Guy Parris, Investigations usually go into the probable root causes of why the aircraft landed short. They look at training records. They may make specific recommendations for process changes.

David Hoffman maybe you could read my comment again and look for some possible humor. When you are done with your investigation, look into the cause of your ill placed pedantic nature.

David Hoffman I think it's a joke

Obviously!

LOL

Grasshopper, best out of three?

Hilarious!

Sepecat Jaguar thinking; "Grass? Runway? What difference does that make?" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oJqPdtOEq6_Kp4k.html

When you can not go to BA, you go to RAF

At 2:01 when he made second touch down he had still 8000’ left to stop. He would think about landing I think which is safer.

That’s a court-martialing

Pilot "Ploughman" Smith.

HMSDaring1 That's why now the squadron is called "The Grasshoppers".

How about Lt. Beaver pelt, thats what those chunks of sod looked like after he dug them up.

TechMantra 3:00 I seen that lady

“Don’t let them fly again”

Reagan505 "LawnMower"

hiyooooooooo

or Flymo?

Getting ready for a "Turf War"

Shorty.

Also you can see it's pretty good for agricultural employment.

Landing is one thing, its getting it back off the ground that's the problem.

lmao

A "Hat's on interview with the Boss, no tea and biscuits" incident!

Harrison Ford.

ScorpontGamerZ Official The squadrons name is "The grasshoppers"

BandytaCzasu Wasn't a taxiway he landed on

Digger? Least he didn’t bottle it.

ScorpontGamerZ Official "clipper"

No. He wasn’t the best.

He’s one of the lucky ones.

You have control

I have control

Bunch of control freaks .... sheesh .... 🤣

Everybody has control!

Nah I don't want it.

Coningsby has a spectator bank. The bank is set back about 20mtrs from the fence and clears the fence line as the footage shows. You can also view from the road side with a step ladder for take offs. Just don't stand directly behind the aircraft obviously and take ear plugs. I also did Lakenheath and Mildenhall which require ladders. You're not allowed to put ladders against the fence or the security will want words. Mildenhall has a flat bed lorry at the campsite but it can be busy at peak times.

Thanks a lot , i have done Mildenhall & lakenheath many times as theyre much closer to me but coningsby will be over a 2hour drive so im just trying to figure out where to go ! i take it its near dogdyke rd here www.google.com/maps/@53.0894768,-0.1818119,16.25z and there is a free car park somewhere around there isnt there ? cheers Dave

Yes that correct, there are two gravel car parks on the West end of the runway. Can't miss them. I normally do the Loop which is about a couple of hours for me living near Wales. The East bases were a one off as there about a 4hr drive from me. I had been past Lakenheath a few moons ago but didn't stay for spotting. So I did both US and Coningsby while over that side of the country.

I was thinking of exactly those same lines!

I always thought it was "bumpsie daisey" but I may be wrong....

Pilots used to try and land as close to the threshold as they could - at RAF Coningsby when I was there (2000 - 2005) before the new runway there was a step at the runway end where so many aircraft had landed on the grass just short and taken chunks out of it - then they hit the concrete end edge of the runway. The step was over 12 inches high before the new runway was started.

Ouch...

BlackBirdBlitz I

BlackBirdBlitz: The problem is that these aircraft are not meant to land on grass.. for all the obvious reasons, so it is, actually, quite a big problem when someone does so!

The grown crew is also looking for FOB’s and assessing any damage to the plane and the runway

Panasonic H210

More like Flt Lt ...

Amazing??

I've not gone out of the way to ID the guys or name them as I don't think thats at all necessary. I think the only people who will recignise them are plane enthusiasts.

I think somebody has i remember there names on this comment buddy look on the bright side we no it can land on rought field now lol

embarrassment is an understatement. That was misjudged by at least 200 meters which means his glide slope was waaaaaaaay of from about 700feet on descent

chris hardman like the good old days with the Jag's ;)

gz10drifter you mean glide slope right?

No. They would be just inspecting it and recording evidence. I believe the Pilot flying was an Overseas Trainee Pilot.

Sorry to hear that Kenny. I think in the UK the base staff know that spotters are only come to take photos and don't want to cause any trouble. Although when I was at Lakenheath and the Raptors were in. The local spotters said the police were moving people and stopping cars parking due to the increase in spotters. You could tell the atmosphere was a bit heated when some civilian workers on the other side of the wire at Mildenhall told us what they thought of our presence with some sarky comments as they drove by. It can be the same situation at the Mach Loop at peak times too and spotters come into conflict with the farmers by blocking gateways. So we might have the privilege removed if people don't respect the bases.

"Kenny" is either a lying sack of shit claiming to be an "American" despite a foreign passport if he actually lives in the U.S. at all or an actual American too stupid to find a parking lot adjacent to an "air base" OR simply go on the base itself. Which is something American citizens can do at MOST military bases in the U.S. with very little trouble. Not to mention MOST "air bases" in the U.S. are not USAF bases but instead are Air National Guard or USAF Reserve facilities where Guard and Reserve personnel can be found at LEAST once a month. If you have half a clue you can have an "airshow" on a regular basis and don't have to wait a year for the government to finally decide to let you go look at the hardware and personnel you pay for. Especially at the MANY "bases" where Guard and Reserve units share the "base" with commercial and civil aviation. You know what civil aviation is, right? That's where private citizens own and operate their own personal aircraft. Kind of a foreign concept to the overwhelming majority of "citizens" of other countries around the world where only a handful of well-heeled individuals have airplanes. Hell, its a little known fact that in the U.S. you don't even need a PILOT'S LICENSE to own and operate your own plane as long as you don't fly above 15,000 feet or in other controlled airspace, which is a tiny fraction of U.S. airspace overall. The ready availability and near omni-presence of aviation in the U.S. is a major reason we don't generally go completely nutso over airshows. They ARE "popular" but mainly because of the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels and the opportunity to actually go check out our hardware we pay for up close and personal since many military airshows are held in conjunction with an "open house" event at the "base" hosting it. The Thunderbirds and Blue Angels make a big deal of segregating their aircraft and even having armed guards, but that's primarily to keep away "Americans" of European origin that go apeshit over seeing a fighter plane on the ground and in person. And of course even as "demonstration" aircraft they ARE still combat aircraft and part of the inventory. They usually claim that within 48 hours of being deactivated as an aerial demonstration unit and being called up for active duty the F-16s and F-18s will be plain old gray fighter planes with the fancy paint jobs just a memory. If I"m not mistaken most of the European military flight demo units don't even use front-line fighter aircraft but play with trainers instead. The "best" pilots in the military doing airshow duty in trainers. Priceless. I seriously doubt any real American is going to go to a European airshow and be amazed. Maybe you folks should do less talking about America repeating internet and media bullshit and more learning about America.

Chad Meyer are you ill?

Chad is a complete Pr*ck , fact!!!

Think he is suffering from a severe case of Rantamatosis!!!

He's in trouble he didn't go back and fix his divot.. + one stroke

I guess he was the Instructor though