hello bobsurgranny

Where is the Turkish F16 landing ?

Nice bit of footage you've got there. Thanks for sharing'

@@user-yuuleie Here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7ugpMaqxKqpmHk.html

The F 22 flyover, definitely

DUXFORD, ex 8th ASAAF B-17 Base now Imperial War Museum. RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk UK HOME of the USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II

Wow that must be insane

Hey, I'm from HSV, too :) One of the best shows I've been to was in Pensacola back in the late 80s or very early 90s. There was a *lot* going on at it because there are other bases within range so lots of military planes were flying through just for fun. One of the best was a B52... I first saw this speck drop out of the clouds a really long ways away. I knew it had to be something big because it was so far away. It slowly kept getting bigger and then the other stuff flying around disappeared (giving the B52 space) and eventually the B52 came right over the tarmac at only a couple/few hundred feet high with all gear/flaps down, etc. Once he got half way down the runway, he picked up all the gear and flaps and pushed the throttles to the stops and climbed back up into the clouds. I swear you could see rocks bouncing on the concrete. Another show I lucked into (didn't know it was going on, was driving by and we saw the activity and just pulled over to watch) was in Ft. Lauderdale in the early 2000s (maybe around 2005?) right at nightfall so you could see the light from the engines when they were burning, etc. We were walking to the viewing area and one of the planes did one of the high speed "sneak up on the crowd being really loud" tricks and flew right over our heads at just a few hundred feet. This time, though, it was a B1B with afterburners going. That was pretty wild.

My first airshow was back in the mid 70s in Gainesville, FL. A B-52 flyby and the Blue Angels in their F4 Phantoms. I was forever hooked. Moved to Tampa after that and had MacDill AFB at my doorstep. Thunderbirds and Blue Angels typically came every other year.

I don't believe you.😠

I have to share this. I live in East Tennessee. A few years ago I was mowing the yard. It is mostly hills. As I was mowing uphill, something caught my eye. It was two low flying Warthogs that looked like they were heading straight for me. Directly overhead and so cool.

Pleased you were entertained and got to enjoy the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years Here's episode 2 if interested - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7tgppaj0J20cYU.html

​@@bobsurgranny 😊 Ooooh, thank you again!

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@@bobsurgranny Thank you very much. Another wonderful video

​@bobsurgranny Great retrospective, thank you! 😊

yes, watching that "common" aircraft make a hasty, straight up ascent was spectacular, too ! A passenger plane that could and was still a badass plane with a brave Pilot ! zooooom

Too right. It's as much about the sounds as the sights.

10!... The Hawker Hunter, 11.

Thanks. Yeah you can't beat the raw sound of the engines.

Jet noise is the best soundtrack!

@@bobsurgranny more like we don't do that things here

Men of steel buddy!

Each and every one of them top men

The greatest generation

lucky you....

I hope no war for anyone

Glad you enjoyed watching my airshow memories 😉👍

I hear you there! I sometimes just full out tear up when I see a B-1B or a B-52 because I worked with them and to this day I cannot get over how absolutely awesome they are. We did Good. Loving the new WE OWN THE SKY USAF recruiting commerical.

Copy that. I am a newbie, but in awe of the power and grace aircraft exhibit. It is a true privilege to be "airside" covering my butt haha!

💯 Pleased you enjoyed watching through my airshow memories

I was at a Cal football game a few years ago and the B2 did a flyover. It's hard for people who haven't seen it in person to understand the how LOUD they are. It literally rumbled the whole stadium when it flew over. And (it being Berkeley) half the people cheered, and half boo'ed. 😕

people clapping the Vulcan ,gotta love that

FUNNY - wonder if they be booing if the B2 was saving their butts from a wartime attack.

With all of that wing area the Vulcan can go so slow it seems to be hoovering.

