I love 2 things about this Video: 1 - taking a Hawk for a hoon at low level. 2 - the practiced voice of the British Pilot.

Thank you for not playing music on this fantastic video!

How refreshing, a proper, real KZfaq video with no crappy and inappropriate music or shouty egotistical knucklehead spoiling it with idiotic and self-indulgent nonsense, just information and description in the real world. For all of those out there, guilty of that other stuff you know who you are and just watch this and take note, particularly those automobile based channels over here and over the Atlantic!

But wait until you see a video of me completing project management spreadsheets and talking on meaningless conference calls...boy will you be one jealous pilot.

Flying low level through those lakes and valleys was spectacular and the scenery was amazing, one of the best aviation videos I've seen and the commentary was excellent!

"He's talking about the weather." You can tell this is a British pilot.

This is what I was supposed to do. If any young Air Cadets read this, I did 500 flights in gliders, 31 solos and lots of flying in Bulldogs. I got tempted into a career in finance and I'm now 36 & head trader on a stockbroking desk. Money comes and goes, give flying jets a shot or you'll regret it for the rest of your life! Dont sit behind a desk! Good luck! 😎👍

Love it...."these aircraft are quite expensive, don't want to drop one in a field", as calm as you could get. What about you and your mate? You seem much more worried about the aircraft than you are of your lives! I'm totally fascinated yet terrified of planes. You brave men, well done.

My wife and I were driving through the Valley towards Moffat on way back from our holiday and saw 3 Tornados 'giving it large'... Amazing sight and sound. Brilliant video.

In a book on the service of the North America P-51 Mustang in the Royal Swedish Airforce, swedish designation J-26, there is story told by one of the pilots about the difficulty of judging altitude over smooth surfaces. He describes a low flying exercise mission during a sunny winters day, on which the return leg was flewn low over a large frozen lake, with a smooth sheet of new dry snow on it. As it happened, an acquaintance to the base commander(?) was at the shore of the lake, and saw this Mustang fly by, "real fast and real low". When the pilot had landed and was in debrief, the base commander came in, asking if everything was okey; with the pilot and the plane. The pilot of course asked regarding this "particular interest", and was told that the acquaintance had called, worried that something might have happend. This as the pilot had flown so low, that the propeller blast and wake, had drawn up a plume of snow after the aircraft, that was told to have been a fair bit higher than the top of the fin. The pilot had a little after-the-fact chock, but now knew how difficult it is to judge one's altitude over a snow covered frozen lake.

Absolute professionals. Thanks for sharing this unique experience with the groundlings. As someone who enjoys hearing a commercial airline pilot share flight details over the loudspeaker, the narration of this flight was truly appreciated.

The Comedy sprinkles were fantastic "He's talking to me front to back now, about his hopes and dreams..." 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

This is the future of flight videos! No more annoying dubstep garbage and instead a perilous narration of every twist and turn

Did low-level nav when I was in training as a U.S. Naval aviator, in TA-4J Skyhawks, circa 1981, over south Texas. Not NEARLY as picturesque. Really enjoyed this video.

Tim, Sir, Excellent video. Good clean Narration, easy to uinderstand and exactly clear.After my 24 year stint, I did a little Heavy Goods work between Warrington and Cumbernauld. Sometimes I would see one of 4FTS Hawk Trainers and it would give me a lift. Pump the air and yell (quietly) 'Go lads'. Other low level aircraft was always a good sign we were accomplishing something in the RAF, and to this day, I am lifted when a Mil fast jet goes overhead, sadly, not so frequent these days. Good job Tim, my respects to you.

I had the honour to fly Hawks as a student on exchange from Canada. I was taught by the best low level fast jet pilots in the world! I remember unconsciously putting my hands in front of the stick when my instructor (a former Buccaneer pilot) was introducing me to low level over the Irish Sea, as he descended to about 30 feet above the water! R.I.P. Flight Lieutenant Simon Burgess. This profession is not without cost.

Really interesting; I'd certainly like to see more videos narrated like this.

