Everybody did their job well there. Pilot saved the plane and himself, the emergency vehicle and their crews were there in no time just in case there was a fire which thankfully there was not and the person making the video managed to capture everything without doing what everyone usually does in such a situation "something is happening quickly film the floor" a gold star is well deserved 🌟
Life is more precious than anything else and happy to see the pilot came out of that unharmed! But, it’s a shame to see the only airworthy Sea Vixen crash and no restoration project is in the pipeline for it.
I actually went to check out this plane on Wednesday in the museum, its a beautiful plane and one of a kind, but the restoration people there said that they simply don't have the money and would need 5+ million to make it air-worthy again. Truly sad to see it with guts hanging out and both the engines out.
I have read that they where very dangerous to fly and hard to handle, I read a comment back when it was flying 'I flew these in service. I hope the pilot survives and the people running it learn their lesson and never fly one again'
Woof. Our intrepid pilot deserves many kudos for that picture perfect landing. That could have gone so very wrong, in so many ways... There was alot of beauty in that landing, really very well done! Bravo!!
Simon Nonymous, thanks for the reply, OK,we all know that grass IS slipper than concrete or tarmac, but it still doesn't explain why the fire tenders had to chase the aircraft down the runway, when they KNEW full well where it would stop!
Greggg57 No he didn't, once established on the ground he then jettisoned the canopy as a safety procedure. He calmly got out of the thing once it had stopped on the runway.
Announced today 13/11/20 that she will not be rebuilt as for the Covid and no air shows generating income. They recon that it would cost 2million quid to resurrect her!
When I was a kid, my father was on 899 squadron at Yeovilton. We lived not far away in Ilchester. One afternoon my father came racing home and picked me up in the car and drove to the far side of the airfield to see an almost identical incident to this one. Biggest difference was that the Sea Vixen either landed on the grass or slid off the tarmac and onto the grass. I can still remember the earth behind the aircraft being thrown high into the air it as it slid along the field.
Wow, shows the robust construction and no doubt the brilliant piloting . I maintain a minute of silence in respect to the Sea Vixen and another minute in respect to the Pilot ... that brothers heart must have pounding not for the stress of belly landing ...but the after effects of the very last bird of its kind.
Came for the "any landing you can walk away from....", "aviate, navigate, communicate", and "textbook landing/brilliant pilot", monday morning quarterback comments.... Not disappointed. 😂
What are the odds? I was looking at an advertisement for this aircraft earlier today - it is for sale at the moment. Apparently after this little incident the plane was deemed to be repairable and the accident damage was fixed and if I'm reading the ad correctly it has been returned to a flyable condition. No price listed in the advertisement, 'price on application' which means that I almost certainly can't afford it.
Why does the fire brigade only start when the plane has stopped? It would make more sense to set out beforehand and wait for the aircraft where it will approximately stop.
Can anyone tell me why the pilot did not land besides the runway in the grass? Wouldn't the damage to the plane be less, as well as the risk of catching fire? The grass area is very plane and smooth. I mean, wouldn't this also been safer for the pilot?
Ouch! Only just seen this. It's not the Vixen that used to perform at airshows 20 yrs ago is it? Used to watch a beauty privately owned/flown, in colourful livery some yrs back.
That was a landing on the hard runway, rather than softer grass. No doubt for good reason. But I can't imagine the damage it will have done to the underside of the aircraft - they're big heavy beasts...
the amount of damage done to the craft was very significant actually, all the underside panels were ripped off and the electrics destroyed, sad to see a beauty that cant fly
It killed nearly 60 people (DH 110) at the 1952 Farnborough airshow including the pilot, Jerry Derry when it broke up in mid air. Very sad! So to see this pilot walk away is fantastic!
top banana My question, too. Seems they're always having to race after the airplane. I'd much prefer to have 'em waiting for me very near the point where I grind to a stop, I think.
At my international airport where I work, they have the emergency vehicles stages up and down the runway when there is an emergency for an incoming aircraft.
@@dragonmeddler2152 Well that's one way to look at it, but the best way to look at it is, to think I'd prefer to slide along the runway and come to a stop in a catch fence, or a field, not in the side of the rescue vehicle.