That Hunter Blue Sound - could listen to that a lot :) The B-2, its VERY quiet - we used to get the occasional flyby at Langley AFB when I was stationed there, and you wouldn't even know it was there unless you looked up in the sky or were in line with the engine thrust. Amazing aircraft. Loved this video, so many great aircraft :)

Pretty much. Exactly my thoughts, 👍

Reminds me of Batman.

The Hunter wins it for me

It is alien tech, draconian

Sleep well your Air Force is laying CARPET.

I was in Vietnam and used to listen to the rumble of explosions from the B-52's, from the safety of an air base. Before that I was stationed at a SAC base and used to watch them train, quite impressive. Welcome Home to your dad!

I loaded the bombs on the B-52 in 67-68. I hope that many of our guy's got to come home alive because of what our teams did.

@@mariannevanwormer2380 Many brave men flew those 52's. The men on the ground certainly appreciated them as did the POW's when the flew north.

Americans killed over one million people and to this date, Laos is littered with explosives going off and killing or crippling people. I've been there recently and it is truly abhorrent. That you can think your father is a "hero" says all about you and your indoctrination. The heroes of that time were in the freedom movement: The hippies who did not go "export liberty". It's remarkable how you guy lost this war and are still singing praise as if your empire had won it.

That's awesome

That was the case for me as well. I mean I loved all the clips; the Vulcan, the Lancaster, the U2, The B2 and I've always had soft spot for the B-52. Plus that English Electric is sooo underrated; it's basically the English counterpart to the F-4 Phantom II! But as a musician and musically obsessed person; the SOUND of the Hawker had me mesmerized.

They are being retooled and repurposed to train rookies over the pond.

Magic airshow moment that was. It was like a mythical beast arising from the ocean. Pleased you were entertained and enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years 🤗 Have you seen episode 2? - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7tgppaj0J20cYU.html

Glad you were entertained and enjoyed my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years. That Diamond nine of Typhoon jets are RAF though 🇬🇧

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Just watching one of them taking off gives you goose pimples, imagine the sensation of seeing 50 of them, all crewed by teenagers, early 20s at most?

@Alenas Kvasninas Like the civilians during the blitzkrieg?

Outstanding warriors in the Lancasters willing to give everything for their country. I admire that dedication and willingness to give your life for king and country . If not willing to die for something then you've lived for nothing.

I can’t thumbs up this comment enough

It's a truck. You don't want it being pushed, just safely within the envelope with full fuel and passengers.

Te;escopic photoigraphy, seen from a side angle, it is nowhere near that steep

Bear in mind it’s empty and carrying minimal fuel

Under normal use that power is needed to displace tons of fuel, load and passengers and make them fly.

Nice! Yes that sound sure does linger on forever, very loud for a single engine too. Glad you were entertained and enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments that I've managed to capture on video over the years 👍 Here's episode 2! - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7tgppaj0J20cYU.html

I used to live just seven miles from Farnborough and went to the air show every year starting around 1960. I recall the Vulcan making the ground shake too. She broke the sound barrier one year and shattered a few windows in the area. But what a beautiful plane! I agree with you. The Vulcan is matchless.

Guess it was your first one.

Thanks Glad you enjoyed watching along to my airshow memories. Vulcan memories are hard to forget, you must have seen some amazing moments at those 70s Farnborough airshows 👍

@@bobsurgranny I certainly did! The sheer power, noise, trembling ground and beauty of the Vulcan were incredibly emotional. I always had tears running down my face. Your vide brought back a lot of great memories. Thanks!

I was in an RAF band where we did passout parades every week. Facing the parade we could see a squadron of vulcans sneaking up behind the audience stand to suddenly l blast them and us with hot air and noise as they rose up behind us to normal flight height. Very exciting. A very graceful flying aircraft.

Can't beat the sound of a Merlin engine, imo. This clip really captures it - but don't forget to duck! 😁 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/as9_osx2x9rKYqs.html

Yes,the Lancaster has a sound of its own. I remember first time hearing Vera flying over Hamilton, Ontario. At the time i was working on construction site. The roar of those four Merlins, we all had to just look up and watch that beautiful plane.

