The military base where you have to STOP for Jets!!! Meiringen Air Base practicing for AXALP

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  • Опубліковано 30 січ 2025

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  • @Laurent-Raggos
    @Laurent-Raggos Рік тому +50

    That is what l love so much among many things in my mother country Sweet Zerland. In other countries, air bases are most of the time kept far away from public reach and eyes. In Switzerland, the people is the army and the army is the people. This means that our authorities trust their people and conversely. That’s absolutely precious and priceless.

    • @Julian13o11
      @Julian13o11 Рік тому +3

      Der Grund ist, weil nicht genügend Platz da ist.

    • @3349H
      @3349H Рік тому

      @@Julian13o11 In other countries the State would buy off private land, or some leftist/green ideologists would block the entrance of the military base while consuming their drugs bought from violent cartels and islamic terrorists.

    • @benedictdesilva6677
      @benedictdesilva6677 8 місяців тому

      @@Julian13o11 Sehr schwache Begründung. In einem nicht direkt-demokratisch geführten Regime wären solche Anlagen per Dekret zum Sperrgebiet erklärt, nachdem die Ur-Einwohner längst Umgesiedelt worden wären. Für Umsiedlungen gibt es *immer* genug Platz, besonders wenn die betroffene Gebiete ohnehin relativ dünn besiedelt sind.
      Apropos Zutritt zur Nähe analoger Anlagen, versucht es mal in Ländern wie die Niederlande, das vereinigte Königreich (geschweige denn die USA) und man wird sein blaues Wunder erleben...

    • @Southwest_923WR
      @Southwest_923WR 4 місяці тому

      Thats just plain dumb.​@@Julian13o11

  • @Zippy306
    @Zippy306 Рік тому +17

    When those afterburners light up... man, that's a thing of pure beauty.

  • @GeeMilner
    @GeeMilner Рік тому +11

    We drove through here a few years ago with no idea what it was until we had to stop for the jets! Amazing spot.

  • @karlw4647
    @karlw4647 Рік тому +19

    Worth going for the scenery alone, Switzerland is stunning, nicely caught 📸

    • @ElwynR
      @ElwynR  Рік тому +2

      Totally agree!

  • @fredtedstedman
    @fredtedstedman Рік тому +12

    I love the way the old Hornet fit together , the shape of it , especially those cute rounded inlets - just beautiful !

  • @gnaegi444
    @gnaegi444 Рік тому +5

    Was part of this back in the "old" days when they flew "Hunters" and DH "Venom's" .. the Mirage was also part of the fleet back in the 80's .. great memories of my service days

  • @dianefiske-foy4717
    @dianefiske-foy4717 Рік тому +9

    That’s gotta be the coolest sound I ever heard - the sound of jets taking off.

  • @beachcomberbloke462
    @beachcomberbloke462 Рік тому +4

    What a stunning location,looking forward to your footage of the Air Displays .Quite surreal the gentle tinkling of a cow bell and then the roar of the F-18,s.👍

    • @ElwynR
      @ElwynR  Рік тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it👌

  • @martinforrester8249
    @martinforrester8249 Рік тому +3

    What an awesome video, loved every second, thankyou.

  • @adrianfohrer2466
    @adrianfohrer2466 Рік тому +7

    Military airbase Emmen/Switzerland is the same. There it has also two public roads over the runway!

    • @Racingwespe
      @Racingwespe Рік тому +4

      and Payern too

    • @gnaegi444
      @gnaegi444 Рік тому +1

      @@Racingwespe that was "home"during my RS back in a lifetime ago ..

  • @garycard1456
    @garycard1456 Рік тому +5

    What great scenery and perhaps one of the most exciting crossings we can ever hope to encounter in our road travels. For the timebeing I'll have to make do with stopping to allow passage of the 13.40 London Waterloo to Portsmouth, with not quite a spectcular scenic backdrop.

  • @JesseJames-kv7xc
    @JesseJames-kv7xc Рік тому +2

    what a beautiful fighter plane, thank you so much for this video.

