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Күн бұрынThanks to the RAF, Rolls-Royce, and the Red Arrows! Go visit their Starrship project, it's the reason I got to do this: / @starrship
The Red Arrows are the Royal Air Force's aerobatic display team - the best in the world. They fly Hawk T1 jets, powering through the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, pulling high-G maneuvers with just a few metres between their wingtips. Here's how they do it: and part of it's a skill that you probably already know.
Edited by Michelle Martin, / @onthecrux
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@lforlight 6 жыл бұрын
I wonder what's it like being Tom Scott.
@TheRandomCommenter 6 жыл бұрын
LforLight british
@siphillis 6 жыл бұрын
Interested people become interesting people.
@89elmonster 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@jo_magpie 6 жыл бұрын
after this video I would guess sick to his stomach.
@superawesomecaptainmcfluff9506 6 жыл бұрын
LforLight Tea 🍵☕️
@EastyyBlogspot 6 жыл бұрын
Finally the planes now match the shirts you wear :)
@minimalmo 6 жыл бұрын
He has prepared for that moment his wholel life^^
@anarchyantz1564 6 жыл бұрын
As long as he didn't have to wear the brown pants today!
@krashd 6 жыл бұрын
The Red Arrows have always been red...
@MegaMGstudios 4 жыл бұрын
It was all meant to be
@YTPEXPERT 3 жыл бұрын
Now it's time to board the capsule if you dare...
@epiendless1128 5 жыл бұрын
"Turn .. Right .. Now." "Your .. Other .. Right."
@Stephen_The_Waxing_Lyricist 4 жыл бұрын
I was chuckling so much I struggled to hit the like button!
@theodoremaximillios1797 4 жыл бұрын
Is that a reference to something??
@TypicalMan 4 жыл бұрын
@@theodoremaximillios1797 I think it's supposed to reference the Red Sparrows which are a gta 5 plane group
@bravomike4734 3 жыл бұрын
@@theodoremaximillios1797 Other than a reference its also a really good practice. If they did the wrong thing after you told them to go right then telling them to go right again isn't going to solve that however saying your other right immediately tells the person that something is wrong with what they just did.
@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii5840 3 жыл бұрын
coming right now holding the bank now*
@RareEarthSeries 6 жыл бұрын
You're a cool dude, Tom Scott.
@vapenation7061 6 жыл бұрын
Rare Earth love your videos, the production quality is amazing.
@tempname8263 6 жыл бұрын
Next episode: How Spacecraft Docking Works (feat. the NASA!) * Tom casually explains clamping mechanism while approaching ISS, seen from illuminator *
@YT-Observer 6 жыл бұрын
Temp Name .... & space-x (Elon musk]
@jur4x 6 жыл бұрын
More like "feat. РКА" :) Since at the moment, the only way you can get to ISS is in Soyuz capsule.
@FoxCutter 6 жыл бұрын
It would be interesting, rendezvous and docking are surprising complex and nonintuitive (The best way to catch up with something is to slower down, which puts you in a lower orbit so you're moving faster then what your trying to catch up with). The fact that USSR/Russia has been doing it as an automated system since the 60s is really impressive.
@MinutemanOutdoors 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks to nasa and the Russo space agency for the use of this personal rocket pack and the flight up here, now let's watch the shuttle dock to ISS in HD from about a mile away
@live_kaito_reaction 6 жыл бұрын
Next episode: How do a delorean's doors work? * Tom explains while time traveling to the future *
@smartereveryday 6 жыл бұрын
Formation in the clouds? HECK YES.
@conorpatterson1109 6 жыл бұрын
In the UK you just got to deal with it because it never changes😂
@paulsengupta971 6 жыл бұрын
It is surprising how transparent a cloud can be when you're up close to another aircraft inside it. During my initial formation training I was flying along concentrating on the other aircraft when I became aware out of my peripheral vision I couldn't see the ground or sky any more. I quickly diverted my gaze and found we were inside a cloud! They used to shepherd aircraft through clouds by flying them in formation as well.
@MrEDMeaner 6 жыл бұрын
Gotta love seeing youtubers active on each other's videos!