Nothing comes close for sound to that beautiful roar of the Lancaster thundering over head with those merlins. Glad you enjoyed watching along

The Vulcan is sat at my local airfield

the Vulcan and the U-2 give me the shivers

Pleased you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years 🤗👍 All the clips are filmed by myself, as you can see the same style throughout 😉

@bobsurgranny That's fantastic! You've got great camera skills! Do you use the camera on a phone or a dedicated camera? I love photography, I use Nikon cameras.

Thanks. I just use basic Sony handycams. My current ones are the AX53 and PJ620

@bobsurgranny Good choice in cameras, I grew up in the 80's, we had the huge Panasonic VHS camcorders, no where close to the audio video quality of today, they also cost way over $1000, back then that was insanely expensive. Technology has come so far.

True that

WATCH Terrifying Soukhoï Su-17 and Su-22 FITTER Fighter-bomber AND Nanchang Q-5 Phoenix Reborn Ground-attack Aircraft

One of the best sounds in aviation for sure

Thanks for the comment. My favs are Vulcan and Concorde as well. Pleased you enjoyed watching my airshow memories 🤗👍

What a mega experience to have had! Thanks for sharing your memory. Pleased you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years. Here's episode 2 you might also enjoy - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7tgppaj0J20cYU.html

@@bobsurgranny Thanks! It was a monumental experience, one that I'll treasure for the rest of my life. That flight was an ALTRV [Sand Eagle] with a flight of seven F-15s and a KC-10 tanker, about fifty aircraft total from various units. As explained to me, these flights were designed to aggravate Cuba but turn short so that Cuba radar controllers become complacent. Then one day, they don't make the turn and proceed into Cuba unopposed! The takeoff was with the five-stage afterburner, and you could feel every one kick in as we accelerated down the runway at 2-Gs acceleration, zoom climb to 18,000, and a barrel roll to join on the left wing of the KC-10. En route, we hooked up and refueled three times prior to Cuba and twice along the coast of Florida. We engaged the Navy in a warning area, one ship had missiles I believe they shot a drone. We pulled seven Gs, and that G-suit really worked, but since I wasn't flying, I couldn't anticipate the turns. I got a little ill but didn't barf! When the pilot gave me the aircraft, the sickness went away. The best part was the flight back to Holloman the next day. The pilot gave me the aircraft from wheels up and the radio. A flight of five took off before us, and we had a wingman that took off with us. The pilot advised our wingman that I had the aircraft, so he stayed about a quarter mile away. I had the main flight on the radar, and the pilot said just follow them. I learned much about altitude handling and the sensitive nature of flight controls and throttle response, which is sluggish at altitude! Our transponder was turned off, which was a good thing because, at one point, I had drifted upward nearly to the altitude of a Southwest jet flying the same direction, though far back, no one would have seen us. The wingman was squawking 4400 with no mode-C. Incredible, to be able actually to handle the aircraft in this manner. Then, upon arrival at Holloman, the flight had landed, and we were set up for approach with our wingman behind us. The pilot advised the tower that we would do a touch-and-go; I was flying the aircraft and reduced power to slow down. The first T&G was difficult, but the pilot also instructed me on airspeed control and handled flaps and gear; I had no access to them. The first go around, I was flying like I was flying my Piper Cherokee, and the pilot said that the tower might question why we were so far away, about two miles. So, the next T&G, I turned at 4-Gs and turned about a two-block radius. The pilot was excited and kept saying, “Hot-shit, hot-shit, that's the way to do it!” I also learned that by pulling hard Gs, I could control the airspeed and slow down. I had the radio too, so I answered all the tower instructions, like I knew what I was doing. LOL! An incredible experience and I was able to log the flight hours so I officially have 21.5 hours in an F-15!

Hell yeah! Nothing like the Hunter's Blue Note on earth!!

