European F-16As are by now all very much as an F-16C instead.
@@grimreapers2 they were used in Vietnam as sort of spotter and radio control planes. You see one in the film Apocalypse Now and it directs a napalm strike
Cap should apply to be taken on a ride along in a jet! His channel has no doubt inspired many people to join the Air Force! So the air force could return the favor?
Appreciate the effort of putting this together. Love seein those planes. One question though, they sure don't let ya too close to those static A/C-is that normal for this show? With few exceptions, that's not how they do it here in the U.S. At least in my experience.
Extremely rare and yet in US we don't and will not see a fighter from another country. Very disappointed as Allies I would very much like to see it. Static or not. It would be great to see 😃
"Book about Wessex in the Falklands...." might that be "Scram!" by Harry Benson by any chance? I have that too, to be read, but its a huge hardback a bit too cumbersome to bring on commutes :P
I'm not sure it can be called the best ever. 2007 had the USAF 60th anniversary and 25 years of the Tornado. The static display alone had F-4s, F-5s, F-16s, Mirage 2000, Alpha Jet, Super Etendard, Indian Flankers, IL-76, Hawker Hunter, A-7E, Tornado F3, GR4, ECR, IDS, Typhoon F2, JAS-39, Nimrod MR2A, E-3D, Harrier GR7, EAV-8B, VC-10, B-1B, B-52H, F-117A, A-10A, F-15E, KC-135R, C-130, MC-130, KC-10, E-6B, C-17A, C-5B, P-3C, Jaguar T2. Never mind the flying displays and the historic aircraft. Modern air shows have less and less variety as more types are retired from service.
In memory of Colonel Oleksandr 'Grey Wolf" Oksanchenko, - Heroyam Slava (Glory to the Heroes)
I've been to the RIAT three times. The first time was in 2001, as a small boy. My dad forked out for a very memorable experience, a helicopter to fly us to the airfield. He passed a few months ago, so this reminded me of him. Glad to see RIAT is still alive and well!
God the German tornado is such a gorgeous looking aircraft theres is just something unbelievably striking about it.
The A4 Skyhawk and the Swedish contingent were amazing.
I took an E-3B AWACS to RIAT as a crew-chief in around 2004ish. Had a great time at that show and around the area.
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Ha, I bumped right into you all, saw the shirt and recognized Cap. Hope I made you all feel a bit like celebrities there by taking a selfie with you guys :) It was a fine day to see some aircraft!
I remember you! Hi :)
Brings back memories of when RAF Leuchars still had air shows. Miss wondering around all day ogling all the kit on display.
Great vid Cap, thanks. The empty spot and tribute to Greywolf was a classy touch
Was a great weekend, 8 1/2 hour flying displays Saturday and Sunday plus a great static line up. Highlight for me was the F35 ‘hover’ what a machine, but made me miss the Harrier!
It was kinda mid it just hovered for a few secs then flew off never to be seen again
If you want translations of the Swedish aircraft, here goes:
Lansen: The Lance.
Draken: Word means both The Dragon and The Kite, but in this case, it's The Kite, which is obvious if you look at the wing shape.
Viggen: Thunderbolt or a small species of duck. One might think it's thunderbolt, but it's actually the duck, because of the canard wing and the agility of the aircraft.
Gripen. The Gryphon.
Not shown here, but we also have Tunnan, "The Barrel", which is obvious from the shape.
10:00 That’s one of our old Sentinal ASTOR aircraft - they’ve been parked up at Waddington for months now since retiring from service, and gradually being flown over to the USAF for reasons unknown. This is why it’s got the N registration on the engine pod instead of its old RAF one.
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Great video, loving the static displays of classic aircraft.
Great video thank you for the effort. That is quite an amazing static display lineup. Being in the UK is likely one of the best spots, as you get UK/US/Europe all in one place. Not too many Swedish jets at US airshows. 💙
Need to save the flight hours on the old Swedish jets, so can't really waste it on long ferry flights : / So it's just gonna be the JAS39 Gripens in the US unless something absolutely special happens
I'm glad all this stuff is on Our Side
Great video of the static display, Cap! Thank you!