@ceruleanfox1774 6 жыл бұрын
it might be patriotism, but I think the Blue Angles are a tad bit better
@cadenorris4009 6 жыл бұрын
420th like
@TomScottGo 6 жыл бұрын
This was going to be Monday's video, but it's going up early because... well, I wasn't waiting any longer to show this off to the world! Do have a look at the links in the description, too: Starrship's a big STEM outreach project that the RAF and Rolls-Royce are working on, and there may well be more collaborations in future. As a heads up, this isn't a sponsored video (no money changed hands, the RAF don't have editorial control), but, well, given I got to fly with the Red Arrows, there's a reason I left the Rolls-Royce engine mention in there!
@Lewwww 6 жыл бұрын
This is soooo god damn cool
@maxsmith1335 6 жыл бұрын
I din't know you could pilot, that's really cool!
@sarahinacan84 6 жыл бұрын
I can't believe they let you fly with them! When did you learn to fly a plane??
@grindkerensky 6 жыл бұрын
I am so utterly jelly right now ...
@caitthenerd7470 6 жыл бұрын
I'd say that it was probably a 2-seater training aircraft, and that Tom was a passenger.
@catfish552 6 жыл бұрын
It's only a question of time until Tom speaks to us from space.
@SahilVerma-wm6ie 2 жыл бұрын
In Bezos rockets soon enough
@Spirit532 6 жыл бұрын
The pilots seem to be really humble and open about what they do, eager to explain. Good guys.
@McDADDyK 6 жыл бұрын
Spirit ready to bomb third world countries
@SZebS 6 жыл бұрын
Master Chef they are an acrobatic division
@RudyBleeker 6 жыл бұрын
Spirit there's no place for ego when you're doing maneuvers like these.
@nickmatteri7066 6 жыл бұрын
Master Chef lmfao...
@padzilla8048 6 жыл бұрын
+Seba Zabala They are formed of actual combat pilots, Master Chef is talking out of his arse though
@win5128 6 жыл бұрын
Teasmade, and now the RAF. What a true Brit you are
@ThomasstevenSlater 6 жыл бұрын
Whilst petting a bulldog and explaining how between is better then Europe/ America in something that doesn't really matter.
@jonasnylund6018 6 жыл бұрын
ThomasstevenSlater Yeah like, say, plug sockets. Oh never mind...
@paciic 4 жыл бұрын
Now I dare you to drink coffee
@KillerSpud 6 жыл бұрын
Now I'm waiting for the park bench where Matt swears at Tom because he is a lucky Git for getting to do this.
@bryceterry5302 6 жыл бұрын
The Killer Spud ding
@mme.veronica735 6 жыл бұрын
Mystery Biscuits!
@blenderpanzi 6 жыл бұрын
Matt is a proxy for all of us. His role is very important. :)
@komischeskind 6 жыл бұрын
Matt might realize he won't really fit in the aircraft comfortably ;)
@Lumpiluk 6 жыл бұрын
Cool, didn't know git was also a word (in addition to being a very useful piece of software). Thanks for teaching me new swearwords!
@AlecSteele 6 жыл бұрын
UNREAL! What an incredible opportunity to experience this! Fantastic video!!
@hairyneil 6 жыл бұрын
You guys should collaborate!
@Muhammed.Yaseen 6 жыл бұрын
Alec Steele alec! I love your videos!
@yoavshati 6 жыл бұрын
Collab?
@imoutodaisuki 2 жыл бұрын
@@hairyneilthey did!
@nuppusaurus3830 6 жыл бұрын
"flying at hundreds miles per hour, just meters apart from each other" When you just can't decide which system to use
@hobgoblinuk5100 6 жыл бұрын
Nuppusaurus in the UK we use metres for most distance measures but miles per hour are used for speed. It is a by product of the partial conversion to the metric system we have.
@amct1019 6 жыл бұрын
Nuppusaurus No, we’ve made our decision. We like both :)
@fdsdh1 6 жыл бұрын
Hobgoblin UK it's like when people use feet for height and stone for weight, instead of metres of KG and acres instead of hectares for area. Even in an industrial environment you'll still find inch pattern pipes as opposed to mm, except where it's super techy
@hobgoblinuk5100 6 жыл бұрын
fdsdh1 yeah. It's actually really messed up. I was born in 72. Just after we supposedly went metric. I was tought metric at school all the influential adults in my life used imperial. I use feet and inches to quantify my height or the hight of a bridge. I will tell that shop you want is 100 yards away. But I measure smaller things in mm or a room in metres. I buy fuel in litres but calculate my cars economy in miles per gallon. This is all normal to me but it's messed up when I think about it.
