A Ride in a Typhoon

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 01/20/2014 at 17:21 • Filed to: planelopnik

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This is the view from the backseat of an RAF Typhoon as it navigates a low level course through the Lake District and the countryside of Wales. Rather than a generic rock soundtrack, this video features a narration by Flight Lieutenant Jamie Norris, 2013 Royal Air Force Typhoon Display Pilot.

xxxxxx > ttyymmnn 01/20/2014 at 17:24

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Wow. I love the Typhoon, it looks outstanding while having superb performance. I read somewhere that it holds its own against an F-22.

ttyymmnn > xxxxxx 01/20/2014 at 17:26

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I have read that the Typhoon will outmaneuver anything the US can currently field. Of course, that was probably written by an English author.

xxxxxx > ttyymmnn 01/20/2014 at 17:28

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Haha, yeah. Part of it is how unstable it is. Without the computers it would fall out of the sky, it's like it wasn't made to fly. Unstable=maneuverable if you can keep it in the air.

bozla > ttyymmnn 01/20/2014 at 17:33

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Wow, someone got paid just to do that.

xxxxxx > ttyymmnn 01/20/2014 at 22:14

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Uh oh, looks like someone got inspired

http://gizmodo.com/flying-inside-…

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ttyymmnn > xxxxxx 01/20/2014 at 22:21

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Yeah, Sploid recently discovered The Aviationist. I started posting stuff from there a year or so ago. In fact, Hardibro emailed me and asked me if I worked for The Aviationist. I used to get quite a few H/Ts for that stuff. Now Sploid posts it all. I still share with Oppo, since not everybody reads Sploid

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 01/21/2014 at 10:59

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That was excellent. I kept tilting my head back and forth to keep it lined up with the horizon.

That reminds me of the rally video where the driver is giving a running commentary the whole time while driving flat out. It is incredible how much stuff these guys are keeping track of and he still has the leftover mental capacity to give a calm running commentary.