It's a real shame that the plan to restore this aircraft to flying condition again have been shelved indefinitely. However there are 11 other sea vixens, maybe one of those will be restored to flying condition instead.
What a shame, I hope the navy can effect repair and she will fly again, I know many years of hard work have gone into keeping it airworthy, good luck RNAS Yeovilton and the royal navy historical flight.....
Vintage planes should be grounded can't afford to lose... HMS Eagle visited NZ in the early 70's it had Sea Vixen nplanes I been interested ever since.. thanks from NZ 👍✈️
Nearly two years ago, and I never heard about this. Glad the pilot did a good job, was unhurt and damage to the airplane was limited. Let's hope she flies again.
Is the pilot responsible for the repair bill or is it the maintenance crew's responsibility to pay for damages ? Is the aircraft still under warranty and de Havilland would pay ?
the insurance payed out 1 million but that was barely enough to just clean up the runway, the aircraft is currently in yeoviltons museum still awaiting funds for repair
Perfect landing. I'm surprised he didn't jetison the drop tanks, unless of course he'd made sure they were empty and used them as a buffer. I can only assume the emergency services didn't have time to foam the runway.
I can´t believe my eyes - an aircraft lands gear up on a military air base and nothing is prepared? The Vixen is not falling out of the sky, isn´t she? The base-commander was informed that there will be an emergency landing. As far as I know the emergency procedure for announced emergency landings on German Luftwaffe bases is, that there are firefighters near the expected point of stop of the aircraft and on the way between, too. The area where the aircraft came to stop will be flooded with foam then. If the use of an arresting net is possible when landing gear up I am not sure, but if it is it will be deployed because it defines the point where it all ends.
Emergency vehicles seemed a bit late on the scene, why had they not been positioned further down the field to approximately where the a/c was expected to come to a standstill?
If it had flipped at the start of te runway, the fire tenders would have been in the wrong place. Trust me, they know from experience what they're doing.
Why is there never at least one fire truck up closer to where the airplane is likely to stop instead of all of them having to come down the entire Runway. Seems like if a fire was going to break out they would never reach it on time ever
Standard practice on British military airfields. You want to be behind the aircraft because an aircraft can deviate from the runway during a slide/incident. Especially if the aircraft is armed as military aircraft often are. To be positioned at either end of the runway you’d have to be well back from the runway on other taxiways which means you’d have to have multiple turns to get to the aircraft. Keeping them at the approach end means they can enter the runway as soon as the aircraft passes them and can accelerate in a straight line.
i know lots as i visited rnas yeovilton on Wednesday and spoke to the people there, the plane is still not air worthy, the whole underside was practically disintegrated and the people restoring it say they would need funds of 5+ million which they dont have, very sad to see
Жалко машину, но главное - лётчик цел. Ничего, отреставрируют - пожара не было. Красивый самолёт редкой компоновки; имею такую клееную модель масштаба 1:43 из уже далёких 70-х...
Channel, didn't you read what the op wrote? Google Translate helps, if you don't speak the language. My Russian is rusty, but this is roughly what he said: 'Sorry for the machine, but the main thing is - the pilot is O.K. Nothing is irreparable - there was no fire. A beautiful aircraft, rare design; I have a glued 1:43 scale model, from the early 70s ...' Therefore, you attacked an approving and positive comment. If you rejoinder was an attack on the person, then remember that many millions of people who are not from Russia, speak Russian as their first language, just as most speakers of English are not English, and large numbers of Spanish or Portuguese speakers don't come from Spain or Portugal. Even if the op is Russian, they're not necessarily in agreement with what their politicians and military are doing. Most Germans hate what their ancestors did by murdering over 27 million non-germanic civilians, in death camps and elsewhere, only 6 million of whom were Jewish. And millions of people in the U/S hated the attempted genocide by U/S military forces in Southeast Asia, less than 50 years ago. Shame on you, for automatically stereotyping someone who is likely an innocent commenter, and attributing to them evil motives!