@ianmacfarlane1241 6 жыл бұрын
He's British - a lot of British people can, and do, use both systems. If I'm measuring timber etc, I use millimetres, but if asked my height, I say 6'. Buy milk in litres, and buy beer in pints.
@martinschurig1131 6 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for the park bench episode with a very jealous Matt.^^
@alansilva803 6 жыл бұрын
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT
@alansilva803 6 жыл бұрын
ops caps was on whatever
@BreakfastBurrito 6 жыл бұрын
The
@ToTheGAMES 6 жыл бұрын
MH-17
@blobbem 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, X beats Y. No doubt about it.
@catfish552 6 жыл бұрын
Patrouille Suisse, because F-5 > poxy little Hawk.
@MSpencer1998 6 жыл бұрын
Blue Angels would like a word with him.
@CardinalKaos 6 жыл бұрын
Tbh tho, those airframes are ancient compared to the blue angels and thunderbirds sets
@michelgardes 4 жыл бұрын
You know what's great about your videos? It's that while most of KZfaqrs would have used such an opportunity - flying with the Red Arrows - to show off and come up with awesome images but no content, you actually find a way to teach us something in less than 4 minutes while remaining humble as usual and delivering genuine excitement on top of that. Your channel is a gem in the darkness of the world wide web. Thank you very much for your work.
@kushine_ 6 жыл бұрын
One video he's telling us how a small difference in electrical frequency is affecting a tea-clock hybrid, another video he's flying way up in the sky doing tricks with one of the best pilots there is
@Wordsnwood 6 жыл бұрын
My condolences to Matt... At least I know *I'd* be jealous if it was my friend doing this! ;-)
@sparkister2 6 жыл бұрын
Wordsnwood (Art Mulder) I was just thinking the same thing, he's going to be so jealous.
@marcarsenault7585 6 жыл бұрын
Poor Matt...
@ISenjaya71 6 жыл бұрын
What if Matt is the pilot?
@honeycombfromheaven 6 жыл бұрын
Though given his feelings about roller coasters he might actually be relieved.
@soup5344 4 жыл бұрын
Red Arrows: "Holding the Bank...Now" Blue Angels: "RRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEADYYYYYYYYYYYY, HIT IT"
@mabra33 4 жыл бұрын
Have you heard how the red arrows talk? It's like this: gurr aNd uP, tUrn. The voice of the guy is really funny
@kyledavidson8712 4 жыл бұрын
P O W E R
@paciic 4 жыл бұрын
Kyle Davidson ROTATE
@shyryTsr2k 4 жыл бұрын
@@paciic D I V E
@OmegaElevenEngage 4 жыл бұрын
A LITTLE MORE PUUUUUUULLL
@singalongwithtom 6 жыл бұрын
Well done Tom, you've basically become Blue Peter for adults, I love that.
@MacDiggity 6 жыл бұрын
Oh look, it's finally sunny in Britain (above the clouds) :-)
@ABaumstumpf 6 жыл бұрын
Good thing he had the shades :D
@James-gc5if 6 жыл бұрын
It was sunny today in Britain actually. At ground level I mean ;-)
@paulgarcia2887 6 жыл бұрын
Do one on the international space station next
@cheeseontoast14 6 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Lincolnshire not far from RAF Scampton and was lucky enough to see them practising on a regular basis. Incredible to watch.
@thenerdyouknowabout 6 жыл бұрын
Park bench, all censored due to Matt's inordinate jealousy.
@BazilRat 6 жыл бұрын
"You absolute beeping beeping beep beep."
@bjornkeizers 6 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure of seeing them at the last Luchtmachtdagen in the Netherlands in 2016. Seeing it live is truly amazing. While I really enjoyed the other displays such as the Italian Frecce Tricolori, the Red Arrows were definitely the best I saw that day.
