What's the MACH LOOP REALLY LIKE?
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- In this video, I reveal what the Mach Loop is truly like, including the highlights and the parts you never see!
We are irresistibly drawn to the exhilaration of witnessing low-flying military aircraft thundering through the stunning Welsh valleys. However, this adrenaline rush remains elusive for most visitors to the Mach Loop.
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Countless factors come into play-weather conditions, visibility, military training schedules, and even global events can all affect your chances. Yet, even when everything aligns perfectly, the electrifying experience often depicted is far from guaranteed.
On the busiest of days, you’ll find yourself spending 99.9% of the time simply waiting, biding your time, drinking coffee, eating snacks, and passing the time away with friends and like-minded people.
But it’s precisely this unpredictability that makes the Mach Loop so captivating!
Let me know your thoughts.
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In may 2019, me and my friends came to Mach Loop for 4 days, to maximize our chances. We drove from Romania 2000 miles, and 2000 miles back. So, we got very very lucky. We knew what to expect, but we had 4 days of sunny days, with no clouds, everyday we had planes flying, and ... we were prepared for rainy days, and left Mach Loop with sunstroke. :)))
Dedication
Love it 😁 and I went in June and experienced wintery conditions. Go figure 👍
The fact that most videos on youtube feature like 2 or 3 planes says enough.
So I was prepared for long waits. Still worth it!
Everytime I see you videos on the Loop. it gets me excited about my trip next year from down under
Cheers 👍👍
Fantastic video Gary, coming next week with my son for the first time, Wednesday Thursday Friday, wish us luck!!
Hope you have a good one. Buy a pop-up tent. There about £40 👍
@@GaryGough already done 😁
Amazing Video once again Gary. I’ve been to the Loop with 4hr wait between aircraft. Still very much worth it for the adrenaline!!
Would also love to see more on the AutoAI or 3D focus from the Nikon Z8 especially for aircraft…. Can only find details on YT for birds.
I tend to use 3D focusing so I might create a video on it's use. Thank you 👍👍
What an absolute blinder of a video Gary.
I love seeing your video's of the loop and the excitement in your voice when the planes go by.
Absolutely stunning image's and super sharp as usual.
Catch you on the next one.
Cheers Tim 👍👍
Always love it when you post video from the Mach Loop.
best in-flight shots i've seen, thank you for that!
Another great and honest video Gary. Thanks for sharing.
Great place to visit of you love aircraft. Gary has some excellent videos for anyone whose never been before. Enjoy
Cheers 👍👍
Haven't put me off yet.... That last photo was sublime. Love your work, thank you.
Thanks Lisa 👍👍
Thankyou for sharing
This place would be great to get to for a week or so I wish they had somewhere like this north scotland,well done bud
I love all your stuff Gary. But I particularly love your mach loop videos. I work on fighter jets everyday as a mechanic and would love to make it there one day. Cheers from Canada.
What a great adventure! Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely love these videos. So much effort into a real depiction of what the Mach Loop can be like. When I went for a few days, 1 day completely rained off, the day previous, 12 passes and completely stunning sunshine. Shame I spent that day exploring the valley... Won't make that mistake again... Thankyou for keeping it completely honest, to portray it, how it really is. Also wow, those images are so sharp... Perfection!
Thanks for sharing, Going to the Mach loop is no easy task.
Great and realistic portrayal of trips to the Loop. What I'd really like to know is how the get onto the "Grapevine" that said a VIP plane was due!
Between your videos and Elwyn R’s videos it looks fantastic. Of course with my photography luck (as in I have none) I could sit on top of those hills everyday for a week straight and just end up with pictures of mosquitoes. 🤷🏼♂️🙄
You and me both David :)
Finally a real video!, I was down 2 days last year, 3 days a couple of weeks ago, in 5 days total I've seen one typhoon through the loop ( 1 pass ). And a few texans. Not as prolific as the videos make out.
Yeah, it gets like that sometimes. I see people leave the place really disappointed. People are constantly bombarded with great pictures on social media from the loop and assume it’s amazing every day. TBF I post too so I’m as guilty and everyone else.