Standard practice on British military airfields. You want to be behind the aircraft because an aircraft can deviate from the runway during a slide/incident. Especially if the aircraft is armed as military aircraft often are. To be positioned at either end of the runway you’d have to be well back from the runway on other taxiways which means you’d have to have multiple turns to get to the aircraft. Keeping them at the approach end means they can enter the runway as soon as the aircraft passes them and can accelerate in a straight line
Отцепилось, отделилось, отвалилось... Ну, а точнее - пилот отстрелил всё лишнее, чтобы пожара не случилось в конце аварийного "пробега" на пузе и из машины проще было выбраться...
And . . . why does the fire brigade only start when the plane has stopped? It would make more sense to set out beforehand and wait for the aircraft where it will approximately stop.
@@renatovonschumacher3511 The reason for that is to keep the runway and much space either side as clear as possible in case the plane veers left or right, it also means the crew don't have to watch out for vehicles on or close to the runway. It is standard practice for emergency vehicles to wait until the plane has passed. And also they do not know where the plane will end up, it could crash at the start of the runway or even before, so that's the best place to put emergency service vehicles.
@@Sgt_Bill_T_Co I see . . . , but a lot of precious time is wasted, is it not? And why is the runway not covered with a foam carpet? And what about the answer to YOUR question (why not land on the grass alongside the runway)?
@@renatovonschumacher3511 You can't do anything or approach the plane till it has stopped, as for a grass landing, I guess it could have dig in and flipped maybe.
It's seems the vixen as stunning as she is, still lives up to her reputation as being a bugger apparently the Vixen has killed 50 of its crew during its operational life.
Standard practice on British military airfields. You want to be behind the aircraft because an aircraft can deviate from the runway during a slide/incident. Especially if the aircraft is armed as military aircraft often are. To be positioned at either end of the runway you’d have to be well back from the runway on other taxiways which means you’d have to have multiple turns to get to the aircraft. Keeping them at the approach end means they can enter the runway as soon as the aircraft passes them and can accelerate in a straight line
If my wheels didn't come down I wouldn't want to belly land at Yeovilton. I'd be fried to a crisp by the time it took them to get to the plane. Great landing by pilot. I hope they get it back in the air.
That is what I am thinking. Why does the fire brigade only start when the plane has stopped? It would make more sense to set out beforehand and wait for the aircraft where it will approximately stop
@@ukar69Like what happened at Travis AFB a few yrs ago where the "highly trained crews" had the trucks staged behind* the crowd and the crowd got to watch the stuck pilot burn up his flipped aircraft? ua-cam.com/video/ij9RXsRt6uw/v-deo.html
@@rampking1 at airshows in the UK procedures are different fire crews supplemented by other crews and appliences which are pre positions elsewhere on the airfield . However this wasnt an airshow normal day at Yeovilton
That stupid question always crops up, it is answered by people who explain why RFFS do not wait alongside the runway, then 10 comments later someone else makes the same statement. Why don't they read ALL the comments first
no the tenders need to establish were it is gonna come down . they don't want to be taken out.. It could flip at the beginning of the landing ..or slide along the runway ..they don't know what will happen
Crap response by arff crews .......should have been positioned at either end of runway with another unit around centerline in case of disaster , therefore a quicker response when needed ....such good fortune it never came to that .
So you know more about naval emergency procedures then do you, Yeovilton NAS isn't that big and doesn't have many fire fighting trucks, around 2-3 i believe, they also use these trucks for any on base emergencies. BTW this was my old base
@@skinniestfatman5641 deploy arff crews according to manpower and apparatus availability, 2 _ 3 vehicles really would equate to 1 at each end of runway and 1 in middle to minimise the effects of worst case scenario........thats what we do , BTW we only have 3 front line crash tenders here at mildenhall, tho we do have supplementary apparatus too and a spare arff for when one of our regulars are being serviced
@@stacy-qm4qq maybe reread wot I just wrote, these fire tracks are also used for emergencies in the living area as well, like I said I'm not sure how they have, I know 2 were used here, 1 large 1 and 1 smaller vehicle. The other would be on standby for other emergencies in the living site and other areas of the base, Yeovilton doesn't have the luxury of having a civilian fire station close at hand like most naval bases
@@skinniestfatman5641 we work closely with local authority brigades and mildenhall Station is volunteer so we can also respond outside airfield perimeter if and when needed as we have done several times this year alone......we have a 1500 and 2 x 3000 gallon vehicles plus a 3000 tanker and a spare 3000 arff , 2 structural rigs a rescue truck and several ancillary vehicles too ......but then again the aircraft landing here do tend to be a lot bigger with more crew and transport capacity
Everybody did their job well there. Pilot saved the plane and himself, the emergency vehicle and their crews were there in no time just in case there was a fire which thankfully there was not and the person making the video managed to capture everything without doing what everyone usually does in such a situation "something is happening quickly film the floor" a gold star is well deserved 🌟
Life is more precious than anything else and happy to see the pilot came out of that unharmed! But, it’s a shame to see the only airworthy Sea Vixen crash and no restoration project is in the pipeline for it.