@davidhayward6382 6 жыл бұрын
That pilot's voice or whatever would be really cool for a voice actor gimmick in a game with a pilot unit or character. Imagine the Wraith from Starcraft saying "coming right... now" or "Hold-ing the bank... now" in his smooth voice whenever you clicked on him.
@EthanfromEngland- 6 жыл бұрын
I'm lucky enough to see these guys ALL the time above Lincolnshire. I get many free shows through the year. Fantastic stuff.
@MattVorn 6 жыл бұрын
Gotta agree, Red Arrows are hands down the best display team. Even the US display teams said that themselves.
@VivienneGucwa 6 жыл бұрын
I do believe your life is just way too awesome - I mean....come on....
@mantrox 6 жыл бұрын
Don't be silly. Tom Scott is more like.... an idea.
@flowerperson581 6 жыл бұрын
tom scott is a universal constant
@muddydave01 6 жыл бұрын
Part 2 in Tom's series, "Things that are patriotically British." Next week join Tom as he eats cod, chips and mushy peas with a warm pint, in a red phone box, on a Routemaster.
@balaclava351 6 жыл бұрын
You know you've made it in life when you get invited to fly with the Red Arrows. That's every boy's (and man's) childhood dream!
@paulsengupta971 6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@kimberleysmith818 2 жыл бұрын
And woman’s! :)
@coopercat9 6 жыл бұрын
Hey I saw this display over Lincoln, it was only last week I'm sure, sure is great to live next to so many RAF bases, the rumble of the hawks is always a welcome sound!
@themadhammer3305 6 жыл бұрын
Pika2 the roar of typhoons is my personal favourite, I love it when they come up to where I live for training. It's like having your own personal airshow haha
@johnbeauvais3159 6 жыл бұрын
The aircraft they fly is very astheticly pleasing. Elegant lines and it is easy to see its influence on the Harrier.
@paulsengupta971 6 жыл бұрын
The Harrier came before the Hawk.
@johnbeauvais3159 6 жыл бұрын
Paul Sengupta My mistake, thanks for the information.
@timhancock6626 3 жыл бұрын
If you want to talk about visual lineage, then the Hawker-Siddeley Hawk T1 is the spiritual descendant of the Hawker Hunter, though they have no parts in common. The Hunter display team was The Black Arrows, and the Red Pelicans flew Jet Provosts. When RAF display flying was rationalised into a single team the name they chose was The Red Arrows, flying the Folland Gnat until about 1980. The Gnat was a tiny but very capable jet aircraft and I saw the Red Arrows fly them a number of times in my youth. The Red Arrows (or indeed any good display team) are an example to us all that practice makes perfect. We can all learn from that at times I'm sure.
@oisiaa 6 жыл бұрын
Flying close aerobatic formation is HARD and HAZARDOUS. I was a USAF pilot and flying fingertip formation through 90 degrees of bank while a few feet away from your equally incompetent classmate was pure terror. Glad I survived. Formation flying's difficulty has an inverse square function with distance. 20' is immensely easier than 3'.
@SgtDreamz Жыл бұрын
4 years late but I'm glad I found this, in the US we have the Blue Angels (American patriotism says they're the best formation flyers but...) and it was nice to see how this kind of flying is done. It's very surreal knowing you're traveling at 400 mph yet the aircraft next to you seem stationary. Would very much like to see the Red Arrows perform, and I'm curious what their crash, emergency ejection rate is.
@MarkusBoettner 2 жыл бұрын
I experienced the Red Arrows at the Galway Air Show over Galway Bay. The sound and speed were just insane! I am blind, and my friend "drew" their manoeuvres with his fingers on my back - or tried to, respectively, until he gave up with the words: "How these guys prove everything wrong that our physics teachers tried to teach us for years is just bonkers! Just wrong!" ;)
@queennesquik4023 6 жыл бұрын
Again, Scott? I thought we went over this!
@jaydougherty8650 4 жыл бұрын
What
@kiwischlong 6 жыл бұрын
Dude your videos are so awesome. It's not 20min of explaining something slowly. You just get to the point and i'm able to learn something interesting within minutes. Thanks bro!