Brilliant, That was 15 minutes of my life that was well spent. Cool calm and collected voiceover narrating the progress of the flight, what the pilot doing, what he was looking out for and all the time checking fuel levels while making sure they dont fly into some guy on a paraglider. Absolutely great with fabulous scenery.

The knowledge and confidence in the instructor is fantastic pride of the RAF. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Something about small training jets is appealing to me.

Excellent video, the best low level flying narrative for sure.

Brilliant video and thank you for not playing any crappy music. I hate all those fast jet videos with super shit music in them. This one was great and really interesting listening to you. Pure professionalism. Well done chaps and thanks again.

I'm not a pilot and I still found this fascinating. Well done. SUPER clear video - great work!

The Hawk T2 is the sexiest jet ever made, and she handled like it too - the transition from Taccano to Hawk was so much better than Bulldog to Provost - and the Chipmunk was incredible too. The Sedbergh Tx glider with no canopy though... winched to 1000ft and no chute at age 14 as a cadet; extreme sports? We knew how to play in the 80’s - then came health and safety..... Those annoying bloody drones are far more worrisome than any paraglider - great video!

Thanks. I grew up mid Wales with jets from Valley and various other bases screaming over on a daily basis. I absolutely loved it and still have a crick in my neck from straining to see it all! a back seat ride is top of my bucket list!

Fantastic new video, Tim!

This was an absolute nostalgia fest! I did similar trips in Folland Gnats when training at Valley in 1976, but in those days we weren't allowed through the Lake District so went up through the Dales before crossing into southern Scotland. All done with paper map and stopwatch and eye-balling height as we had no rad alt. It was the hardest work I ever did, and the most fun. Sigh!

Thank you for these videos, please continue making them. They remind me how much I wish I'd worked harder at school, but I also enjoy them immensely.

Love the British spirit displayed here. Thanks for posting.

Great informative video. Good camera angles. Narration flow is good (thanks for no music). The flat water height awareness is quite scary and can be seen in the footage. Workload is surprisingly high, it is a bonus to have an aviator sat in the rear seat. Thanks for the effort.

Worked with many pilots from RN and RAF and they always seem so calm when explaining lots of information. Great video, like others have said so glad no music, makes it so interesting listening to the conversation.

Thanks for the ride I loved it. Cheers from New Mexico U S A.

This brought back some happy memories! I flew in the back seat as part of my FAC course many years ago. After several medium-level sorties, we dropped to 250 for our first low-level run. We had a bird strike on the very first run and went through all of the procedures you spoke of in the video. Although exciting in itself, I felt robbed that I didn't get to fly a few more :-). The main thing I took away from it was just how much information the pilot has to digest, as well as flying the plane safely. I sat nonchalantly in the back with a paper map not needing to do anything except look for the target on the ground that was being described by the other students - it's bloody hard! Now I am one of the paragliders you talk of - though in South Wales mainly. Great video.

Superb video, huge thanks for posting.

Watched this so many times Tim . Often seen you dudes flying by and this is a real treat to see what it’s like and how technical it is..👍👍

What an amazing video. You speak clearly, it's interesting, it's visual and your commentary is both witty and factual. Hat's off to you sir.

Excellent video! Thanks for creating and posting this.

You don’t know how much I wish I could do this but I’m colourblind.

I could spend many hours asking lots of no doubt boring questions but I love this stuff. A great insight into what appears 100x more complicated than I first thought.

Thank you for taking the time and the running commentary , simply wonderful.

Thanks alot for this type of videos Tim! I hope we see more in the future.

Awesome video. The commentary was the icing on the cake. Subscribed.

Fast jet pilots are always so clear when speaking. Thanks for the video.

That was awesome..put it on fullscreen..it's like you're there. Actually made me tense up as they got down low.

Love this. The flying is cool and all, but the narration of wtf is actually going on is what makes this video awesome, gives you an insight as to what's really happening and good explanations of why you guys are doing what you're doing, that's the meat and potatoes. Flying is so much more than point the nose and go forward.