I actually went to check out this plane on Wednesday in the museum, its a beautiful plane and one of a kind, but the restoration people there said that they simply don't have the money and would need 5+ million to make it air-worthy again. Truly sad to see it with guts hanging out and both the engines out.
I have read that they where very dangerous to fly and hard to handle, I read a comment back when it was flying 'I flew these in service. I hope the pilot survives and the people running it learn their lesson and never fly one again'
Textbook landing, saved the aircraft, walked away. Nice job.
if 'saved' you mean not turned to rubble, the aircraft cant fly anymore
@@conradhyde4318 Well, that's a shame. But, any landing you can walk away from...
Such an iconic aircraft, glad the pilot got her down safely to live another day
Remarkable job in potentially deadly circumstances, I've just seen this video in November 2020 and can only compliment the pilot.
Woof.
Our intrepid pilot deserves many kudos for that picture perfect landing. That could have gone so very wrong, in so many ways...
There was alot of beauty in that landing, really very well done! Bravo!!
Simon Nonymous, thanks for the reply, OK,we all know that grass IS slipper than concrete or tarmac, but it still doesn't explain why the fire tenders had to chase the aircraft down the runway, when they KNEW full well where it would stop!
One of the most beautiful aircraft ever built.
Such a shame to see, but fabulously well handled by the pilot
Well handled? WTF are you talking about..The bastard jumped ship and it landed without him. Sheeeesh.
Greggg57 No he didn't, once established on the ground he then jettisoned the canopy as a safety procedure. He calmly got out of the thing once it had stopped on the runway.
Oh, now I see. Your'e right. Thanks for making me think some more.
He handled it just fine. I'm sure the damage on the plane is minimal and they will be able to restore it.
That was a perfect "Sully" landing.
That's about as good as it gets. Outstanding job sir.
Shame to see, but a well-done emergency landing by the pilot.
text book wheels up landing well done now get her fix and get her flying again were she belongs
I'll drink to that, John, perfect landing, hope it gets back up again.
G.B's Model Zone q
That aircraft type killed about 60 pilots.
@@RWBHere More were killed by 109's, 190's, Hurricanes and spitfires.
That's not going to be easy. It ground away the internal frames and a gearbox case.
Sad to see but glad pilot ok his career and skills enabled this amazing piece of flying hope damage is limited and she will fly again in the future.
Announced today 13/11/20 that she will not be rebuilt as for the Covid and no air shows generating income. They recon that it would cost 2million quid to resurrect her!
Very sad to see such a beautiful plane come to such a sad end glad to see the pilot was safe fantastic flying
When I was a kid, my father was on 899 squadron at Yeovilton. We lived not far away in Ilchester. One afternoon my father came racing home and picked me up in the car and drove to the far side of the airfield to see an almost identical incident to this one. Biggest difference was that the Sea Vixen either landed on the grass or slid off the tarmac and onto the grass. I can still remember the earth behind the aircraft being thrown high into the air it as it slid along the field.
Wow, shows the robust construction and no doubt the brilliant piloting . I maintain a minute of silence in respect to the Sea Vixen and another minute in respect to the Pilot ... that brothers heart must have pounding not for the stress of belly landing ...but the after effects of the very last bird of its kind.
Came for the "any landing you can walk away from....", "aviate, navigate, communicate", and "textbook landing/brilliant pilot", monday morning quarterback comments.... Not disappointed. 😂
any landing you can walk from is a good one,if you can use the airplane again,it's a GREAT one!