@bepsi6204 6 жыл бұрын
I saw them do an airshow here in Ireland and they are good as you say
@andyman4433 6 жыл бұрын
Comrade Bepsi Marx bray 16?
@bepsi6204 6 жыл бұрын
andyman4433 In Galway, think in 2010?
@Interference22 6 жыл бұрын
The strange sing-song cadence their leader users to pass instructions for staying in formation sound weirdly like the original voices for the Cybermen in The Tenth Planet.
@OrigamiMarie 6 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking of old fashioned railroad conductor cadence. I think noisy environments encourage the development of interesting tone and rhythm overlays on English because the fine sound details all get drowned out. You have to replace/augment in order to get meaning across. The thing I noticed that was really interesting to me was that his voice got notably higher for flight communication. I guess to be in a different frequency range from background noise?
@joshmyer9 6 жыл бұрын
Interference22 Ah, I was wondering how this could be even more British, but you’ve gone and done it.
@iAmTheSquidThing 6 жыл бұрын
It also sounds a bit like Japanese bus drivers.
@RAFMnBgaming 6 жыл бұрын
I'd have said Satnav. "At the next cloud, Turn... Right" "You have reached your destination"
@trefod 6 жыл бұрын
This could have been an hour long video and it would still be interesting. An in depth explanation of the formations, the training process, lingo and technical aspects of the execution itself.
@koreanjigalo2548 3 жыл бұрын
I love the 7 months of training before they fly anywhere near the public part because I live in Lincoln and you see them over the city centre every day
@BegbertBiggs 6 жыл бұрын
This is way too cool, it's killing me.
@martinum4 6 жыл бұрын
Are you still alive or should we send help?
@gijsja 6 жыл бұрын
me too
@NFSHeld 2 жыл бұрын
Watching this video now, in November 2021. This video was released on 14th of March, 2018. I checked about deadly accidents within the Red Arrows. Wikipedia says 20th of March, 2018. Not a whole week after this video was released. Condolences to the family of the engineer who died in that accident.
@Zusk0 6 жыл бұрын
How is your life so cool?
@BigLeBowski4456 6 жыл бұрын
because of us watching
@ixcaliber 6 жыл бұрын
Money
@iAmTheSquidThing 6 жыл бұрын
Kees Reuzelaar And being a skilled communicator.
@idlemessiah 6 жыл бұрын
He showed people interesting things. Lots of people watched. He now has this massive audience wanting more interesting things. Other people have interesting things to show off but might not have such a large audience. Those people go to Tom. The interesting thing gets exposure, the internet learns a thing and Tom gets to do cool stuff for a living. The lucky sod!
@danway60 6 жыл бұрын
I've been incredibly lucky, as a kid I used to be able to watch the Red Arrows every year when they came to Bournemouth beach. I'll never get bored of watching them fly.
@alexpolywka6635 6 жыл бұрын
Omg Tom! I saw your Instagram of you in the suit, and I've been so looking forward to this video. Massive fan, keep up the amazing work.
@f4rr3r 6 жыл бұрын
I live in Lincoln and it’s always exciting to hear the roar of the Red Arrows. Fantastic video once again, Tom.
@OlanKenny 6 жыл бұрын
Living in Cumbria the RAF routinely irritate me with their sonic booms. However I have to admit this is really goddamn cool and I am just a bit jealous
@Alucard-gt1zf 6 жыл бұрын
Olan Kenny then maybe you shouldn’t have chose to live near an airfield
@tgrules565 6 жыл бұрын
Thought RAF couldn't fly supersonic over mainland?
@mattpytlak 6 жыл бұрын
They’re almost certainly not going supersonic. If they were, windows would be shattering.
@sshep86 6 жыл бұрын
The only time fighter jets will go supersonic over mainland is when they are reacting to a threat. Most of those will be from lossimouth Scotland, reacting to Russian planes. So I don't think you are being bothered from too many sonic booms like you suggest. Maybe once in a blue moon they may be scrambled to an unresponsive aircraft, but that's rare.
@sshep86 6 жыл бұрын
Nillie Well then. I struggle to believe it was a sonic boom. If a sonic boom happens from a fighter craft near to buildings, windows will know about it and so would you.