  • @natesummer-cook
    @natesummer-cook Рік тому +8

    I was a weapons maintenance / mechanic sergeant on that base 16-17 years ago… Good times…

  • @peterfankhauser4224
    @peterfankhauser4224 Рік тому +1

    Danke für diese tollen Aufnahmen. Mein Vater ist dort geboren und ich wohne in Thun und bin regelmässig dort. Die Besuchertage sind auch sehr zu empfehlen, man kommt wirklich sehr nah an diese Flugzeuge und kann mit Piloten und Mechaniker diskutieren.

  • @DougBrighTan_o7
    @DougBrighTan_o7 Рік тому +4

    Impressive and awesome 😎

  • @johnc2438
    @johnc2438 Рік тому +3

    Now for some Swiss fondue and local beer! Aaahhh....

  • @dartmoordave
    @dartmoordave Рік тому +2

    Years ago I was driving the vehicle lane at Upper Heyford and an F-111 came the other way. For a brief moment I thought I was on the taxiway. Pheeew.

  • @fishingwithfilitsa
    @fishingwithfilitsa Рік тому +2

    Great video

    • @ElwynR
      @ElwynR  Рік тому

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @majka1581
    @majka1581 Рік тому +1

    Super😊👍!!!!

  • @christopherpuls651
    @christopherpuls651 Рік тому +2

    Stans Ennetbürgen auch ! Traffic for Airplanes ! :)

  • @mollyrobben7470
    @mollyrobben7470 Рік тому +1

    this is a new addition to the bucket list! please tell me you have some details to share! absolutely incredible! thank you for posting these videos

    • @ElwynR
      @ElwynR  Рік тому +1

      Next event 2025

  • @jorgepais2876
    @jorgepais2876 Рік тому +1

    I never went out from the Iberian Peninsula but I already been on a much larger version of this crossing from Spain to Gibraltar. It is a very funny sensation.

  • @musoseven8218
    @musoseven8218 Рік тому +4

    Awesome footage, beautiful scenery and stunning, intriguing operations. Thanks for sharing and bringing this to us👍💜✌️😊

  • @gianurwiler5098
    @gianurwiler5098 Рік тому +1

    Nice video

  • @viking-norge115
    @viking-norge115 Рік тому +3

    Great job , buddy !!!.... thanks !!!!! 😃🤩👋👋👍👍👍👍👍🤘🤘!!!!!!

    • @ElwynR
      @ElwynR  Рік тому +1

      Thank you too!

  • @jcff1961
    @jcff1961 Рік тому +3

    Ja, das ist wirklich die Schweiz!
    Und es gibt noch mehr solche Sachen 😂😂 007

  • @Fipu74
    @Fipu74 Рік тому +5

    Airbase Meiringen Switzerland. We have the best Fighterpilots of the World……

  • @drau331
    @drau331 Рік тому

    Wow, they have to push comin' down after the traffic pattern. Amazing.

  • @travismcferran8587
    @travismcferran8587 Рік тому +1

    Cold 🥶

  • @aviationin4k258
    @aviationin4k258 Рік тому +1

    Are you going to AXALP? I hear it’s a good 18km walk??

    • @ElwynR
      @ElwynR  Рік тому +3

      I'm there 😇 it's a bus up to Axalp then a 10min cable car and then 1 hour walk up

  • @ropro9817
    @ropro9817 Рік тому +9

    Wow, what a beautiful place to watch jets up close! ❤

    • @ElwynR
      @ElwynR  Рік тому +3

      It really is! 👌

  • @EagleOneM1953
    @EagleOneM1953 Рік тому

    Small correction.. it appears to me this is the taxiway on the way to the rumway, not the runway itself...

  • @dsheardown
    @dsheardown Рік тому +2

    Amazing scenery and close up jets! nothing better :)

    • @ElwynR
      @ElwynR  Рік тому

      Couldn't agree more!👌

  • @3349H
    @3349H Рік тому +1

    In Switzerland, the State is for the people and people consider themselves as active stakeholders of the State.

  • @terrydpierce2191
    @terrydpierce2191 Рік тому +4

    Great videos !!!

    • @ElwynR
      @ElwynR  Рік тому +1

      Glad you like them!

  • @jporter504
    @jporter504 Рік тому +3

    Incredible video.

    • @ElwynR
      @ElwynR  Рік тому

      Thank you very much!