As far as belly-up landings go, I don't really think he could have done much better.
Wow fantastic piloting. Really surprised by the reaction time of the rescue team. No foam on runway and not prepositioned for better response?
What are the odds? I was looking at an advertisement for this aircraft earlier today - it is for sale at the moment. Apparently after this little incident the plane was deemed to be repairable and the accident damage was fixed and if I'm reading the ad correctly it has been returned to a flyable condition. No price listed in the advertisement, 'price on application' which means that I almost certainly can't afford it.
Awesome landing…great that no one was harmed and the plane is still mainly intact…congrats to the pilot…!!!
Why does the fire brigade only start when the plane has stopped? It would make more sense to set out beforehand and wait for the aircraft where it will approximately stop.
Can anyone tell me why the pilot did not land besides the runway in the grass? Wouldn't the damage to the plane be less, as well as the risk of catching fire? The grass area is very plane and smooth. I mean, wouldn't this also been safer for the pilot?
Thanks for the video excellent quality.
How many others thought WTF when the canopy popped off, and how many were shouting slow down slow down as the aircraft seems to go frictionless ;-)
Ouch! Only just seen this. It's not the Vixen that used to perform at airshows 20 yrs ago is it? Used to watch a beauty privately owned/flown, in colourful livery some yrs back.
That was a landing on the hard runway, rather than softer grass.
No doubt for good reason.
But I can't imagine the damage it will have done to the underside of the aircraft - they're big heavy beasts...
the amount of damage done to the craft was very significant actually, all the underside panels were ripped off and the electrics destroyed, sad to see a beauty that cant fly
Why don't they go for grass? Far gentler and less fire risk, surely?
Beautiful plane, looked and SOUNDED so impressive at St Mawgan air day.
So he stayed with the plane and didn't eject? If so damn good job of flying.
He popped the lid just in case
It killed nearly 60 people (DH 110) at the 1952 Farnborough airshow including the pilot, Jerry Derry when it broke up in mid air. Very sad! So to see this pilot walk away is fantastic!
I made a cup of tea whilst waiting for the fire crew to turn up!
Well steeped at that
@@sponge850bobette7 depends how much notice they had i spose
no fire no hurry, less risking
Now we have youtube airport fire service experts NOT
What a fantastic and skilful landing. Glad he was ok!
i have seen it many times on other emergency landing uploads lol why is it the emergency vehicles are always at the wrong end of the runway lol
top banana My question, too. Seems they're always having to race after the airplane. I'd much prefer to have 'em waiting for me very near the point where I grind to a stop, I think.
Because nobody knows the outcome. It could have gone horribly wrong and ended up at the start of the runway or anywhere in between..
pilot was already too busy sweet talking his CO to make him a brew ready for the landing to organise/care about rescue.
At my international airport where I work, they have the emergency vehicles stages up and down the runway when there is an emergency for an incoming aircraft.
@@dragonmeddler2152 Well that's one way to look at it, but the best way to look at it is, to think I'd prefer to slide along the runway and come to a stop in a catch fence, or a field, not in the side of the rescue vehicle.
So many youtube ‘experts’ seem to know more about airfield emergency response than the professionals.🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
I wonder if the damage to the aircraft would have been less if he landed on the grass down the side of the runway? Less chance of a fire starting too?
Why would he not eject?? The slightest deviation from the runway and the craft would probably start tumbling at the speed it was sliding?
His call! Maybe to populated an area? He chose to risk only his butt!
@@michaelhowell8489 He can still eject on the ground before the plane flips.
Thanks for the video. The pilot is uninjured. Let's hope that the plane can be repaired.
No arrestor system?
(Aircraft Arrestor System maintainer & operator, RAAF)
It's a real shame that the plan to restore this aircraft to flying condition again have been shelved indefinitely. However there are 11 other sea vixens, maybe one of those will be restored to flying condition instead.
What a shame, I hope the navy can effect repair and she will fly again, I know many years of hard work have gone into keeping it airworthy, good luck RNAS Yeovilton and the royal navy historical flight.....