@keikuru1 6 жыл бұрын
I just read on the news that there was a red arrows crash just now, hope they are safe. I know these accidents happen, that's why these guys are the best, it's very dangerous and takes tremendous skill.
@joeturner1597 6 жыл бұрын
You lucky, lucky bastard. Closest I ever got was mopping up their spilled fuel.
@g-rated3514 6 жыл бұрын
Martin Pert easily has one of the coolest voices I've ever heard! You're not too bad Tom, but I feel like Mr. Pert would have the perfect voice to give the rundown of a bank heist operation or something
@keddiels9843 6 жыл бұрын
I love seeing the same people spouting the same points to each other in different comment threads trying to prove that their countries Aerobatic Team is better. Obviously, YOUR countries team is better because they are from YOUR country, JUST LIKE TOM SAID IN THE VIDEO!
@liljack0234 6 жыл бұрын
I used to live where these guys used to fly over whilst training... Absolutely amazing to experience... Especially for free!! 😁
@liljack0234 6 жыл бұрын
Nillie yes! It was great growing up there
@patrickstewart1943 6 жыл бұрын
I would love to see the behind the scenes footage on this one!
@RWBHere 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tom. We had wondered why they were flying with seven in formation over Lincoln so much last week!
@aidenwindham9390 2 жыл бұрын
“Maybe this is patriotism talking but they are the best aerobatic team anywhere in the world” “They fly just meters apart” Meanwhile the US aerobatic team only flying 18 inches apart 😂😂
@fliksc9786 Жыл бұрын
well then you haven't understood what it is the red arrows do...
@DockLightProductions 6 жыл бұрын
THIS RULES SO HARD I'M SO HYPED FOR YOU TOM
@speedycuber4170 6 жыл бұрын
This was a cool look into formation flying. I wish I were able to fly in one. I did recently see the Blue Angels, and they said that they have a cubit between canopy and wing.
@jasonbutcher364 3 жыл бұрын
Haven't seen them in years, was suppose to see them at RIAT this year but was postponed due to Covid and will (hopefully) be next year now. Last time I saw them, they flew with the Vulcan on her last flight. Definetly agree, best air display team in the world.
@miraclo3 6 жыл бұрын
Canadian SnowBirds are my favorite. :)
@PabloGonzalez-hv3td 5 жыл бұрын
I'm 🇨🇦 and even ex military but the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds win me over with their speed and sound even though the Arrows and Snowbirds fly more planes
@adamlavalleur3389 4 жыл бұрын
I love the blue angels
@LmaoItsScrub 6 жыл бұрын
Nothing is better then watching them come over the tyne bridge while the great north run is on!
@ABaumstumpf 6 жыл бұрын
There are several aerobatic teams that fly tighter or riskier formations - but they also usually have a lot more technical support like the boardcomputer keeping the right position in formation, also the planes are often heavily customised for that job with barely any of their original functionality (aside form flight) being left. But i kinda like the russia and italian airshows more. Specially russian fighterjets: just take of the weapons, give them some vodka and let hell break loose - Sukhois look awesome and seem to also fly awesome.
@paulsengupta971 6 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't have thought any formation display team would have any sort of automatic computer controlled autopilot keeping formation. It'll all be manually flown, all down to the pilot.
@flbear690 3 жыл бұрын
The sqadron commander speaks with such sparks in the eyes
@mantis0427 6 жыл бұрын
Could you make the following video please: "Things you might not know: How I (You) arrange such videos"
@randomjasmicisrandom 6 жыл бұрын
Wow. You lucky, lucky bee steward. That was amazing.
@micahgilbertcubing5911 6 жыл бұрын
Happy pi day!
@migfrarummet1907 6 жыл бұрын
Happy pi day!
@desia.brimou 6 жыл бұрын
Micah Gilbert thanks! happy pi day to you too.
@lforlight 6 жыл бұрын
14.3?
@desia.brimou 6 жыл бұрын
LforLight America, am I right
@nicomonkeyboy 6 жыл бұрын
14.03?
@sirraident 6 жыл бұрын
You have such an amazing job.
@DCice13 6 жыл бұрын
Tom, I was wondering if the following pilots use less fuel then the leader. Same reason birds fly in similar formations to conserve energy.
