LAKENHEATH AND MARHAM 21 - 24 JANUARY 2019

Tornados and F-15's

[@yogibear4682]

Tornado is still the best looking plane ever. Thanks for uploading.

[@stevehughes5390]

Fantastic, best one yet. I am always grateful for your films as I have no opportunity to visit these bases anymore. Thanks again. Steve. ⚡️

[@steveholmes627]

Although I have said about the F 35 still growing on me Dave it Will take awhile but the eagle is a looker and will be for ever lol great video as always Dave thank you posting

[@benlongstaff5536]

I was listening to the Johnny Walker show on Radio 2 while watching this and Fanfare for the common man played while the first F35 segment started, quite apt I thought .

[@MrBen527]

Very cool EOR footage!! Especially the F-35 at 14:45!!!!!

[@michaelbingley4796]

A piece of film worth keeping forever.

[@Military872]

I think so too, it was a really great day.

[@morriganravenchild6613]

Excellent video - thanks for loading.

[@Ian-hv1dc]

Brilliant video David going to miss these brilliant aeroplanes.

[@colintraveller]

Tonka's shouldn't be scrapped .. there already has been a ton of cash spent on the weapon systems .. etc , Storm Shadow , Brimstone .. etc . It is a proven and highly capable platform .. to break them up would sheer lunacy ....

[@Musgrave12]

The pilots feel the same way and have said so on TV.

[@adamjones4951]

You do realize that planes don't fly forever, they have a limit of flying hours and they've reached that limit, most of the aircraft being scrapped have only a few hours of life remaining

[@bobsurgranny]

Great stuff there. Is that new yellow fence at the north end of the runway?

[@brendancooney520]

Great stuff, thanks

[@rangerat1957]

Nice shot of the F-35 doing the short take off. First time I have seen it. Have seen the vertical take off before.

[@jawka77]

fantastic video!

[@moepizl]

I wonder y the f 35 uses the vertical take off method when on land. Im sur lik its sister it has the ability to take off without this use. The Navy uses both variations on our carriers so y do they do it. Is it bcuz they can't slow down on approach or that it vectors its thrust to assist in take off. Im sur its a control implemented lik it's predecessor the Harrier or even the v 22. I may b wrong but id assume it could land the same way but yet they apply it on ground based landings also but not on carriers obviously. Does anyone kno.

[@lordanthonyambatali1709]

Panahon na para mapalakas ang ating AFP. Kahit mahuli tayo, tayoy makakahabol din, bigyan lang ng importansiya at suporta ng mga tao.

[@TheNinjaGinger]

From about 23:00 is from Friday 25th, I'm in the group stood on the other runway. What a fantastic day that was.

[@brianknowles7130]

Great vid. thks.

[@mactgnr]

That F35 SToff was awesome!

[@davidwatkins7197]

Just Awesome.

[@meertenwelleman6249]

Apparently reheat is not selected on take-off.

[@johnmcderrmot7748]

Now that a good one grate

[@philipdavies9670]

Great video David, where you filmed at Marham is there a footpath to the fence or did you just walk around the farmers field?

[@Military872]

We walked around the Farmers field.

[@philipdavies9670]

David Tilbury Thanks Hoping to get there before the end of March

[@jonathanwilcox7318]

Some great footage David. It was just as noisy from just outside the new F35 maintenance facility I can tell you!

[@aleccap5946]

How do you get to that yellow fence ?

[@Military872]

It's opposite white road which is off the A1122

[@aleccap5946]

@@Military872 Thank you, will try that fingers crossed tomorrow

[@steviebeats]

nice camera work

[@thehypnotist]

Is there a date for the final tornado flight?

[@AvengerII]

End of March 2019. I'm sure there'll be an "official" public ceremony flight but they'll probably fly one or two planes PAST that date. They'll either use them in tests to support the active inventory (F-35, Eurofighter) or fly them to museums like they've done tons of times in the US. That happened in the US with the F-14. It was technically retired on Sept 22, 2006 but they flew one from Virginia in the southern US to New York on October 4, 2006. The October 4th flight was THE final flight of an American F-14. That plane was displayed at an airport for a few years and then transported to a museum. Heck, they STILL have F-117s flying on tests in Nevada all the time and that type was retired from combat in 2008!

[@john45305]

@@AvengerII Final flight of the Tornado's is the 28th of Feb 2019, at the Marham Base. I'm Hoping to attend

[@AvengerII]

@@john45305 I thought the retirement was in March. They moved it up? That's UK only. Italy and German are keeping their Tornadoes for at least another 6 years. I don't know about the Saudis. They may still have the IDS model in service but they retired their ADV models around the same time as the UK...

[@colintraveller]

TBH The F35 looks like a jazzed up Yak forger ....

[@alancolwell7078]

The Tornado like the buccaneer looks like it can fly through anything. F35 doesn't. May do later with upgrades

[@arielcampagnola8068]

!Tom gun¡