Vintage planes should be grounded can't afford to lose... HMS Eagle visited NZ in the early 70's it had Sea Vixen nplanes I been interested ever since.. thanks from NZ 👍✈️
Just wondering why he didn't land on the softer grass to keep the sparks to a minimum?
On the other hand grass wouldn't cause sparks that might make the plane fireball..;)
Nearly two years ago, and I never heard about this. Glad the pilot did a good job, was unhurt and damage to the airplane was limited. Let's hope she flies again.
Is the pilot responsible for the repair bill or is it the maintenance crew's responsibility to pay for damages ? Is the aircraft still under warranty and de Havilland would pay ?
the insurance payed out 1 million but that was barely enough to just clean up the runway, the aircraft is currently in yeoviltons museum still awaiting funds for repair
There goes that expensive plexi canopy. Oh well. Pilot is the most valuable part.
Perfect landing. I'm surprised he didn't jetison the drop tanks, unless of course he'd made sure they were empty and used them as a buffer. I can only assume the emergency services didn't have time to foam the runway.
British pilot, British plane, British calmness...
That was very painful to see and hear.........what a shame.
The one valve that wasn't triple redundant failed what a bugger
I can´t believe my eyes - an aircraft lands gear up on a military air base and nothing is prepared? The Vixen is not falling out of the sky, isn´t she? The base-commander was informed that there will be an emergency landing. As far as I know the emergency procedure for announced emergency landings on German Luftwaffe bases is, that there are firefighters near the expected point of stop of the aircraft and on the way between, too. The area where the aircraft came to stop will be flooded with foam then. If the use of an arresting net is possible when landing gear up I am not sure, but if it is it will be deployed because it defines the point where it all ends.
Trevor Marron, what about putting the ONLY runway out of action at Yeovilton! Do not forget, there are NO Harriers anymore in the Royal Navy!
If camera man only will use its camera's zoom feature the scene would have been more clear.
Great job!
Emergency vehicles seemed a bit late on the scene, why had they not been positioned further down the field to approximately where the a/c was expected to come to a standstill?
If it had flipped at the start of te runway, the fire tenders would have been in the wrong place. Trust me, they know from experience what they're doing.
Text book position for EV
would it have been better to land on the grass instead of pavement?
More chance of the aircraft digging into soft ground and flipping.
Lots of obstacles and harder to control + she'd have carried on sliding until she got to Taunton if she didn't dig in first.
my thoughts exactly tommyteejay
He forgot the landing gear switch or it malfunctioned. Great belly landing. Hope fighter is reparable.
Hydraulic failure
He forgot lol. you tool this was text book stuff
Why is there never at least one fire truck up closer to where the airplane is likely to stop instead of all of them having to come down the entire Runway. Seems like if a fire was going to break out they would never reach it on time ever
Easy. SOPs.
Standard practice on British military airfields. You want to be behind the aircraft because an aircraft can deviate from the runway during a slide/incident. Especially if the aircraft is armed as military aircraft often are.
To be positioned at either end of the runway you’d have to be well back from the runway on other taxiways which means you’d have to have multiple turns to get to the aircraft. Keeping them at the approach end means they can enter the runway as soon as the aircraft passes them and can accelerate in a straight line.
This was a best case scenario, airframe survived (sadly unairworthy) and the pilot lived to fly another day.
Some belly landed aircraft can be repaired. Anyone know about this one?
i know lots as i visited rnas yeovilton on Wednesday and spoke to the people there, the plane is still not air worthy, the whole underside was practically disintegrated and the people restoring it say they would need funds of 5+ million which they dont have, very sad to see
Жалко машину, но главное - лётчик цел. Ничего, отреставрируют - пожара не было. Красивый самолёт редкой компоновки; имею такую клееную модель масштаба 1:43 из уже далёких 70-х...
Clear off, nerve agent poisoner....
Channel, didn't you read what the op wrote? Google Translate helps, if you don't speak the language. My Russian is rusty, but this is roughly what he said:
'Sorry for the machine, but the main thing is - the pilot is O.K. Nothing is irreparable - there was no fire. A beautiful aircraft, rare design; I have a glued 1:43 scale model, from the early 70s ...'
Therefore, you attacked an approving and positive comment.