@sinshadow1993 6 жыл бұрын
They tend to use more since they have to play with the throttle a lot to maintain position
@ciaranlongmuir9441 6 жыл бұрын
Typically slightly more.
@jonathanwilcox7318 6 жыл бұрын
Broadly speaking the amount of fuel used is the same by all the aircraft in the display. Reds 6,7,8&9 May use more due to their more dynamic second half of the full display.
@davidwheatcroft2797 Жыл бұрын
CAVU skies to all service pilots. I got to fly formation in the RAFVR. Major buzz! So fun.
@catlee8064 6 жыл бұрын
Tom knows how to put the cat amongst the pigeons....all the blue angel and thunderbird comments are hilarious....obviously our form of sarcasm is lost on our daughter colonies!
@GamerCo29 6 жыл бұрын
Sany0 It's okay you could country. Go ahead and sit back down in the wheel chair :)
@catlee8064 6 жыл бұрын
err...what ?
@tomstech4390 6 жыл бұрын
It's better to be remembered as awesome for a few centurys than to suck forever.
@catlee8064 6 жыл бұрын
expand on that...whos awesome and whos sucking forever?
@katjoe1974 6 жыл бұрын
As Americans, we apologize on behalf of our less enlightened countrymen
@Hahahahahahahahahaha1 6 жыл бұрын
“Best aerobatic team anywhere in the world”. If only there were some other, more dominant aerobatic team. 💙👼
@novafawks 6 жыл бұрын
Does Tom ever comment or reply to comments or is it usually a "set it and forget it" kind of thing? Just curious. I know time is hard to come by when you're busy, but even a little fan interaction is nice and I've yet to see anything :c
@TheKerbalgamer 6 жыл бұрын
i've seen him comment mostly if it's a question about the topic or someone has extra information or if someone knows something is wrong in the video and can give a proper source/info to fix the error.
@SarSaraneth 6 жыл бұрын
He replied to a comment I made once.
@themadhammer3305 6 жыл бұрын
Nova Fawks when Matt and Tom do their next park bench Q&A definitely drop them this question, it'll probably be the best way to get a definitive answer
@James-gc5if 6 жыл бұрын
Look at the top of the comments section now.
@krystiankowalski7335 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, Tom Scott visited my home and I didn’t even know about it! I thought Lincolnshire was too boring for Tom Scott to do a video in as well :D
@mybigbeak 6 жыл бұрын
You lucky bnstard
@williampeace4222 6 жыл бұрын
Saw the Red Arrows at the F1 British Grand Prix last year. Really is a joy to behold!
@27emman 6 жыл бұрын
What are the "lines" on the cockpit glass for?
@Benjd0 6 жыл бұрын
They're explosive charges, designed to go off in the event of an ejection so it gets the canopy out of the way.
@computerman4321 6 жыл бұрын
They help crack the glass when ejection seat punches through. Evidently it is quicker to eject this way.
@jonathanwilcox7318 6 жыл бұрын
It’s the MDC: miniature detonating cord. Destroys the canopy glass to allow the seat to pass through it on initiation of the ejection sequence.
@27emman 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks people! :)
@ThStg 4 жыл бұрын
YES!!! They are the VERY BEST airobatic flying team in the world.They are second to NONE!!! I ABSOLUTELY ❤️♥️. watching the AWESOME RED ARROWS.
@martinez9639 6 жыл бұрын
Blue angles are my favorite but this could also be patriotism
@James-gc5if 6 жыл бұрын
Are they right angles or obtuse angles?
@blindleader42 6 жыл бұрын
My best friend was a USAF pilot in the '70s. The AF has all sorts of tests to discover what the natural strong points and aptitudes each pilot has. He said he was best at the minuscule precise stick movements required for formation flying, so no fighter jockeying for him. He flew tankers and had to keep a KC-135 absolutely steady so the fighters could rendezvous with the teat.
@rickanator65 6 жыл бұрын
blue angles are the best sir
@joelwhitaker2274 3 жыл бұрын
just no.
@MatthewMin 6 жыл бұрын
These 360 degree camera shot were amazing
@TheLastDarkrai 6 жыл бұрын
The red arrows just had an accident...
