A majestic 2 minutes and 8 seconds. A tip of the wings to you sir. Thank you.

Well done mate. Loved flying on these and such a mistake they have been taken away. Senior management errors

Hard to believe 56 years - looked super weather conditions and great to capture this flight with excellent footage. Goodbye to a faithful old friend. :)

I'm on holiday, finally getting to check out the Mach loop & I was in the farm just below & just b4 u enter the valley, stood at the end of the drive & they flew directly over my head.Fantastic,just need a jet and I'll be smiling all the way home!

Sad to see them go, knowing my uncle flew them for the USAF, he was lucky enough to do that for it was something he loved. Ty for the video, Elwyn. 😢❤✈️

that landscape is beyond beautiful

Smashed it out of the park again Elwyn, absolutely stunning and thanks as always for taking the time to share - amazing quality and the C130 will be sadly missed.

My "joy" on one of these was in 1985 as a jolly from Ascension Island on the airbridge to the Falklands, watched out the back for air to air refuelling of another Herc of 1312 Sqn, These will be sorely missed as they have years of flying time left on the airframe. Cheers for sharing this with us Elwyn, doff my old beret to you.

It's a damned shame these beautiful awesome aircraft will never be seen in the skies anymore I loved these aircraft I saw them a lot on the airforce bases

Stunning capture elwyn. Sad to see them go.

After seeing them deviate from the planned route to do Credenhill, I thought they may do the loop en route to Valley… Absolutely awesome!! 😁

Captured it well, including the crowd gathered to watch it, and the flag. For the 130, as they say in America, "thank you for your service"

Good that they flew the Loop. ❤

This is great. We saw them flying over RAF Cranwell, same trip. 😎

Great footage and very emotional final flight of the C-130J Hercules retirement 😢

And another chapter draws to a close. Well done sir !

Indeed an emotional day ! Beautiful formation and stunning footage my friend 🙂👍 That turboprop sound is unforgettable !

What an amazing place ta see those magnificent beasts . Its such an experience when your standing up there and the plans come around and are flying below you with you looking down.

thanks Elwyn , reminds me of working at Carno ! every week we would get 3 fly over - sometimes more .

At the start they seemed to just appear out of thin air. Great video!

Gosh darn it! Would love to have seen that one! Thanks Big E! The workhorse of the air!

Glorious weather for that fly past.

Brilliant old birds! Thanks and glad they flew through the mach loop for a tribute pass!

What a sad day, no more Herky Birds through the loop😢 I was hoping you'd get your hiking boots on, the best vid I've seen all day👍👍👍 Thanks Elwyn.

Beautifully filmed images we'll have forever. Excellent work!

Great capture, sad moment 😞

Certainly a rather sad occasion, but nevertheless one hell of a video! 👍

❤, absolutely fantastic plane, I will miss these planes as I grew up with them. It makes me emotional

A fitting final farewell flyby. Superb close flying.

Incredible plane, the Hercules will be sadly missed 🫡🫡

The beautiful landscape reminds me of the war movie town of Chillingbourne.

Elwyn R...absolutely fantastic. I first worked on the Herc. in 1967 at Thorney Island.: ( XV 179 was the first one of 66, sadly shot down in Iraq, Jan 30, 2005). I got to know the Herc over 11 years, flew many hours in them, around the world; saw many Air Displays featuring them...(.incidentally, it was never called Fat Albert then)...... ...but your film is the best image I've seen in 56 years of their life...very well done...and I award you the Herc Badge of Achievement, HBA!

what an absolutely beautiful plane End of another ERA Elwyn but some great shots to remember them by THANK YOU.

Wow… a lump in my throat and goosebump’s tooth … thank you for posting such a moving movie..

I got to meet a crewmember and see a low flyby of a RAF C130J at a Blythe (Calif) airport about 2 years ago. Twas a breath taking sight, sad to see that these beautiful birds are being retired. Thank You for your service!

Thanks for that. Great video. Was sad i didnt get to see them today. To think my 1st ever jump in one of them was way back in 1991 as a 17 year old. Time stands still for no man. In 92 i flew from Brize Norton to Kenya via Cyprus in one and parachuted in. Also had the great honour to parachute into France for the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Really sad to think they will no longer be in the sky.I can still smell the aviation fuel and hear the roar and rumble of those wonderful engines and propellers.

Cracking footage again Elwyn 👌👍 it sure was a busy day in the Loop, I was up on Bwlch. An excellent send off to a cracking trio of fantastic bird's 👌🇬🇧✈️

Its great how they work with the photographers. Magic.

Love that sound.. Jumped a couple dozen times from similar C-13+s.. Just love it.. Can´t believe you are retiring those wonderful planes..

Great video work as ever, well done! Thanks for sharing.👏

Excellent capture Elwyn. Thank god people like you were up there to capture this historic moment. Some handsome looking camera guy in front of you there too 😂

That is magnificent footage. They went straight down too, didn't turn at Corris Corner.. Fabulous!

Goodbye, Hercy-bird. And thank you. Glad you were there to record this, Elwyn - thank you 👍

I flew on these and the C130K’s many times in the aeromed role. Beautiful aircraft and the best and friendliest aircrew. A damned sad day.

I had goosebumps watching this....thank you for posting.

I was across the valley on CAD West at that moment. What a view. And the left-seater was waving at the viewers. Beautiful.

Well captured Elwyn, an unforgettable and emotional part of aviation history !