If you rejoinder was an attack on the person, then remember that many millions of people who are not from Russia, speak Russian as their first language, just as most speakers of English are not English, and large numbers of Spanish or Portuguese speakers don't come from Spain or Portugal. Even if the op is Russian, they're not necessarily in agreement with what their politicians and military are doing. Most Germans hate what their ancestors did by murdering over 27 million non-germanic civilians, in death camps and elsewhere, only 6 million of whom were Jewish. And millions of people in the U/S hated the attempted genocide by U/S military forces in Southeast Asia, less than 50 years ago.
Shame on you, for automatically stereotyping someone who is likely an innocent commenter, and attributing to them evil motives!
What was the cause of the landing gear failure to deploy ?
Hydraulics failure.
Lightning-fast emergency service...
bet that wont t cut out , shame , nice landing but what a stunning looking aircraft.
Aww the old gall is nackerd..🤣🤣🤣
How about yellow post it notes for the pilots to stick on their dash to remind them to lower their landing gear before landing.
on your new video with comments disabled you spelled ISIS WRONG IN THE DESCRIPTION
Did I see the ejection seat fly into the air,just as the aircraft hit the runway?
It was the canopy
@@drnogueiras8783 yes thank you, after looking again from another angle, it is definitely the canopy that was ejected!
Pilot, stood in the cockpit - “ you DARE turn that monitor on me and so help me I’ll.........”
Why is fire equipment always at the wrong end of the runway, it seems.
Standard practice on British military airfields. You want to be behind the aircraft because an aircraft can deviate from the runway during a slide/incident. Especially if the aircraft is armed as military aircraft often are.
To be positioned at either end of the runway you’d have to be well back from the runway on other taxiways which means you’d have to have multiple turns to get to the aircraft. Keeping them at the approach end means they can enter the runway as soon as the aircraft passes them and can accelerate in a straight line
не понятно. катапультировался? Или там что-то отвалилось от самолета?
It is the canopy being jettisoned by the pilot.
theaviationist.com/2017/05/27/sea-vixen-does-wheels-up-emergency-landing-at-duxford/
Отцепилось, отделилось, отвалилось... Ну, а точнее - пилот отстрелил всё лишнее, чтобы пожара не случилось в конце аварийного "пробега" на пузе и из машины проще было выбраться...
great testicular fortitude
That's because the brakes on the wheels were of no use...
Shame about the sea vixen, hope it's back in the air soon!, great landing by the pilot
I thought it would have been better to have landed on the grass,would have eliminated any sparks that may have caught fire. Alan Merseyside.
So why not land on the grass alongside the runway?
And . . . why does the fire brigade only start when the plane has stopped? It would make more sense to set out beforehand and wait for the aircraft where it will approximately stop.
@@renatovonschumacher3511 The reason for that is to keep the runway and much space either side as clear as possible in case the plane veers left or right, it also means the crew don't have to watch out for vehicles on or close to the runway. It is standard practice for emergency vehicles to wait until the plane has passed. And also they do not know where the plane will end up, it could crash at the start of the runway or even before, so that's the best place to put emergency service vehicles.
@@Sgt_Bill_T_Co I see . . . , but a lot of precious time is wasted, is it not? And why is the runway not covered with a foam carpet? And what about the answer to YOUR question (why not land on the grass alongside the runway)?
@@renatovonschumacher3511 You can't do anything or approach the plane till it has stopped, as for a grass landing, I guess it could have dig in and flipped maybe.
Greased it!!👍🇺🇸
Great Pilot.
If this was planed why did he not put it on the grass?
To prevent the air frame from digging in and potentially flipping the aircraft.
It's seems the vixen as stunning as she is, still lives up to her reputation as being a bugger apparently the Vixen has killed 50 of its crew during its operational life.
Makes me sad, they not sure they can fix it back up :/
How the heck did they get this footage??
Why weren't the fire engines already down that end?
Simple reason. If the Aircraft lands and goes out of control it could wipe them out. Same procedure for every airport in the world.
Standard practice on British military airfields. You want to be behind the aircraft because an aircraft can deviate from the runway during a slide/incident. Especially if the aircraft is armed as military aircraft often are.