@51StPi 6 жыл бұрын
You are turning into a John Noakes tribute act, love it.
@charlie_a_2406 6 жыл бұрын
6 days later, one crashes
@carlhumanbcrab 6 жыл бұрын
i live in lincoln so i see the red arrows a couple of times a week. Its nice to know more about whats actually going on with them
@Mullac 6 жыл бұрын
Bet that was scary!
@pgskink 3 жыл бұрын
I was at East Fortune Museum of Flight today, they were playing this video beside their Hawk and Concorde. Brilliant!
@aaron670 6 жыл бұрын
Thats cool I never really thought about other countries having their own version of the Blue Angels.
@ezpz3784 6 жыл бұрын
Aaron Austin I think you mean other countries having their own versions of the red arrows!
@inffected0235 6 жыл бұрын
EzPz Nah, blue angels were formed almost 20 years before these guys
@Lepong20 6 жыл бұрын
inffected 0 Maybe so but I've never heard of them, I have heard of the red arrows tho.
@TheBluMeeny 6 жыл бұрын
Jamie Talbot And the angels formed in 1946.
@AngelSamael 6 жыл бұрын
Actually the Blue Angels are the american version of the Patrouille de France.
@Rossilaz58 6 жыл бұрын
I go to see these guys every year. I just sit on a field and they fly right over me.
@Mostlyharmless1985 6 жыл бұрын
Of course the cadence for the flight leader is going to be painfully British...
@36hunters 6 жыл бұрын
What did you expect? To suddenly switch to a southern American accent?
@Mostlyharmless1985 6 жыл бұрын
36hunters I’m used to hearing the crisp “reh-dee hit it” style the blue angels use. The British team sounds like it should- “okay mates let’s make an easy turn there it is after this let’s have a pint at the pub chip chip god save the Queen cherio”
@forty2329 6 жыл бұрын
This channel is gold
@stickman3214 6 жыл бұрын
Really awkward to watch this since the recent fatal crash...
@artyfly100 4 жыл бұрын
Grew up seeing the Italian "frecce tricolore" perform and this has to be one of the coolest experiences one can have. I'm jealous.
@clementine_awesomeness Жыл бұрын
blue angels on top
@Tax-Evasion-As-A-Sport 8 ай бұрын
good joke
@mojosbigsticks 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing. They fly over our house every year and we all pile out to watch them. Keep it up guys!
@B4dW0lf 6 жыл бұрын
The Red Arrows are awesome.. but clearly the Canadian Snowbirds are the best aerobatic formation flyers in the world ;-)
@MarcCoteMusic 6 жыл бұрын
I'm Canadian so my instinct is to agree with you but the truth is probably that there are a bunch of top-tier aerobatics teams around the world. Still, GO SNOWBIRDS!
@B4dW0lf 6 жыл бұрын
You're absolutely correct, there are many fantastic teams. My comment was (partly) tongue in cheek, and admittedly biased. That said, I still pit the Snowbirds among the best in the world. I love the style and creativity that gets put into the Snowbird shows.
@tomstech4390 6 жыл бұрын
The Canadian Snowbirds are probably amazing to watch, can't be sure of course because I and most of the world have never heard of them, The red arrows on the other hand...
@MarcCoteMusic 6 жыл бұрын
Toms Tech - I'm not an enthusiast of the sport so I hope I can be forgiven but I hadn't heard of the Red Arrows until this very video. I had heard of the Snowbirds and the US Blue Angels, though.
@thisnicklldo 6 жыл бұрын
I'm British and was brought up on the Red Arrows, originally in Folland Gnats. But after them I really like the Frecce Tricolori.
@nikzuLP 6 жыл бұрын
This Team has the name "Red 1". There couldn't have been a more fitting team for Tom! Great Video!
@aviagalatics Жыл бұрын
Clearly never heard of the Blue Angels
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The Hawk is such a neat little plane Numerous countries/militaries use two-seaters as trainers (including the USN/USMC, for carrier-qualification to replace TA-4 Skyhawks and T-2 Buckeyes). Other countries use the single-seat Hawk 200 as a light attack aircraft.
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