Almost like an F1 car

@@charliemillar3040 I'd compare it to a P-51's gun muzzle whistle....

Hawker hunter..probably scared the enemy quite a bi.t

Also the ‘gate guardian’ for raf Henlow

Blimey how lucky were you!

Wonderful sound 👌 Glad you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years. Here's part 2! - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7tgppaj0J20cYU.html

The Vulcan you're talking about still resides in Doncaster and i believe you can take a tour to go and see it again! though sadly it no longer flies due to the expensive nature of maintaining the Rolls Royce Engines.

Huh. I have trouble maintaining my Rolls Royce of cars, a mere sedan. LOL @@vaughanrobinson9894

Lucky you, you must have some amazing memories

@@bobsurgranny My entire time in the USAF is one giant great memory! Even when we went to war.

Absolute beast of a machine - a rocket with wings attached it 😉

molecules movers 😁

Incredible! Thanks for sharing that memory of yours and i'm pleased you enjoyed the sights and sounds of mine from over the years

...and the Copper Horse/ Long Walk shows them off well :)

RAF perfection as they flew over the statue

I have a photo of 9 silver lightnings I missed if they was typhoons and apologise to my pilots at lincoln

Great choice there. Pleased you enjoyed seeing my airshow memories from over the years

Glad you enjoyed watching my airshow memories 😉

You surely made the correct statement there, it is indeed the awesomeness of "THE AVRO LANCASTER" & the orchestrated harmonization of those magnificent "RR Merlin's" that send a shiver down my spine every single time that I hear them!! Loved all those other aircraft but the "LANCASTER" (respectfully) just has that something "EXTRA SPECIAL" about it!! It's no wonder Great Britain maintains the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight & so she must!! This stuff is like the family silver, ya just don't give it away or worse, even think of selling it!! It's family & so ya hold onto it forever!!

Same for me,especially as my Uncle was an RAF Navigator on Lancs in the war.

I’ve never seen such a ginormous target as the Vulcan. Without googling it, I’m asking what it’s role would be. Bomber, fighter, decoy? Even our B2 can get out of the way. Our B1B Lancer is a pig of an bomber but has the capabilities of sweeping wings and outrunning almost anything. The Vulcan is beautiful and majestic but what’s the purpose.

Good day , the Vulcan was part of the “V” bomber force I believe . Which included the Vulcan , Victor and Valiant as part of the United Kingdoms strategic nuclear strike force known officially as V force in the 1950’s 60’s . The Vulcan is probably more better known for its part played in the Falklands conflict of 1982 on "Operation Black buck “ against Argentina in a bid to deny them usage of the runway at Port Stanley . The strategy for refuelling was incredible to say the least as was its calculations which I believe to have been carried out by notepad and pencil at some point mid flight due to changing circumstances and mechanical failures. Very interesting reading .

@@travismiller7596 hi Travis, the Vulcan was a cold war British bomber, typically high altitude (remember this was before surface to air missiles could reach 60,000 feet) their designed job was to scramble get up to height and drop atomic bombs - at altitude, their large wing area actually made them more maneuverable than the interceptors of the day in within visual range. Because they are so large (yet shorter and narrower than a B52) the also seem slow at airshows, but they were one of the most powerful bombers of their day.

No finer sound than the Lanc roaring over at full tilt with its merlins. Pleased you enjoyed watching

Miss those shows

Definitely the Typhoon Low Pass 1st, followed by both 787 take-offs-the touch and go and Steep Climb. Are the 787 shots the same take-off from a different angle? I had no idea they could climb that steep!...or bank/turn that quick while still gaining airspeed and altitude. While in the Navy, I arrived on the carrier the USS Nimitz by COD, a Grumman C-2 Greyhound, watched numerous Tomcats, Intruders etc. take-off, and l live in the town w'/ a former AFB, home to the 379th Strategic Air Command that had B-52's and KC-135's. 52's are one part of our "Nuclear Triad"; SLBM's (sub launched ballistic missiles) and Minutemen missiles in silos are the other two.