Love the updated video Gary. Your first guide gave us the bug! Remember to protect this place folks: park considerately, take only pictures and leave only footprints 🙂 See you up there 👍🏻✈️🇬🇧
Just Brilliant 👍
WOW !!!!! Going to an airshow this coming weekend in our province of Nova Scotia to celebrate 100 Years of the RCAF. Your Red Arrows will be there along with our Snowbirds. Now after watching your posting and the photos, I am so looking forward to the event. Thank you Gary for getting the adrenaline pumping.
Well done for showing some of the reality, I've stood there hours and hours and not seen a single thing... it's worth it when you do get lucky though
Always wonderful videos. Our dad was a WWII Navy pilot, so I have always been in love with military aviation. Even though some days may be “washouts”, the scenery can be beautiful and the comradery enjoyable.
Great sequence of the F-35 going inverted on a climb out, I’m back there in Sept for a few days
Great video and a very accurate portrayal of what it’s like in the Loop. I was there that day on West, thanks to your video a few years ago, so thanks. I though something might be happening when I turned up early only to find the car park busy already and by the time I got my boots on the car park was full. Seams like a lot of people were expecting something to happen. In fact, I am in one of your shots 12.40 to 12.42, top left red jacket, grey trousers. I have the cockpit shot of the same aircraft which is why I prefer West over East. Thanks again.
I mix it up between West and East. They both have so much to offer 👍👍 See you up there
Another great video from you. The road through the Mach Loop my wife and I have travelled many times, our eldest son and family live in North East Wales and my wife and I live in South West Wales, so the shortest rout for us to visit them was via the Mach Loop.
Going for the first time leaving tomorrow for a 4 hour drive, in hindsight only going to the loop for 1 day makes our chances low but I’m still optimistic, planning to go to Cad West but will go to the beach to get something out of the day if it turns sour,
Thanks Gary for the advice
Weather decent tomorrow. Good luck 👍👍
Gary, Another great video. Thanks for you time and efforts with sharing your photography experience.
Great vid, and info. Anyone who's sat all day at at a military base and watched grass grow will know how little they fly these days, so it's always going to be pot luck if you get anything up there. My only visit to Valley back in July found everything planted firmly on the tarmac bar one Texan doing touch and goes. I was going to visit the loop, but gave it a miss in the end, which was a good move as only a handful of aircraft were heard the whole time I was in the area, and the weather was, well not great shall we say.
When it all comes together the resulting images are just fantastic. 🤩
Totally agree! Cheers 👍👍
Brilliant Gary and well worth the wait(s) I think!! That F35 sequence was outstanding 👌 👍🏼
Cheers Robbie 👍👍
I love the shot at 11mins and 57 seconds especially the sign on the road :)
Wow.👍 ✈️ I watched one of your videos years ago which inspired me to go to the Mach loop. We had a fantastic day watching them fly through. We went back the next day on the other side of the mountain so we did Cad East and West. After watching this cracking video i have to get back up there. 👏👏👍
Fantastic shots.
outstanding video Gary
Brilliant and thank you so much. Fantastic shots and beautiful scenery but watch out for the bad weather 😎🤘.
Great video of the Mach Loop i always enjoy watching . A place ive never been but hopefully i will get one day .
Cheers Stephen 👍👍
Good story. Thanks.
You got to put in the work. And you sir obviously put in the work!!! Thank you!❤
Great video Gary. Bucket list item for me one day. Just wondering how you decide which side of the hill is best to set up on for a given day?
Suoerb Gary, the Nikon Z8 doesn't moss a beat, awesome photography 👏👏👏
Yeah, it's an incredible camera, Cheers 👍👍
Amazing shots, you absolutely nailed the F35 climbing up and barrel rolling out of the Loop. I remember one did this for his last year and it took us all by surprise.
Wow! Stunning photos, great video, love it!