  • @terryboyer1342
    @terryboyer1342 Рік тому

    Is that fuel being dumped at 1:45? Never saw that happen before.

    • @NoName-ok2zt
      @NoName-ok2zt Рік тому +6

      It is not fuel. It is bleed air being blown behind the heat exchanger which forces cool air across the front of the heat exchanger, this is only happens on the ground. The left side of the aircraft has a secondary heat exchanger that is also cooled by a water spray nozzle. The water is created by the ECS taking bleed air and cooling it. The water is blown out by the bleed air so you can see it more on one side than the other.

    • @terryboyer1342
      @terryboyer1342 Рік тому +1

      @@NoName-ok2zt Thanks so much! 👍

  • @bobingram6912
    @bobingram6912 Рік тому

    Bit like East Anglia back in the early seventies with Vulcans👍👍👍👍

  • @Dreiviertel
    @Dreiviertel Рік тому

    There was one similar in Heidelberg Germany, too.

  • @johnnyllooddte3415
    @johnnyllooddte3415 Рік тому +2

    we used to work there

  • @user-ut4gw2uc9o
    @user-ut4gw2uc9o Рік тому

    and where is greenpeace hahah and those oil protestors....funny

  • @magoid
    @magoid Рік тому +1

    1:44 "Thar she blows!".

  • @alixakablackcat3739
    @alixakablackcat3739 Рік тому +2

    Tbh this gave me a giggle but loved it Elwyn. You always do post some awesome footage of the fighter jets 👏 😊

    • @ElwynR
      @ElwynR  Рік тому

      Glad you enjoyed it 😊

  • @dannyvdmoo
    @dannyvdmoo Рік тому +1

    wow

  • @pierrejuillet4
    @pierrejuillet4 Рік тому +3

    Switzerland is an aircraft carrier.

  • @Baxter911
    @Baxter911 Рік тому +1

    👍👍👍

  • @annskinner8467
    @annskinner8467 Рік тому +5

    Sherlock Holmes (and Moriarty) country!

  • @rogersoler5644
    @rogersoler5644 Рік тому +3

    Der Talkessel verstärkt diesen Nachbrenner-Sound noch mal ordentlich... momoll du...💥🕛🕛💥

  • @1986.Mattia
    @1986.Mattia Рік тому +2

    💗bellissimo 👍

  • @MrMoloko74
    @MrMoloko74 Рік тому

    i9m coming up this night and be there at airport for 17 and on top 18.. could be great to meet up 😁✌

  • @salvatorepiomiscio5145
    @salvatorepiomiscio5145 8 місяців тому

    😃

  • @carolinelloyd1186
    @carolinelloyd1186 Рік тому +1

    Oh my, I'd never leave 😂

  • @smoketinytom
    @smoketinytom Рік тому +1

    Why were you late… F-18’s were landing, Boss.

  • @gustavsteger9518
    @gustavsteger9518 Рік тому

    Aebi F18

  • @stingray427man
    @stingray427man Рік тому

    Single Seaters, bet they are a bit nimbler

  • @stingray_rc
    @stingray_rc Рік тому

    This might come to an end when the F35 enters service. to close to the public eye.

  • @tanthiennguyen9308
    @tanthiennguyen9308 Рік тому

    Jede Mutiger Opas + Omas....Väter + Mütter Bemühungen gegeben haben bitteschön

  • @zzzyxwv
    @zzzyxwv Рік тому

    To put in perspective the size of Switzerland
    If a fighter puts its after burner to pass Mach 1 he will be out of Switzerland when he reaches it😂. So they train in other countries

    • @DemonZapan
      @DemonZapan Рік тому +3

      Jets reach mach-speeds on a regular basis inside of switzerland for air police duties. This sparks countless news articles every time it happens because people want to know what the bang was. There where even some windows shattered. Switzerland is plenty big enough to reach sonic speeds.

  • @vanzipper6486
    @vanzipper6486 6 місяців тому

    🍌👍

  • @pippoparisi5722
    @pippoparisi5722 Рік тому +1

    🤬

  • @akbk2505
    @akbk2505 Рік тому

    Suggestion for a better title: the military base where we have to stop the jets!
    It's an insanity: burning the most precious energy source, burning too much money, and polluting the Alps with noise. A luxury which is obsolete.