You can take another 15 minutes of my life anytime, excellent vid

Just throwing this out there. MSFS Indiafoxtecho Tornado with Orbx scenery to Lake Windermere and the Moffat Valley would be a showstopper. I remember your early live stream in XP11. Your passion was off the chart.

This was just amazing!! Brilliant, informative commentary that's just a pleasure to listen to while you get the amazing view from the seat. Best cockpit-view video I've seen.

This is great Tim. thank you for taking the time to post these videos. I'm visiting the Mach Loop from the 26th-28th, hopefully see you flying above ;D

Best 15 mins I have had on the tube..The calm chat is an insight into how hard you work. Often viewed the Hawks over -Windermere - Thanks for posting such a well made vid..My you are good at what you do

I really enjoyed that, thanks so much for taking the time to put these up.

Fabulous video - as a keen aviation follower, I can speak for all YT viewers - thank you so much for this, the narration explained all my questions and queries.

You have such a soothing voice explaining low level sortie and cracking a funny now and then like the bits of aircraft all over the country side or we missed the truck without having any inclination you made a fun you.. I'm hooked so please send more..

Dear Tim thank you for sharing this wonderful flight. Have fun and fly safe.

Popped up as a suggested video for me, I felt very relaxed watching this!

Brilliant video. The low key humor is great. Beginning pilot here (haven't lost my tail feathers yet), so the mental processes needed and where your mind is at any time is a great help. The reverse checklist on reaching altitude is new to me, but really drives home the use of a checklist. Thanks!

Lovely, it looks like a touristic guide of the beautiful coutryside. With a few words on the weather too !

This 15 minute video was very useful, thank you. I am looking to go in the RAF as a fighter pilot, so to see how you do some things was very intriguing to me!

What a video. Thanks for flying over my house and giving me an aerial view. This looks better than what I imagined it to be like. Thanks

I've seen a lot of cockpit videos. This is one of the best. Thanks!

Nice calm atmosphere in the cockpit. Meanwhile everybody on the ground thinks the sky is collapsing as this thing passes over 😀

That was absolutely fantastic! Thank you for posting and narrating, 10/10 for the placement of your cameras (GoPro ?) Absolutely top notch and if i had to pick just one thing that could be better, you might consider upgrading from 720p to 1080p or the ultimate would be 4K. Absolutely loved it, subscribed!

Watched a low level navigation training video from WWII, then watched yours. Wow ! what a difference, fantastically informed video so interesting to compare 1940's to today, thanks for posting.

Brilliant ...thank you.....could listen to you all day...

This is awesome, thanks alot Tim!

Wow, amazing to see this from the pilots prospective, I'm often in the lakes walking and seeing military jets flying there sorties. Would love to see more of this. Thanks!

Hi Tim, really enjoyed that. Everything you said was excellently put. I will be watching more of your material. Many thanks

Nice commentary, suitably understated! Instructed TWU for 4 years in the 80s

Who else was tilting their head when the jet banked?

This makes me miss low-level flying even more in the UK after watching this. We were going a bit slower but a bit lower though. 2 miles a minute and down to 50 feet. If you don’t like the weather in the UK, wait 15 minutes, it will change.

100% nailed that vid Tim excellent visual and audio. What an office to work from. All the best for 2019 to you and all the families at valley. 😜

Just brilliant. Thanks for posting the video.

This is amazing.

Does it come with WW2 Aircraft DLC? Jokes aside this video is amazing! What a tiny insight into your career! Thanks!!

Great flight, one thing we take for granted nowadays is the superb quality from today's video equipment small, lightweight and affordable.

This is why I love aviation, work as a civilian B1 mechanic on widebody airliners but military is always an option for me!

I kept tilting my head to get level again!

Stunning video and commentary. Would be nice to see you do something like this with a 360deg camera.