To be positioned at either end of the runway you’d have to be well back from the runway on other taxiways which means you’d have to have multiple turns to get to the aircraft. Keeping them at the approach end means they can enter the runway as soon as the aircraft passes them and can accelerate in a straight line
pilot was amazing
can i ask why the canopy popped off just b4 landing? was it the pilot that did that or auto?
@@vidribbin he probrably poped it just incase the plane caught fire and the canopy didnt open
It had wheels-down parades same flight over Duxford. Perhaps they just had to scrap it anyways.
If my wheels didn't come down I wouldn't want to belly land at Yeovilton. I'd be fried to a crisp by the time it took them to get to the plane. Great landing by pilot. I hope they get it back in the air.
In what way was this a slow response?
£2mill worth a damage apparently, she has not returned to the air.
more like 5 mil
You do know your phone camera can actually zoom in?
Two questions. Why not belly onto the grass? Why not station the fire services at the mid point or beyond?
That is what I am thinking. Why does the fire brigade only start when the plane has stopped? It would make more sense to set out beforehand and wait for the aircraft where it will approximately stop
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amazing video tho
poor vixen...
Restoration?
not at the moment
good job
Emergency services were waay too slow in response - should have been on grass along runway waiting
Good idea, until it swerves out of control and takes them out
I love it when casual observers think they know more that highly trained rescue crews.
@@ukar69Like what happened at Travis AFB a few yrs ago where the "highly trained crews" had the trucks staged behind* the crowd and the crowd got to watch the stuck pilot burn up his flipped aircraft? ua-cam.com/video/ij9RXsRt6uw/v-deo.html
@@rampking1 at airshows in the UK procedures are different fire crews supplemented by other crews and appliences which are pre positions elsewhere on the airfield .
However this wasnt an airshow normal day at Yeovilton
@@ukar69 some of the comments are painful to read.
This is very sad :(
Rescue is on the ball, NOT, going to run this vid with Benny Hill song
The plane could of been repaired and airworthy by the time the firecrew arrived.
Repairing: 1:30 seconds
I think that's the end of flying for Sea Vixen.
nope..tis repairable
Here we go again....why are the fire trucks always "chasing" the plane down the runway....why not be down where its going to stop....just stupid!!!!!
That stupid question always crops up, it is answered by people who explain why RFFS do not wait alongside the runway, then 10 comments later someone else makes the same statement. Why don't they read ALL the comments first
Fire tenders in wrong place
no the tenders need to establish were it is gonna come down . they don't want to be taken out.. It could flip at the beginning of the landing ..or slide along the runway ..they don't know what will happen
Crap response by arff crews .......should have been positioned at either end of runway with another unit around centerline in case of disaster , therefore a quicker response when needed ....such good fortune it never came to that .
So you know more about naval emergency procedures then do you, Yeovilton NAS isn't that big and doesn't have many fire fighting trucks, around 2-3 i believe, they also use these trucks for any on base emergencies. BTW this was my old base
@@skinniestfatman5641 deploy arff crews according to manpower and apparatus availability, 2 _ 3 vehicles really would equate to 1 at each end of runway and 1 in middle to minimise the effects of worst case scenario........thats what we do , BTW we only have 3 front line crash tenders here at mildenhall, tho we do have supplementary apparatus too and a spare arff for when one of our regulars are being serviced
@@stacy-qm4qq maybe reread wot I just wrote, these fire tracks are also used for emergencies in the living area as well, like I said I'm not sure how they have, I know 2 were used here, 1 large 1 and 1 smaller vehicle. The other would be on standby for other emergencies in the living site and other areas of the base, Yeovilton doesn't have the luxury of having a civilian fire station close at hand like most naval bases
@@stacy-qm4qq oh also they were delayed in the middle of the airfield
@@skinniestfatman5641 we work closely with local authority brigades and mildenhall Station is volunteer so we can also respond outside airfield perimeter if and when needed as we have done several times this year alone......we have a 1500 and 2 x 3000 gallon vehicles plus a 3000 tanker and a spare 3000 arff , 2 structural rigs a rescue truck and several ancillary vehicles too ......but then again the aircraft landing here do tend to be a lot bigger with more crew and transport capacity