A SEPECAT Jaguar fast jet crew take on the challenge of putting the HUD to the test through a series of low level way point passes with a speed of 400kts at 250ft.
Pilot :"And looking down there is Not very good news . . . . ." Instructor: "So are you happy to go solo with that?" Pilot: "Shit yeah !" . . . .shrugging shoulders. Urban dictionary: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Shit%20Yeah
Keep the chaps exactly as are, change uniforms and planes, and add the following : - How many hours on the Spitfire Simon? -4 and a half Sir. -Lets make them 5 before Gerry eats you for breakfast.
Funnily enough last night I watched an aircrew interview video with John Grogan who flew Jaguars along with other RAF jets of the time well worth a watch 👍
Reaching down for the INS at low level “not desirable” 😂 understatement of the century as that’s what put a number of Jag pilots in the ground when they inadvertently pushed the stick forward!
He's got the Mustache! Let's see if he's got the balls! 😊 R.A.F. pilots regularly fly at under 100 feet around Wales. You could hit some of them if you threw a rock in the air! Seriously those crazy Fukkas are at about 60-70 feet up! You gotta be there to believe it! 😊 Kudos!
So this is a jaguar.... So the guy has never flown one and is expected to fly it at 250 ft on first flight 😳maybe the plane won't fly above 250 ft because of the weight of the pilot's balls 😂
Everyone in New Zealand knows the Australians can't fly low & fast: every time they would visit in the F111's they would park one into a hill while trying to follow the RNZAF Skyhawks.
When taxiing it gets hot. You are in a glasshouse with a bunch of electrical and electronic systems, and you are wearing a fireproof nomex coverall with life preserver and G-suit. So you want to stay cool. Of course they close the canopy after taxi before takeoff
I believe the original HUD was a single combiner glass that was motorised to allow greater vertical movement in VV mode. The one show here has a fixed dual combiner which increases the vertical FOV.
Noticed also the 16mm camera that shoots film looking through the HUD for Nav and weapon aiming record-keeping. No Jaguar that is preserved in any museum or collection seems to have retained that item, I reckon all have received far too many updates for that!
"Are you happy with that?" "No, no I'm not..." "OK great, keep it low level, 400kts plus." [walks out to aircraft] "OK so this is a Jaguar..."
THEN HE GOES SOLO!
Pilot :"And looking down there is Not very good news . . . . ."
Instructor: "So are you happy to go solo with that?"
Pilot: "Shit yeah !" . . . .shrugging shoulders.
Urban dictionary: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Shit%20Yeah
These low level flights are dangerous and they are real heroes for doing this so fast even in just peacetime.
Jag and Harrier GR3 pilots were the cream of the crop, high workload to contend with there....respect!
@Firsthgyhgyhuy Lastujhujhuj : Every pilot would agree, it was a bit gutless, but not every pilot hated it.
Keep the chaps exactly as are, change uniforms and planes, and add the following :
- How many hours on the Spitfire Simon?
-4 and a half Sir.
-Lets make them 5 before Gerry eats you for breakfast.
Charles Everett
Hero's Charles, although that sounds like a line from Blackadder 😁 ..... Excellent !
@@nicholasdavies8795 Battle of Britain, film.
@@nicholasdavies8795 : Funnily, or sadly enough, that was actually a true statement, from many a pilot, in the real Battle of Britain.
Funnily enough last night I watched an aircrew interview video with John Grogan who flew Jaguars along with other RAF jets of the time well worth a watch 👍
Reaching down for the INS at low level “not desirable” 😂 understatement of the century as that’s what put a number of Jag pilots in the ground when they inadvertently pushed the stick forward!
The 'tache. Love his sense of humour!
This is the most British video ever.
Never knew Timothy West moonlighted as a Jag instructor.
Hahahaha
He's got the Mustache!
Let's see if he's got the balls! 😊
R.A.F. pilots regularly fly at under 100 feet around Wales.
You could hit some of them if you threw a rock in the air!
Seriously those crazy Fukkas are at about 60-70 feet up!
You gotta be there to believe it! 😊 Kudos!
James Giles looks like he must have been flying supersonic with the canopy open and all his hair blew off in the slipstream.
XX145 survives to this day at Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire.
When i see the jaguar and hawker hunter i remember old days because i did work on them at RAFO MASIRAH & THUMRATE
So this is a jaguar.... So the guy has never flown one and is expected to fly it at 250 ft on first flight 😳maybe the plane won't fly above 250 ft because of the weight of the pilot's balls 😂
He had many hours low level on big planes.
Great aircraft
oz didnt bring up snotting wamp rats in his T16 near Oodnadatta which was nice
So the Aussie had only ever flown heavy transport planes?
He was - IIRC - a C-130 pilot with the RAAF. This was shot as part of the "Test Pilot" TV series and he was one of the course students
Farmers didn't like the Jaguar. It used to tear overheard at 150 feet!
And worse of all, their Sons wood leave to join the RAF!
I had a jaguar pass no more than 10 feet over my head once
Everyone in New Zealand knows the Australians can't fly low & fast: every time they would visit in the F111's they would park one into a hill while trying to follow the RNZAF Skyhawks.
Where are the Aussies wings ????
Awesome video
Sod the flight debrief, get the coffee on. Typical aircrew
6:43 Oz as fuck.
Why the cockpit is half open
When taxiing it gets hot. You are in a glasshouse with a bunch of electrical and electronic systems, and you are wearing a fireproof nomex coverall with life preserver and G-suit. So you want to stay cool. Of course they close the canopy after taxi before takeoff
@@staubsauger2305 thank you so much for clarifying my doubt.
Does the first version of the jaguar were equiped with this kind of HUD ?
I believe the original HUD was a single combiner glass that was motorised to allow greater vertical movement in VV mode. The one show here has a fixed dual combiner which increases the vertical FOV.
@@AerialImagery thanks for your answer
Noticed also the 16mm camera that shoots film looking through the HUD for Nav and weapon aiming record-keeping.
No Jaguar that is preserved in any museum or collection seems to have retained that item, I reckon all have received far too many updates for that!
@@stevetheduck1425-I used to load, fit and process the films for those cameras back in the late 70’s early 80s
Very risky. all was analogic