It's not a Mk.XIV, it's a Mk.XVIe, which was the last of the Merlin-powered Spits
Ah, thanks a lot!
Spitfire is a XVIe and you stood in front of the exact aeroplane when we did our Spitfire video 😂
It’s a Pacard Merlin.
Really? Wow, I need to work on my memory Dave.
Was at RIAT on Saturday, what a scorcher it was but seeing Tom Cruise was worth it!
Nice
That gray jet with a sat dome on top of the fuselage, is a former RAF Sentenel R1, now owned by a civilian company here in the US, GR.
What an awesome collection of aircraft!
Hi Cap, At 1:06 that looks like a ECM pod (note the small intake underneath to cool the electronics and the yellow warning triangles. I've only ever seen those on Tornado ECM pods) and this picture confirms that en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon#/media/File:DASS_by_numbers.png At 7:55 that is a Sniper XR targeting pod fitted to the F-16 and the Spitfire just after is actually a Mark 16 not a 14 (XVIe not XIVe) and does indeed have a Merlin engine fitted. This from Wiki "The Mk XVI was the same as the Mk IX in nearly all respects except for the engine, a Merlin 266. The Merlin 266 was the Merlin 66 and was built under licence in the USA by the Packard Motor Company. The "2" was added as a prefix in order to avoid confusion with the engines, as they required different tooling." The little aircraft squeezed between the Osprey and Bird dog at 11:10 is the O-2 Skymaster, which you probably realised once you read the description! I think I need to get out more.... :)
ah! well spotted James :)
Very enjoyable walkover with interesting talkover.
Too cool! Thank you’
That Grey Wolf memorial hit home. It just shows you the implications of war.
2:02 That's the type of chopper which the mad-CAP Marine Crew Chief/Door-Gunner in Full Metal Jacket made his much quoted speech......"'Ain't war Hell‼️❓️❓️"
Since I missed the streams from RIAT for the most part, I was hoping you´d
upload some stuff... Thanks :)
Awesome !
5:14 Super tucano sound in the backround
Very cool. I love air shows and displays.
Those are HARMS on the underside of those German Tornadoes, GR.
Awesome 😎👍🏻
And that gazelle had the front extension as it is a test aircraft that’s also why it’s blue
That is my kind of airshow!!! Especially the Hawk T.2!!!
Those Tornados are still sexy beasts.
I went to the RIAT with cadets to help out in welcoming and gate security and got my RIAT 2022 Team cap signed by the Black Eagles, it was an amazing experience despite the blazing heat and I was always looking out for you but never found you :/
I’ve rewatched this video like 3 times already to see if I’m in it somewhere 🤣🤣
I´ll enjoy every little bit of our Tornadoes, as long as they´re still there.. . Gonna miss them :)
Wish I could've been there. Too bad it's across the pond from me lol
Looks like a lot of cool stuff! I'm a little jelly here.
Pod on the Wingtip is for for ESCM. Other side has the Ariel towed decoy. F16 has a sniper targeting pod.
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Pretty cool!
The Cessna SkyMaster parked beside the Cessna Birddog was used as a birddog in Vietnam, the 02 was mostly used in Korea and at the start of the Vietnam war.
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Cheer's Cap gutted I couldn't get there but adjusting plans for next year
super sexy tour! thanks for this!
What day did you go? I went sunday and back monday for the departures. Was an amazing show
And then a SAR Sea King…. Me and the Fell Rescue dog handlers luv’d those 😆
The sea lynx is from marinefliegergeschwader 3 in nordholz. I believe to be replaced by a NH 90.
You forget the sheer size of some of those munitions till you get up close or have people around for scale, mental.