Glad you enjoyed kevin

@@bobsurgranny Thank you!

That's fantastic. Me too!

💯 Pleased you enjoyed watching my airshow memories 👍

The Lanc has four Merlin engines which are NOT radial engines !

Glad you enjoyed watching my airshow memories 👍

SR71 is my all time fave plane!!

The Vulcan was built for scramble take-offs due to where Britain is to the Warsaw Pact compared to America

The Vulcan is sat at my local airport

Somewhere I have several boxes of Kodachrome slides of Goose Bay from somewhere around the late 50s/early 60s. I shall have to dig them out and get them scanned some time. I had several more but I loaned them to the editor of a "Well Known UK Historic Aircraft" magazine and never got them back... (I don't think they were ever used in the mag either. Which annoys me a bit)

@@davebenjafield7037 I'd love to see them, Dave, if you do get them scanned. Pity about losing some to that magazine. They were probably the best ones, too. Alan.

@@xjstwr : I can't remember exactly what was on any of them - they came from a friend (who passed away in 1988) who was a Chief Tech for the RAF back then. Feel free to get in touch via FaceBook or something if you want to stay in touch regarding the slide.

Thanks. Was some adrenaline rush having that whizz over head at full tilt

👽👽 Glad you enjoyed watching 👍

Wow! What memories you must have. Would love to have gotten closer to those engines

They are both similar viewed from the head on or rear perspective, both very flat and hardly identifiable. Thanks for your comment and I'm pleased you were entertained and enjoyed the sights and sounds of my favourite airshow moments and memories from over the years Bye for now..

Pleased you enjoyed the show! Here's episode 2! - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7tgppaj0J20cYU.html

.. yeah, sure hope they had the drinks trolley locked down on that 787!

I saw something similar at the Farnborough show in 1996, I think it was an Airbus. You're used to seeing the military jets zoom up like that, but to see a great big airbus, it was so unexpected. I could only think of the line in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy where he said The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

@@wesleycardinal8869 I never made the connection but it's brilliant! Thanks.

Nice buzz when you see the reds from your house unexpectedly. Pleased you enjoyed watching my airshow memories

Have you ever seen a Vulcan B2 do an almost vertical climb - that is awe inspiring.

Thanks. That Hunter blue note sound was a beauty, right place right time there. Pleased you enjoyed the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years. Here's episode 2 - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7tgppaj0J20cYU.html

Glad you enjoyed it

Blimey you must have some great memories seeing them in service 👍

You hit the jackpot that day 🎰👌 Don't rub it in 😉

Blimey that must have been mega! Thanks for sharing your memory - glad you were entertained and enjoyed watching mine

Vulcan memories are unforgettable. Glad you enjoyed watching

Only saw it at an airshow the once about 40yrs ago... incredible and I think my hearing is just about recovering... We also used to see them flying over our primary school about 1980ish... well in the main, you could HEAR it.. Sometimes you saw it... An amazing aircraft.

The fact it flew that far with a pretty large payload and delivered it with immense damage to the argentinians by way of equipment loss and moral is indicative of the superiority of the RAF

XH558 was always the crowd pleaser. Glad you enjoyed watching

Top jet 💯 Looks, sound and performance No better buzz than a hunter jet trumpet'ing over you at full tilt Pleased you enjoyed seeing my airshow memories 😉

Yeah Colin, I remember when i was younger and XH558 took off at one of the airshows, i was gobstruck, what was even more impressive, was when it did a low level pass and then went into afterburners and a straight climb, it set all the house and car alarms off at the show, was funny as

The first time that I saw the Vulvan I was station at Goose Bay AFB, Labrador in 1966 from the Royal Canadian Air Force. Beautiful aircraft .