Thanks so much! 👍👍
Those F35's and F16's with LN on the tail are from my local airbase in Suffolk .. the Raptor F22's were here the other week
Awesome Gary. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers Malcolm 👍👍
Amazing images and your perseverance speaks volumes. At some point you need to invite a few of those pilots for a beer (or three) 😅 … they know what those men on the hill are looking for. Cheers and have a good weekend 😊
Excellent photography Garry. Cheers from Canada!
it's absolutely wonderful!!!
Thanks that was more like just being there.
Very cool!
Cheers 👍👍
Wow stunning pictures and video Gary. I planned to visit the Mach Loop with you on the 3rd of July but had to cancel due to illness of my wife. But I definitely will go in the near future.
Holy cow, no wonder you sounded like you had just discovered the secret to eternal life, lol. Great stuff Gary! Cheers.
Awesome photos Gary!
My skills are not at the point I could capture much but to just be there to watch would be awesome!
Take plenty of snacks and hot coffee 👍👍
Amazing mate - great video / vlog - them photos at 4 mins perfect - great shutter speed of the propellers. the photos at 12mins total phenomenon mate!!
Terrific photos!! Especially of the large one at the end coming towards you! What shutter speed did you use for that (and the small one) as opposed to the jets?
F8 - 1/160 - ISO100 - I lay down as it was coming towards me for stability. Hope this helps
Great day, and great video!
Thank you for letting us share your sky with our UK cousins. 🇺🇸
Thaniks for making Jack and Scruffy CZcams stars!!
Cheers Jon. I'll give you a shout when I'm there next 👍👍
One other thing to mention. Gear really does matter. Long lenses and fast burst rates. You don't need a Z9 but you need something fairly quick and you also need to know how to Pan.
A side note. There is more than one mach loop. We have one in Cumbria. Thirlmere gets regular fly throughs so if you plant yourself half way up raven crag you'll get some great shots.
Regarding the gear, you're right, but not everyone goes there to take photographs. Some people like to video them too, in which case, a decent smartphone will do the trick. I've been to Thirlmere, it's cracking, but it's not quite the same :)
Stills fantastic. Thanks
On my way home from a week in North Wales,last year,I came down the back of the Mach Loop along the A470.Up on the right was a photographer wearing an orange HiViz...presumably for the ""Help" or "I'm with this idiot" messages. 👍
I imagine that the Z8 autofocus helps a little bit!
Still on my bucket list of places to photograph. Im hoping to get there at the end of October. Out of interest, and I have a number of lenses up to 200mm, is there a minimum focal length you think could work? I do a lot of motorsport panning but really like doing wider angle panning shots at around 70mm. Do you think that would work or would 200mm on the hillside be wide enough?
Great video as always and I love your Mach Loop videos.
200mm is cool. I like panning wide too. It’s certainly worth giving it a go 👍👍
Great video , just to say the car park that everyone uses is closed from the 9/9 to the 26/9 .
Yep, good shout 👍👍
I think if you are a military aircraft lover and you know your stuff about how the military operate. You’ll prob know the best times to goto the loop.
I mean I wouldn’t go when LakenHeath wouldn’t be flying. Over an American bank holiday weekend on the following Monday.
I would have my scanner with all the air to air freqs and atc ones in.
Love the video Gary. Can I ask what shutter speed you use when photographing prop aircraft so that you get a bit of prop blur rather than freezing the motion totally? I’ve some great photos from airshows but the prop is totally frozen.
Fan-bloody-tastic
it’s on my list 👌
Another great video Gary Do you still use the alternative access to Cad East, through the two gates; is it still accessible?
Yes, absolutely
The photos.... WOW! Just WOW !!!
this was from Cad East.... Cad West gets you the topside images - which do you prefer?
Both have their good and bad points
My first time at the loop a hawk came through 5 minutes after sitting down 😂
Cool.
I want to go again 😢
OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :)
Fabulous Gary 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Great vlog 👍, awesome images,😊
love it gaz 👌
But this is problem with flying connected to the RAF; lots of sitting around and then action for 20 mins. Used to fly at Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association, Keevil airfield. Flying is great sitting around is not. When at RAF Valley looked over a Vulcan B2 and Lightning F.3 -- would have like a flight in them for sure rather than the Bulldog T Mk 1.