Haven't seen anyone call it out yet. The small aircraft at 11:10 (right before the O-1E Bird Dog) is an O-2A Super Skymaster; a follow-on to the Bird Dog. Based on the Cessna 337 Skymaster. EDIT: Just saw that James Harris beat me to it.
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At 10.20 it was an R1 Sentinel 5 Sqn at Waddington had them. I think they've got rid of them though.
You should fly a Gripen for real. My brain has expanded...
11:10 Cessna 337 military version named O-2 Skymaster - Very Cool Plane!!
Thanks
Thanks
really nice walk with u guys ... i'll call a walk even if it's a youtube video for me 😁
About the PA200 Tornados, they're the ECR- Electronic Combat Reconnaissance version.
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That's awesome, but I wager that the upcoming one for exercise pitch black in my hometown of Darwin Australia will rival if not beat that, as we will also have F22's, Sukoi's and more.
Just looking to book for 23....have you guys looked yet?
Tornado GR4 with ECM and Chaff dispenser on the outer wing pylons and the Missiles are Drill due to the Blue Band around it
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The trainer next to the Texan is not the Tutor, but the Prefect.
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6:28 close to home baby 😁
Spitfire is a mk16 , that had the packard built Merlin .
Yes - I think he read the Roman numerals XVI backward. LF refers to low-altitude, which means the (US built Packard Merlin) engine is optimized for lower altitude. Many of the LFs had clipped wings, which from this video don'l look present, but we really don't get a clear view. The lower-case e refers to armament fitted in the wings, a Browning .50-cal inboard and a 20-mil Hispano-Suiza outboard in each wing.
Ah, yes thanks, it was too hot for me :)
cap.. my son is an Air Tech on the Wild Cat at Yeovilton.. he is loving it..
From the Thumbnail I thought it was DCS..lol Great video. Real life is cool too.
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kinda... I just wish I had some cheats for it :)
Blue stripes are inert training rounds. The AMRAAMs were also training rounds.
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It's amazing how little you play pilots know about aircraft.
WOW, Had everything there,, but I didn't see a Sky Raider anywhere?
I work at the plant where we build that T-6 an AT-6’s in Kansas
nice
Supercap the board says its a Mk16 not a Mk14, you misread your Roman numerals!
Mk16 is a Mk9 with a Packard built Merlin engine, your right that the Mk14 had a Griffon engine and it used late Mk8/early Mk9 bodies.
The Chinook is the fastest Helicopter but I believe it's been beaten by the US's new replacement for the blackhawk. The X2 the test version of that
Ah, my ole Taxi in the first ten seconds. And no, no, u probs wouldn’t want to fly it!
To say one of the themes was the USAF 75th anniversary, there was only one flying display and that was the Osprey, which was very disappointing.
I went on Friday! Darn I missed ya :(
I'm sure someone has pointed it out but that Spitfire at 8:20 is a Mk *16* (XVI) - not a Mk 14 (XIV) as you said...I think you just got your roman numerals mixed up a bit on the day because the board says it's a "Spitfire LFXVIe", i.e. Mk 16 (LF for "low altitude fighter", and with the "e" type wing configuration).
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Spitfire with symmetrical cooler intakes under the wings is a MkIX which would be a Merlin.
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@GrimReapers @SuperCap can you make a Video just looking around the Zhukovski airport near Moscow on Google Maps? You can see the rarest Russian planes there standing out in the open like the MIG 1.44 and SU 47 just taking on rust its insane.
Wow that's amazing!
The Spit at 8.18 is a mark 16(XVI) originally with a Packard Merlin. The mark 14 (XIV) had a Griffon engine like you said.
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CAP fails Roman numerals on the sign
It's funny the U2 in final form with all the updated refit has about 7mph between its stall speed and VNE at operational altitude.