I remember the first time I saw the Vulcan. It was at Farnborough. My friend had been raving about the plane for ever. We got there and the plane was "parked up". We approached and I was puzzled because she just didn't look that impressive from the side. The back view was better, due to the width of the wings. But it was when she took off, that I knew what my friend had been talking about. I love the fast jets, but the Vulcan was something else.

@@shaunbaxter83 The Vulcan did not have afterburners. Just straight Rolls Royce Olympus engines.

@@michaelevans5953 My mistake, it just sounded like afterburners but with the Vulcan Howl, it was the huge air intake into the engines, I bet i am not the only one to make that mistake lol....

The howl that thing made was just epic

@@chrisfinchgolf199 Oh I distinctly remember the howl, and the fact that the engines were just plain LOUD! Such a cool plane, and I got to see one. In the US! Whooda thunk?😃

I think the typhoon pilot must've shat himself because of how close he was to colliding with that wall.

When I was a child I saw the Vulcan twice, one time it went right over my head and because I was so young it was really loud. Although I don't remember being scared of it but apparently my parents had to put their hands over my ears which I think I kind of remember! The other time was at South End.

You know the B-52 is still one of the most feared aircraft in the world today. That is way we are a free nation today. I know we have better than that , but the B-52 was our big stick for a long time.

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Welcome. Pleased you enjoyed the show 😉👍

Sure was, probably the best blue note I ever heard

I remember that - would have been 11 squadron iirc, and one of the Fighter Controllers (Ray Harris) was on one of the lightnings as an exchange, lucky so and so.

@@petermarshall6750 I use to bike out from Grimsby to Binbrook to watch the lightnings, Also as a lad my farther use to take me to Scampton to watch Vulcans take off, Now when 6/7 take off one after another , that's heaven.

Pleased you were entertained by the sights and sounds of my fav airshow moments over the years 🤗

Pleased to know you were entertained and enjoyed yourself watching along to my fav airshow memories from over the years 🤗👍 I Like your username too 😉

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it

sounds like a ferrari at top speed passing by

@@max8286 Hope not....the V6 2020 Ferrari is pants 😂

Not wrong

Soon to be three airworthy examples with Just Jane preparing to take to the skies once again!

I HAVE THAT TALENT (I HOPE STILL) -II was the only girl at the Combat Eval Test site and I could hear them low level, 8k ft , Nevada desert and tell the det that our sorties were inbound. My commander timed me one night and said I was 2min 36sec faster than the IP inbound signal. He also told me that if you could hear them it was probably too late if you were in the target zone.

Thanks and yes the Vulcan is like nothing else

Glad you enjoyed watching 👍

Yeah that was a great moment 👌 Glad you enjoyed watching

Yes there's nothing finer 👌

Glad you enjoyed watching

Good choices. Great British gems of aviation engineering

Agree. And I get see a Vulcan every day in Atwater California, Castle AFB Museum

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Glad you enjoyed it. Typhoons in D9 was a rare moment and as you say great formating

Thanks, I'm pleased you got to enjoy my airshow memories over the years 🤗👍 Here's episode 2! - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7tgppaj0J20cYU.html

💯 Pleased you enjoyed watching my airshow memories

Pleased you enjoyed watching

Oh hella ya!!! Whoa!!!!! 😉

@@lfader She certainaly did have a sleek fuselage

@@stephenwilliams1854 😉😆😆

@@stephenwilliams1854 wonder if her flaps worked ok

@@anthonyoconnor6633 Looked 2 me like her flaps were all the way down my son

Pleased you enjoyed the footage and audio of my fav airshow moments. 💯 It's all about the sound and feeling the power through your body! I'm not keen on a pilotless drone future. Ever been to watch gliders.. boring 😴

Thanks. I'm pleased you can appreciate and enjoy my filming and the sights and sounds of my fav airshow memories and moments from over the years

I saw the Vulcan fly and land at the NAS Willow Grove in Pennsylvania, USA, in the mid-60's. I agree, a sight and sound never to be forgotten!

The Vulcan is hard to forget once seen in person

Nice