Fantastic insight into what you fly boys do, we were always grateful to hear you overhead

What an incredible day at the office, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing Tim, it's really interesting to get this view and persepective. We have a lot of BHPA Paragliding RAF pilots in our club and its lovely share the different expieriences. We hope to a organise a more formal talk in 2016 between the two to share ideas on flight safety etc. Paragliders who are simply ridge soaring will likely issue a CANP to notify the military. However in the south of the UK when its a thermic day, there are usually many hundreds of paragliders flying VFR in class G at varying altitudes up to whatever cloud base is of the day but crucially can be flying routes of hundreds of kms. Also with modern paragliders they have better into wind glide so can now vary their routes and flying out and returns. Unless there is a flying competition being held where a Notam is issued like the sailplane pilots use the Cross Country Paragliding pilot is just adopting "see and be seen" although most PGing pilots are flying with live trackers.

Aah, fuel. Now that's important. For relaxation, I fired up FS2020 and took out an Airbus 320neo yesterday from Newcastle planning to fly it to Tenerife with Bolero playing as I did so. (really nice when the fluffy clouds are floating by below you at a cruise alt. of 30,000 ft) Well silly bugger that I am, I forgot to fully fuel her up on the setup page and I ended up binning it in the drink off the coast of Portugal. Did a hell of a job gliding it down tho. if I do say so myself. (I think my cruise efficiency needs work too lol) I paid 80 quid for this thing. Where's my sea ditching ability and my EH-101 rescue helicopter? Bunch of amateurs these Microsoft lot. All I got was this lame message box saying I'd hit an object and crashed. Yeah I hit an object alright, the bloody North Atlantic! Needless to say I'm not applying for my commercial pilot's licence yet haha. Awesome video Tim, it's awesome footage of FJP's in action but it's also a tutorial on how to calmly manage life events as they arise jumping up in front of you at seemingly breakneck speed sometimes.

After a minute or two, I realize this is not a game but a real one. Thanks for sharing, indeed amazing view.

What an amazing video complimented with such professional commentary. This was absolutely amazing to watch from beginning to end.

"..and regularly we do fly UNDERNEATH paragliders.." don't get any more low level than that i think.

Thank you for your service to the country.

These videos are the very best flight videos ive seen yet. Just excellent.

Unbelievable amount of thought and planning involved in a simple flight. I appreciate the narrator's sarcasm throughout. :)

"Regularly we do fly underneath paragliders" - having a hawk fly below you while you were paragliding would certainly be an experience! Don't think I'd fancy it.

my dream job

Superb insight into what is involved in keeping a fast jet airborne at low level.

Wow thanks Tim and Steve, that was awesome!

Absolutely fantastic sir. Don’t do twitting so can only thank you on here. Ex-RAF plummer. Couldn’t be a pilot in my day due to my poor eyesight. Dream was to fly the Tonka (Tornado). Nearest I get to it these days is DCS or FSX. Thanks again for a superb vid sir. Not a fan of the T2 but this vid has given me a better insight as to its workings, handling and uses. Still prefer the T1 though 🙂

Great vid, thank you but one question, why do all pilots have a "pilot" way of speaking? Lol. Clear and concise.👍

This was amazing video quality and narrative... marvellous, really incredible to watch !!

loved this, my old gliding instructor is an ex Harrer pilot with the RAF, Tim sounds exactly like him, clipped and precise :)

"These aircraft are quite expensive, don't want to drop it in a field." yeah only about $27m.

Brilliant. Re: paragliders - 1: we're not just on the into-wind hills. We start there, but we can be *anywhere*, anywhere from ground level up to 6500' or more. www.xcleague.com/xc/flights/2014616.html?vx=09 2: when you get to the north end of Thirlmere at 6:28 you'd be better off looking RIGHT, not left. Clough Head is a massively popular start point for cross country flights. Raven Crag, not so much. 3: don't assume we're all at work on a "school day"! :-) Many of us either don't have jobs, are retired, or have the kind of job where if the weather's good we can (and will!) bunk off.

Absolutely brilliant video, lovely clear narration and fantastic scenery. Enjoyed every minute of it. Many thanks for posting 😀

What a brilliant channel best on the you tube keep up the good work !