Godspeed... You gave them a good send-off. I bow my head.

Marvellous brought tears to my eyes. I loved flying the Hercules 3 years on 47 Sqn SF and 3 years 24 Sqn. Great machine and great people to work with. Happy memories 😢😂😂😂!

How beautiful! Thank you Elwyn, Salut!

Big THX for showing !

Sad day this. Brings back so many memories of Air Displays at Cosford, amongst others. Dad and Mom met while both in the R.A.F., so planes were a feature of our family life and what wonderful, safe, happy, yob-free days out they were and still are, thank goodness. So lovely going along to events and seeing families being relaxed and taking in the history of great aircraft such as these.

Terrific video!

Nicely done !

Going to miss flying in these. Awesome birds.

Excellent fly pass by the C-130 Hercules aircrafts. I personally will miss these life savings aircraft. Flown on many of these aircraft during my 24-year career in the military. Even casualty Evacuated me several times, and once flew me back to the UK at low level because the RAF hospital consultants suspected that i had a serious brain tumour, turned out to be 3 inch spine compression from a high velocity impact with the ground, and wreaked both legs completely at the same time. I will miss the old boys called Fat Albert, especially seeing them fly through the Welsh valleys below us on top of the mountains. I hope many will continue to fly and be saved as working museum aircraft,. Enjoy you retirement, may the new replacement aircraft be at least as good has these RAF work horses were. 😢😊.

Great video !!!

Great catch 👍 Still can't believe they are retiring thrm and leavung the RAF with a capability gap until 2025 for the UK Special Forces 😞

Fantastic video. I watched them take off. Very moving

Mate, THANK YOU for being there today, we waited all day around Chelmsford, Essex... but they flew straight to the south coast from Colchester!!!... ☹️ Keep up the great work . 👍🏻

Nice Video! Like so many others I think the UK is making a Mistake by retiring the Hercs early. If it's any consolation here in the US our Expert Miitary brass are also retiring certain aircraft and ships too early and far to quickly🤯!

Incredible video, what a plane!

Used to love watching these as a kid flying over the Severn from Lyneham, amazing aircraft gonna miss em.😢 Brilliant camera work as always keep em coming!😊

Greay Video, thanks for sharing

Magnificent Aircraft! What a sight, go rest now you old Workhorses, your work, sadly, is now done.

I got to fly on an AC-130U just before they retired and it was an awe inspiring experience - a great aircraft.

Brings a tear to my eyes. Farewell beautiful ladies. You served with dignity.

Awesome, simply awesome! I remember seeing the Vulcan when it flew over my house on its last flight!...but this is quality footage!! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Great shots as Usual 👌🏻😎

What an amazing vantage point to watch them from.

Fantastic video mate. Thank you. Gutted because my mother in law lives right under the flight path in Alrewas and I missed it. I once seen a Lancaster fly right over over her home about 10 years ago and what a majestic sight it was!

I saw them earlier heading towards Waddington, fantastic aircraft shameful to get rid when there is plenty of life left in them.

THANKYOU i mean it thank you, as an ex forces member and now living overseas i dont get to witness this sort of thing anymore. i couldnt get home to show this my son to watch them live in action. he will watch this tomorrow and likke me as i am now be very emotional, he is only 8 but he loves aircraft. we didnt make it back as we spent time with a Swiss air DC3 over the weekend, it was 1 or the other so i showed him the plane his gradfather flew after the war.

Great footage!

Fab video ❤

Beautiful valley. Greetings from Brazil!

😢 Dear UK, please DON'T SCRAP THEM (Like you did everything else) Please preserve these beautiful planes and keep them in a museum!

Majestic Indeed! A truly venerable airframe.

Wow ! Great Job!

Brilliant Elwyn 👏 nice build up gives a sense of atmosphere on the hill, would have loved to catch the farewell on east but opted for the lakes instead, i got a lovely shot all 3 coming out of Dunmail towards me, a day I'll not forget for a while.

I live in Dorset and have many fond memories of watching them in Studland Bay dropping Marines and others, into the sea by parachute. Even sat on Hambledon Hill and looked down on one as it flew round! Great plane.

Nice Work

i was on a resedential trip at the lakes i was kyaking down on the lake and they were so low down they tipped my kyak such a majical moment im going to remember that for ages

Beautiful day for them.

Seen them come over us last week nr Lampeter west wales anyway what lovely video as always. Thank You .

Thank you

My Dad was in Beaufighters and Mosquitoes with 47 Squadron during WWII and my older brother spent most of his 23 years in the RAAF in Hercules - small world.

We’ve followed these fellas going low over our house here in Wiltshire for years - end of an era 🫡

Wow. Fantastic.

Glad u guys got to see them flypast, we here north of Stirling never, they turned left and went up the west coast of Scotland, lots of people turned out to see them on the Lawhill in Dundee 😓😓😓

I suspect that we will lease some of these in the future as its replacement appears to not be as mission capable............

I cannot believe that the RAF have retired the Herc. This footage is a fitting farewell to an iconic RAF workhorse.

The acknowledgement by the pilots... How touching... 🇿🇦

What a truly beautiful sight.

Awesome, well done.

Very good footage Elwyn watching this on 65 inch Ultra Hd Oled HDR tv is fab through Apple mac

Wow just wow 👌

Fantastic!!!

Thanks, I caught them in east Yorkshire heading to Waddington, thanks to Flightradar24 😊

Fantastic Thanks for sharing with us I,m ex RAF