My raw data is outdated but afaik many of the NATO Europe F16s are basically updated Bl15MLU brought to Bl50/52 standard but still the original airframes, the exception being Turkey who license produced Bl50 so are obviously in a position to update airframes easily, correct me if I'm wrong but that was my belief. Whether the airframe itself is an older production series I don't think affects their operational capabilities very much, afaik they're all Bl50/52 with some Bl60 in terms of equivalence. It's very different from a period F-16A which has analogue FCS, an older radar and fire control set, etc. It's basically AIM-9P and that's it for the F-16A in original condition as a fighter, you even needed avionics changes to use the navy's AIM-9L (the P was the air force's AIM-9, the two on different development paths). For all intents and purposes European F-16As are by now all very much as an F-16C instead.
Impressive
11:15 Cessna 02 "Skymaster". Many are still in service in privates ownership in the US and around the world.
Cessna Skymaster would have been my very last guess tbh. Thanks for info :)
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@@grimreapers2 they were used in Vietnam as sort of spotter and radio control planes. You see one in the film Apocalypse Now and it directs a napalm strike
Some had the price but could you buy one?
That was a sniper pod on the F16 C, Cap
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This just makes me with the draken was in dcs
Was stationed at RAF Fairford in 1999. ❤️
cool
Cap should apply to be taken on a ride along in a jet! His channel has no doubt inspired many people to join the Air Force! So the air force could return the favor?
ooOO that would be nice :)
THe twin boom FAC aircraft nest to the 0-1 Birddog is an O-2 Skymaster
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Those are CATM-9M Sidewinders.
Appreciate the effort of putting this together. Love seein those planes. One question though, they sure don't let ya too close to those static A/C-is that normal for this show? With few exceptions, that's not how they do it here in the U.S. At least in my experience.
Yeh pretty normal here.
We can't be trusted! 😂👍
Nice static displays.
3:09 , those missels are all inert, the Aim9 inerts only have a seaker
rgr
I was there to. And what a display on static and flying. And beluga
Cool
Extremely rare and yet in US we don't and will not see a fighter from another country. Very disappointed as Allies I would very much like to see it. Static or not. It would be great to see 😃
2:49 is a Sidewinder with the forward canards removed.
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Yeah, a training or acquisition round. No canards and no rollerons on the rear wings.
"Book about Wessex in the Falklands...." might that be "Scram!" by Harry Benson by any chance?
I have that too, to be read, but its a huge hardback a bit too cumbersome to bring on commutes :P
Yup that's it. I will get around to it!
@@grimreapers2 Me too!
10:13 is a old RAF Sentinel
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well i see one of our doomsday airborne command centers jumbos has made to the airshow at 13:04 !!
What the hell we she doing here?
I'm not sure it can be called the best ever. 2007 had the USAF 60th anniversary and 25 years of the Tornado. The static display alone had F-4s, F-5s, F-16s, Mirage 2000, Alpha Jet, Super Etendard, Indian Flankers, IL-76, Hawker Hunter, A-7E, Tornado F3, GR4, ECR, IDS, Typhoon F2, JAS-39, Nimrod MR2A, E-3D, Harrier GR7, EAV-8B, VC-10, B-1B, B-52H, F-117A, A-10A, F-15E, KC-135R, C-130, MC-130, KC-10, E-6B, C-17A, C-5B, P-3C, Jaguar T2.
Never mind the flying displays and the historic aircraft. Modern air shows have less and less variety as more types are retired from service.
I actually filmed the F-15E/P-51 display with what was then a state of the art camera . . . ua-cam.com/video/NkDRlGw5o0g/v-deo.html
The Tempest looked huuuuuuuuuuuge
Tempest? Where?
Yeh it's pretty much as big as SR-71.
I really have a soft spot for f16s
That Spitfire is a 16 with a Merlin. XVI = 16. XIV = 14. Cool vid, wish I'd been able to go, maybe next time
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What? No A400M? Or A330 Voyager?
5:00 sorry to be a nerd but it was a kuwait airforce eurofighter!
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shoulda tried to sell them some merch !
lol